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From the Wire: Ole Miss baseball captain Tim Elko tabbed to SEC Community Service Team

Ben Garrettby:Ben Garrett05/18/22

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Ole Miss baseball captain Tim Elko
Ole Miss baseball captain Tim Elko

This Ole Miss baseball story was provided by Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Ole Miss senior Tim Elko has been named to the SEC Community Service Team for the third year running.

The honor was announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
 
The SEC names a Community Service Team for each of its 21 league-sponsored sports. The team aims to highlight an athlete from each school who gives back to his community through superior service efforts.

Elko is a fixture in the Lafayette-Oxford-University community.

He’s volunteered with Ole Miss’ Adopt-A-Basket program, which donates Thanksgiving baskets to families in need around the area. Elko also spent time virtually visiting with youth patients at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
 
He also surprised classrooms in the area both with virtual reading sessions and recording reading videos for the university’s Reading with the Rebels program.
 
The two-time team-captain Elko helped assemble over 500 backpacks filled with non-perishable food items for the Feed the Sip initiative. Elko was a key fixture in A Night to Shine, celebrating local guests with special needs at an unforgettable prom night.
 
Elko is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

He participated in the Unified Egg Bowl, and, in doing so, cheered on Ole Miss’ Special Olympics team in the annual event against Mississippi State.

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