Editor's Note:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – For every Little Rock Volleyball match this season, there has been a consistent presence at whatever arena in which the Trojans are competing. That presence enters the arena every night with a determined will to be there, a determination stronger than two of the most feared words a woman can hear, and comes in the form of Geana Thurston.
And those two most feared words that Geana refuses to let sideline her? Breast cancer.
Geana Thurston is seemingly fearless. And her determination to support her daughter, freshman middle blocker Janae Thurston, at every match continues week in and week out despite the rookie season of her daughter's collegiate volleyball career landing smack dab in the middle of her chemotherapy treatments.