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What keeps athletes up at night is not the high-pressure stakes of a game on the line or the vulnerability of having a crowd of eyes watching them. It’s the fear of getting injured, as it only takes one startling moment for it all – their hard work, dedication, season or career – to come to an end.
But as those who have fought their way back from an injury know, it’s not just a process of recovery, but one of discovery. This truth is one Jonathon Symuleski, 19, learned firsthand after unexpectedly suffering an injury during basketball practice, halfway through his senior year of high school.
An MRI at Lehigh Valley Health Network revealed Symuleski tore his anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL. Just like that Symuleski’s basketball career was over and his last high school track season came to an end before it even began. With offers from Eastern Mennonite University and Scranton University for a spot on their track and field team as a throwing events athlete in the fall, Symuleski was determined to turn this setback into a comeback.