Five Years After a Nasty Crash, a Symbolic Layup for Josh Speidel
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The two basketball buddies from Indiana, Josh Speidel and Everett Duncan, envisioned this happening hundreds of times in their careers at the University of Vermont: Duncan finding Speidel with a bounce pass, and Speidel finishing with a layup.
Instead, it happened only once, on Tuesday, when the Catamounts celebrated their seniors during the last game of the regular season. That the play happened at all was a testament to Speidel’s resilience, and to the work of many others at the campus that sits about 45 miles south of the Canadian border.
Shortly after committing to Vermont as a prized recruit, Speidel, now a redshirt senior, suffered a severe brain injury in a February 2015 car accident. Speidel, who had been known for his scoring and rebounding, was still in a coma in an Indianapolis hospital when Vermont Coach John Becker visited him and promised his parents, David and Lisa, that the university would honor his scholarship.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/04/sports/ncaabasketball/vermont-josh-speidel.html
If the forum moderators would indulge me for posting a sports story here because this story is about so much more than basketball. It about a struggle and overcoming adversity. And as a Vermont alum, I am very proud of my alma mater.
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