A highschool soccer star has died after struggling a mind damage throughout a recreation on Friday night time, his college and household have confirmed.
Quarterback Caden Tellier, 16, was injured throughout a sort out within the third quarter, taking part in for the John T. Morgan Academy, a personal college in Selma, Alabama, versus Southern Academy.
His mom, Arsella Slagel Tellier, stated in a Fb publish on Saturday: “Everybody who is aware of Caden has identified kindness, generosity and love, and true to his nature, he’s giving of himself yet one more time.”
“Lives have been touched by the way in which he lived and now lives will probably be saved by his passing,” she stated.
The particular particulars of what occurred within the second earlier than and through the sort out are unclear. A GoFundMe web page to cowl funeral bills, which has already raised $75,000 of its $100,000 goal, stated Tellier died from a “traumatic mind damage.” The GoFundMe web page additionally mentions that Tellier was an organ donor.
Morgan Academy headmaster Dr. Bryan Oliver stated in a press release to NBC affiliate WSFA of Montgomery that “there aren’t any phrases to explain how we really feel as a college group and household.” Morgan Academy has about 350 college students.
“It’s with a heavy coronary heart that I need to inform you that Caden Tellier has gone to be along with his Lord and Savior. Caden cherished the Lord with all his coronary heart and was a shining gentle day by day he graced the halls of Morgan Academy,” he stated.
Michael McLendon, government director of the Alabama Impartial Faculty Affiliation stated in a press release that he backed the varsity’s resolution to cancel all lessons and actions this week, “giving their group time to return collectively, mirror, and help each other by this heartbreaking time.”
“As a small college, Morgan Academy feels this tragedy much more deeply,” McLendon stated. The varsity has 339 college students, in keeping with its web site.
Tellier’s dying is the newest in a string of deaths involving highschool soccer gamers. A West Texas highschool participant additionally died from a head damage in 2022, whereas a scholar died throughout soccer observe in Florida in 2021 and a 15-year-old boy died after collapsing throughout observe in Georgia the identical 12 months.