Michigan Golf Journal May 2019

That December “Spartan Strong” was born. Liz had surgery late that month and she was on a plane with our team in February 2013, equipped with her golf gloves that bore the slogan “Spartan Strong” ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĚŽĐƵŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ the airport security that she ǁĂƐ ƐƟůů ͞ƌĂĚŝŽĂĐƟǀĞ͘͟ dŚĞ support that Liz received from the MSU Family was ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƟǀĂƟŽŶ she had to get through the treatment and recovery was amazing. I was so proud of how she handled the whole ƐŝƚƵĂƟŽŶ͘ >ŝnj ŝƐ ŶŽǁ ƉƵƌƐƵŝŶŐ her dream (cancer free) … playing professional golf while knowing just how “Spartan Strong” she truly is. Fast forward to August 2017… It is just before school starts and Jac Setas is up north enjoying one of her favorite places on earth, Bay Harbor. I get a call from her to tell me she woke up with a weird lump on her collarbone. We set Jac up to see our team doctor as soon as she got ďĂĐŬ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ĂŌĞƌ ƐŽŵĞ ƚĞƐƟŶŐ͕ ǁĞ ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞĚ the diagnosis of Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Everyone deals with illness ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚůLJ͖ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ƐŽ ŵĂŶLJ ĨĞĞůŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ĞŵŽƟŽŶƐ ƚŚĂƚ ŐŽ along with hearing the words “cancer.” I remember being upset and in disbelief because this was our second player that was going to go through hell and back, upset that we cannot find a cure to this ugly disease that affects so many lives and upset that this young, strong athlete had to deal with this at such a young age. However, the Spartan Family came through once ĂŐĂŝŶ͘ :ĂĐ͛Ɛ ĐůŽƐĞ ŐŽůĮŶŐ buddy had plenty of green Liz Nagle ŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ ŽŶ ƉĂŐĞ ϲ хх 5 May 2019 ǁǁǁ͘ŵŝĐŚŝŐĂŶŐŽůłŽƵƌŶĂů͘ĐŽŵ