Alabama State Freshman lost both parents; defies the odds

By Kenneth MullinaxAlabama State University Media RelationsASU President Ross (center) with Ivry Hall (left) and Cinque Cullar, ASU alumnus who mentored Hall in Chicago. (David Campbell/ASU)
Ivry Hall has overcome the deaths of both of his parents, escaped the violence of intercity gangs and conquered other incredible obstacles in his life to graduate high school as a valedictorian.
But that didn’t stop the 18 year-old, who grew up on Chicago’s Southside, from becoming one of more th