by David Ball | Nov 23, 2011 | News Slider, Sports
Savanna Schubert, a sophomore transfer at Lipscomb, started golfing when she was only 8 years old and has been playing ever since. She was first encouraged by her parents to choose a sport and Savanna chose golf and began taking lessons. By the time she was 10, Savanna was already playing at a competitive level, and entered various tournaments around her hometown of Oak Ridge, Tenn. “Right after my first tournament I was in love with the sport,” Savanna says. As early as eighth grade Savanna made it a goal to play college golf. She would practice almost every day of the week and would even spend extra hours by herself practicing. Once in high school, Savanna’s success with golf took off. Savanna qualified in the top ten at state every year she was in high school and in her senior year, she placed in the top five at the state competition. Savanna’s work ethic combined with her accolades in high school, made her dream of playing college golf come true as she was offered a scholarship from Samford University in Birmingham Ala. for the fall of 2010. Samford is a Division I school and as freshman, Savanna played in every tournament. “The biggest challenge and transition that I had to make going from high school to college golf was that college required more work effort than high school,” Savanna says. In her first college tournament, the reality of the higher level of competition hit Savanna hard. She scored a respectable 78-75-79. However, with that score, Savanna finished 33rd in a field of 90 girls. “That experience just made...
by David Ball | Nov 4, 2011 | News Slider
For American Christians, it can be all too easy to forget how God has blessed us so much with our country. Despite all the problems and issues our nation is undergoing, we still have the freedom to be Christians. We do not face life or death persecution for our faith on a daily basis. However, there are many people, Christians, who are faced with certain death if they are found out to be Christians. Many of us here at Lipscomb have no idea what it’s really like to face such harsh persecution because of our faith. There are some students on campus, however, who do know first hand. Here is one of Lipscomb’s own and her story on what that kind of Christian life is like. Shaman Alavi grew up and lived in Iran until four years ago when her family, in her own words, miraculously moved out of Iran and settled in the Nashville area. Shaman’s childhood for the most part was not all that different from a typical young American. She grew up with her mom and dad and younger brother, and as a young girl, she spent her time going to school and moving from town to town depending on her father’s work. Her father was a doctor and frequently moved from city to city to help provide care for those in low income areas. Iran, however, for the past 30 years, has been subject to an Islamic Republic. In this type of government citizens are to follow Islamic Law, and over the years, this government has stripped away freedoms Iranians previously enjoyed before the Islamic take-over in 1979. “There is no...
