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Due to the support of the Betty Wiseman Mission Fund, hundreds
led by Dr. Neises served in Alaska, for one week in Unalakleet, a
of student-athletes, coaches, and staff have been able to serve
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coast of Alaska on the Bering Sea, next to the large Unalakleet River.
Trips. The Betty Wiseman Mission Fund exists solely to help our student-athletes serve on these mission trips each year. We recently celebrated the 25th year of Betty’s mission trips in 2020. These amazing trips are still making an eternal impact on our student athlete’s faith journeys, just as they did in 1995 when Betty Wiseman first took a group of Belmont basketball players to Poland. We are looking forward to providing many more of these mission trip experiences beginning in May 2022, as several studentathletes will be serving in Unalakleet, Alaska. For the first time since December of 2019, Belmont University Athletics is serving on a mission trip as a total of 11 student-athletes and Coordinator of Academic Services & Sport Ministry Dr. Ryan
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Belmont Athletics serving on a mission trip in Unalakleet, Alaska
Clemons, Grace Evans, Laura Shoopman and Lauren Walsh were joined by men’s basketball’s Even Brauns, Frank Jakubicek and Michael Shanks, men’s soccer’s Alex Johnson and Dylan Steely, and men’s golf’s Coleman Jones. The Bruins will be worked with Unalakleet Covenant Church through Praying Pelican Missions and conducted various service projects throughout the village during the day. In the evenings, Belmont’s mission team hosted a basketball camp for the local children. With the children of the village having a love for basketball and volleyball, Belmont’s student-athletes and Dr. Neises were able to connect with the locals and building relationships through sports.
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Neises departed for Alaska Saturday, May 7th. The 12-member team
Current and former volleyball student-athletes Kailee Bass, Kristen
