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Youth Athlete in Memoriam

Sports Related Fatalities in the US

Number Date of Incidentsort descending Name Age Sport Cause of Death State
1 1/14/2014 Tariq Barfield 15 Track & Field Sudden cardiac arrest FL
2 1/22/2014 Tabares Miller 17 Basketball *Inconclusive AR
3 1/23/2014 Taylor Murphy 15 Cheerleading *Inconclusive KS
4 1/28/2014 Seth Martin 15 Basketball Congenital heart disease OK
5 1/30/2014 Jamesky Gelin 16 Track & Field Sudden cardiac arrest FL
6 1/30/2014 Christopher Thornberry 12 Soccer Sudden cardiac arrest CA
7 2/17/2014 Darius Willington 14 Track & Field Pre-existing heart condition MS
8 3/16/2014 Cameron Gallagher 16 1/2 Marathon Cardiac arrhythmia VA
9 8/6/2014 Noah Cornuet 16 Football Overhydration, brain swelling PA
10 8/12/2014 William Shogran, Jr. 17 Football Heat stroke FL
11 8/12/2014 Demetrius Simpson 14 Track & Field Cardiac arrest SC
12 8/20/2014 Chaquantei Fowler 14 Football Heat stroke FL
13 8/22/2014 Walker Willbanks 17 Football Hyponatremia MS
14 1/26/2015 Jose Beltran 13 PE class Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy CA
15 2/4/2015 Dramon Ratcliff 13 Basketball Undiagnosed heart condition IL
16 2/26/2015 Elijah Murphy 16 Basketball *Inconclusive TX
17 3/3/2015 LeVonzell Taylor 15 Basketball *Inconclusive TN
18 3/4/2015 Ja'leel Freeman 17 Track & Field Cardiac arrest MO
19 3/13/2015 Kyle Brewer 16 Track & Field Cardiac arrest NY
20 3/16/2015 Tristan Nguyen 16 Track & Field *Inconclusive CA
21 3/25/2015 Colton Shaw 14 Baseball *Inconclusive GA
22 4/18/2015 Ryan Gillyard 15 Football Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy PA
23 4/24/2015 Laquan Pleas 18 Football Cardiac arrest CA
24 4/27/2015 Amreil Watson 16 Basketball *Inconclusive AZ
25 4/28/2015 Michael Sanchez 12 PE class Cardiac arrhythmia TX
26 5/1/2015 Eric Medina 16 PE class *Inconclusive TX
27 5/4/2015 Andy Vazquez 16 PE class *Inconclusive CA
28 5/24/2015 Zach Schaubhut 15 Baseball Brain aneurysm MN
29 5/27/2015 Dana Housley 15 Softball Brain aneurysm CA
30 6/7/2015 Toney Graham 13 Conditioning *Inconclusive IL
31 6/10/2015 Dajon Mullings 10 Track & Field *Inconclusive FL
32 6/30/2015 Laura Palma 10 Soccer Cardiac arrest NY
33 7/1/2015 Josh Warren 16 Football Exertional sickling TX
34 7/3/2015 Collin Kelly 14 Football Exertional heat stroke IN
35 7/28/2015 Leah Goff 13 Basketball *Inconclusive VA
36 7/29/2015 Tekarian Maclin 16 Football *Inconclusive TN
37 8/5/2015 Aidan Ransom 10 Basketball Cardiac arrest MI
38 8/6/2015 Allison Brown 15 Track/Cross Country *Inconclusive NC
39 8/17/2015 Kysheem Hill 16 Basketball *Inconclusive GA
40 8/17/2015 Titus Martin, Jr. 16 Soccer *Inconclusive SC
41 8/20/2015 Mark Lewis 17 Off-season conditioning *Inconclusive NC
42 8/27/2015 Omari Chambers 10 Football Undiagnosed heart defect NC
43 9/1/2015 Cameron Pepera 13 Track/Cross Country *Inconclusive IL
44 9/2/2015 Steven Moreno 14 Baseball *Inconclusive TX
45 9/4/2015 Tyrell Cameron 16 Football *Inconclusive LA
46 9/11/2015 Ben Hamm 16 Football *Inconclusive OK
47 9/22/2015 Rod Williams 17 Football *Inconclusive GA
48 9/25/2015 Evan Murray 17 Football Intra-abdominal hemorrhage due to laceration of the spleen NJ
49 9/25/2015 Lamont Yancey 15 Basketball *Inconclusive NY
50 10/2/2015 Kenny Bui 17 Football *Inconclusive WA