By Hawk Fanatic

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Former Iowa women’s basketball player Ava Jones announced on social media Saturday that she has cancer.

Jones said on Instagram that she has been diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

This is the latest setback for the Kansas native, who just days after committing to Iowa in 2022, Jones and her family were struck by a car while walking in downtown Louisville.

Her father, Trey Jones died, while Ava and her mother were both seriously injured.

“I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma after the results from the biopsy came back,” Jones posted. ‘This is the news no one ever wants to get, but especially after spending the past 2 and a half years working my butt off and recovering from getting hit by a car.

“My body is very strong and I am confident in the doctors here at Iowa.”

Jones tried to make a comeback from the injures suffered in the car accident, but she ultimately decided to quit playing basketball.

She has been kept on scholarship and has continued to take classes at Iowa.