Sarah Sue Morbitzer overcame two heart surgeries to fulfill her dream of playing volleyball at OSU, but her efforts to inspire kids with similar conditions have only just begun.
New on campus as a freshman on the Ohio State women’s volleyball team in the summer of 2020, Morbitzer was on the cusp of fulfilling a childhood dream: donning the scarlet and gray to play the sport she loves for her hometown Buckeyes. But within arm’s reach of her longtime goal, a heart condition that predated Morbitzer’s earliest athletic aspirations threatened to take it away before her freshman season began.
“I'm so much more than a volleyball player, so much more than someone who's had heart surgery. Little pieces of everything has formed me into who I am today.”Morbitzer never let her condition hold her back from pursuing an athletic career. Her mother, Carole Morbitzer, was a longtime volleyball coach who helped her daughter foster a love for the sport and helmed Sarah Sue’s high school program at Hamilton Township in Columbus.
At the time, Morbitzer told Oldenburg, “it’s fine,” citing how long she’d already dealt with the condition without issue. Of course, it didn’t take long for complications to arise after that. Oldenburg told Morbitzer she didn’t need to push as hard as the rest of the team during preseason conditioning, but Morbitzer didn’t want special treatment.
At that point, perhaps others would’ve chosen to give up their athletic endeavors entirely. But Morbitzer? Not a chance. Oldenburg was concerned after finding out Morbitzer’s parents weren’t on board, but said she was so adamant about what she wanted that trying to talk her out of it would’ve been a futile effort. After that, surgery was on the books for December 2020, which was still before the team’s COVID-delayed start to the volleyball season.
“We just call her the heart of the team. You hear that phrase over and over again, and she is. Because she just goes in and does her job. She doesn't complain, she doesn't moan about it.”“She's like a superhero. Like, super impressed,” Oldenburg said. “I was like, 'Hey, you don't have to be in this drill.' She's like, 'I'm going in the drill.' I'm like, OK, well if you need a break, it's OK.
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