Another fully jabbed basketball star has dropped dead “suddenly and unexpectedly” after suffering a massive heart attack.
On Sunday, July 24, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater basketball player Derek Gray collapsed while “playing the game he loved,” the school announced.
100percentfedup.com reports: Gray was a standout player on the UW-Whitewater Men’s Basketball team and a graduate of La Follette High School in Madison.
Gray’s UW-Whitewater coach told 27 News that the player’s sudden death occurred at a campus basketball camp and was cardiac-related.
“It was a cardiac event,” UW-Whitewater Men’s Basketball Coach Pat Miller told 27 News. “He had a blockage.”
“I’ve been around for a long time. I’ve seen a lot of different things,” Miller said. “It was one of the most traumatic things I’ve ever been a part of.”
Watch the news video below:
The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s athletic department tweeted that the Warhawks’ guard Derek Gray “passed away unexpectedly on July 24, 2022, playing the game he loved.”
Warhawks head coach Pat Miller paid tribute to Gray in an emotional statement.
Gray’s coach spoke about the tragic event:
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