Hip came out of socket and broke her pelvis
By Paige Kirbach
Staff Writer
SPRINGFIELD — Summer Sabo, Lincoln Land volleyball player, was 8 when she started playing volleyball. She grew to 6 feet tall and excelled in junior high and high school volleyball as a middle hitter.
She’s played club volleyball since eighth grade for Top Notch Volleyball Club. She always dreamed of receiving a college volleyball scholarship.
“It’s always been my favorite sport,” Sabo said.
She was on an athletic scholarship at Lincoln Land when she fell while running and broke her hip.
“The doctor’s said it was a one in a million accident,” Sabo said. “They thought I was hit by a car, but all I did was fall.”
Sabo was running on gravel, took a short step, dislocated her hip out of socket and broke her pelvis.
This accident brought on two surgeries, 10 screws and two metal plates in her hip. She spent 12 days in the hospital doing extensive occupational and physical therapy to be released on crutches.
Sabo has been watching each game from the bench while in recovery.
“It was very difficult to watch my first collegiate season instead of playing, but it gives me more drive for next year,” Sabo said. “Through this experience, I’ve learned to appreciate everyday activities and to not take anything in life for granted.”
Currently, she’s able to walk and jog because of her dedication to her recovery. She has physical therapy twice a week and works out everyday to get full use of her hip back.
Sabo is now working toward playing in the team’s spring season in March.
Paige Kirbach can be reached at [email protected].