A Mississippi State College scholar and offensive lineman died Wednesday, the varsity mentioned in a press release.
Samuel Westmoreland of Tupelo, Mississippi, was a freshman majoring in industrial know-how, the varsity mentioned in a press release.
Westmoreland would have turned 19 on Friday, in line with his athletics web page biography.
“One of the crucial profound classes I’ve realized whereas main this nice college is that the tragic lack of certainly one of our college students diminishes all of our college students — and all of us at Mississippi State really feel the impression of Sam Westmoreland’s loss of life,” College President Mark E. Keenum mentioned in a press release.
Westmoreland was discovered late Wednesday morning at church in Starkville, Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Capt. Brett Watson advised NBC affiliate WTVA of Tupelo.
No foul play is suspected, Watson advised the station.
Further particulars about Westmoreland’s loss of life weren’t instantly accessible.
Head soccer coach Mike Leach and athletics director John Cohen mentioned they had been heartbroken.
“Sam was a beloved son, brother and teammate, and an amazing younger man with a limitless future,” Leach mentioned in a press release. “He’ll at all times be remembered and deeply missed by everybody who knew and beloved him.”
Westmoreland was a graduate of Tupelo Excessive Faculty, the place he performed soccer. In a press release the Tupelo Faculty District shared Wednesday on Twitter, the highschool’s soccer coach mentioned Westmoreland was a pacesetter who was voted a group captain his senior yr.
“Sam was a unbelievable younger man, brother, son and teammate,” coach Ty Hardin mentioned. “His teammates and coaches considered Sam as a ray of sunshine with a contagious smile. … His management and impression on our program will probably be carried on ceaselessly.”
The college mentioned it’s working with the sheriff’s and county coroner’s places of work to find out what occurred. It mentioned counseling periods can be found.
