Alumni News

Emmaus High School’s Meredith Sholder is headed to France. Sholder was named to the Olympic roster for the U.S. women’s field hockey team earlier this week. The 16-person squad will participate in the Summer Games, which open July 26 in Paris. Sholder, who’s one of eight players from Pennsylvania on the roster, was a first-team All-American while […]

Following the announcement of all winners, USA Field Hockey is individually highlighting each recipient of USA Field Hockey’s 2023 Annual Awards. This week, USA Field Hockey is honored to feature the 2023 National Umpire Award winner, Allie Mikelson. Read more from USA Field Hockey News

Congratulations to Hannah Nicole Maehrer on reaching #2 on the New York Times Best Sellers list this week for her new book, Assistant to the Villain! Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain…and their unexpected romance. ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks

Tina Edmonds had spent some time in Texas in her previous profession in sales, and believe it or not, she did not mind the heat. It was better than dealing with snow, she reasoned. So when she had the chance to purchase and operate her own field hockey club in Houston, she took a chance.

LOWER MACUNGIE TWP., Pa. — Lehigh County Democratic Committee senior advisor, political activist and recent college graduate Aidan Levinson has been appointed to a new advisory commission to the office of Governor Shapiro, focused on young people and their priorities. Read lehighvalleynews.com article here

As part of a special series for Black History Month, 69 News is doing a special series on modern-day history makers. Emmaus native Ashley Coleman is our first profile.Coleman has spent her life advocating for the queer community. She recently became the first Black female Executive Director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center.Read More

When they were kids, the White brothers determined that they would play in the NFL together. They dueled in everything then, from basketball to video games to cornhole. Their father, Kevin, won that game. Now, Kevin, Kyzir and Ka’Raun White are poised to achieve something rare in NFL circles: land three brothers in the league.

A Macungie woman was awarded one of the most prestigious scholarships available to college students in December, one that’ll take her across the pond after her graduation. Read More

Emmaus High School Class of 2019 grad, Shane Martrich, has been doing amazing things since graduation. Shane, a 2019 Grad Spotlight alum, and his fellow Millersville Meteorology students are organizing a tornado research project this summer called Project TILTTING (Thermodynamic Investigation of LCL Thresholds during Tornadogenesis in the Northeast and Great-Plains.) After witnessing the aftermath

Since the moment she took to volleyball, Macy Van Den Elzen has been a special player, and her motivation stems from something far bigger than the sport itself. Off the court, her efforts make her a real-life superhero to her brother, Reid. Read More