Diver Emily Grund, Cancer Survivor, To Return To UNC This Fall
Posted Jun 9, 2022
UNC senior diver Emily Grund has announced that she is a cancer survivor and that she will return to dive for UNC this fall. Grund was a three-time USA Diving Junior National Champion as well as an NCAA Qualifier in each of her first three seasons at UNC. She was diagnosed with rare cancer, Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL), in September 2021.
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