The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has bestowed the 2021 Newberry “Perseverance” Award posthumously to Mark Lumley. The longtime coaching staff member at Baylor passed away in December of 2020 after battling cancer for the fourth time. In a 15-year period up until 2019, Lumley never missed a practice, recruiting or games due to treatments. The Donna Newberry “Perseverance” Award recognizes an NFCA member coach who has demonstrated extraordinary strength of will and character in the fight to overcome a physical, mental, or social adversity that presented an additional challenge to the already demanding job of a coach.
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