Western Washington women鈥檚 team helps make dad鈥檚 dream come true
Each team competing in the NCAA Division II Women鈥檚 Basketball Elite Eight last week in San Antonio received a commemorative patch to wear on their uniforms.
But for the Western Washington squad, the Elite Eight logo took a backseat to a more permanent patch. The Vikings wore an 鈥淓R鈥 emblem on their left shoulder to honor Erik Ramstead, the father of senior center Erika Ramstead, who lost his five-year battle with cancer on Jan. 15.
Erika鈥檚 senior basketball season challenged her immensely both on and off the court. In October, before the season officially began, doctors found that the elder Ramstead鈥檚 cancer had spread and that he was expected to live for only three to six more months.