Work – demanding the best effort of yourself and each other – Col. 3:23; Mal. 1.
Throughout the course of a season, a swimmer will put in dozens of early mornings and tens of thousands of strokes. Head Coach Curren Bates trains The Master’s University Swim & Dive teams to focus on integrity in every practice, through every yard, with every stroke. He also emphasizes a focus on the team aspect of the sport, which translates to brothers and sisters in Christ coming together to push each other to excel and glorify the Lord, both in and out of the pool. The Mustangs believe focusing on these things will help them build on the program’s early success. In its first few seasons, ²ÝݮӰÊÓ Swim & Dive has produced NAIA All-Americans in three events and sent 10 athletes to the NAIA National Championship.
NAIA Players of the Year
Active Coaches With 100+ Victories
Individual National Champions
GSAC Tournament Championships
GSAC Regular Season Titles
All-Americans
Athletics at ²ÝݮӰÊÓ exists to train God glorifiers (Is. 43:7; 1 Cor. 10:31), gospel ambassadors (Mt. 28:18-20; 1 Cor. 9:23; 2 Cor. 5:14-21) and kingdom influencers (Mt. 25:14-30) For Christ & Scripture.
This means that intercollegiate athletics at ²ÝݮӰÊÓ endeavors to train student athletes that, as an expression of love toward God, they are to glorify God through their preparation, practice and performance. This is accomplished by competing for God so people see Him and not them, by competing to God as an act of worship, by competing through God in dependence on Him, and by competing with a view to the imperishable reward coming from God.
Further, this means that ²ÝݮӰÊÓ endeavors to train student-athletes to be ambassadors of the gospel by prioritizing and promoting the gospel of Jesus Christ on each team and by displaying exemplary speech and conduct. Finally, this means that ²ÝݮӰÊÓ trains student-athletes to become leaders and influencers who love God by impacting the world in which they live, work and minister so that the kingdom of God is advanced, Jesus Christ is honored, the church is benefited and people are blessed.
This is how we define winning at Master’s. This is our goal and the measure of our success. The real scoreboard will be defined by this, and what we applaud and reward will reflect it.
Therefore, in recognition of this mission, we call each athlete and coach to model The Master’s Way: To prepare and perform as an act of WORSHIP (Rom. 12:1).
Work – demanding the best effort of yourself and each other – Col. 3:23; Mal. 1.
Overcoming – dealing with difficulty with confidence, perseverance and wisdom – Js. 1:1-8.
Responsibility – owning your role and owning it when you fail – Mt. 25:14-30; Gal. 6:4-5; Ro. 14:12.
Selfless – serving and sacrificing out of love to make your team and teammates better, even at your expense Phil. 2:5-8; Lk. 10:30-37; 1 Jn. 3:16; 2 Cor. 12:15.
Humility – competing and behaving so people see Him and others, not you – 1 Cor. 4:7; Dan. 4:28-37; Mt. 18:1-4; Ps. 131:1-2.
Integrity – being honorable in and out of competition and on and off campus – 1 Th. 2:10.
Passion – competing all in, all on and all out 1 Cor. 9:24; Col. 3:23; Mt. 12:30.
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