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Guard Elijah Olaniyi dribbles against Yale on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Olaniyi passed away on Thursday after a battle with brain cancer.

Former Stony Brook men’s basketball star, Elijah Olaniyi, dies at 26 after battle with brain cancer

George Caratzas, Assistant Sports Editor February 27, 2025

Elijah Olaniyi, a former Stony Brook University men’s basketball star, died on Thursday after a fight with brain cancer. He was 26. On Nov. 30,...

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Stony Brook Softball player Danielle "Danni" Kemp gets ready to bat during a game in 2016. Kemp lost her battle with cancer on March 10, 2017. COURTESY OF STONY BROOK ATHLETICS

Remembering Softball’s Danni Kemp one year later

Gregory Zarb March 12, 2018
She fought her way through tough stretches of her life by playing softball. It is odd to think that the sport she loved unconditionally would soon end up being the beginning of the end for her.
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