Tyson Gilbert had to recover from open heart surgery for a congenital defect, then heal from a torn Achilles, before he could return to the basketball court for UAA. Along the way, he gained a new perspective on adversity, courage and gratitude. sportsadn
Since Tyson Gilbert joined the UAA men’s basketball team in 2020, he has recovered from surgery to repair a congenital heart defect and a ruptured Achilles tendon. Photographed on December 27, 2022. The University of Alaska Anchorage guard had collapsed during his first open gym session after joining the Seawolves.
“Seeing how happy they were for me just made me feel really good, and I’m just blessed and grateful to be in this position,” he said. Since the COVID-19 pandemic had hit that spring, all recruiting had to be done virtually, so he and his coaching staff had to set up Zoom meetings with prospective recruits. When Gilbert first arrived on campus in August later that year, classes were about to start and his first major setback would take place shortly thereafter.With the 2020 season on hold due to the pandemic, some of the local players on the UAA team were able to find places to get on the court and still train together.
“I’ve lived 20 years of my life and they’ve lived four or five of theirs, and they don’t have any idea what they’re really going through,” Gilbert said. UAA men’s basketball guard Tyson Gilbert listens as coach Rusty Osborne talks to the team during practice at the Alaska Airlines Center on December 27, 2022. “It was like he had been shot,” Osborne said. “I think he knew right away something serious had happened.”“It was April 8, I know these days just by heart because of everything,” he said.
The doctors confirmed what they had all feared. His return to the court and debut as a Seawolf would be delayed yet again — but Gilbert still didn’t stay down for long. “I was frustrated just because I worked really hard to get back to the place I was, and it was just kind of another setback,” Gilbert said. “One thing I feel like about me that my parents told me from a young age was, ‘Never give up on anything.’ ”
Part of the emotion he showed when he stepped on the court this season for the Seawolves is gratitude for the people who helped him make his return.
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