For Eagles Cheerleader Ally, the Eagles Salute to Service game this past Sunday against Denver was one that was most special to her.
Her younger brother, William, was deployed to Afghanistan in the fall of 2016. But Ally hasn’t seen him often since he graduated from high school. William joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program at Vanderbilt and was deployed only months after earning his degree which was tough for Ally and her family.
“It was shocking but it was kind of like, ‘Here we go, we knew this was going to happen,'” says Ally.