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Despite Plight, Mandi Schwartz Inspires

By Lisa OlsonJan 30th 2011 – 11:09AM

SEATTLE -- They think of the homemade cookies, the plate of yummy goodness she brought to their locker room not so long ago. Mandi Schwartz was all bundled up then, wearing triple thick layers and a mighty scarf but still shivering quite a bit. Her immune system, weakened by a recent bone marrow transplant and countless...

Mandi Schwartz Stopping Chemotherapy

By FanHouse StaffJan 6th 2011 – 6:00PM

The tragic story of Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz took another turn Thursday. Her family announced that Mandi -- whose leukemia returned last month -- has stopped undergoing chemotherapy treatments and returned home to Saskatchewan. Her most recent tests showed there are 54 percent leukemia blasts in her bone marrow....

Yale Women's Golf Honors Mandi Schwartz, Cancer-Stricken Hockey Player

By FanHouse StaffDec 26th 2010 – 10:10PM

Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz suffered a setback in her recovery from myeloid leukemia in mid-December, and now Yale's women's golf team is planning to do all it can to join in the efforts to support Schwartz's cancer-fighting efforts. The team will partake in an event, "100 Holes for Mandi," aimed at showing support...

Mandi Schwartz Suffers Setback in Battle With Cancer

By Alan AdamsDec 22nd 2010 – 10:31PM

Canadian hockey player Mandi Schwartz suffered another setback in her battle against cancer late last week when she got the heartbreaking news last weekend that the cancer had returned. Schwartz has been battling acute myeloid leukemia for more than two years and underwent a stem cell transplant Sept. 22. She was...

For Mandi Schwartz and Family, Truly Time To Be Thankful

By David WhitleyNov 24th 2010 – 2:54PM

SEATTLE – The Schwartz family can barely recall this Thanksgiving. Not the American one on Thursday, but the Canadian one last month. The daughter was near death. About all Mandi Schwartz remembers is hallucinating about her fiancé. The brothers were away at college, shielded from the sight of their sister with up...

mandi schwartz News From the Web

  • 04/19/12 Bone Marrow Drive at Yale Source: WTNH.com NEW HAVEN, Conn. A bone marrow registration drive is being held today at Yale in honor of Yale hockey player Mandi Schwartz.

Background on mandi schwartz

Mandi Jocelyn Schwartz (February 3, 1988April 3, 2011) was a Canadian player with the Yale Bulldogs women's ice hockey team.

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