Completing & Competing

Mark Ritchhart, Assistant Softball Coach at Union University, has found personal success in sports for as long as he can remember, but it's his relationship with God and being anchored in His word that has mattered most. With 35+ years of coaching and more awards than he can count, Mark's trophy case is worth nothing if he doesn't have contentment in Christ!


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Erik Solberg, Head Women's Soccer Coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluffs, shares a story of love, trust, faith, blessings, goodness, and constant learning of what God wants to teach him. 

Erik says he is "really just a nobody trying to tell everybody about somebody who can save anybody," and that somebody is Jesus! 

Regardless of where Erik's feet are planted from a professional standpoint, he knows that he has been commissioned and called to that place to share the Gospel and to reflect Jesus' radical and unconditional love to everybody! 

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Nicole Mendes, former 2x National Champion for the Oklahoma Sooner Softball Program, member of the Mexico Women's National Team, and current professional softball player for Athlete's Unlimited, shares an earthy story with an incredibly Eternal perspective. 

As an athlete, Nicole has found immense success, but it's her relationship with Christ and the passions that He has put in her heart that she uses, both on and off the field, to give Him all the glory!

From the Sooner Magic and using the sport's biggest stage to glorify Him, to the importance of Christ-centered community and her faith journey post-college, Nicole is on fire for God and knows that His plans are immeasurably more than anything that she can truly fathom!


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Jonathon Hodoh, current sports performance specialist and former Wide Receiver for the University of Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks, discusses his intentional relationship with Christ and the Christ-centered individuals God has given him to walk through the highs and trials of this life with. 

Through trials, Jonathon thought that he had lost what was most important to him, but in all actuality, he ended up finding what is most important to him, his relationship with Christ. 

Jonathon now uses his platform and the gifts that he has been given, both on and off the field of competition, to pick up his cross, to shine God's light, and reflect His love daily to everyone in his circle of influence! 

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Lauren Sumski, Head Women's Basketball Coach at Lipscomb University, shares a story all about Jesus and trusting His plan for her life even when that life looked dramatically different than what she had thought or planned for herself in her youth. 

Lauren refers to her life as her "dream life with her dream people," walking in true purpose, answering the calls that God has put on her heart, being present with His people, and watching His blessing abound! 

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Madison Floyd, a current member of the University of the Incarnate Word Softball Program, has a unique story to tell. A story rooted in the foundation of faith that she was raised in and how that faith has continued to grow and transform for His glory through many different trails and hardships that she has faced. 

Madi wants to flip the script on hardships, knowing that God is for her, she is walking with Him, and in the moments when life is most challenging, God has her back and will continue to carry her to the promises He has written for her life!


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Kelen Rutz, a former member of the Yakima Valley College Baseball Program and current area representative for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Kennewick, WA, is truly on a mission to glorify Christ with every breath he takes and word he speaks! 

Kelen is passionate, he is convicted, and He knows without a shadow of a doubt that God not only has a plan for his life but for all of us when we turn our eyes and put our faith in Him!

Want to connect with Kelen?
Phone: 509.579.2200
Instagram: @kelenrutz

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Cati Leak, Assistant Beach Volleyball Coach at LSU, shares a story of God's intentional love and pursuit of her heart and soul, even when she wholeheartedly believed she didn't deserve it. 

God has used His people to love Cati and to love her well. Walking with her, holding her, and reminding her that she is so incredibly loved for exactly who He says she is. A love that she couldn't earn but now accepts and exudes to the fullest, all for His glory! 

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Kory Gribbin, Special Teams and Recruiting Coordinator for Duquesne University Football, challenges us all to take personal ownership of our faith and our relationship with Christ. To take that leap of faith that He has called us to, knowing that there is abundant life on the other side of that step of faith if we are willing to get our "butts out of the boat!"


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Cell Phone: 724.584.7481

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Trinity Medina, Graduate Assistant Softball Coach at Benedictine College, knows that as long as she is holding God's hand, she may stumble, but she will never fall! 

Trinity shares a story that only confirms that our God is alive, all-powerful, and meets us all right where we are with no intention of leaving us there when we truly surrender to Him and the calling He has put on our lives. 

She has a heart of Him, He knows her heartbeat, and Trinity will continue to use her platform on and off the field to glorify and personify Him! 

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