Haley Scott Demaria to give Notre Dame commencement address
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 5:48 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 5, 2014 7:39 PM EDT
NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- Former Irish swimmer, Haley Scott Demaria, will give the commencement address this year at Notre Dame.
She was paralyzed when she broke her back in a bus accident in 1992.
The swim team was on their way back from a meet and slid off the Indiana Toll Road.
Doctors said she would spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. Just one month later, she beat the odds and was walking again!
Demaria wrote a book about her experience, which is being turned into a movie!
Commencement begins at 9 a.m. on May 20th at Notre Dame Stadium.
Demaria will also receive an honorary degree.