Hokie ClubHBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel reconnects with former Virginia Tech women’s basketball player Rayna DuBose when its latest edition debuts on Tuesday, March 17, at 10 p.m. ET.
DuBose was a freshman center embarking on a promising college basketball career at Virginia Tech in 2002 when she contracted meningococcal meningitis, a bacterial infection that nearly claimed her life. While her condition slowly improved, tissue damage from the infection forced doctors to amputate both her hands and feet. With courage and determination DuBose returned to Virginia Tech and completed her degree in spring 2007, and has since launched a career as a dynamic motivational speaker. REAL SPORTS’ Frank Deford, who first visited DuBose in 2002, reconnects with her to learn how she thrived in the face of adversity.