Coen Frambes, age 8, of Fairbury, surrounded by her family and members of the softball team at Redbird Arena, signed a national letter of intent to join the softball team through a program called Team IMPACT. Team IMPACT is a national nonprofit that connects children with serious and chronic illnesses with college athletic teams to form bonds that help the children and the student-athletes.
For Coen, it means joint pain, weak core and neck muscles and redness on her nose and fingers, she and her parents, Kelly and Dave Frambes, told The Pantagraph after she signed her letter on Monday evening.