Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2013, Page 199

Description:	Jia rong ZhangMarietta ZuberNot Pictured:Marty AbramKaytee AubinJill BakerAustyn BearschJanea BeatoHolden BessEthan BriggsAustin BristoeMicheal ColeDiana CortesJohn DeckardSeairah DelaneyZachary DobosVictoria DrakeJordan EadsCole EvansChristopher FosterNicholas WonderBrennan WoodwardMadison WrightTiffanie WrightJoshua YoderKatie YoungAnastasia HolderJoeseff HollidayNicholas HorowitzThomas HutchisonWonhyung JoLevi KiritsisBrooks McClinticPage McCulloughBrittany McReynoldsJohnathon MillerHolden NealLane PartonNicholas PorterChristopher RobinsonOscar RomeroDominic ShayElijah SkooglundAshley StephensBrent SwangoKelley ThomasCody TrammellValerie TreadwayJeremy TrentaJames TroxalJohn TurnerLeon Underhill■yUBM\|tfttl\|H\|ri^^Champions2 0 13Alex RiceBloomington High School Southwhat akJunior Alexander Kice snares nisfeelings on being named a RileyChampion.■ Alexander Rices banner recognizing him as a RileyChampion is displayed in the Bloomington South atrium.PHOTO BY WALTER WHITE 2. Rice is awarded RileyChampion at the Bloomington High School South RileyDance Marathon Business Dinner. The award wassponsored by Kroger and given to eight past Rileypatients. PHOTO BY JAMES TANFORDA champion is typically thought of assomeone who is brave, strong andresilient. Someone who heads into achallenge with focus anddetermination, and emergesvictorious. For junior AlexanderRice, these challenges were faced asa patient at Riley Childrens Hospital,which was why he was honored asone of eight 2012-2013 RileyChampions, an award sponsored byKroger to recognize Rices inspirationand commitment to other Rileypatients.Kroger started the RileyChampions award in 2008 torecognize patients that have kept anuplifting spirit and taken initiative tohelp in the community and aroundRiley and shared their story toeducate others. Alex was the epitomeof a Riley Champion; he always hada smile on his face, he shared his storywith others and he was constantlylooking for ways to help those inneed. Being a Riley Champion isreally fun, I get to travel around andshare my story with others, said Rice.Rice was diagnosed with acondition called Moyamoya soonafter he was born. Moyamoyacaused the arteries leading to thebrain to narrow, which withoutmedication, could result in strokes.Ive been going to Riley since Iwas two weeks of age, Riceexplained. However, even a lifetimeof hospital visits could not hold Riceback. Rice was a well-known andwell-liked student, getting activelyinvolved around South, helping outaround his community and sharing hisexperience as a Riley patient toinspire and help others throughprograms like Dance Marathon.His efforts did not go unnoticed,and Rice appreciated the recognitionhe received. Getting to see all myhard work pay off and being able todo all the fun things I do has kept megoing, said Rice. South was proudto list Rice among its many otherbrave champions.- BAILEY BOLERLv:*
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