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Mitchell’s fight takes her to rio Paralympics > 2004 OSU alumna, a quadriplegic, showed no quit on road to Rio

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o Cassie Mitchell, quitting isn’t an option.

It’s the antithesis of her being. A feat she has made herself incapable of accomplishing. Something she has fought her entire life to avoid.

She fought it when she was 12, and her vision began to fade. She did it once more, when one morning shortly Cas sie M itch e l l after high school graduation, she had lost all movement from the chest down. Again, she resisted the urge after a complication during a surgery left her without the ability to grip, officially classifying her as quadriplegic.

It’s her will to move forward — to continue in spite of her struggles — that allows her to succeed. Without it, she would have crumbled years ago.

The Oklahoma State alumna finds herself being tested again, and this time the challenges might be the most difficult to date. The first are the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where Mitchell will compete in track and field.

The second obstacle is cancer.

It’s a terrifying diagnosis constantly looming overhead,

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Cassie Mitchell, an Oklahoma State graduate, has excelled in both athletics and academics.

but Mitchell doesn’t quit.

Growing up in Warner, she was a natural athlete from the start. As a toddler, she began gymnastics and ballet. Throughout elementary school, her commitment to the sport blossomed. She trained 20 hours a week and had the opportunity to compete at the national level before injuries and health denied her the chance.

Shortly after, Mitchell moved to barrel racing and rodeo events. She and her horse, Misty Jet, a retired race horse, won five world champion-

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ships together.

In high school, she shined in track and field.

Sprints were her specialty, and her talent earned her scholarship offers. Her efforts in the classroom, though, were also successful, and she graduated as valedictorian of the Warner High School class of 1999.

Mitchell’s path was set before her, and she assumed her future would unfold as she expected. Life, however, doesn’t care for expectations.

It strikes without warning.

“The initial paralysis liter-

ally happened overnight,” Mitchell said. “I woke up and couldn’t move.

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“After the first NMO (neuromyelitis optica) paralysis attack, I was upset about for about (two) weeks. After that, I was tired of being down and out and just decided that I would move forward with my life to be a happy and contributing member of society.”

Neuromyelitis optica attacks the optical nerves and spinal cord, eventually leading to paralysis.

When the paralysis set in, Mitchell was forced to abandon her track scholarships and focus on her education. She enrolled in OSU’s chemical engineering program in 2000, and while her body weakened, her mind flourished.

Rob Whiteley, the head of the School of Chemical Engineering at OSU, was a professor during Mitchell’s time on campus. He was one of her favorite teachers, and she was his best student.

“When she came into class, she seemed just like every other student,” Whiteley said.

“It didn’t take long, though, to see she was special.”

Like all things she sets her mind to, Mitchell excelled in the classroom, graduating

Summa Cum Laude, requiring a 4.0 GPA, in 2004.

During her time at OSU, Mitchell was exposed to wheelchair athletics, namely wheelchair basketball. It gave her the chance to compete again, and she took the opportunity.

She shot more than 40 percent from the 3-point line, and her senior year, she earned a spot on the Collegiate AllAmerican team. Shortly after graduating, she became an alternate for the USA wheelchair basketball team.

“More important than awards, my time with the OSU wheelchair basketball team was critical in helping me re-find my athletic identity,” Mitchell said. “And the guys were great about teaching me necessary life skills, like hopping curbs and doing wheelies.”

After leaving Stillwater, Mitchell’s NMO symptoms continued to worsen. During one of myriad surgeries, a complication caused Mitchell’s hands to lose the ability to grip, effectively ending her wheelchair basketball career.

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Again, Mitchell focused her attention to other pursuits.

She poured herself into her studies as a graduate student.

“Our society glorifies sports so much while it mostly ignores academics and science,” Whiteley said. “The fact that Cassie is among the best at both is mind-boggling.

“If there was a table with the five greatest OSU graduates ever and Cassie wasn’t at it, I’d have to ask for more information about those other people.”

Mitchell wanted to work in the medical field, finding ways to help others in her position. She earned her doctorate from Georgia Tech, and after graduation, she joined the faculty at the university.

She is studying amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or

ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. She is at the forefront of the field and is one of the leading experts on the disease.

“The work she is doing now will be looked back upon as groundbreaking,” Whiteley said. “In the future, when they find the cure for ALS, we’ll look for the person who laid the groundwork, and it will lead to Cassie.”

Despite her focus on academics and medical research, Mitchell never let athletics get too far out of sight. While earning her graduate degrees, she took to wheelchair cycling and track and field.

Mitchell became the first female quadriplegic national cycling champion in 2010 and followed it up with a world championship in 2011.

That level of success sparked

What to Know What: 2016 Paralympic Games When: Sept. 7-18 Where: Rio de Janeiro How to watch: NBC her interest in the Paralympics, and it led to her competing in the London games in 2012.

She finished shy of a medal in each of the three events she competed in. Getting so close to the podium caused her to double her efforts for the Rio Paralympic games.

Mitchell’s training for Rio took a massive hit, though, earlier this year. In April, Mitchell felt weaker than usual, something she had noticed occurring with more and more frequency. As the

concern grew, she knew it was serious.

Her diagnosis: leukemia.

The cancer had spread throughout her body, and she had no choice but to start chemotherapy at once.

“I was in the hospital with less than 10 days before the 2016 US Paralympic Trials,” Mitchell said. “A little concern was creeping in, but I never l doubted I’d be at the Trials.

“I told the nurses I’d be there if I had to pull the IV

line myself and escape in the middle of the night.”

She was forced to balance the chemotherapy and training, but she was determined.

With only two weeks before the trials, Mitchell had to change events. Because of classification changes for Rio’s Paralympic games, she can no longer compete in cycling. Not one to give up, she decided learn to throw the discus and compete in the club throw.

“She’s just a natural athlete,” said Karl Reid, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor at OSU. “When she sets her mind to it, she can pick it up in no time.”

On the day of the trials, battling both Leukemia and a shingles infection, Mitchell finished second in both events, qualifying to compete

in Rio. At every turn, she’s faced a new obstacle, each one greater than the last. And each time, she fights through it — powers through the road block and never looks back.

After all, Cassie Mitchell never quits.

“I don’t know why I’m here; I don’t know why anyone else is here either,” Whiteley said. “But I know why Cassie Mitchell is here.

She’s here to show us the power of the human spirit.”

Riley Medill is a multimedia journalism senior from Bixby. He can be reached at rmedill@ okstate.edu.

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Browne-Hearrell, who went OSU Allied Arts is puton to participate in the Miss ting on the pageant, which Oklahoma pageant last year, has 12 Oklahoma State and 2012 Miss America first students competing for the runner-up, Betty Thompson. prize of a $1,200 scholarship Browne-Hearrell will be and the title of Miss OSU. at the event to crown the Attendees can buy tickets next Miss OSU. to the pageant for $5 online The competition was open at tickets.okstate.edu or at to all students who wanted the door. Allied Arts coorto participate, not only those dinator Brandon Mitts said with pageant experience, he recommends people buy Mitts said. their tickets online to avoid For contestants, Miss waiting in line.

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Explore what you love together.

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Aries (March 21-April 19) -- Today is a 7 -- Today and tomorrow favor travel and study. Saturn (in Sagittarius) squares Neptune (in Pisces), signaling emotional or spiritual confrontation with authority. Communication is key. Listen and learn.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Figure out your money situation over the next two days. Self-discipline reaps beautiful reward. Invest in home, family and real estate. Avoid confrontation. Go for balance and harmony.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Trust old love and information. Refurbish an antique, or go over family photos.

Pinching pennies pays off. Collaborate with someone you love over the next two days.

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Things are heating up.

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