Former Penn State Lady Lion Kathy Drysdale passes away following battle with cancer

University Park, PA (WJAC) — Penn State University officials announced that former Lady Lion Kathy Drysdale passed away Friday at the age of 53.

Drysdale was a star basketball player during her time at Penn State and then spent 13 years as a member of the university's athletics department.

She is a member of the Lady Lions' 1,000 point club and helped Penn State become the first women's team, from the Northeast, to be ranked No. 1 in the Associated Press poll.

Drysdale moved to Dallas, Texas last fall to watch her son, Dereck Lively, play basketball for the Mavericks.

Dereck shared an emotional tribute to his mother on Instagram following her apparent 10+ year battle with cancer.

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