Andrew Dillon continues to not let brain cancer define him
Andrew Dillon led the Bethel baseball team in batting average this spring. He did so as his brain cancer returned.
For the first time during the whole process, Andrew Dillon admitted to his parents he was frustrated. It had been a little over a year since Dillon’s initial brain cancer diagnosis. He went through surgeries and treatments and chemotherapy throughout 2025 to beat the disease.
He had won. Or so he thought. Months of scans and re-scans in early 2026 led to the discovery of the cancer returning in two spots on his brain: one in the original tumor location, and a smaller one in another part of the brain.
When Andrew and his parents, Bryan and Michelle, stopped for lunch on the way back from hearing the news, Bryan asked how Andrew was feeling. “He goes, ‘I’m angry,’” Bryan recalled. “’I’m angry that I ever got this.
’” It was yet another obstacle for the 21-year-old Andrew. This spring was meant to be one without worry. It was his final season playing baseball for Bethel University.
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