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Monday, December 29, 2008

A truly extraordinary story out of Walla Walla Community College. After a head on collision causes a player to lose 17 years of memory, her coach and teammates band together to support her:
The ER providers assured the coach nothing had shown up on a brain scan and that this was how a severe concussion looked.

But Hazeltine doesn't limit her job to the gym floor and this would be no exception. "When I recruit these kids, I make a promise to their parents to take care of them, but you never think it's going to be this.

"Every year I get 15 new children. Kayla is like a daughter. Every day when I wake up, my first thought is, 'How's Kayla?'"