Justin and Meredith Doellman are Xavier graduates and were some of the first student athletes involved with our ministry seven years ago. Though they now live in Spain while Justin is playing professional European basketball, they were in Cincinnati this summer and hosted our first Xavier alumni dinner. It was great to have Meredith give an invitation to those alumni to continue to influence the Xavier Athletes for Christ. We look forward to how the Lord will use these available local alumni to impact the campus. Meredith used her platform as a former Xavier soccer player to speak to the current women’s soccer team about the importance of pursuing Christ.
The photo above shows the student athletes were waiting in line for their “Welcome Back Dinner” prior to the home opener for Women’s Soccer. And they all stopped by our AIA table. Mark greeted each student athlete in line, while Susie and a friend handed out the over 300 home-made chocolate chip cookies they’d baked! It was a wonderful opportunity to meet all the freshmen and inform the students about our weekly meeting and team Bible studies. Susie left a plate of cookies in the locker room for the girls after half-time so they could enjoy them after their game.
Here is a short 60 second video we took at our Weekly AIA Meeting at Xavier University. Our emcee, Nick, is explaining what AIA is all about for all the new athletes that have come for the first time.
