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Youth Athlete in Memoriam
Sports Related Fatalities in the US
Number | Date of Incident | Name |
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Sport | Cause of Death | State |
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1 | 11/10/2019 | Gabe Remy | 18 | Hockey | Spleen (Mono) | IL |
2 | 4/24/2015 | Laquan Pleas | 18 | Football | Cardiac arrest | CA |
3 | 2/17/2020 | Darian Keyser | 18 | Basketball | Under Review | PA |
4 | 3/2/2017 | Spencer Nicodemus | 18 | Basketball | Crush Injury to Torso (Equipment Failure) | MO |
5 | 2/6/2017 | Nick Bond | 18 | 18 | Blunt-impact head trauma | PA |
6 | 12/2/2015 | Austin Roberts | 18 | Wrestling | Congenital heart defect | IA |
7 | 9/19/2018 | Essence Glover | 18 | Baskeball | Unknown | TX |
8 | 3/5/2017 | John Anderson | 18 | Football | Suicide | NY |
9 | 9/25/2015 | Evan Murray | 17 | Football | Intra-abdominal hemorrhage due to laceration of the spleen | NJ |
10 | 4/13/2017 | Quentin Lupo | 17 | Basketball | Suicide | NY |
11 | 9/22/2015 | Rod Williams | 17 | Football | *Inconclusive | GA |
12 | 7/31/2017 | Ty Rayford | 17 | Football | Currently under review by coroner | MS |
13 | 10/2/2015 | Kenny Bui | 17 | Football | *Inconclusive | WA |
14 | 3/4/2015 | Ja'leel Freeman | 17 | Track & Field | Cardiac arrest | MO |
15 | 8/12/2014 | William Shogran, Jr. | 17 | Football | Heat stroke | FL |
16 | 10/22/2015 | Andre Smith | 17 | Football | Blunt force head injury | IL |
17 | 12/3/2019 | Dasani Green | 17 | Multi-Sport Athlete | Under Review | PA |
18 | 8/22/2014 | Walker Willbanks | 17 | Football | Hyponatremia | MS |
19 | 9/23/2017 | Maddie Potts | 17 | Soccer | Brain Aneurysm | RI |
20 | 12/10/2019 | Ariana Rae Delfs | 17 | Cross Country/Track | Epstein-Barr (Mono) | FL |
21 | 9/22/2018 | Samantha Davis | 17 | Cross Country | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | NC |
22 | 9/30/2018 | Dylan Thomas | 17 | Football | Head Injury | GA |
23 | 11/3/2015 | Luke Schemm | 17 | Football | *Inconclusive | KS |
24 | 9/9/2016 | Chase Lightfoot | 17 | Football | Undetected heart defect | TX |
25 | 9/23/2016 | Andre Jackson | 17 | Football | Peritonitis due to blunt impact | OH |
26 | 10/15/2016 | Brian Yuen | 17 | Swimming | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | TX |
27 | 2/17/2020 | Cody Walston | 17 | Basketball/Football | Under Review | IL |
28 | 12/9/2016 | Ryan Estrada | 17 | Wrestling | Enlarged heart that resulted in sudden cardiac death | MI |
29 | 3/28/2020 | Hayden Crow | 17 | Soccer | Unknown | NC |
30 | 5/26/2018 | James Hampton | 17 | Basketball | Awaiting Autopsy Results | NC |
31 | 7/25/2017 | John Lee | 17 | Basketball | Cardiomyopathy/Enlarged Heart | TX |
32 | 6/10/2019 | Elyse Purefoy | 17 | Dance | Unknown | GA |
33 | 5/9/2018 | Bryan McKinsey | 17 | Baseball | Accidental Opioid Overdose | AZ |
34 | 2/14/2017 | Alec Kornet | 17 | Hockey | Cardiomegaly/ Myocyte hypertrophy with hypergranular myocytes and epicarditis | OH |
35 | 8/20/2015 | Mark Lewis | 17 | Off-season conditioning | *Inconclusive | NC |
36 | 2/16/2017 | Donovan William Stratemann | 17 | Polo | Multiple Traumatic Injuries | FL |
37 | 9/20/2019 | Jacquez Welch | 17 | Football | AVM | FL |
38 | 1/22/2014 | Tabares Miller | 17 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | AR |
39 | 1/30/2014 | Jamesky Gelin | 16 | Track & Field | Sudden cardiac arrest | FL |
40 | 11/4/2019 | Anderson Peters | 16 | Wrestling | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy | IN |
41 | 8/10/2017 | Joshua Mileto | 16 | Football | Severe Head Trauma | NY |
42 | 2/26/2015 | Elijah Murphy | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | TX |
43 | 3/16/2014 | Cameron Gallagher | 16 | 1/2 Marathon | Cardiac arrhythmia | VA |
44 | 10/9/2015 | Casey Dunne | 16 | Field Hockey | Brain Hemorrhage | MA |
45 | 8/6/2014 | Noah Cornuet | 16 | Football | Overhydration, brain swelling | PA |
46 | 10/16/2015 | Cam'ron Matthews | 16 | Football | Blunt impact to the head | TX |
47 | 11/16/2019 | Keaton Kroll | 16 | Soccer | Blood Clot | MI |
48 | 9/17/2017 | Jack Dowd | 16 | Lacrosse | Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) | NJ |
49 | 3/16/2015 | Tristan Nguyen | 16 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | CA |
50 | 10/28/2015 | Thomas Jakelich | 16 | Soccer | *Inconclusive | NY |