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Youth Athlete in Memoriam
Sports Related Fatalities in the US
Number | Date of Incident | Name |
Age![]() |
Sport | Cause of Death | State |
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1 | 2/4/2020 | Trevor Katz | Track & Field | Under Review | CA | |
2 | 9/13/2019 | Alex Miller | Football | Under Review | WV | |
3 | 9/8/2016 | Aidan Heath | 7 | Soccer | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | GA |
4 | 8/29/2018 | John Doe | 8 | Baseball | Head Injury | WI |
5 | 9/17/2017 | Tommaso Cerase | 9 | Soccer | Soccer goal post collapsed fatally striking him in the head | NY |
6 | 11/2/2015 | Wyatt Barber | 9 | Football | *Inconclusive | OH |
7 | 11/13/2017 | Milly Villalpando | 9 | Basketball | Pending Toxicology Reports/Under Review by state Medical Examiner | OK |
8 | 6/10/2015 | Dajon Mullings | 10 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | FL |
9 | 6/30/2015 | Laura Palma | 10 | Soccer | Cardiac arrest | NY |
10 | 8/5/2015 | Aidan Ransom | 10 | Basketball | Cardiac arrest | MI |
11 | 8/27/2015 | Omari Chambers | 10 | Football | Undiagnosed heart defect | NC |
12 | 9/28/2019 | Josiah Miles | 11 | Football | Under Review | TX |
13 | 11/2/2019 | Presley Mitchell | 11 | Softball | Under Review | TX |
14 | 12/11/2019 | Kaleb Harris | 11 | Track | Under Review | FL |
15 | 1/26/2019 | Troy Byrd | 11 | Basketball | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | OH |
16 | 4/18/2016 | Gabe Namuth | 12 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | NE |
17 | 5/9/2016 | Katie Fugel | 12 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | ME |
18 | 5/16/2016 | Samantha Gorman | 12 | Softball | *Inconclusive | FL |
19 | 7/25/2018 | Jane Doe | 12 | Basketball | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | IL |
20 | 1/30/2014 | Christopher Thornberry | 12 | Soccer | Sudden cardiac arrest | CA |
21 | 7/14/2016 | Johnny Tolbert | 12 | Football | Heat stroke | GA |
22 | 12/1/2018 | Karl Soliman | 12 | Basketball | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | IL |
23 | 4/28/2015 | Michael Sanchez | 12 | PE class | Cardiac arrhythmia | TX |
24 | 12/10/2015 | Wesley Maranville | 12 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | CO |
25 | 1/13/2016 | Lizbeth Perez | 13 | PE Class | *Inconclusive | CA |
26 | 7/28/2015 | Leah Goff | 13 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | VA |
27 | 8/22/2018 | Kyrell McBride-Johnson | 13 | Football | Unknown | TX |
28 | 5/20/2016 | Joseph Balko | 13 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | AK |
29 | 9/1/2015 | Cameron Pepera | 13 | Track/Cross Country | *Inconclusive | IL |
30 | 10/11/2018 | Darrell Thomas | 13 | Basketball | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | MO |
31 | 1/26/2015 | Jose Beltran | 13 | PE class | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | CA |
32 | 2/4/2015 | Dramon Ratcliff | 13 | Basketball | Undiagnosed heart condition | IL |
33 | 8/26/2017 | Felipe Andres De La Cruz | 13 | Soccer | Awaiting autopsy results | CA |
34 | 8/14/2019 | Jordan Duckett | 13 | Football | Under Review | PA |
35 | 8/28/2019 | Skylar Lasby | 13 | Football | Under Review | MI |
36 | 12/4/2017 | Paris Byrd | 13 | Basketball | Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy | FL |
37 | 8/28/2017 | Zachary Sealey | 13 | Football (Multi-sport) | Under review by Brevard County Medical Examiner | FL |
38 | 6/7/2015 | Toney Graham | 13 | Conditioning | *Inconclusive | IL |
39 | 9/24/2019 | Riley Boatwright | 13 | Football | Under Review | OK |
40 | 7/3/2015 | Collin Kelly | 14 | Football | Exertional heat stroke | IN |
41 | 8/22/2017 | Dominick Bess | 14 | Football | Heart Attack | NY |
42 | 6/14/2016 | Karson Cross | 14 | Football | exertional rhabdomyolysis secondary to sickle cell trait | NC |
43 | 2/10/2020 | Jaeven Dixon | 14 | Basketball | Under Review | MS |
44 | 9/2/2015 | Steven Moreno | 14 | Baseball | *Inconclusive | TX |
45 | 8/10/2016 | Lewis N. Simpkins | 14 | Football | *Inconclusive | SC |
46 | 7/24/2017 | Everson Guild | 14 | Football | "Undetermined" natural causes | MI |
47 | 2/17/2014 | Darius Willington | 14 | Track & Field | Pre-existing heart condition | MS |
48 | 9/2/2017 | Chris Fisher | 14 | Football | Cardiac Arrest | TX |
49 | 8/12/2014 | Demetrius Simpson | 14 | Track & Field | Cardiac arrest | SC |
50 | 6/11/2019 | Hezekiah Walters | 14 | Football | Unknown | FL |