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USF Welcomes Courageous 10-Year-Old Teammate to Bulls Family

USF Senior Writer

TAMPA, AUG. 22, 2018 – USF men's soccer held a special preseason press conference Tuesday evening to welcome a new Bull who will serve as a true inspiration for 2018 and beyond.

Bay Area news cameras captured the magic at the Yuengling Center's Fifth Third Bank Arena Club as head coach Bob Butehorn announced the addition of courageous 10-year-old Mario Duran. Butehorn's Bulls partnered with Team IMPACT to sign the Zephyrhills, Fla., native nicknamed "JuJu," who battles a rare form of mouth cancer called sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma.