Mason Alexander, a freshman on the Pittsburgh soccer group, was killed late Saturday night time in a automobile accident in his Indiana hometown, this system introduced.
“I received a call this morning that no parent, teacher or coach ever wants to get — the news of the sudden loss of a young and promising life,” Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi mentioned Sunday in a press release. “Our entire program is shocked and deeply saddened to learn of Mason Alexander’s passing.”
Alexander was a passenger in a 2016 BMW that attempted to go a 2015 Toyota earlier than a hillcrest and swerved to keep away from a head-on collision with one other automobile touring in the wrong way in Fishers, Ind., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a press launch.
The BMW veered off the street, slid by way of grass, hit a tree and caught fireplace at round 9 p.m.
Alexander, 18, graduated early from highschool and enrolled at Pittsburgh in December, with a watch on becoming a member of spring observe later this month.
He was a four-star recruit — the very best in Pitt’s incoming freshman class.
“Even during that short time, he made a great impression on all of us,” Narduzzi mentioned. “Mason was proud and excited to be a Panther, and we felt the same way about having him in our Pitt family. He will always be a Panther to us. The Alexander family and Mason’s many loved ones and friends will be in our prayers.”
Pitt was the primary faculty to supply a FBS scholarship to Alexander, who was described as a “very contagious and high energy, a guy that always stays positive,” by defensive backs coach Archie Collins when he signed his letter of intent, per The Pittsburgh Submit-Gazette.
