SMU Tribute - Hannah Mycoskie [Women's Volleyball]

My daughter Hannah is seven months old and has been diagnosed with hydranencephaly, a rare terminal brain condition. Doctors have told us her life expectancy is under a year.

In addition to other gigs, I’ve been the SMU volleyball play-by-play broadcaster for three seasons. I had no idea any of the players were paying attention to what was happening with my family until a couple of weeks ago. I was approached by an assistant coach, who told me the student-athletes would like to dedicate the final regular season match to Hannah. It immediately brought me to tears. Not only did they know, but they wanted to do something special like that.

It was overwhelming from the moment I walked into the coliseum on Nov. 20. They had the “Pray for Hannah” logo on a big sign on the bench. Several of the young women paused their warmup to talk to me about how they were playing for her. During starting lineup introductions, one of their top players ran over to the broadcast table to hand me a mini-ball and said “this is for Hannah.”

The Mustangs had perhaps their best performance of the season and swept WCC champ Pepperdine. In my postgame interview with SMU’s head coach, she basically dismissed my initial question. Instead, she wanted to talk about the team playing for Hannah and the extra boost they garnered from that.

As I told the SMU players postgame, they are who I want my daughter to grow up to be like. Passionate. Dedicated. Caring.

I’ve covered some cool stuff and hope there are more big events in the future, but Monday’s Pepperdine vs. SMU game was the most meaningful night of my career.

I gave the ball and a bunch of other goodies from the team to Hannah early the next morning. I’ll forever be grateful that these amazing women support my baby girl.

Video courtesy: SMU, American Athletic Conference, and ESPN.

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