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Today’s USA Today sports section profiles Armintie Price, a basketball player at Ole Miss. Price comes from a tiny town in Mississippi, where she won 15(!) state titles in track and field while becoming a basketball star.

Opposing coaches describe her “unconditional hustle” as inspiring to her teammates and say she is a relentless defender. But the really inspiring part of the story is that she has responded to her mother’s death this year with utter determination and optimism.

Her coach, Carol Ross, has the following beautiful comments about Price,

Every day is more fun because she is so enthusiastic, energetic, passionate. I tell my frineds in coaching, ‘If I could give you one gift, it would be to coach Armintie Price for one day.’ It’s the greatest gift a coach could have.

They are fortunate to have one another.