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Rejection runs in Zac Swanson’s family; so does resilience

by Tyler Weiss -

(Photo: Connor Gleason/WCSN) TEMPE — Few moments in life sting like rejection. Parents spend years preparing their children for it, whether it's a first heartbreak or the letter from a dream school that doesn’t begin with "Congratulations." In 1997, Pete Swanson, an offensive guard from Stanford, endured seven rounds of the NFL