Lipscomb’s Logan Van Treeck Joins Vanderbilt After Shooting
Tim Corbin, the baseball coach at Vanderbilt, remarked that The Covenant School was “the most tranquil environment” when he spoke there in 2014.
Lipscomb’s Logan Van Treeck Joins Vanderbilt After Shooting
Yet, the school was the scene of a tragedy on Monday when a shooting at the Green Hills school claimed the lives of three kids and three adults.
“I told the kids that today, it was the most peaceful school and people, and to think that something happened there was just, you can’t wrap your mind around it,” Corbin said. “It’s just difficult to think about.”
#VandyBoys and Lipscomb players have joined together in a circle before taking the field for warmups. Lipscomb pitcher Logan Van Treeck was addressing both squads pic.twitter.com/gcCBglMnoo
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Tuesday afternoon, Lipscomb got in touch with Vanderbilt to talk about how the two Nashville-area schools might utilise the match to remember the victims. Tickets for the game generated a total donation to a fund for the shooting victims’ survivors. A minute of silence was also observed before the game in honour of the survivors.
Van Treeck makes a pitch for the Bison’s baseball team, who later that day was due to play against No. 4 Vanderbilt. He was aware of the chance to put the sport aside and concentrate on something more meaningful.
As Nashville continues to heal from the tragedy at the Covenant School, @BisonBaseball junior Logan Van Treeck led a powerful moment of prayer prior to Lipscomb's game vs. Vanderbilt. https://t.co/QP9SaI30Ep
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Van Treeck, who was brought up in a Christian environment, observed a rapid expansion of his religion after enrolling at Lipscomb, a private Christian university. Then, two years prior, he had an encounter with the Lord unlike any other.
“He spoke words over me that I had never felt or heard. It was the most real thing that I had ever experienced in my life. And since that moment, it has been incredible seeing what the Lord is done.”
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Van Treeck believes that Jesus isn’t just a part of his life, but the point of his life. And when he came to that realization, that’s when everything shifted.
“Just a very minor contribution,” Corbin said. “But a little means something. It’s more about standing by a community situation and a time of need and so money is money but I think more than anything it’s just the support and being able to just help others when they need it.”
The two teams joined together in a prayer circle prior to taking the field for warmups. Both teams mutually made the decision to come together pregame as Lipscomb pitcher Logan Van Treeck led the group.
“We are playing baseball but two local teams celebrating a community and being behind a community and at least throwing a little bit of money towards the Covenant School fund,” Corbin said. “I think just a sign of good unification.”
Vanderbilt football coach Clark Lea also offered his support to the shooting victims Tuesday while the football team held a candlelight vigil Monday.
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