Our son Austin was an athletic, healthy 18-year-old until one day in July 2013, he suffered a massive stroke while working out. In just a few weeks we were going to be moving him into Liberty University for his freshman year. Austin’s sudden stroke completely changed his life plan and instead he was fighting for his life in Duke’s ICU.
Austin had just graduated with honors from Apex High School in June. He was a member of the National Honor Society and an avid soccer player, playing all four years on the Apex soccer team. He was also actively involved in the leadership of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes club at Apex. He looked so forward to attending LU and hopefully playing on their soccer team.