Check out the feature on Trey, which was published in Basketball Times and on the official website of the National Association of Basketball Coaches



I went to Marquette University as the special assistant for Men's Basketball in September 2001. Shortly thereafter, I became ill, with what was first thought to be pneumonia. It turned out to be an incurable lung disease called IPF. I was told that my only hope for long-term survival was a double lung transplant.

I was placed on the waiting list and waited for approximately two years, until February 17, 2004, when a matching donor was found. My surgeon, Dr. Robert Love, and his team performed a seven-hour operation on me, where both of my diseased lungs were removed, and replaced with the new lungs from the donor.

I was very fortunate to receive my transplant. More than 80,000 people in the United States are on the transplant waiting lists. Approximately 17 of those people die each day, still waiting for a transplant that never happened, due to a shortage of donor organs.

Today, we are asking for your help. If you have not done so already, please make the decision to become an organ donor and share your decision with your family. Your decision can save lives. I am living proof.


Sincerely,

Trey Schwab