Time for BBN to Help Out Todd Svoboda

I think one of the many great things about this fanbase is that we hold loyalty and devotion to any level of player that comes through Lexington. Todd Svoboda is a great example.

We don’t just celebrate the stars. We also latch on and fall in love with the role players, the bench players, the little guys. Loving Lukasz Obrzut as much as we do Jodie Meeks. We love Austin MacGinnis as much as Randall Cobb. This fanbase shows as much loyalty to its alumni as any college in the country. That is why I think the BBN can stand up and help out a former player.

TODD SVOBODA PLAYING CAREER

Svoboda only played one season in Lexington, the 1993 Final Four season. He only scored 24 points during that season, playing a total of 38 minutes in 13 games. The transfer from Northern Kentucky was basically the last man off the bench on that team. And yet, he had one of the more memorable shots in that season:

CANCER BATTLE SINCE 2014

I spent eight years working in the tennis industry and many more before that playing tennis at a semi-competitive level. So I was able to tangentially keep up with Todd through tennis as he was a very good player on many Lexington teams. I would see him often at state tournaments and let me tell you, a 6-9 guy is a weapon on the tennis court. But he also began battling bone cancer in 2014.

That battle has continued since that year and on July 11, Todd had his right leg amputated above the knee to help in that struggle. As you can imagine, I am sure this has been a trying time for Todd and his family. Especially for a guy who used to be an elite athlete and continued living an athletic life post-college, losing a portion of a limb has to be challenging.

WHAT CAN BBN DO

Thanks to a GoFundMe set up by a friend of Todd’s, along with input from his wife Franci, you can help assist Todd and his family with expenses that will be incurred as a result of this amputation. Todd’s house will require renovations as well as the expense of a prosthetic. The current goal is set at $30,000 and thanks to the generosity of so many, at last check, the fund goal has already been halfway completed. I have little doubt that BBN will make sure that goal is achieved.