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Gracee Dishman Driven by Faith and Focus at Bryan College

Gracee Dishman gets to come home more often than some college students. She will settle into her favorite chair on the family farm in...

Illinois' Ranley Clayton - Competitive yet Compassionate

When Ranley Clayton cruises around with her dog Adler, she is in her happy place. She loves driving her black Jeep Wrangler, engine...

Hocking's Trevell Adams is Tough Enough

In June of 2016, a day after LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Championship, a 15-year-old in Columbus, Ohio was...

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For Richmond's Marcus Randolph Jr., Hoops Helps

Marcus Randolph Jr. and basketball overcame adversity together. His hardships before attending the University of Richmond forced growth...

Semper Firebird - Saint Katherine's Bryan Baptiste

Bryan Baptiste had one choice to make, one of those life-altering choices that impacts everyone around him. His college decision had...

The Sport That Saved EWU's Jackson Atwood

Jackson Atwood wanted accent colors. And he wanted them on his wheelchair. The exact desire: a blue frame with purple accents. This...

Matt Wynn

For Richmond's Marcus Randolph Jr., Hoops Helps

Marcus Randolph Jr. and basketball overcame adversity together. His hardships before attending the University of Richmond forced growth...

Joe Malandruccolo

Semper Firebird - Saint Katherine's Bryan Baptiste

Bryan Baptiste had one choice to make, one of those life-altering choices that impacts everyone around him. His college decision had...

Savannah Reger

The Sport That Saved EWU's Jackson Atwood

Jackson Atwood wanted accent colors. And he wanted them on his wheelchair. The exact desire: a blue frame with purple accents. This...

LIU’s Emaia O’Brien Makes Impossible Possible

Patricia Smallwood

LIU’s Emaia O’Brien Makes Impossible Possible

Five-year-old Emaia’s heart raced. She ran barefoot over the sharp grass in her backyard, hardly feeling the sting as she sprinted past...

London Cobbs: A Non-Knucklehead At Kent State Tuscarawas

Frederick Eberhart

London Cobbs: A Non-Knucklehead At Kent State Tuscarawas

Standing in the airport, London Cobbs spots a former teammate walking toward him, decked out in University of Minnesota basketball gear....

KCU's Jasmine Flowers Keeps Pushing for a Purpose

Collin Atwood

KCU's Jasmine Flowers Keeps Pushing for a Purpose

Dyslexia in a nutshell: Reading words like “how” as “who” or “now” as “won.” Right? Wrong. Really wrong. Kentucky Christain University...

Trinity's Ashlyn Milton Always Comes Back To Basketball

Matt Wynn

Trinity's Ashlyn Milton Always Comes Back To Basketball

Ashlyn Milton always comes back. Sometimes, she needs to step away. But no matter what struggle she faces, one thing never changes. She...

Kylie Wroblewski is a Supported Supporter at St. Ambrose

Emma Hurley

Kylie Wroblewski is a Supported Supporter at St. Ambrose

Good luck texts before games from her sister, homemade posters waving in the stands from her mom, hours of training sessions in the...

Sam Stevens: Skinny Student To Middlebury Monster

Josh Banner

Sam Stevens: Skinny Student To Middlebury Monster

Sam Stevens struggled. He had some on-court skills, and pretty good athleticism, but he was usually younger and almost always skinnier...

Though She's Getting Worse, Arizona's Emilee Gustafson Keeps Getting Better

Dave Barend

Though She's Getting Worse, Arizona's Emilee Gustafson Keeps Getting Better

“I’m kind of boring.” I have a story to write about Emilee Gustafson who just described herself as boring. Wonderful. “I really enjoyed...

Nicole D'Costa

TCNJ Club's Michael Hoffman Stands Tall

If there’s one thing Michael Hoffman knows, it’s how to hustle. Work harder than everyone around him. Play smarter than the next guy....

Kendra Parra is a Compassionate Competitor for MSU Denver

Patrick Engels

Kendra Parra is a Compassionate Competitor for MSU Denver

Board games. Trampoline football. Basketball. Name the activity, and Kendra Parra will seek to dominate you. It makes Kendra, Kendra. “I...

Coastal Carolina’s Tahalia Collier Lifts Herself Up

Olivia Brown

Coastal Carolina’s Tahalia Collier Lifts Herself Up

September 10, 2018 “Is everyone in your family home?” At 7:30 p.m., Tamara Collier, a mother of three, received this phone call from her...

Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself

Colin McNamara

Odessa's Dian Wright-Forde Found Himself

Wild, lost and curious - the three words Dian Wright-Forde used to describe his past self. He associated with the wrong crowds and...

Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State

Alexandra Nikou

Nya Valentine is Perfectly Imperfect at Shelton State

Nope. Not Nya Valentine. Everyone has at some point stopped working hard. Everyone has, at least on occasion, given in to the temptation...

Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens

Jack Meyer

Knock Wabash Valley's Shaulana Wagner Down And See What Happens

“Everyone has a plan until they get hit . . . I will not be shaken, for He gives me the strength to hit back.” The message inscribed...

UAlbany’s Club Team Showed John Mhilli His Basketball Future

Nicole D'Costa

UAlbany’s Club Team Showed John Mhilli His Basketball Future

John Mhilli loves basketball. From the time he was a teenager with more potential and height than skill, to his days as a collegiate club...

BSC Albany's Charles Echols Listens Through The Noise

Frederick Eberhart

BSC Albany's Charles Echols Listens Through The Noise

Most successful athletes grow up with the active support of at least one parent, if not two. A mom or dad to drive them to practices,...

Cedarville's Jacob Drees has the Power of Perspective

Sean Savage

Cedarville's Jacob Drees has the Power of Perspective

None. When asked how many significant problems he has faced in his life, Cedarville University's senior Jacob Drees claims none. He's...

Mizzou's Koda Inman-Ahlstrom Is Far From Frail

Timothy Dashiell

Mizzou's Koda Inman-Ahlstrom Is Far From Frail

Brain damaged. Mute. Unfunctional The future for Koda Inman-Ahlstrom following a 2007 car crash at age 7, that put him and his cousin...

Matt Wynn

Rochester's Hannah Lindemuth Helps

Come half-time at the University of Rochester, Hannah Lindemuth takes shot after shot, finding confidence every time she drains one....

Cortland's Rachel Tower now has Dragons in her Family

Olivia Brown

Cortland's Rachel Tower now has Dragons in her Family

When asked to name their closest friends, many people will identify college roommates, childhood playmates, or maybe even a significant...

CUNY Now Has a Fighter in Katherine Valdez

Angelina Davila

CUNY Now Has a Fighter in Katherine Valdez

Her parents call her “Luchona.” That means fighter - a perfect nickname for Katherine Valdez. Well, perfect now. Throughout a journey...

Hannah Boyer is a Baller And More At Emmaus

Collin Atwood

Hannah Boyer is a Baller And More At Emmaus

At a quick glance, Hannah Boyer appears to be just another athlete giving her all on the court. Her 6-foot stature makes her extremely...

Kiki Jefferson: JMU's Ball Of Excitement

Caitlin Cummings

Kiki Jefferson: JMU's Ball Of Excitement

When Kiki Jefferson returns home from James Madison University to her hometown of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she encounters the utmost love...

Katelyn Andres Brings Resiliency To Felician U.

Patrick Engels

Katelyn Andres Brings Resiliency To Felician U.

It's November 30, 2012. Twelve-year-old Katelyn Andres lays sound asleep on the living room sofa in her North Bergen, New Jersey home...

How Spencer Piercefield Became Indispensable And More At IWU

Adam Glatczak

How Spencer Piercefield Became Indispensable And More At IWU

When a program has averaged better than 28 wins per season for a stretch of nearly 20 years, sometimes it takes players stepping up when...

Clayton Southwick Is Happy With More Snow

Colin McNamara

Clayton Southwick Is Happy With More Snow

Clayton Southwick may love Snow, but he did not intend to play with it for very long. Heading into the 2021-22 season, Southwick enrolled...

Jack Meyer

Telisha Brown Brought Special To Blinn

What if I’m not good enough? Should I just give up? Am I not special? Most athletes frequently face questions like these. In addition to...

Wisconsin-Whitewater's Talen Jourdan Is 1 Great Player

Samuel Peterson

Wisconsin-Whitewater's Talen Jourdan Is 1 Great Player

When asked how long he’s been playing sports, Talen Jourdan laughs. “Well,” he said, “since I was pretty much out the womb, damn near.”...

Springfield College's Grace Dzindolet Is Love