Chris Cox (Class of 2014)

“My father loved God and wanted me to have a strong personal relationship with him and to share that with others. He also wanted me to work hard at all I do and become a strong man of God.”

Before Chris Cox graduated from Geneva, he had to give his senior speech, a rite of passage for every twelfth-grade student. In his speech, Chris described how important the Geneva community had become after the passing of his father in fifth grade.

“Through the years, Geneva shaped me mentally and spiritually. My teachers and coaches were the godly role models I needed as I was growing up. Although this didn’t fill the void of being fatherless, they inspired me to be the man my father would have wanted me to be,” he said.

Chris excelled in Bible, rhetoric, and English courses, where he enjoyed classroom discussions about the search for truth and “leaving no stone unturned.” An avid reader, Chris also credits his years of Latin for an exponential growth in vocabulary and other languages.

Chris and his wife Mackenzie now reside in Chattanooga, TN, where he is the assistant tennis coach at Covenant College. He is also pursuing studies at Covenant Baptist Theological Seminary.

Chris summed up his Geneva take-away by repeating this prayer said at the close of the upper school chapel:

Let it be known to all who enter here that Christ is the reason for this school,
The unseen, but ever-present teacher in its classrooms;
The model of its staff, and the inspiration of it’s students.