Lauren Hill, who inspired many by fighting an inoperable brain tumor to realize her dream of playing college basketball, died Friday morning. She was 19.
Lauren Hill dies after fighting brain tumor to play college basketball
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We are saddened to confirm that Lauren has passed away. Lauren wanted it to be known that DIPG didn’t beat her, but that she beat DIPG.
— Layup 4 Lauren (@layup4lauren) April 10, 2015 Hill was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma just after turning 18, but remained committed to playing at Mount St. Joseph, a Division III school in Ohio.
The NCAA even allowed Mount St. Joseph to move up their season opener to ensure Hill would be able to play. The game was relocated to Xavier University, and the 10,000-seat arena sold out.
Crowd goes to its feet #LaurenHill makes the opening game basket! pic.twitter.com/YNnYWYfgtn
— Mount St. Joseph (@_theMount) November 2, 2014 Hill retired after playing in four games, but remained part of the team as an honorary coach and continued to raise money for cancer research. Her foundation brought in more than $1.5 million.
You can learn more about Lauren and make a donation to fund a cure for DIPG at thecurestartsnow.org.
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