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Peter Dyson
Basketball and Baseball - Factor IX deficient

CSL Behring GIG Athletic Board Member: Peter Dyson
  • Born: May 25, 1983
  • Lives: Cresco, Pennsylvania
  • Attends: Messiah College
  • Factor deficiency: IX

Career Highlights:

  • Achieved success in three high school sports:  Basketball, Baseball, and Golf
  • Currently plays outfield on his college baseball team
  • Once hit two grand slams in one game!
  • Looks forward to earning a degree in history education, and one day coaching high school basketball and baseball

 

Timothy Grams
Swimmer - Factor VIII deficient

CSL Behring GIG Athletic Board Member: Timothy Grams
  • Born:   April 2, 1979
  • Lives:   Littleton, Colorado
  • Profession:  Geographic Information Systems Technician
  • Factor deficiency: VIII (severe)

Career Highlights:

  • Earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Denver
  • Set three school records while a member of the University of Denver Swim Team
  • Top-three finisher at the Pacific Collegiate Swimming Conference Championships for three years
  • Co-captain of the Columbine High School Swim Team where he is the current holder of five school records

 

Mary Ann Massolio
Marathon Runner - VWD (type 1, mild)

CSL Behring GIG Athletic Board Member: Mary Ann Massolio
  • Born: September 8, 1958
  • Lives: Tampa, Florida
  • Profession: Executive Director, Children’s Cancer Center
  • Bleeding Disorder: VWD (type 1, mild)

Career Highlights:

  • An avid runner since 1972
  • Ran her first full marathon in 2000
  • Vice president of the Florida chapter of the National Hemophilia Foundation, where she has been an active board member for 10 years
  • Has worked as a medical social worker within the hemophilia community since 1993
  • Currently working towards her masters and doctorate in Bereavement Counseling

 

Perry Parker
Professional Golfer - Factor VIII deficient

CSL Behring GIG Athletic Board Member: Perry Parker
  • Born: November 29, 1964
  • Lives: Laguna Niguel, CA
  • Profession: Professional Golfer
  • Factor deficiency: VIII

Career Highlights:

  • Winner of 5 Canadian tour events
  • Participant in 3 U.S. opens (1992, 1997, 1998)
  • Winner of over 20 professional golf tournaments in California
  • Has made 9 career hole-in-ones
  • Played on the Asian, Australian, Canadian, Nike, and PGA tours
  • Has played golf in 49 states and 15 countries

 

Raymond Pierce
Martial Arts/Swimming — VWD

Raymond Pierce
  • Born: January 21, 1987
  • Lives: Irwin, PA
  • Attends: The Catholic University of America
  • Factor deficiency: VWD

Career Highlights:

  • Intends to earn his BS degree in Accounting at The Catholic University of America and then pursue his master’s degree in Forensic Auditing/Accounting
  • Captain of college swim team
  • Former lifeguard and ambassador of The Catholic University of America
  • Third-degree blackbelt in Tang Soo Do (Korean style karate)
  • First-degree blackbelt in Haidong Gumdo (Korean style sword training)
  • Third-degree blackbelt in Martial Arts

 

David Quinn
Ice Hockey - Factor IX deficient

CSL Behring GIG Athletic Board Member: David Quinn
  • Born: July 30, 1966
  • Lives: Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Profession: Hockey Coach
  • Factor deficiency: IX

Career Highlights:

  • 1st round draft pick of the Minnesota North Stars (13 overall) in the 1984 NHL draft
  • 2nd team All American in 1986 as a sophomore defenseman at Boston University
  • Member of 1986 U.S. World Junior hockey team that won America’s 1st medal in tournament history
  • Member of 1987 and 1991 U.S. National hockey team
  • Selected for 1993 Olympic hockey team
  • NCAA Division I coach of the University of Nebraska at Omaha hockey team
  • Currently head coach for U.S. National hockey team

 

Ivan Sada
Baseball - Factor VIII deficient, severe hemophilia A

Ivan Sada
  • Lives: Brandon, Florida
  • Attends: University of South Florida
  • Factor deficiency: VIII (severe)

Career Highlights:

  • 2003 Second Team All-Hillsborough County Team
  • 2004 First Team All-Hillsborough County Team
  • 2004 Hillsborough County Iron Man Award
  • 2004 Junior National Mexico Team
  • Played one year of community college and red shirted the next year

 

Jesse Schrader
Professional Baseball Player - Factor VIII deficient

CSL Behring GIG Athletic Board Member: Jesse Schrader
  • Born: August 21, 1979
  • Lives: Cleveland, OH
  • Profession: Professional Baseball Player
  • Factor deficiency: VIII

Career Highlights:

  • 4-year starting pitcher at Firelands High School with 93 strikeouts in 50 innings
  • 4-year starting pitcher at Tiffin University holding the 3rd All-Time Strikeout Record
  • 5th in the nation for strikeouts per 9 innings in the National Association for Intercollegiate Athletics
  • M1-year starting pitcher for the Florence Freedom Frontier League
  • Currently plays professional ball for the Canton Stallions of Ohio
  • Earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Sports Management and his Master’s Degree in Business Administration, both from Tiffin University

 

Michael Yurmanovich III
Runner-Factor VIII, Severe Hemophilia A


  • Born: September 7, 1981
  • Lives: Cleveland, Ohio
  • Attends: Cleveland State University
  • Factor Deficiency: VIII

Career Highlights:

  • Four time champion of BGSU Championship Cross-Country Race
  • Set Course record for BGSU Championship Cross-Country Race
  • Varsity member of SWC Championship and State Qualifying Cross-Country Team
  • Currently training for marathon race
  • Graduated from Bowling Green State University in Secondary Education and currently working on Master’s Degree in Special Education at Cleveland State University