Mia Hamant was coming off a career-best junior season at Washington, where she ranked third in the nation in save percentage (0.882), before she received the cancer diagnosis in April.
Hamant had Stage 4 SMARCB1-deficient kidney cancer. A GoFundMe organized by teammate Lucy Newlin's mom, Kim Newlin, said the form of cancer Hamant was diagnosed with was so rare that "many medical facilities may only see a single case per year."
Hamant sat out her senior season to undergo treatment, but was never far from her teammates or the game she loved. She was there the first day of practice, when the Huskies laid out their season goals, Washington women's soccer coach Nicole Van Dyke said. She was at every home game. She was only a FaceTime call away when the team was the road. The team celebrated Hamant's 21st birthday together in July with games of Tic, Tac, Toss, Perfection and Tapple.
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