Ole Miss baseball star Tim Elko on overcoming injuries, being a light for Jesus
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2021
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Tim Elko is a member of the Ole Miss baseball team and the SEC’s reigning Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In 2021, he was a preseason All-American and team captain, but suffered a torn ACL in April. Incredibly, he returned a month later and was a pivotal member of the Ole Miss baseball team’s postseason run.
In last season’s NCAA Oxford Regional, Elko hit a grand slam in the opening game against Southeast Missouri, then had two home runs and led his team to a victory in the finale against Southern Mississippi a few days later. Ole Miss was eliminated by Arizona in the Super Regionals.
Today on the podcast, Elko shares about the highs and lows of 2021, suffering a torn ACL, returning to play, and why his desire is to be a light for Jesus Christ to a hurting world through the game of baseball.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, today's episode of Sports Spectrums podcast is presented by our friends at Compassion International, |
| 0:07.4 | and we are at the end of 2021. |
| 0:10.8 | And about 18 months ago, we set out to fill a stadium, 70,000 kids and their families |
| 0:19.3 | in compassion programs that needed urgent support and were |
| 0:23.3 | potentially going to be left behind because of the pandemic. And it was a genius idea to get |
| 0:29.4 | our pro football, our pro athlete friends to partner with compassion to help fill this stadium. |
| 0:35.7 | 70,000 is the capacity of the average pro football stadium. |
| 0:40.0 | And I'm here to tell you we are so close. |
| 0:42.2 | We are just about there. |
| 0:44.9 | But we're making this last push here at the end of 2021 to have you join us in fulfilling |
| 0:52.8 | this stadium. |
| 0:54.5 | Really, fulfilling this idea to fill the stadium and save 70,000 kids and their families. |
| 1:01.6 | Help restore what COVID-19 was trying to destroy, providing essential food, medical care, |
| 1:08.7 | and support for a child and their family during this pandemic. |
| 1:12.6 | You can check out fill the stadium.com to learn more. You can donate right there, super easy, |
| 1:18.4 | and compassion is the best program to get behind. I'm telling you, this is releasing kids from |
| 1:24.4 | poverty, and it's all done in Jesus' name. |
| 1:29.6 | Check out fill the stadium.com. |
| 1:42.5 | This is Sports Spectrum, the intersection of sports and faith, where we bring Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 1:43.7 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 1:46.2 | And welcome everyone to the show. I am Jason. This is the Sports Spectrum podcast. So glad that |
| 1:52.0 | you're joining us here on the show today. As we wind down 2021, I hope you all had a great |
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