2-Time Plane Crash Survivor Austin Hatch Now a Student Aide

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan basketball coach John Beilein has announced that Austin Hatch will go on a medical scholarship and remain with the Wolverines as an undergraduate student assistant.

Hatch survived two airplane crashes eight years apart, including a 2011 crash that severely injured him and killed his father and stepmother. Hatch's mother, brother and sister were killed in the first crash.

He played in five games as a freshman last season. Beilein said the school received approval from the Big Ten on Monday for a medical exemption waiver.

Hatch, a native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, said his father would be proud of his decision to focus on academics.

He said, "After all that I have been through, it was a dream come true for me to put on a Michigan jersey."