At 16 years old, Reno local, Austin James Steele, applied to take his driver’s license test. When his mother, Marlies Radtke, asked him if he would register as an organ donor after he passed his test, he replied, “Well, why wouldn’t I be?”
Marlies Radtke, mother of local organ donor, Austin James Steele, will round the bases to honor her son during the Reno Aces game Sept. 15 presented by Donor Network West.
An athlete and avid skier, Alex Anderson, died in May 2020 at 38 years old. As a registered organ donor, he saved the lives of four people through organ donation.