Guest Post by Mark Crispin Miller
July 3, 2022
Alabama State University Athletics announced that a sophomore linebacker, Awysum Harris, has passed away [at 21]. The school took to Twitter to inform people of the athlete who hailed from Decatur, Alabama.
The athletic director of Alabama State University released a statement:
“The Athletic Department mourns the loss of one of its talented student- athletes, and our deepest sympathy is extended to his family,” said Dr. Jason Cable.
The AD, head coach Eddie Robinson and the school’s president Quinton T. Ross, Jr. discussed the death of Harris with the Hornets football team Sunday evening.
Ross left a message on his Facebook page revealing that Harris apparently died of natural causes.
Alabama State Sophomore Linebacker Awysum Harris Found Dead in Dorm Room
https://www.alasu.edu/student-life/student-well-being/submit-covid-19-results
July 7, 2022
Loves Park, Ill. — 17-year-old Harlem senior Abbi MacGregor died Wednesday after a sudden medical diagnosis. MacGregor was a three-sport athlete involved in cross country, basketball, and track and field. The news of her passing was confirmed by Harlem’s athletic director.
According to a GoFundMe set up in her honor, MacGregor had been complaining of blurry vision and some dizziness. An MRI on June 28th revealed a large mass in her brain, which required an immediate hospital visit. She was admitted for surgery on Friday and complications arose.
The Harlem High School community has rallied behind her family. The girls’ basketball team tweeted to her sister, a former Huskie, saying “You were our captain and leader for many years. We are here for you as you grieve the loss of your beloved sister. We love you and we got you.”
No cause of death reported.
https://www.mystateline.com/sports/local-sports/harlem-student-athlete-17-dies-after-sudden-medical-diagnosis/
https://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/obituaries/benjamin-prince/article_881d93e1-91a0-5e44-8dcf-9ebbceb21a46.html
July 7, 2022
A Kansas college is mourning the loss of one of their own after a cliff diving accident left a freshman football player dead.
Brexten Green, 20, died Saturday at the Dripping Springs area of Oklahoma’s Grand Lake, about 182 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, after jumping off the cliffs there, according to Emporia State University.
The death of the Cashion, Okla., native is “a devastating loss for the Green family,” said Emporia State football coach Garin Higgins.
According to the obituary, Green spent Saturday “doing one of the many things he loved — enjoying friends.
“He was at Grand Lake and decided to go jump off the cliffs — in true Brexten fashion he was living to the fullest,” continued the obit. “Tragically after going under the water, he never resurfaced.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/kansas-college-football-player-dies-in-e2-80-98devastating-e2-80-99-cliff-diving-accident-e2-80-98people-were-just-drawn-to-him-e2-80-99/ar-AAZkrkd
To protect ourselves and our campus community, urges [sic] all ESU students, faculty and staff who are medically able to be fully vaccinated against COVID before returning to campus for the fall.
https://www.emporia.edu/covid-19-information/
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