The Yellow Jacket men’s basketball team took a two-week discipleship trip to Israel from July 20 through August 3. Head Coach Pat Estepp ’98, MEd ’08 led the group of 26 travelers, which included 11 players, coaches and staff along with their wives and a select number of players’ parents. The entourage met up with John Farwell of Athletes in Action for a walk through the Bible from Exodus to the resurrection. “This experience made the Bible come to life,” Estepp explained. “We hiked 80 miles in 12 days, in temperatures as hot as 110 degrees. We had the opportunity to visit sites we’ve all read about in the Scriptures and even got to play four games against Palestinian teams.” Three of the contests were staged in Bethlehemwith another in Jerusalem. The games were scheduled around visits to such places as Mount Arbel, Ein Gedi, Sea of Galilee, Mount of Olives, and Jericho. MAKING DISCIPLES IN ISRAEL § Faculty Athletic Representative Teresa (Cooper) Clark '75 was honored as the 2022–23 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Faculty Mentor of the Year. § Cedarville was recognized as having the 2022–23 G-MAC Athletic Training Staff of the Year. § Women’s pole vault standout Haleigh Eckert '24 was voted to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Third Team. § The 2022–23 G-MAC Academic All-Conference Team included 211 Yellow Jackets. § Cedarville hosted more than 2,000 boys and girls in 19 separate Yellow Jacket Athletics Camps. § A total of 166 Yellow Jacket student-athletes were recipients of the Academic Achievement Award by the Division 2 Athletics Directors Association. § Will Evans '23, Dylan Ledford '24, and Caleb Stimmel '23, MBA '25 were named All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America. § The men’s basketball team earned the TeamAcademic Excellence Award from the National Association of Basketball Coaches. 2023 SUMMER HIGHLIGHTS YELLOW JACKET SPORTS 36
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