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06-30-2019, 05:12 PM
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What a win!!
Nate Lashley's road to his first win is a true story, that if anyone made it up for a book...would sound too hokey and unbelievable.
For those that don't know his story...here it is.
Fairy Tale Win (poke here)
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Fighting through adversity
While a junior at Arizona, his parents and girlfriend were killed in a plane crash on their way home from watching him compete at the 2004 NCAA West Regional.
"It was just shock," Lashley said in a 2017 ESPN story. "Shock and disbelief. It was a really tough time, especially that week with the funerals and the memorial service. I was just kind of out of it."
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And to top it all off, he wasn't even in the tournament this week until someone dropped out and allowed him, as the first alternate...to get into the field.
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