Posted on 12/11/2009 11:18:47 AM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow didn't take home an award from the The Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards Thursday night, but he made national news from the red carpet with his date, the young woman he brought on his arm.
She was Kelly Faughnan, 20, whom he met the day before. Faughnan had been diagnosed with a brain tumor just before Thanksgiving last year. Before surgery last year, her wish was to go to Disney World during the awards show to get a glimpse of Tebow.
Faughnan is from Clifton, Va., according to several news reports.
Fox News reported that Faughnan had asked her family to make the trip from the Washington, D.C., area and was wearing an "I Love Timmy" button at an event Wednesday night.
"I got to meet her and she was a fan," Tebow said in a Fox News video from the red carpet. "We just became good friends last night, and I asked if she wanted to walk the red carpet with me tonight. And she said yes and went out and got a nice dress today, and we're having a good time."
"It's the best thing ever," she said.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocala.com ...
Not something you see a lot of today.
Watch the video at the link. While she is attractive, it is also obvious that she suffers from some fairly severe physical difficulties due to her condition. Not at all what we are accustomed to seeing on the arm of a star athlete.
He’s one of the good guys!
Glad that she’s having fun! I hope she beats her cancer.
Class Act.
Mr. Tebow is living out his faith.
My wife lasted 11 months from her diagnosis in 2005. Hopefully this not the same kind, the kind Kennedy had.
For those that haven’t read the article or watched the video Tebow’s date has brain cancer which has resulted in her having uncontrollable tremors. When she walks she takes very deliberate steps and shakes like a very bad case of Parkinsons.
She wanted to come to Disney just on the off-chance she could catch a glimpse of Tebow. The fact she is actually his date is something that was completely unexpected.
Hahahahaa I know right?
Tim’s the real deal. I am a Hurricanes fan and far from a Gators fan but Tim is indeed a total class act.
Imagine that, the star Heisman trophy winning quarterback posing for pictures with attractive women at the University of Florida. Scandalous.
So is there a law taking pictures and dating a beautiful woman? Last I checked the answer is NO.
Sorry about your wife. A friend is going through the same thing right now but her cancer seems to be in remission. I hope this young lady doesn’t have it that bad either. So sad to see young people get cut short.
Oh the horror, a handsome football player has girls who want to be in a photo with him.
He seems like a stand-up guy.
Or he seeks them out.
Do a pic search sometime on Bing, Google, Facebook for Tebow and girls, hooters, etc.
The video at the link was so worth watching... So very sweet...
God bless this little lady
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