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Youth Athlete in Memoriam

Sports Related Fatalities in the US

Number Date of Incident Name Agesort descending Sport Cause of Death State
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 11/2/2015 Wyatt Barber 9 Football *Inconclusive OH
6 11/13/2017 Milly Villalpando 9 Basketball Pending Toxicology Reports/Under Review by state Medical Examiner OK
7 9/17/2017 Tommaso Cerase 9 Soccer Soccer goal post collapsed fatally striking him in the head NY
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 1/26/2019 Troy Byrd 11 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest OH
13 9/28/2019 Josiah Miles 11 Football Under Review TX
14 11/2/2019 Presley Mitchell 11 Softball Under Review TX
15 12/11/2019 Kaleb Harris 11 Track Under Review FL
16 4/28/2015 Michael Sanchez 12 PE class Cardiac arrhythmia TX
17 12/10/2015 Wesley Maranville 12 Basketball *Inconclusive CO
18 12/1/2018 Karl Soliman 12 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest IL
19 4/18/2016 Gabe Namuth 12 Track & Field *Inconclusive NE
20 5/9/2016 Katie Fugel 12 Track & Field *Inconclusive ME
21 5/16/2016 Samantha Gorman 12 Softball *Inconclusive FL
22 7/25/2018 Jane Doe 12 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest IL
23 1/30/2014 Christopher Thornberry 12 Soccer Sudden cardiac arrest CA
24 7/14/2016 Johnny Tolbert 12 Football Heat stroke GA
25 12/4/2017 Paris Byrd 13 Basketball Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy  FL
26 8/28/2017  Zachary Sealey 13 Football (Multi-sport) Under review by Brevard County Medical Examiner FL
27 10/11/2018 Darrell Thomas 13 Basketball Sudden Cardiac Arrest MO
28 6/7/2015 Toney Graham 13 Conditioning *Inconclusive IL
29 1/13/2016 Lizbeth Perez 13 PE Class *Inconclusive CA
30 7/28/2015 Leah Goff 13 Basketball *Inconclusive VA
31 8/22/2018 Kyrell McBride-Johnson 13 Football Unknown TX
32 8/14/2019 Jordan Duckett 13 Football Under Review PA
33 8/28/2019 Skylar Lasby 13 Football Under Review MI
34 9/1/2015 Cameron Pepera 13 Track/Cross Country *Inconclusive IL
35 5/20/2016 Joseph Balko 13 Track & Field *Inconclusive AK
36 9/24/2019 Riley Boatwright 13 Football Under Review OK
37 1/26/2015 Jose Beltran 13 PE class Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy CA
38 2/4/2015 Dramon Ratcliff 13 Basketball Undiagnosed heart condition IL
39 8/26/2017 Felipe Andres De La Cruz 13 Soccer Awaiting autopsy results CA
40 10/21/2015 Nixon Geraldo 14 Basketball *Inconclusive NJ
41 10/30/2017 Lauren Liu 14 Varsity Tennis Suicide NJ
42 2/10/2020 Jaeven Dixon 14 Basketball Under Review MS
43 12/3/2015 Teddy Ray Daigle 14 Basketball *Inconclusive LA
44 11/30/2017 Kamarr Scott 14 P.E. Class  Under Review by Medical Examiner FL
45 7/3/2015 Collin Kelly 14 Football Exertional heat stroke IN
46 8/22/2017 Dominick Bess 14 Football Heart Attack NY
47 6/11/2019 Hezekiah Walters 14 Football Unknown FL
48 6/14/2016 Karson Cross 14 Football exertional rhabdomyolysis secondary to sickle cell trait NC
49 9/2/2015 Steven Moreno 14 Baseball *Inconclusive TX
50 8/10/2016 Lewis N. Simpkins 14 Football *Inconclusive SC