Reinhardt’s Geuther Starts Long Road To Recovery

Reinhardt University Softball Coach Jade Geuther involved in a serious accident that initially left her fighting for her life, now finds herself on a long road to recovery. On December 22 Geuther and two others were on a university golf cart on campus and was hit by a vehicle. The car, driving 62 mph in a 35-mph speed limit zone, threw Geuther 135 feet into a tree. She sustained life-threatening injuries and was unable to breathe on her own for eight days. Her injuries included a broken pelvis, 10 broken ribs, two broken thoracic vertebrae, a collapsed lung, and the need for aortic stent in her heart. 13 surgeries so far has resulted from the accident. Since her long road to recovery started, she has learned to eat and swallow again, and walk (after doctors initially said she would not). Two others on the golf cart were injured in the accident, one sustaining a broken femur and another not sustaining serious injury. Geuther won her 300th career victory last March for the Eagles. Before coming to Reinhardt, she was head coach at Cardinal Stritch University from 2012-15, going 44-12 in her final season and receiving the school’s first-ever national NAIA Top 25 ranking.A GoFundMe page has been set up to assist in Coach Geuther’s medical and personal expenses during her long recovery. https://www.gofundme.com/f/efcht7-help-jade-with-medical-bills?utm_campaign=p_cp%20share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer&fbclid=IwAR0lskV2l7ydQfZLnoMxauGl2eEKTGbW7MU3Fko6eM8JYxJ8e2ESA1Y0xxo