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One phone call from Yaxel Lendeborg’s mother changed everything.
Long before he became a national champion at the University of Michigan, Yaxel admitted he was headed down the wrong path academically and personally. He was skipping class, losing confidence, and preparing for a future far away from college basketball.
Then his mother, Yissel Raposo, stepped in.
She refused to let her son give up on himself. She pushed him toward junior college, demanded accountability, and helped redirect the course of his life — even when he didn’t believe in himself yet. Years later, Yaxel would write that seeing the heartbreak in his mother’s eyes “changed the trajectory” of his future.
What makes the story even more powerful is that while Yaxel was helping lead Michigan on its remarkable run, his mother was privately battling cancer. He later revealed that she initially hid the diagnosis because she didn’t want to distract him from chasing his dream.
On a day like today, it’s a reminder that behind so many success stories at Michigan — and everywhere else — is a mother who sacrificed quietly, believed relentlessly, and refused to let her child quit.
Every rebound, every win, and every moment in maize and blue became a tribute to the woman who never stopped believing in him.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers whose strength changes lives long before the world ever notices. 💙💛 [86] @Yaxel_Lendeborg
Before tonight's game we held a moment of silence in memoriam of Charlie Kirk.
Kirk founded the youth activist group “Turning Point USA” and had become a fixture on college campuses. Charlie Kirk, a husband and father of two children, was 31 years old.