Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship - Collegiate Bass Fishing

A CHAMPION'S STORY

When Vincent Campisano and Kalem Tippett of Murray State University hoisted the champion's trophy above their heads at the 2009 BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship, it represented a triumph over enormous challenges.

Although he's not yet 20 years old, Vincent Campisano has already overcome a lifetime of challenges. Vincent was delivered prematurely by emergency c-section. He had a heart murmur, double hernias and weighed only 3 pounds. After spending his first 105 days in the hospital, he was released to come home after finally achieving the body weight goal of 5 pounds. Vincent spent most of his first year of life on oxygen. He also underwent hernia repair surgery and contracted RSV (respiratory syncytial virus). He spent his first Christmas in the hospital where he remained for a total of 17 days, a week of it on a ventilator. Read more.

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