As the basketball season begins, there are a couple inspirational stories in college basketball that has been breaking the news. College athletes Lauren Hill and Austin Hatch both started their season with a powerful story that will inspire people.

Mount St. Joseph’s Lauren Hill has brought inspiration to several basketball players from all different levels. She has received messages from Lebron James, Devon Still, and other pro athletes and Olympians.

Hill was diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) after she committed to Mount St. Joseph to play basketball.

According to DIPGRegistry.org, DIPG is a tumor that is located in the brainstem of the lower back of the brain. Fewer than 10% of children survive two years of diagnosis.

The NCAA agreed to move the season opener against Hiram College to November 2 at the sold out Xavier’s Cintas Center. She scored four points. The game was moved so that Hill would be able to play and they didn’t have risk that she would not be able to play in her first collegiate level game that was suppose to be played on November 15.

Hill started the challenge “Layup4Lauren” to gain awareness for her disease. To do this, challenge you spin around fives time and then shoot a layup with your non-dominate hand. This is because Hill has spells of dizziness due to her diseases and she has to shoot with her left hand instead of her dominant right. Just like the ALS Ice-Bucket challenge, once you have accomplished it, you must challenge others to do it.

“It inspired to believe that anything is possible and it helped me realize to not take my ability to be able to play basketball for granted,” said Carlisle girls’ basketball player Lauren Peele.

Unfortunately, Hill passed away on April 10, leaving behind thousands of inspired family and friends.

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Austin Hatch played in his first Michigan basketball game during the exhibition game against Wayne State. He made one free throw at the end of the game which brought the crowd to their feet applauding him.

According to CBSnews, Hatch survived two plane crashes. The first crash was in 2003; his dad was flying when the plane did not have enough fuel. The crash killed Hatch’s mom and two siblings. The second crash was in 2011 due to a crash in a neighborhood when his dad was flying the plane again. This time the crash killed his father and stepmom and left Hatch with a serious head injury, punctured lungs and ribs.

Hatch tweeted the day after his first game from @AustinHatch30, “Hope my free throw reiterated Jimmy V: ‘Don’t give up. Don’t ever give up.’ You can overcome almost anything u put your mind to; trust me.”