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Speidel still battles occasional tremors on the left side of his body. A nearly fatal car accident on Feb. 1, 2015, took that all away. Play Now A University of Nebraska basketball player has been cited following a two-car crash that occurred Wednesday.According to the Lincoln Police Department, Cameron Mack, … site: media | arena: collegebasketball | pageType: stories |

It almost seems impossible, thinking back to being by his bedside three days after the accident. Speidel's story has been so inspirational that longtime Vermont senator Patrick Leahy took to the floor of the United States Senate on Monday to share its power, its energy, its capacity for optimism. The night before the car accident that would change his life, Speidel had 33 points and 18 rebounds.

After his 1980-81 breakout season, Turner’s basketball career was just taking off but, tragically, would be derailed during the summer before his senior year.

Vermont's home finale on Tuesday came against Albany, and with it, an arrangement at the start of the game that allowed Speidel to not only play in the first game of his college career, but to also score Vermont's first points.Becker and Albany coach Will Brown agreed in recent days to allow for Speidel to get his moment, which was at once emotional and triumphant. The fact he played alongside the Duncan brothers, was recruited in the same class as Ernie and will graduate alongside Everett, has made it all the more special. By

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX/CNN) - Five years after surviving a car crash, a University of Vermont top basketball recruit made an amazing comeback.“Looking back five years ago, I mean, that didn’t seem possible," Josh Speidel said.Shortly after committing to Vermont, he suffered a traumatic brain injury in a devastating car crash in 2015, which left him in a coma for four weeks.While in the hospital, coach John Becker promised Speidel and his family that the university would honor his scholarship.Speidel recovered and is on track to graduate in May, but was unable to return to the game he loved, until Tuesday.Through an agreement with State University of New York at Albany basketball coach Will Brown, Spiedel started the game for Vermont and made the Cats’ first basket, completing a life-long dream of scoring in a college basketball game.

Wisconsin men's basketball assistant coach Howard Moore is recovering from injuries suffered in a car crash early Saturday that claimed the lives of his wife and daughter.