The team is also dealing with the tragic loss of Mike Sadler, who died in a auto crash over the weekend.
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Dantonio said Sadler, 24, lived a life that was dedicated to making others happy.
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“No moment was too big for him, and that’s what I’ll remember about Mike: his gift for life, his love of life, and his competitiveness in the classroom and on the football field”. “Regardless of where you were at in that day or what you had dealt with that day, good or bad, he was going to find a way to make you smile”.
Sadler was the only four-time Academic All-American in program history, finishing a bachelor’s degree in applied engineering sciences in May 2013 and a master’s degree in public policy in May 2015. Dantonio said his staff was “numb” when they received the news about his death Sunday afternoon.
Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio speaks at Big Ten Media Days in Chicago.
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“There’s story after story of him just lighting up a room, saying something sort of funny-not sort of amusing, real funny”. And then there was the serious side of him as well.
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Through the Mike Sadler Legacy Football Scholarship Fund, a Spartan football student-athlete will be awarded a scholarship each year in his honor. “That guy was an outstanding player”.
