article_snippet.sent: Lauren Hill was diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in 2013 when NCAA President Mark Emmert was a senior in high school.
article_snippet.sent: The rare brain tumor was inoperable, but Lauren Hill persisted in playing on NCAA President Mark Emmert high school team despite chemotherapy treatments.
article_snippet.sent: I never gave up for a second, even when I got a terminal diagnosis, never thought about sitting back and not living life anymore," NCAA President Mark Emmert told CNN affiliate WKRC-TV at the time.
article_snippet.sent: NCAA President Mark Emmert had already committed to play for Mount St. Joseph when NCAA President Mark Emmert was diagnosed.