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Youth Athlete in Memoriam
Sports Related Fatalities in the US
Number | Date of Incident | Name | Age | Sport | Cause of Death |
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1 | 5/20/2016 | Joseph Balko | 13 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | AK |
2 | 1/22/2014 | Tabares Miller | 17 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | AR |
3 | 5/9/2018 | Bryan McKinsey | 17 | Baseball | Accidental Opioid Overdose | AZ |
4 | 10/20/2017 | Carlos Sanchez | 16 | Football | Accidental Blunt Force Trauma | AZ |
5 | 4/27/2015 | Amreil Watson | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | AZ |
6 | 5/17/2016 | Giovanni Pulido | 15 | Football | *Inconclusive | CA |
7 | 3/16/2015 | Tristan Nguyen | 16 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | CA |
8 | 1/30/2014 | Christopher Thornberry | 12 | Soccer | Sudden cardiac arrest | CA |
9 | 4/24/2015 | Laquan Pleas | 18 | Football | Cardiac arrest | CA |
10 | 11/16/2015 | Nikki Valdez | 15 | Conditioning | *Inconclusive | CA |
11 | 5/4/2015 | Andy Vazquez | 16 | PE class | *Inconclusive | CA |
12 | 5/27/2015 | Dana Housley | 15 | Softball | Brain aneurysm | CA |
13 | 1/26/2015 | Jose Beltran | 13 | PE class | Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy | CA |
14 | 2/4/2020 | Trevor Katz | Track & Field | Under Review | CA | |
15 | 5/7/2017 | Kimberly Nuestro | 16 | Basketball | Channelopathy (rare heart arrhythmia) | CA |
16 | 1/13/2016 | Lizbeth Perez | 13 | PE Class | *Inconclusive | CA |
17 | 8/26/2017 | Felipe Andres De La Cruz | 13 | Soccer | Awaiting autopsy results | CA |
18 | 5/2/2017 | Kristin Callbeck | 15 | lacrosse | Awaiting autopsy results | CO |
19 | 12/10/2015 | Wesley Maranville | 12 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | CO |
20 | 5/16/2016 | Samantha Gorman | 12 | Softball | *Inconclusive | FL |
21 | 8/12/2014 | William Shogran, Jr. | 17 | Football | Heat stroke | FL |
22 | 8/20/2014 | Chaquantei Fowler | 14 | Football | Heat stroke | FL |
23 | 2/16/2017 | Donovan William Stratemann | 17 | Polo | Multiple Traumatic Injuries | FL |
24 | 12/4/2017 | Paris Byrd | 13 | Basketball | Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy | FL |
25 | 6/11/2019 | Hezekiah Walters | 14 | Football | Unknown | FL |
26 | 9/15/2018 | Kamaree Jevon Lyons | 15 | Baskeball | Unknown | FL |
27 | 12/11/2019 | Kaleb Harris | 11 | Track | Under Review | FL |
28 | 8/28/2017 | Zachary Sealey | 13 | Football (Multi-sport) | Under review by Brevard County Medical Examiner | FL |
29 | 12/10/2019 | Ariana Rae Delfs | 17 | Cross Country/Track | Epstein-Barr (Mono) | FL |
30 | 11/30/2017 | Kamarr Scott | 14 | P.E. Class | Under Review by Medical Examiner | FL |
31 | 1/14/2014 | Tariq Barfield | 15 | Track & Field | Sudden cardiac arrest | FL |
32 | 6/10/2015 | Dajon Mullings | 10 | Track & Field | *Inconclusive | FL |
33 | 1/30/2014 | Jamesky Gelin | 16 | Track & Field | Sudden cardiac arrest | FL |
34 | 7/10/2017 | Zachary Polsenberg | 16 | Football | Heat Stroke | FL |
35 | 9/20/2019 | Jacquez Welch | 17 | Football | AVM | FL |
36 | 1/11/2019 | Zikora Okwuosa | 16 | Basketball | unknown | GA |
37 | 3/25/2015 | Colton Shaw | 14 | Baseball | *Inconclusive | GA |
38 | 8/17/2015 | Kysheem Hill | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | GA |
39 | 6/10/2019 | Elyse Purefoy | 17 | Dance | Unknown | GA |
40 | 9/8/2016 | Aidan Heath | 7 | Soccer | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | GA |
41 | 8/13/2019 | Imani Bell | 16 | Basketball | Unknown | GA |
42 | 7/14/2016 | Johnny Tolbert | 12 | Football | Heat stroke | GA |
43 | 9/30/2018 | Dylan Thomas | 17 | Football | Head Injury | GA |
44 | 9/22/2015 | Rod Williams | 17 | Football | *Inconclusive | GA |
45 | 7/29/2017 | Michael Jones | 16 | 16 | Cardiac Arrest/ abnormal heart artery | GA |
46 | 12/2/2015 | Austin Roberts | 18 | Wrestling | Congenital heart defect | IA |
47 | 12/2/2015 | Drew Jacobson | 16 | Basketball | *Inconclusive | IA |
48 | 7/25/2018 | Jane Doe | 12 | Basketball | Sudden Cardiac Arrest | IL |
49 | 10/22/2015 | Andre Smith | 17 | Football | Blunt force head injury | IL |
50 | 11/10/2019 | Gabe Remy | 18 | Hockey | Spleen (Mono) | IL |