The University of Mississippi Athletics
Tim Elko Selected to SEC Community Service Team
5/19/2021 | Baseball
Rebel Captain Earns Second SEC Community Service Team Honor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For the second consecutive season, Tim Elko has been selected to the Southeastern Conference Community Service Team, the league office announced Wednesday.
The conference names a Community Service Team for each of its 21 league-sponsored sports, looking to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to his community through superior service efforts.
Elko put together a terrific start to his senior season, earning NCBWA National Hitter of the Month honors for March but suffered a torn ACL in early April. The senior out of Lutz, Florida, decided to delay surgery and returned to the field less than a month later. Just 33 days after his injury, Elko hit a home run against Texas A&M, his 10th of the season and first post-injury. Elko continues to serve in a pinch-hitting capacity for the Rebels.
Voted a team captain by his teammates in both 2020 and 2021, Elko has been outstanding for the Rebels off the field, adding to his growing list of community service and leadership accomplishments.
Elko has lent his time to his fellow student-athletes through his service on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), as well as through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
Through the challenges of the pandemic, Elko participated in virtual visits with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, as well as virtual classroom drop-ins with students in the Oxford-Lafayette Community.
He has participated in Adopt-A-Basket to provide food for the Oxford community during Thanksgiving. Tim also supported the Ole Miss Special Olympics team during the Unified Egg Bowl. He read to local elementary school students during Reading with the Rebels and instructed children during the Bats and Balls Camp with the Junior Auxiliary of Oxford. Tim also took part in the Night to Shine, celebrating 125 guests with special needs during an unforgettable prom night experience.
Elko was also outstanding in the classroom, earning a second nomination for Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Elko graduated with a degree in exercise science. He's a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
He has made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher) every semester, including making the Spring 2019 Dean's Honor Roll (3.50 - 3.74 GPA) and the Chancellor's Honor Roll (3.75 - 4.00 GPA) three times, in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019. Elko was also a December 2019 Student-Athlete of the Month.
The conference names a Community Service Team for each of its 21 league-sponsored sports, looking to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to his community through superior service efforts.
Elko put together a terrific start to his senior season, earning NCBWA National Hitter of the Month honors for March but suffered a torn ACL in early April. The senior out of Lutz, Florida, decided to delay surgery and returned to the field less than a month later. Just 33 days after his injury, Elko hit a home run against Texas A&M, his 10th of the season and first post-injury. Elko continues to serve in a pinch-hitting capacity for the Rebels.
Voted a team captain by his teammates in both 2020 and 2021, Elko has been outstanding for the Rebels off the field, adding to his growing list of community service and leadership accomplishments.
Elko has lent his time to his fellow student-athletes through his service on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), as well as through the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
Through the challenges of the pandemic, Elko participated in virtual visits with Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, as well as virtual classroom drop-ins with students in the Oxford-Lafayette Community.
He has participated in Adopt-A-Basket to provide food for the Oxford community during Thanksgiving. Tim also supported the Ole Miss Special Olympics team during the Unified Egg Bowl. He read to local elementary school students during Reading with the Rebels and instructed children during the Bats and Balls Camp with the Junior Auxiliary of Oxford. Tim also took part in the Night to Shine, celebrating 125 guests with special needs during an unforgettable prom night experience.
Elko was also outstanding in the classroom, earning a second nomination for Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Elko graduated with a degree in exercise science. He's a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
He has made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0 GPA or higher) every semester, including making the Spring 2019 Dean's Honor Roll (3.50 - 3.74 GPA) and the Chancellor's Honor Roll (3.75 - 4.00 GPA) three times, in Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019. Elko was also a December 2019 Student-Athlete of the Month.
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