Mitch Mason gets game ball after UNC win over Minnesota

Posted Sep 19, 2023
After the UNC vs. Minnesota football game, the locker room got emotional as Mack Brown and Tim Cross presented the game ball to Mitch Mason. Mason has served as UNC’s football team chaplain for 11 years but has battled idiopathic small fiber neuropathy. It’s an incurable nerve disorder that prevents him from getting out of bed without assistance. (Tar Heels Wire)

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