Two years later, Gabby Pethokoukis stands poised at a podium in the Crowne Plaza in Cherry Hill, N.J., accepting an award that closes the final door on her college athletic career.
Two years later, she looks forward to a future beyond Villanova with a wealth of possibilities and plans.
Two years later, she is cancer free.
The Most Courageous Athlete Award is the defining honor at the 112th Annual Philadelphia Sportswriters’ Association Dinner, and the plaque was inscribed with Pethokoukis’ name.
The senior volleyball player earned the title for her inspiring response to a diagnosis of Burkitt’s lymphoma in February 2014.