Sad News

Mandi Schwartz, star Wisconsin Badgers hockey player and sister of St. Louis Blues

prospect Jaden Schwartz, has died. Mandi had been battling acute myeloid leukemia

since 2008. She had been through diagnosis, treatments, remissions, and relapses.

In December, after a 25- month battle that involved a stem-cell transplant many

people thought would save her life, Schwartz suffered a relapse. Her family

said that it was as if they "had hit a brick wall at 100 miles an hour." Schwartz,

23, chose to stop treatment of her condition. The Mandi's Heroes Campaign, which

helped organize a day of prayer for Mandi in January, said on Twitter on Sunday

afternoon "We regret to inform everyone that Mandi Schwartz passed away at 10:35 am

PST surrounded by her wonderful family, fiance, and friends."

Last week, Yale announced the Mandi Schwartz Marrow Donor Registry Drive at Yale,

part of the "Get in the Game. Save a life" campaign for the Be the Match registry--

which will be held on April 21st. There is information for the event on Facebook and

on the Be The Match homepage.

Mandi's brothers Jaden and Rylan played for Colorado College in the NCAA mens

tournament this weekend. "She's fighting through it and they're still helping her as

much as they can." Jaden said. "She actually came out a couple times to watch me and

my brother." "She's been a very, very big influence for me even before the cancer

just how hard she worked in life and how passionate she was about both school and

hockey."

Mandi Schwartz will be remembered as a hard worker.

R.I.P Mandi Schwartz