MADISON – The Wisconsin males’s basketball program has misplaced a member of its household.
Walt McGrory, who joined this system as a walk-on in 2017 and was a member of the staff for 4 seasons, died Saturday after a prolonged battle with most cancers.
The standout from Edina Excessive College in Minnesota was identified with osteosarcoma, a type of bone most cancers, in August 2021.
Docs amputated a part of his left leg in April of this yr.
Present UW gamers Tyler Wahl and Carter Gilmore and former UW gamers Trevor Anderson and Carter Higginbottom have been capable of drive to Minnesota earlier than the season began to go to McGrory.
“It was heartwarming to go up there and simply see him once more,” Wahl mentioned final month. “Type of like outdated instances, as a result of we might all hang around collectively.
“We talked a little bit bit about what was occurring with him, however largely it was simply to go to, getting him to snort and chop it up.”
McGrory began a GoFundMe web page in September, and followers and mates helped elevate greater than $136,000.
Head coach Greg Gard took time after UW’s victory over Robert Morris on Nov. 17 to ask followers to think about McGrory, whose situation was deteriorating.
“I first need to begin out with one thing that’s manner greater than tonight’s sport, the sport of basketball itself,” Gard mentioned that evening. “For Badger Nation, these which might be on the market tuning in, no matter your philosophical, religious mode is that you simply do, in the event you might ship some good ideas and prayers to Walt McGrory’s manner.…
“And Walt, if you’re listening or watching with your loved ones, simply to let you understand we love you right here in Madison and are excited about you and praying for you.”
