Arizona golfer Cassandra Kirkland, left, waits at the tee as Erica Blasberg watches her ball after teeing off Friday, March 28, 2003 in Tucson, Ariz. Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun / Arizona Daily Star Β 

Sad newsΒ 

Cassandra Kirkland, a UA second-team All-Pac-10 golfer in 2005, a four-year letter-winner, has been diagnosed with lung cancer. A native of Paris, France, Kirkland has won twice on the Ladies European Tour in her career. She has been undergoing chemotherapy treatments for two months. She is only 32.


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