Lauren Hill dies after fighting tumor to play college hoops

Source: AP-Excite

CINCINNATI (AP) — Lauren Hill spent her final year polishing a layup and inspiring others to live fully. She succeeded at both as she fought an inoperable brain tumor.

The 19-year-old freshman basketball player at Mount St. Joseph University died at a hospital Friday morning, the co-founder of her nonprofit foundation told The Associated Press.

"Through Lauren's fundraising and advocacy efforts, she not only became a spotlight on the lack of funding for cancer research, but she most certainly has become a beacon guiding researchers for years to come," The Cure Starts Now co-founder Brooke Desserich said.

Hill wouldn't let the tumor dictate her final days. Along the way, she became known simply as Lauren, someone who knew how to make the most of every day and who had a knack for encouraging others to do the same by the way she persevered.

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FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2014, file photo, Mount St. Joseph\'s Lauren Hill gives a thumbs-up as she holds the game ball during her first NCAA college basketball game against Hiram University at Xavier University in Cincinnati. Hill is using her limited energy and her final days to try to inspire people and raise money for research into the cancer that is taking her life. (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)

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I remember watching that game. This entire story is a must read.

Coaching Lauren: Coach reflects on year before Hill's death: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/94187aefb4e34fd68381d9cc04edd21c/coaching-lauren-coach-reflects-year-hills-death