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Ex-Clovis West, Fresno City star Samson still battling at BYU

No matter what obstacles Trevor Samson faces, he seems to find a way to persevere.

Whether it was at Clovis West High or Fresno City College, or for the past three years as he made the transition from walk-on scout team kicker to a starter at Brigham Young.

Or even after he was born with biliary atresia. It is a life-threatening condition in infants, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, in which the bile ducts have abnormal openings.

At just 10 months, he underwent a liver transplant.

“Doctor told us, ‘There’s this new procedure for liver-related donor and we would like to evaluate you and would you be interested?