"Northridge's deaf player provides extra inspiration"
From the San Jose Mercury News:
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_11946770
KANSAS CITY — He is believed to be the first deaf athlete playing in the NCAA tournament, but Michael Lizarraga isn't concerned with making history. Only that he and his Cal State-Northridge teammates are here.
"It's just like, 'Wow,' it's amazing I get to be here with the team and playing this tournament," Lizarraga, a sophomore forward from the California School for the Deaf in Fremont, said through an American sign language interpreter. "It's hard to put into words. It's the best feeling I could describe.
"It's so much fun."
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