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Defeating Obstacles and Dominating Hitters, Neas Keeps Coming Out on Top

BOONE, N.C. — Sports fans love comeback stories, and App State Softball has its own inspiring comeback story in junior pitcher Sejal Neas, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at a young age.

Now in her third year at App State, a healthy Neas continues to excel as a top pitcher for the Mountaineers, competing with a battle-tested mentality shaped by the difficult challenges she faced early in her life.

Neas

was diagnosed when she was two and a half years old and would fight her cancer until she was about 5, when her fight resulted in her being declared cancer-free.