CINCINNATI - NOVEMBER 2: Freshman Lauren Hill of Mount St. Joseph smiles during a game at Xavier University in Cincinnati Ohio at the Cintas Center. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and condition of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: 2014 NBAE (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
Lauren Hill, the Mount Saint Joseph University basketball player, who died in 2015 from terminal brain cancer, will be inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019.
Hill, 19, gained national recognition when, after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in high school, had the chance to fulfill her dream of playing a college basketball game.
In November 2014, she scored two points in her freshman team’s opener despite the tumor draining her energy, and throwing off her coordination, Fox 8 reported.
She entered hospice care a month later, and died in April 2015.
Hill will be entered into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame next May at an induction ceremony in Columbus.
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