Jordan Culbreath

Jordan Culbreath

Jordan spent an entire fall inspiring his teammates and fans of both the Princeton football team and the rest of the Ivy League. Clearly, though, his story of perseverance reached far beyond the Ancient Eight. The running back was a two-time All-Ivy selection and made...
Jerry Kill

Jerry Kill

Jerry was diagnosed with the rare disease kidney cancer during his tenure at Southern Illinois University. Jerry started Coach Kill Cancer Fund to assist low-income Southern Illinois residents with medical costs because of cancer or other childhood diseases. He...
Scott Tolzien

Scott Tolzien

In the summer of 2009, Scott was the quarterback for the Wisconsin Badgers when he met Jaxson Hinkens and learned the young man had high-risk, stage 4 neuroblastoma. Jaxson’s uncle had promised him a Badgers football helmet autographed by all of the...
Wayne Crawford

Wayne Crawford

Inspired by the battle he watched his offensive coordinator go through with his rare disease diagnosis, the offensive lineman for the Wolfpack felt a call to action and founded the NC State Chapter of Uplifting Athletes in 2011. The connection with coach Dana Bible...
Rex Burkhead

Rex Burkhead

Rex didn’t realize an innocent lunch with a stranger would have such a huge impact on his life. Until he met a young Huskers and Rex fan named Jack Hoffman. Jack had just recently been diagnosed with a rare pediatric brain tumor called low grade glioma. Jack’s...