COLLEGE STATION - Senior Skylar Collins, owner of a megawatt smile capable of lighting up Reed Arena, knows her role with Texas A&M: primarily to inspire from the bench and provide a spark off of it.

Five years ago, the Tri-Cities community came together to raise money through a series of fundraisers for a Kennewick man waiting on a heart and liver transplant. After a long and trying journey, he’s ...

From left: Skylar Collins, his wife Alex, Larry Rhoades and Heidi Allison; Nate Rhoades "I'm still carrying my own legacy and my own purpose, [but] I think I'm also still carrying his," Skylar Collins ...