One-for-one was the mantra for Cascade outfielder Paige Sinicki while she battled Stage 2 breast cancer over the last year, and now, it’s the name of her foundation. Inspired by her own journey, she founded One4One to support others, especially athletes, facing cancer.
The foundation focuses on early detection, treatment, and full recovery so “every teammate makes it back to the game and the life they love.”
Sinicki explained that as an athlete, you’re often seen as the picture of health.
“We fight through hard and tiredness. And so I don’t want us to miss certain signs that we could have missed,” Sinicki said.
Education and awareness for female athletes is core to One4One. One of Sinicki’s goals for the foundation is to fund and support awareness about breast cancer detection and the importance of screenings for college athletes, eventually exploring advocacy for a gynecologist on board at NCAA institutions tied to athletics. One of the organization’s early fundraising initiatives is pink wristbands for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The foundation has sold over 2,500 wristbands to 40 softball programs.
While the average age for breast cancer screenings starts at age 40, Sinicki was only 22 at the time of her diagnosis. She noticed a lump and was diagnosed last fall while serving as a graduate assistant at the University of Utah. She underwent four months of chemotherapy, surgery in April of 2026, and followed with four weeks of radiation.
Throughout most of Sinicki’s treatment, she continued training to play in the Portland Cascade’s inaugural season. But there was one period of stillness – almost four weeks post-surgery – where she was instructed not to lift so much as a milk carton. That downtime was challenging, but it also sparked the first inspiration for One4One.
She reflected on the journaling she did every night and the focused approach she took to treatment. She couldn’t imagine going through her diagnosis without the mental training of an athlete.
Sinicki worked with Omri Rachmut to apply principles of The Program, a personal leadership and culture development course, during the day-to-day of her battle with cancer. She first experienced The Program and worked with Rachmut during her senior year at Oregon.
“We did a lot of mental work that I honestly thought was just going to be for softball, but everything related to what I was going through with chemo. We talked about where the destination was… At the end, what was my goal once I got out of it?”
Sinicki reached that destination on July 8, when she made her Cascade debut in Portland.
Fitting for One4One’s launch event: an annual hike. On Oct. 17, One4One will host a hike of Spencer Butte in Eugene, Oregon. The hike will include interactive checkpoints that share Sinicki’s story and honor those still fighting cancer. Then on Sunday, the Oregon softball team will host its Breast Cancer Awareness Game (Pink Game) at Jane Sanders Stadium. Sinicki will throw out the first pitch at her alma mater.
Now cancer-free, Sinicki is on hormone blocker pills that she started during the Cascade’s season and will continue to get blood work done to monitor her body’s response. She’ll also have screenings and checkups every six months.
As she stands at the summit of her cancer journey, she hopes One4One will be a path for others.
For more info on the upcoming event and the foundation, visit One4One.team
Savanna Collins is the Senior Reporter for the AUSL. You can follow her on Instagram @savvyco.