Word: zappala
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
There was cause for such grave concern. For two full months that school year, every time Zappala stood up, he blacked out for 15 seconds. He had to clutch onto whatever he could find to keep from falling down...
...diagnosis: hydrocephalus. Doctors cut into his skull on Jan. 11, 2001. The operation was a success, draining the fluid that had collected on his brain. Subsequent MRIs have given Zappala a spotless bill of health...
...Instead, Zappala responded the only way he knows how—with focused, unwavering resolve...
...want guts? Through the headaches, blackouts, and brain surgery that year, Zappala missed a total of three weeks. Yes. Three weeks for brain surgery. He had a hat trick in his final game, catching the eye of one Tim Taylor...
...want resiliency? Undeterred in his dream of playing Division I hockey and not satisfied with the Division III looks he was getting at BB&N, Zappala enrolled at Deerfield Academy for a postgraduate year. He thrived there, excelling in the classroom and performing well enough on the ice that big-name suitors came calling. “Academically and athletically, he did a great job up there,” said Taylor, Yale’s longtime head coach. “He was a very easy kid for Yale to admit...