Mandi Schwartz

It's never easy to deal with death, and certainly, cancer makes it even tougher to deal with it.  Yesterday, cancer claimed yet another person, as Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz succumbed to the the disease.  However, let us not remember her for the way she died, but the way she lived and the legacy that she leaves behind.  A hockey player on the women's team with Yale, her story inspired Mandi's Heroes, which organized a day of prayer for Mandi in January.  The school also organized The Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registry Drive, which will be a part of the nationwide Get in the Game, Save a Life campaign for the Be the Match registry, and it will be held on April 21.  Schwartz wasn't the only hockey player in her family, as her brothers Jaden and Rylan played for Colorado College, and Jaden was a first round pick of the St. Louis Blues in 2010.  If you would like to help with the Be the Match campaign, click here for more info.