His mental performance coach, Trisha, put it this way. “Rhett will rub shoulders with people you and I will never talk with.” But, she continues, “Our world idolizes athletes… when you can use sport as worship… when we can share God’s word and God’s hope, it is a powerful platform to have.”

 

Dale Armstrong, Rhett’s father said “What we knew was that Summit would give Rhett tools to play in the “Best” space [doing sport for God’s glory], and to bring his peers with him.”

 

During Rhett’s two week experience this summer, he described his initial feelings of not being qualified to share the gospel. 

 

But, over the course of the conference, his confidence changed.

 

 “I wish everyone could go to Summit, honestly. When I first came to Summit, I thought I had to have all the answers to evangelize to people, and we learned that it’s actually about asking good questions…. I feel a lot more confident going into college. I’m blessed in the sense that people will listen more to what I have to say more for some reason than somebody else, just because I can kick a ball. And that’s an opportunity to spread the gospel.”

 

Rhett’s call to his peers is to “get in the game for God” and to prepare well so that when He does call on the next generation of young leaders, they are ready to perform.