Flashes Sign Team IMPACT Recruit Malyk Foster
8/26/2019 1:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball
KENT, Ohio- Kent State men's basketball head coach Rob Senderoff is pleased to announce the signing of 5-year-old Malyk Foster through Team IMPACT to the Kent State Basketball team.
"We are really excited for the opportunity to sign Malyk Foster to our team roster for the 2019-20 season," said head coach Rob Senderoff. "We are really looking forward to him being a member of the team and can't wait for him to be a Golden Flash."
A native of Kent, Ohio, Foster was diagnosed in 2017 with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, a disease that affects the lungs, liver, and hepatic system. This condition affects approximately 1 in 200,000 children. Foster continues to take chemotherapy once a month and needs to be disease free for two years before undergoing a double lung transplant.
Through Team IMPACT's program at Kent State, Foster will become an official member of the basketball team. As a team member, he will attend Flashes' practices, games, team dinners, events and more.
Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit headquartered in Boston that connects children facing serious or chronic illnesses with college athletic teams, forming lifelong bonds and life-changing outcomes. Since 2011, Team IMPACT has matched more than 1,800 children with more than 600 colleges and universities in 48 states, reaching over 55,000 participating student athletes. The child joins the athletic team and the student athletes join the child's support team – from Draft Day to Graduation. During the journey, the child gains strength, camaraderie, and support while the student athletes experience lessons of courage, resiliency and perspective they can't learn in a classroom.
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