Mariah Dunham lost a cherished family member a couple weeks ago when her aunt, Debbie Simonds, died after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. At the same time, she was reminded that she has a big extended family with the Wisconsin Badgers women’s basketball team.
It has been an emotional period for Dunham, a junior forward from Watertown, as she has tried to juggle family and basketball. In the end, she has learned that they are one and the same.