Who We Are

As Athletes in Action, we believe the Gospel can redeem the powerful yet broken influence of sport. To that end, we aim to build:

Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Sport

COMMUNITIES of Spiritual Multipliers

WHO FOLLOW JESUS IN ARIZONA & BEYOND.

As we serve as a trusted spiritual resource in the Pima Community College Athletic Department and the NCAA & Adaptive Athletic Departments at the U of A, we will pursue three core priorities:

ENGAGING the lost and marginalized,

EQUIPPING for growth & gospel impact, and

EMBRACING & DEVELOPING unity in diversity.


Staff

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ELLIOT WNEK
(623) 221-2820‬

My story began when...

It was August of 1997. Training camp had just ended and I was three weeks into my freshman year at the University of Arizona. After practice one evening, my teammate Dave invited me to go with him to an Athletes in Action meeting. As Dave and I sat down on the locker room couch afterward, he shared with me about the good news of Jesus Christ, and that night I made a decision to follow Jesus. 

This began a journey and an adventure that has forever changed my life. God used the ministry of AIA during my college years to give me a foundation to launch into the real world. In 2014, God called my family and me back to Tucson to reach and impact the next generation of young men and women, and to expand AIA’s impact to all of Southern Arizona. It’s not every day that you get the opportunity to return to the place where it all began.