Team Casey -- Ridin' and Fishin' for a Cure

               Casey graduated from El Dorado High School, Placerville California in  May 2000. He was a happy young man with a passion for life and an unwavering faith in Jesus.  He listened to the beat of a different drum and was very comfortable in his own skin.  He loved to fish and dreamed of getting a motorcycle.  Casey alway wanted to help other people. He spoke so often of a mission trip he had taken with the church to Alaska.  He said he would like to go back to Alaska, to maybe become a youth pastor and continue the work that the youth group from Federated Church had started.

Casey played soccer and was on the swim team during high school.  He was a long distance swimmer for the team, but toward the end of his senior year he stopped swimming because of low back pain.  He saw many doctors, but no one was able to find the cause for his pain.  He was most comfortable in a squatting position.  Casey's pain increased to the point that he was unable to work.

June 6, 2001 Casey was taken by family to the Stanford University Emergency Room.  Within 1 1/2 hours they had a diagnosis.  He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer with metastasis to the liver.  He underwent one round of chemo, and had multipule procedures.  Casey then decided he would live his life without chemo, so that he could enjoy the time he had left to travel and spend time with family and friends.   

Casey lost his battle on November 1, 2001.  Since that time his family and friends have made a commitment to raise money for the American Cancer Society and Team Casey was formed.