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NCAA honors Bluffton baseball team
BLUFFTON, Ohio — Bluffton University’s 2007 baseball team received the Inspiration Award at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Honors Celebration Jan. 15.
Bluffton (Ohio) University head baseball coach James Grandey and student-athlete Cody McPherson accept the Inspiration Award, on behalf of the 2007 baseball team, from Bluffton President James M. Harder at the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Honors Celebration in Atlanta on Jan. 15. — Photo by Stephen Nowland/NCAA
The celebration took place in Atlanta.
The award is presented to “a coach, administrator or athlete who, when confronted with a life-altering situation, showed perseverance, dedication and determination and now serves as a role model to give hope and inspiration to others.”
The 2007 baseball team is the first team to be honored by the NCAA for this award and was recognized for their courage in returning to the field only 28 days after a bus crash on March 2, 2007, that claimed seven lives, including five student-athletes.
Of the 25 surviving students who were on the bus, 24 will graduate. One left the university in 2008 to play minor-league baseball.
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