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From Walk-On to Winner: Jake DiMichele’s Journey at Duquesne
PITTSBURGH -- Jake DiMichele remembers the moment his season ended as if it were yesterday. It was cold January morning, midseason, at Duquesne University when he walked into practice and felt a pain in his foot that refused to go away. A few weeks earlier, he had broken a bone in his foot, but he had hoped to play through it. That day, he thought it was over. “I told everyone, told the trainers, and that’s when they sent me back to the doctor,” DiMichele recalled. “They basically told me we were probably going to shut it down for the rest of the year. It was a tough feeling because I thought I could make a difference. The silver lining was that I could get the year back as a redshirt. That gave me some hope, but it was still hard not being out there.” For someone whose basketball journey had been defined by relentless effort, that injury stung. It also revealed his patience, determination and love for the game. These are qualities his coaches, teammates and family had seen in h...
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