Indiana High School Honors Lauren Hill’s Cancer Fight

LAWRENCEBURG, Ind. (AP) — College basketball player Lauren Hill's Indiana high school retired her jersey number in honor of her inspirational fight to continue playing despite having brain cancer.

Hill told the crowd at Lawrenceburg High School on Saturday night that she thought she was simply coming to watch her old team play before the ceremony was held at halftime.

The 19-year-old freshman has gained attention for her efforts to play at Division III Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati and raise money to research and treat cancer. She was diagnosed last year and has only months to live.

A banner with Hill's No. 22 jersey was unveiled during the ceremony and Lawrenceburg's mayor declared there would be a Lauren Hill Week in the southeastern Indiana city.