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Former Tech center Isenhour dead at 23

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Posted 12:11PM on Friday 14th June 2002 ( 23 years ago )
ATLANTA - Former Georgia Tech center Michael Isenhour died after a nine-month battle with leukemia. He was 23. <br> <br> Isenhour died at Emory Hospital on Thursday, nine days after he underwent a bone marrow transplant. He had been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in October. <br> <br> Isenhour, a 6-foot-8 center from Lawrenceville, played in 39 games for the Yellow Jackets in 1999-2000 and 2000-01. He attended the Air Force Academy for one year before transferring to Tech to be near his mother. <br> <br> He graduated from the university in December with a degree in mechanical engineering and was scheduled to begin graduate studies this summer. <br> <br> ``Everyone in the Georgia Tech community suffered a personal loss yesterday when Michael passed,&#39;&#39; said head basketball coach Paul Hewitt. <br> <br> Funeral arrangements were incomplete.

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