This past Saturday, Lawson State adopted two new members to the Cougars Baseball program, brothers Joseph and Colton Nelson. Joseph is five-years-old and a participant in the organization Friends of Jaclyn (FOJ) whose mission is to improve the quality of life for children and their families battling pediatric brain tumors and other childhood cancers while spreading awareness. FOJ does this by pairing afflicted children and their siblings with local high school and college sports teams, campus clubs, and arts programs in their community. 

Joseph has a juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA) brain tumor and currently receives treatment at Children's of Alabama.

Joseph, affectionately known as "Joe Joe", was joined by his parents, grandmother, Lawson State President Cynthia T. Anthony, FOJ Founder Denis Murphy, ACCC Commissioner Dean Myrick, and the entire Cougars Baseball team for the adoption ceremony. During the ceremony, both Joseph and Colton signed on to become members of the Cougars program and received their own personalized baseball jerseys and baseballs with signatures from each player on the Cougars' roster. Bham Now, Birmingham Times, CBS 42, and Fox 6 provided news coverage for the event. 

In Case You Missed It:

Watch - WBRC Fox 6: Lawson State baseball team signs 5-year-old battling brain tumor

Read - Birmingham Times: Lawson State Baseball Team Adopts Young Brain Tumor Patient

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Click Here to learn more about the organization: https://friendsofjaclyn.org/