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# 22 - Never Give Up!

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Our foundation was co-founded and inspired by Lauren Hill #22
About LaurenLauren HillInspirational HeroBorn on October 1, 1995 Passed on April 10, 2015 (age 19) Diagnosed with DIPG on November 20, 2013
Lauren Hill was a resident of Greendale, Indiana attended Lawrenceburg High School. During her High School career, Lauren not only excelled academically, but also showed her athletic ability by playing 3 years of soccer and 4 years of basketball.
On November 20, 2013, in the early basketball season of Lauren's senior year, she was diagnosed with an inoperable and terminal brain tumor called Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). Determined to let nothing stop her from playing her senior season of basketball, she continued to play through radiation and trial chemotherapy with her Never-Give-Up attitude. She inspired Lawrenceburg and the surrounding schools as she continued to play with adversity, grace, determination, and positivity. Lauren, like most high school athletes, dreamed of playing basketball at the collegiate level. Before her diagnosis on October 1, 2013, she accepted a position to play basketball for Mount Saint Joseph University as long as she could have jersey #22.
Lauren graduated from high school in June 2014 and went on to attend Mount Saint Joseph University for the fall semester in 2014. In September 2014, Lauren received MRI results that her tumor was growing and her life expectancy was reduced to 10 weeks. Her battle with cancer became public when the NCAA agreed to move up the season opener against Hiram College two weeks earlier from the original date so Lauren could play before tumor symptoms caused her to become more physically challenged.
The strong public interest in Lauren's first college game caused the game to be moved to a bigger venue on Xavier University's Campus. The Cintas Center sold 10,250 seats in less than an hour for the big game on November 2, 2014. Lauren's story continued to spread through media and went global. Lauren utilized the media platform to become the voice of DIPG by spreading awareness and raising much-needed research funds to hopfully gain cutting edge medical treatments for future children. To extend life and ultimatly find a cure.
By December 31, 2014 she had helped raise over $1 million dollars for brain cancer research through The Cure Starts Now Foundation, where she was named the foundation's Chief Motivational Officer. Lauren ended her collegiate career December 31, 2014, playing in 4 games and scoring a total of 10 points. When Lauren could no longer physically play the game, she continued to support her MSJ Basketball Team by becoming an honorary coach. Lauren was the first basket made of the NCAA 2014/2015 Womens Basketball season and made it throught the entire Womens Basketball Tounament. She passed just 3 days after the final basket of the NCAA Women Basketball Season. She could only listen to the game as that point. UConn vs Notre Dame, she was rooting for Green! She gained her angel wings on April 10, 2015 raising over $1.4 million dollars at the time of her death and to date more than $3.3 million dollars has been raised in her honor to support and fund research grants. LFFC, her family and friends continue to fight in her honor, assisting families, funding research and spreading awareness. We are now HER VOICE! Help us continue the fight in Lauren's honor and all the other children who lost their lives by making a donation.

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High School Career Awards

  • Academic
  • Athletic
  • Academic Medallion 3 years
  • Lettered 3 times in Basketball
  • Jack Anderson Award 3 years
  • Eye of the Tiger Award 2014
  • Member of The National Honor Society
  • US Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award
  • Callaway Memorial Scholarship
  • Robert W. Meyer – Exemplary Pride & Commitment
  • Tim "Pup" Johnson Scholarship
  • H.P. Harrison – Outstanding Mental Attitude
  • Mount Saint Joseph University – Dean's Scholarship
  • McKain Family Athletic Memorial Scholarship
  • Mount Saint Joseph University Grant

Career Highlights and Awards

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Lauren’s Fight for Cure (“LFFC”) is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive, respectful, and welcoming environment for all individuals. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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