The stuff of greatness
A Graduation Feel-Good Story
June 17, 2009 by Sports Feel Good Stories.com
For high school student Stephanie Lutz to graduate as a 4-year varsity player in tennis and basketball, and a 3-year varsity player in volleyball is a big achievement. Did I mention she made it to the state tournament in tennis each year? What if I told you she’s one of her class of 592 students’ valedictorians with a perfect 4.0 GPA? Oh, by the way, she’s also the student body president.
That’s an impressive list of accomplishments for any student.
What makes this Portland, Oregon resident’s achievements even more inspiring is the circumstances she overcame. You could say that Stephanie faced more challenges than the typical student at David Douglass High School.
Per Lindsay Schnell’s article in The Oregonian, her dad Terry Lutz couldn’t receive a ticket to her graduation because he “… is serving a 40-year prison sentence in Ontario and has not seen his daughter in 12 years. She should have given one to her brother, T.J., but he has been dead for 10 years, having killed himself when Stephanie was 8. Read more
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