AMMON, Idaho (KIFI) – Hillcrest Boys Basketball has won back-to-back 4A state championships, and they chase a three-peat this season. Their unsung hero is their team manager, who finally got his chance to play on senior night Wednesday.
Brey Steffensen stole the show in his first career start when he scored his first career basket.
“It was wonderful,” Steffensen said. “The whole gym went wild and they were chanting my name and it was just very special to me.”
Brey’s road to this point has been anything but easy.
Growing up in Ethiopia, Brey suffered from a rare disease called Lathyrism, an incurable neurological disorder that causes paralysis of the lower limbs. At one point, Brey couldn’t walk.
“I’ve done a lot of hard things in my life,” Steffensen said. “And I’ve also done a lot of things that I couldn’t do.”
By the summer of 2017, he was playing baseball and Sports Line took notice because he was throwing darts.
“He pitched the whole season,” Skyleur Steffensen said. “You guys did a story on him, and it was cool to see him just excel in that sport.
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