The Williamsville North High School (New York) lacrosse team honored the memory of former player Billy Wilson who was killed in Afghanistan in March 2012. The T-shirts carry the slogans "Home of the Free", "Because of the Brave".
The story of Billy Wilson begins in high school when the lacrosse coach was forced to throw five players off the team for violating rules. One of the players was the goalie. To fill that hole, Billy Wilson, a freshman at the time, was put into that position. While his start was rough, he took the opportunity to become better and show a quiet leadership that most took notice to.
Upon graduation, Billy entered the US Army where in his seven year career he led his squad on 200 missions, until sadly, he was killed in eastern Afghanistan.
At the one-year anniversary of his death, 1,000 mourners gathered to remember Billy Wilson with T-shirts. The lacrosse team had been selling air fresheners and buying T-shirts to raise funds for the Billy Wilson Scholarship Fund. They presented the Wilson family with a check for $1,500.
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