LIVONIA, MICH. – Madonna University Director of Athletics Noel Emenhiser announced to football players, parents, and supporters that the Crusaders football program would continue to play its home games at Livonia Public Schools facilities. Emenhiser indicated that while Madonna University administrators and athletics department and football coaching staff have worked diligently to bring a stadium to campus, unfortunately the project has been terminated.
“The education, personal growth, and positive competitive experiences of our student-athletes are our top priorities,” Emenhiser said. He also committed that the University and the athletics department will continue to pursue a path toward a home venue that will meet the needs of Madonna, the athletics department, and the football program.
Madonna University administrators are grateful for the sacrifice of time, effort, and energy from the football program, coaching staff, and community as they work to build a championship program.
Madonna University currently sponsors the following 22 sports teams: baseball, football, men’s and women’s basketball, bowling, cheerleading, competitive dance, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, and track and field, as well as women’s softball and volleyball. Crusader teams have been members of the WHAC since 1997 and members of the NAIA since 1987 when volleyball became the university’s first varsity sport. Established in 2018, the football program competes in the Mid-States Football Association.
Liberal arts education, career preparation, and service-learning have been the hallmarks of a Madonna University education for 85 years. In addition to the beautiful main campus, conveniently located at I-96 and Levan Road in Livonia, Madonna offers academic programs in Gaylord, Macomb, and online in Haiti and the United Arab Emirates. Michigan’s most affordable, independent, Catholic, liberal arts university, Madonna offers more than 100 undergraduate and 35 graduate programs in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education and Human Development, and Nursing and Health, as well as the School of Business.
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