Completing & Competing

Patrick Chapman, Director of Athletics for Valley Catholic High School, was told by his father, "Never underestimate the impact you can have on people." Not just any impact, but a Christ-centered impact that he has chosen to personify and exemplify throughout his entire career on the court and now in an administrative role.

Patrick challenges coaches everywhere to love what they do, but how we choose to show that love, compassion, and grace as coaches allows our athletes to meet Him daily.

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Caitlyn Shumaker, a current member of Northern Illinois University's softball program, truly personifies Jesus' love in the most intentional ways. Caitlyn calls herself a sponge who wants to soak up EVERYTHING that Jesus has to offer and then ring out His love all over this world!

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Bella Hull, a member of the Trinity Christian College softball team, shares a story of coming to faith on her terms and using the talents that she has been given to worship Him while she plays.

From on-field success to an injury that left her questioning everything, our God is in the middle of it all and will use this story of recovery and redemption for His glory!

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Heather Tarr, head softball coach from Team USA and the Unversity of Washington Huskies, shares an incredibly honest and vulnerable story about meeting Jesus' intentional love through the unconditional love of her parents. A love and a spirit that now lives in her, moves through her, all for the glory of those that have come before her,  both on and off the field.




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For the final episode of season two, Sarah O'Brien, founder of Completing & Competing Sports Ministry, shares her story for His glory. A story that isn't perfect but is covered by a perfect Savior and His unconditional love, grace, and intentional pursuit of her heart when she didn't believe that God's love was for her. A story that isn't finished, but she knows the guy who has written it all, and she cannot wait to see what He asks her to do next for His Kingdom!


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Lindsey Kirschman, Director of Sports Performance for the University of Utah Women's Basketball Program, shares a story about living your most authentic life because the world doesn't need the fake version of you, it needs the real version of you. The world desperately needs the version God created you to be for His glory- even amidst a culture that tries its best to get you to change.


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Jayde Christopher, graduate assistant women's basketball coach from Boise State University, anchors her identity in something bigger than basketball.

As a former collegiate athlete, professional athlete, and now a collegiate coach, Jayde is blooming where her feet are planted, challenging us all to do the same for His glory.


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Sam Stanfield, a current staff associate for Grays Harbor Young Life and former pitcher from the Central Washington University Wildcats, is a walking testimony to how God's plan is always immeasurable more than we can truly fathom.

When her collegiate career was cut short, Sam's identity wasn't rooted in her stat line but in who He said she was. A daughter of the Risen King, with a purpose, for a purpose, to go and make disciples.

Sam has spent her post-playing years in conversations with God asking healthy questions. Where did He want her? What was He doing? Little did she know, the answer was ministry, and the path was already laid out for His glory!


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Jace Henderson, current Graduate Assistant Women's Basketball Coach for the University of Nebraska, shares a story of immense grief transformed into eternal joy.

Through tough questions, intentional prayer, and God's use of His people to continue to reveal His love to her, Jace now uses her test-to-testimony moments to point everyone in her circle of influence back to His unconditional love, His strength, His courage, and the joy that is still to come! 

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Raegan Linster, a former shooting guard for the Southeastern University Fire, shares a beautiful story of living intentionally.

Whether that is shining a light on the honesty, courage, and transparency it took Raegan to share about her mental health struggles, or the gratitude that she found stepping back onto the court after a leave of absence, God was there, He gave her people to reflect His love daily, and the story that He will continue to write in Reagan's life is all for His glory. 

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