Laurie Mealing missed many of her daughter’s basketball games while she played for UCF from 2007-11. She has missed holidays and birthdays and slept through Angelica’s high school graduation. But on Oct. 11 when Angelica accepted the Courageous Student-Athlete award at the National Consortium for Academics and Sports Giant Steps awards banquet, Laurie was in the room, captivated by Angelica’s…
