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Farleman Selected as National SAAC Rep
Lady Jackets Serve in Panama
Laura Farleman ’15 has been selected
as a National Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee (SAAC) Representative for
the Great Midwest Athletic Conference
(G-MAC).
In this role, she will participate in all
conference and national SAAC meetings
and work as a liaison on campus, among
G-MAC member institutions, and at the
national level, where she will represent
In early August, the women’s basketball
team spent nine days in Panama with
SCORE International. SCORE is an
organization that specializes in athletic
ministry, taking individual athletes and
teams of athletes overseas on short-term
missions trips. The athletic contests
provide opportunities for the athletes to
present the Gospel to those who attend.
One of the highlights of the trip was an
83-80 overtime win against the Panama
national team, although the focus
of the trip was helping SCORE
establish a base for future outreach.
The Lady Jackets visited orphanages,
played soccer and basketball with
children, offered basketball clinics
at schools, and enjoyed participating
in a bilingual church service.
On their first day, the team
visited a village in the rain forest.
“We played a little soccer with the
children, made salvation bracelets
for them, and explained the Gospel message
through the bracelets,” said Raegan Ryan, a
junior from Canisteo, New York. “All in all,
it was a great day!”
“Watching our players flourish in
ministry and service was a very rewarding
part of our week,” said Head Coach Kirk
Martin ’76. “We grew as a team, we grew
as a basketball family, and we were all
challenged to intentionally live out our faith
each and every day.”
more than 100,000 NCAA
Division II student-athletes.
The j u n i o r f r om
Baldwinsville, New York, is
a member of the Lady Jacket
track and field program and
a pharmaceutical sciences
major. She hopes to earn her
M.D. in neurology and work
with diagnosis, medication,
prescription, and overall
therapeutic strategy planning for children
with autism and Down syndrome.
“This is a great opportunity for Laura
and for the G-MAC,” said Cedarville
Athletic Director Dr. Alan Geist ’83. “She is
taking this responsibility seriously and will
represent the G-MAC very well. Cedarville
is excited to be a part of the G-MAC, and
we will do all we can to support Laura in
this endeavor.”
In her first season of competition
in 2013, Farleman competed in relay,
hurdle, high jump, long jump, shot put,
javelin, heptathlon, and pentathlon events
during the indoor and outdoor seasons.
Her top high jump effort of 5-3 earned
her a runner-up finish at the National
Christian College Athletic Association
(NCCAA) Indoor Championship and
All-America honors. She was also a part
of the third-place 4x800-meter relay
unit that garnered NCCAA All-America
recognition as Cedarville captured the
NCCAA Championship banner.
“I am thrilled by the opportunity to
collaborate with the SAAC and NCAA
legislators,” Farleman said, “but also
about the exciting ways in which God is
working at Cedarville and in the G-MAC
through athletics.”
CedarvilleUniversityAthletics, along
with Sidearm Sports, launched a
redesigned Yellow Jackets website
in August. The new design is more
visually attractive and includes
a greater emphasis on video
content while continuing to provide
comprehensive information on all
Cedarville University varsity teams.
Check out the desktop
or mobile version:
PHOTO CREDIT: DEBORAH GORDON
PHOTO CREDITS: SCOTT HUCK (LEFT), MATT FRANZ (RIGHT)
