Traditionally, our Texas Tech coverage on Wreck ‘Em Red features sports news, however, the athletes and coaches we cover are humans, first. For Texas Tech student-athletes, the trip profiled in this article will likely impact their lives far beyond their time at Tech, so it’s important to share.
Student-athletes are ambassadors for not only their respective universities, and conferences, but for their countries, as well. While missionary and volunteer outreach isn’t uncommon, it’s not often you hear about groups of female student-athletes partaking in international outreach.
Led by Brandi Cantrell, the Women’s Athletic Chaplain, student-athletes from women’s soccer, basketball, and volleyball, had the opportunity to travel to Haiti as part of a one week missionary trip as part of FCA, the Fellowship for Christian Athletes.