On Monday night, Cory Pitsenberger started in his first basketball game of his high school career, and managed to score the team’s first basket on Senior Night.
It was the lead-up to the event, however, that made the moment so special.
Pitsenberger, a senior at Eastern High School in Louisville, has had an exceptionally difficult life growing up. He was born with Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, a genetic condition in which causes premature skull growth and fusion of the skull bones, that required him to have major head surgery at a young age. Cory also struggles with Asperger syndrome, hyptonia, and trichotillomania, among other challenges.