Lawyer Nefeterius McPherson caused a minor stir when she wore a yellow West Virginia University T-shirt into the decidedly burnt orange-clad crowd at Darrell K. Royal Stadium in Austin recently.

But that clothing choice gave McPherson a chance to talk about and honor Taitlyn Shae Hughes, a 12-year-old West Virginia girl to whom the yellow shirt used to belong and the person who saved McPherson’s life.