College Basketball Player, 20, Drops Dead From ‘Cardiac Event’
By Ryan Saavedra
A basketball player for the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater passed away this week after suffering a “cardiac event” while at a summer basketball practice.
“Warhawk Nation mourns the loss of Derek Gray, a student-athlete on the Warhawk men’s basketball team, who passed away unexpectedly on July 24th, 2022, playing the game he loved,” the school’s athletic department said in a statement.
“It was a cardiac event,” UW-Whitewater Men’s Basketball Coach Pat Miller told local media. “He had a blockage.”
Warhawk Nation mourns the loss of Derek Gray, a student-athlete on the Warhawk men’s basketball team, who passed away unexpectedly on July 24th, 2022, playing the game he loved. pic.twitter.com/gHkyMr23NP
— Warhawk Athletics (@UWWAthletics) July 26, 2022