(UPDATE: You can now read the Daily Record's version of this compelling story here.)

Zach McLain, a 2005 Dallastown High School graduate who was a two-time Daily Record/Sunday News all-star diver while competing for the Wildcats, is the subject of a lengthy new article on ESPN.com.

Normally, that would seem like a pretty sweet accolade for an athlete.

In McLain's case, however, it was a hellish -- and ultimately inspirational -- journey that led the national media to focus on his story.

McLain broke four vertebrae in his neck and suffered a huge gash in his head while diving at a swimming hole near his grandparents' cabin in Wellsboro, Tioga County, in July 2007. But, amazingly, just six months after the accident, McLain returned to competition for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point's diving team.

"It's a story of victory in the sense of an individual who was dealt a challenge of life," Army diving coach Ron Kontura told reporter Adam Rittenberg for the 1,600-word story.

McLain's tale was also told by The NCAA News in February.