Taking the hit and recovering

Published on November 17, 2016

Achieving balanced success as a student-athlete is tough already. Gillian Litynski, captain of the Tar Heel fencing team, achieved success at Carolina with one hit already scored against her. Litynski is dyslexic.

Litynski became the first-ever ACC women’s saber champion and became a prestigious Hillman Scholar for Nursing Innovation in the School of Nursing.

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