When Drew Clarkson says he’s just happy to be here, it’s not just lip service or a throwaway line.
After enduring four rounds of chemotherapy, follow-up treatment and rehab several years ago while successfully fighting Stage 2 testicular cancer in his junior year at Camas (Wash.) High School, the redshirt freshman guard knows you can take nothing for granted.
Each day must be appreciated, and lived to its zenith. Otherwise, you’re just cheating yourself and, by extension, your family, friends, and the phalanx of health-care providers who helped him survive the biggest challenge of his young life so he could thrive at Oregon State.