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Meaningful Ink: Pepp Athletes Share the Stories Behind Their Tattoos

Six Pepperdine athletes from five different sports show their tattoos. These tattoos represent everything from words to live by, to family members who have died. Photos provided by sources

Tattoos can be a way for people to showcase the most important aspects of who they are as people and where they come from.

Six Pepperdine athletes said they represent the most important aspects of their lives with permanent tattoos.

“You can get a painting and have it on your house somewhere, but being able to put something permanent on your body is showing beauty,” Men’s Water Polo junior center Travis Reynolds said.