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In August of 2017, Bari Mance, the head coach at Division III St. John Fisher, was alone in her kitchen when she received a call from her own doctor. From that day on, we chatted quite often,” Frost explained. “We chatted about the ups and downs, the unknowns that were coming, the struggles and fight of what she may endure on her journey.” Winter Chill was originally going to be named Wintertime Wonderland, and then the name changed to Winter Wonderland. It was likely intended to be a reference to the Bratz line Wintertime Wonderland. Both Mance and Frost endured the stress of treatment during their playing seasons. They worked closely with their doctors to figure out the most convenient treatment days for their busy schedules. I can still remember feeling my knees go weak and dropping to my kitchen floor,” Mance said recently. “My eyes filled helplessly with water and started pouring down my face. The doctor’s words went in and out of my stream of consciousness.”

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In typical Missy fashion, I wanted to keep this news from many others, especially my team, and I was going to swear my staff to secrecy as well,” Frost added. “The great thing about having an amazing staff is that they will constantly challenge you and tell you when you’re being crazy. They posed the question ‘How in the world will you be able to keep it from everyone when you start losing your hair?’

It was then I realized that, as private as I wanted to be with this and as much as I wanted to do it on my own, neither one was going to happen.” In 2017, Frost was the recipient of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s Donna Newberry Perseverance Award. At the NFCA Convention that year, she gave a speech detailing her journey; in the audience for that speech was Mance, who was sparked to introduce herself afterwards, sharing her own story.

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We both sat at convention last year and had the exact same thought,” said Mance. “We need to continue to help others by sharing our stories, experiences and to give advice based on what we went through.” Mance received the Donna Newberry Perseverance Award in 2019, where she was able to share her experiences in a speech at the organization’s convention, just as Frost had done two years prior. Frost, known as Missy to her peers and colleagues, is the head coach at Division II University of Indianapolis; she was diagnosed with breast cancer in November of 2016. The diagnosis came on a day that she and her team were, in an ironic twist, visiting the pediatric cancer unit at the local hospital.

I had a couch in my office that I would sleep on,” Mance added. “If I was tired, I would sleep, and on more than one occasion I would be woken up so that I could help someone in the gym for individual work.” Frost notes, “I found myself in the face of adversity, hardship, and heartache many times, but the wonderful thing is I never found myself alone. My staff and I used to joke that ‘we’ had treatment or ‘we’ had chemo, and they were exactly right. The battle was a ‘we’ battle.” In December, at the annual NFCA Convention, Frost and Mance will hold a roundtable discussion for other coaches and individuals who may want to share their stories within a group of people who know exactly what they are feeling.Bari Mance and Missy Frost both battled and beat breast cancer, continuing their coaching careers all the while. (Photos: St. John Fisher/UIndy) The friendship between Frost and Mance ignited an idea for them to reach out and help other softball coaches who may be experiencing the same ordeal, whether battling cancer themselves or supporting someone close to them who was fighting the battle. Choosing Tuesdays meant my extremely rough days would be Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” Frost said. “I endured chemo once every three weeks the entire season, and I was fortunate enough to only miss one weekend.”