Lauren Hill Accepts Award from Pat Summitt
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By this time, hopefully everyone has heard the story of Lauren Hill, the Mount Saint Joseph basketball player who has a terminal brain tumor, and is living out her final months on earth fulfilling her dreams of playing college basketball. If you have not yet heard of Hill, read more about her background and condition here.
Today, Lauren Hill played her first ever college basketball game, and did something no other rookie has ever done on their first game: Accepted an award from basketball legend Pat Summitt. Summitt presented Hill with the "Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award" at halftime. The game tipped off at 2 pm before a crowd of 10,250, a completely sold out gym.
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Picture from @NCAAWomensBKB[/caption]
By this time, hopefully everyone has heard the story of Lauren Hill, the Mount Saint Joseph basketball player who has a terminal brain tumor, and is living out her final months on earth fulfilling her dreams of playing college basketball. If you have not yet heard of Hill, read more about her background and condition here.
Today, Lauren Hill played her first ever college basketball game, and did something no other rookie has ever done on their first game: Accepted an award from basketball legend Pat Summitt. Summitt presented Hill with the "Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award" at halftime. The game tipped off at 2 pm before a crowd of 10,250, a completely sold out gym.
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