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Jed Blackwell, sports editor 
Anyone who knows former Byrnes football standout and current Clemson student Stanley Hunter knows about his fighter’s heart and his positive attitude.
Those two attributes have served Hunter well on the fields, in the classroom, and in day-to-day life as he has overcome obstacles to become first a college athlete, then a college student and leader.
Now, Hunter has yet another chance to share those positive traits with others and help fund research for the disease that ended his playing career. And he needs your help.
Hunter is one of five finalists for the 2010 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award.
Each year, the Uplifting Athletes foundation presents the Rare Disease Champion award to recognize a leader in sports (organization or individual) who has realized their potential to make a lasting, positive impact on the rare disease community. Hunter, who suffers from Epilepsy, is a finalist in the organization’s online voting campaign. Other finalists include Wilson Holloway (Tulsa), Ian Mitchell (Dickinson), Matt Szczur (Villanova) and Tom Golarz (Penn State).
“It was a surprise to me,” Hunter said of his inclusion as a finalist. “Any time someone wants to write a story on us, it goes through our compliance office. I did an interview over the phone, and the reporter emailed me the story to proof. She told me I was nominated to be in the top five out of hundreds of other athletes. It kind of caught me by surprise.”
For the rest of the story, see this week’s Middle Tyger Times.
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