Vandy's Melissa Hawkins Carries Father's Memory Through College Career
Fri Apr 16 2021 | Ellla Brockway | College PHOTO BY VANDERBILT ATHLETICS Five minutes into her official visit to campus, Melissa Hawkins had a feeling that Vanderbilt was the place she wanted to spend the next four years. She fell in love fast with Nashville, the school’s special education department and its lacrosse program. The rest of her tour convinced her that Vanderbilt was not just the place she wanted to be, but the place she was meant to be. As Hawkins, her mother Karen and then-assistant coach Beth Hewitt turned the corner out of the lacrosse locker room, they saw a sign for Hawk...
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