What Though the Odds: Haley Scott's Journey of Faith and Hope Book

Haley Scott was a swimmer at Notre Dame during the years I was there. She, along with the rest of the Notre Dame Women's Swim Team was involved in a bus accident in January of 1992. Two of her teammates were killed, and Scott's spine was severly injured, to the point that she was not expected to walk again.

What Though the Odds begins with this crash and tracks in detail Scott's journey from the night of the accident through her recovery with the most attention paid to the year following the accident. It is an inspiring story of determination and overcoming the odds.

Reading this book was personal to me. Although I did not know Scott personally, I remember waking up to the news on my clock radio alarm saying that the swim team was involved in an accident. She spoke at a pep rally before a football game in 1993, a big game that Notre Dame was not expected to win, and I remember her saying, "There comes a time to prove the critics wrong," which has stayed with me since that time.