Jocelyn Schwartz Bath (February 3, 1988 - April 3, 2011) is a Canadian player with Yale Bulldogs women ice hockey team. In December 2008 - the first year at Yale University - Schwartz was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Diagnosis and search for bone marrow or stem cell transplants produce bone marrow drives held at Yale and in Canada. While the bone marrow drive held at Yale University did not result in a match for Schwartz, they produced six matches for other patients in the registry who were awaiting transplantation. On February 1, 2018, 39 bone marrow matches have been produced from drives conducted at Yale University alone. She underwent a stem cell transplant from cord blood donated in September 2010. In December 2010, she learned that the cancer had returned and stopped most forms of treatment. Schwartz died in Regina, Saskatchewan, at the age of 23.
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Schwartz played a small hockey at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. He joined Yale Bulldogs after high school graduation in 2006. Schwartz attended an evaluation camp for Canada's national women's ice hockey team hosted by Canada Hockey.
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Disease and death
Schwartz was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December 2008, during his first year at Yale. He has been sick for most of the fall semester, but relates it to stress and early diagnosis of anemia. She was diagnosed on December 8, 2008. She started treatment for her cancer in December 2008 and was able to return to school and start practicing with hockey teams again in January 2010. In April 2010, she received word that her cancer had returned. and forced to leave school.
Doctors have decided that Schwartz's best choice for treatment is cord blood or bone marrow transplant. In the hope of finding a match, the bone marrow drive is set up at Yale University and in multiple locations across Canada. The drive held at Yale resulted in more than 1,600 people volunteering as potential donors. The bone marrow drive did not produce a match for Schwartz, but doctors found a suitable donor from the umbilical cord blood. In September 2010, Schwartz underwent a transplant in Seattle. His cancer was in remission after transplant, but returned again in December 2010. Shortly after this, Schwartz decided to stop most forms of treatment. Rather than hoping to heal, Schwartz continues with palliative chemotherapy designed to minimize his symptoms. On April 2, 2011, he entered Regina hospital and died the next day.
Personal life
Schwartz is the daughter of Rick and Carol Schwartz. Brothers Jaden and Rylan both play for the Colorado College ice hockey team. Jaden is the first draft pick round of St. Louis Blues in 2010 NHL Entry Draft, and currently plays for the Blues. Jaden, having previously used the number 9 for his first two years with the Blues, switched to number 17 as a tribute to his sister; that is the number he uses on the ice. His brother Rylan has played in six leagues over his professional hockey career, currently playing 2017/18 season in Germany (DEL) with Fischtown Penguins. She was engaged to Kaylem Prefontaine, whom she met in high school. They plan to get married in 2012.
Legacy
Yale University has made the bone marrow drive annual events on campus. The first two drives listed more than 1,600 potential donors. Drive 2011 was held in April, shortly after Schwartz's death. Shortly after the event, it was announced that the drive had unofficially registered again with 869 other potential donors. Although school drives do not find a match for Schwartz, they have produced 28 more matches for patients who require bone marrow transplantation. The success of Yale's bone marrow drive is statistically impossible, according to Sam Rubin who works in Yale's sports publicity department. Rubin stated, "Normally, it takes tens of thousands of people to get one game, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack."
ECAC Hockey changed its name to Student-Athlete of the Year Award in memory of Mandi Schwartz. The announcement was made on the day that will be the 24th anniversary of Bath. "ECAC Hockey's Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year Award is awarded to outstanding athletes in the class, participating in fifty percent of team games, and showing leadership on and off ice.Each head coach nominates an athlete-student, and committees consisting of school administrators have the task of selecting recipients. "
Yale Player Bio *
Note: Returned to Yale for the spring semester of 2010 after a year away from school battling leukemia... Named the best passer on the team by mid-season second-year survey... Brother, Jaden and Rylan, both playing hockey as well.
2009-10: Returns to Yale on January 8 after a year away from school struggling against leukemia.
2008-09 (Junior): Hockey ECAC All-Academic... One assists in 11 matches... A row of consecutive matches played up to 73 before being diagnosed with leukemia in December... The team held a fundraiser to honor it in the spring, selling Yale Hockey T-shirt T-shirts, and also combined with Yale football teams for bone marrow donor testing drives.
2007-08 (Sophomore): ECAC Hockey All-Academic... Third in the team in assists with 10... Also has four goals and 14 points in 31 games, including 11 points in the last 18 games game... Had three assists in a 5-0 win over Cornell.
2006-07 (Freshman): ECAC Hockey All-Academic... Appeared in all 31 games, scored five goals and added eight assists... Scored college's first goal in a 3-1 win over Quinnipiac Nov 4... Scored a match-tying game at Harvard in a two-quarter-final game of ECAC Hockey with 2:36 remaining.
HOCKEY CANADA: Attends Canadian U-22 cooling camp team in June 2006... Also attending U-22 Top 40 Camp in Ottawa in the summer of 2006.
Before Yale: Won a bronze medal with Tim Saskatchewan at the 2003 Canadian Olympics... Captain and four-year letter winner at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame... Hounds won the Mac tournament twice and three time Champion Canadian and Western Provinces... Also play volleyball and cross country runs.
Off the Ice: Anggota Calhoun College... Hobi termasuk speed swimming, hiking, dan cross country skiing... Bagian dari program Adopt a Team.
Nickname: Schwartzy, Mandalay
Favorite musician: Keith Urban
Favorite food: Ice cream, PBJ sandwich
Favorite quote: The vision of a champion is someone who bends over, sweating, at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching.
Atlet favorit: Hailey Wickenheiser
If you can go anywhere in the world, where is it? Kelowna, B.C.; every place I have friends to visit
Favorite TV Shows: Friends
What's the strongest part of your game? Determination to get and control pieces and to make good games.
* Information saved from the Yale's 2009-2010 Women's Hale page.
References
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