Druid Hills cancer survivor will represent Team USA in wheelchair basketball championships

Jude Hiley plays on the court for Auburn's wheelchair basketball team. (Courtesy/Sophie Livaudais, Auburn University Adapted Athletics)

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Jude Hiley knows something about pushing through adversity.

He fought cancer when he was 11. He played baseball after he had a leg amputation. His competitive spirit took him places he never dreamed he’d go.

The 19-year-old North Druid Hills native and sophomore at Auburn University, will represent Team USA in the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation’s (IWBF) Americas Men’s U23 Championship in Bogotá, Colombia this April.