By leading the Navy football team to a narrow victory against a talented Memphis team Sept. 8, Midshipmen quarterback Malcolm Perry showed how he makes tragedy his motivation to triumph.
In April 2005, when Perry was just 8 years old, his older sister, Nichelle, died from heart complications, The Athletic reported Sept. 11.
"That was a tough time for my family," Perry said on Glenn Clark Radio Sept. 12. "She was like the backbone of our family, kept us all together."
