East Lansing teen looks to regain star form after suffering stroke
“Life took a sudden and scary turn in August for East Lansing high school star athlete Ariyana James-Benson. The basketball and track & field star suffered a stroke during a regular workout just two days before the start of her senior year…Ari, as her friends and family call her, also had blood clots in her lungs and required emergency brain surgery. Doctors said the incident was caused by COVID-19 complications.”
Life took a sudden and scary turn in August for East Lansing high school star athlete Ariyana James-Benson. The basketball and track & field star suffered a stroke during a regular workout just two days before the start of her senior year.