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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas is mourning the decease of 1 of its student athletes.
The schoolhouse confirmed that a subordinate of its Rebels football team, Ryan Keeler, died successful Las Vegas connected Feb. 20. He was 20 years old. A origin of decease was not revealed.
"The UNLV household is successful mourning contiguous implicit the abrupt nonaccomplishment of 1 of our own," UNLV Director of Athletics Erick Harper said successful a statement shared to the school's website. "Our hearts spell retired to each of Ryan's household and friends on with his Rebel teammates."
According to the university, Keeler had conscionable finished his redshirt freshman season. The schoolhouse noted the antiaircraft lineman had played successful 7 games, totaling 8 tackles, and that helium got his archetypal collegiate backmost sack during the team's crippled against the Air Force Falcons successful October.
"We are devastated to person mislaid a subordinate of our Rebel family," UNLV Football Head Coach Barry Odom also shared. "While I had the grant of knowing Ryan for lone a mates of months, helium already stood retired to our coaching unit arsenic an unthinkable person, pupil and teammate. Our condolences and prayers spell retired to Ryan's household arsenic we grieve on with them implicit this tremendous loss."
Keeler had transferred to UNLV from Rutgers University successful 2022. In precocious school, helium played for Nazareth Academy successful his location authorities of Illinois, helping his squad unafraid a people A authorities title successful 2018.
"There are nary words," the Nazareth Academy football squad shared on Twitter. "Our hearts are heavy. God bless the Keeler family. We emotion you Ryan."
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In summation to being an athlete, Keeler was a beardown student. According to UNLV, the sophomore was an Academic All-Mountain West honoree and had a 3.80 people constituent mean successful pre-business.
"Words are hard to travel by this evening arsenic we grieve the abrupt and tragic nonaccomplishment of UNLV student-athlete Ryan Keeler," UNLV President Keith E. Whitfield said successful a connection connected the school's site. "My sincere condolences are with Ryan's family, friends, loved ones, and teammates during this precise hard time."
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