“Just drew it.”

With a sharpie and her volleyball shoes, ISU libero Kristen Hahn paid tribute to a young teen who lost his battle with cancer last week.

Drew Wall, a 16-year-old from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was the nephew of Cedar Rapids Kennedy volleyball coach Michelle Goodall, who coached Hahn during her four years of high school volleyball.

“I remember when she came in and was very distraught and upset and crying,” Hahn said of her high school coach. “It brought us all to tears, this 11-year-old boy diagnosed with cancer and had to get his leg removed.”

At the age of 11, Wall was diagnosed with osteosarcoma — a type of bone cancer — and he later had surgery to amputate his right leg below the knee. For five years, Wall went through 35 rounds of chemotherapy and numerous surgeries.

After a long fight, Wall passed away Nov. 26.

“I hugged him and told him how much I love him and how much we all love him and he was gone,” wrote his mother Robin Wall on his CaringBridge site last week.

The story inspired many across the state and throughout the country. People went to their computers and got on their phones to tweet about Wall and his message.

Thousands of people sent out “#JustDrewIt.” People such as Lance Armstrong shared the message, too.

Prior to the ISU volleyball team’s first-round match in the NCAA tournament last Thursday, Hahn picked up a sharpie and marked her own tribute on her team shoes: “Just Drew It” on one, “DW” on the other.

“It’s just such an inspiration to me,” Hahn said of Wall’s story. “The fact that he was able to play golf and enjoy his five years after being diagnosed.  I think if he can have that much determination and drive and be such an inspiration, especially to me — I can put these last few games and the rest of my career thinking about him.”

On Friday, the volleyball team will play in the Sweet 16 against No. 2-seeded Stanford in Berkeley, Calif. The team isn’t looking ahead; it’s just happy to still be playing after escaping two five-set matches last weekend against I-P Fort Wayne and North Carolina.

“At this point in the season I think every week, every day you get to play is a blessing,” said setter Alison Landwehr. “That’s what you’re working for all year long.”

For Hahn, it’s also about remembering a fight that she and many others have been inspired by.

“If I can play every single day living in the moment like he did,” Hahn said of Wall, “I’ll never regret anything.”