{"id":2479,"date":"2015-08-26T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-26T22:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2015-08-26T16:31:20","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T22:31:20","slug":"uccs-mountain-lion-volleyball-to-sign-seventh-grader-in-special-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleases.uccs.edu\/?p=2479","title":{"rendered":"UCCS Mountain Lion Volleyball to sign seventh-grader in special ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UCCS<\/a>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. \u2013 The University of Colorado Colorado Springs volleyball team will hold a signing ceremony for seventh grader Hannah Skrastins of Colorado Springs Christian School. The ceremony will take place at 10:15 a.m. Aug. 27 in the Gallogly Events Center skybox.<\/p>\n

Skrastins was an active volleyball player before she was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma brain tumor last summer. She had a tennis-ball sized tumor between her brain stem and cerebellum removed a week after her diagnosis and underwent high-dose radiation and chemotherapy through February 2015. Skrastins\u2019 last MRI showed no evidence of disease, but because of the size of her tumor and the therapy, she has lost most of her vision and some feeling in her feet. She had a strong serve and would count her bruises with pride before the headaches that led to her diagnosis.<\/p>\n

UCCS Volleyball and Skrastins were paired through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, an organization that aims to improve the quality of life for children battling pediatric brain tumors and other childhood cancers by matching them with local high school and college teams. The Mountain Lions will involve Skrastins in as many team activities as she\u2019s able to participate in throughout the season and into the offseason.<\/p>\n

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in Colorado. The university offers 37 bachelor\u2019s degrees, 20 master\u2019s and five doctoral degrees. UCCS enrolls more than 11,100 students on campus annually and another 2,000 in online programs. For more information, visit www.uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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