BEAUMONT, Texas — In the halls of Lamar’s Montagne Center are the words “leave your legacy,” and that goes beyond the court, especially for junior Bebe Galloway.
“Learning about deaf culture growing up because my parents being deaf it always amazed me," Galloway said. "I’d always known I wanted to do something with sign language.”
Obviously, basketball is only a portion of Bebe’s passion. Thanks to her mom, after college Bebe’s goal is to teach American Sign Language.
“My mom has a super power," Galloway said. "She taught me when I was two and since then I’ve just been improving."
"Growing up I sort of had to be the interpreter for my mom, so seeing other people communicate with their parents not using their hands is something different for me and I knew I was special in a way,” Galloway said.
That feeling is something Bebe says she wants to share starting with her teammates.
“I always try to teach them things in sign language because there are a lot of deaf people in this world and they need communication,” Galloway said.
As Bebe said before, her mom gifted her with an ASL super power.
“I look up to my daughter,”Bebe's mom Mary Rawls said.
What’s she’s done with this so-called superpower has made her mom beam with pride.
“She’s doing what she wants in life," Rawls said. "She’s learning more, she’s teaching, she’s in sports. It makes me very, very happy. I’m very proud it makes me cry.”
Every day Bebe is showing just how powerful two hands can be.