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HELLO EVERYONE. AS BETH SAID, I’M GOING TO DESTROY OUR SON. VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT THE COLLEGE. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS FROM THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. THESE HAVE BEEN SOME REALLY DIFFICULT DAYS FOR US HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR ELECTED DEPARTMENT, OUR COACHES AND OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. OUR BASEBALL TEAM IS MORE THAN A ROSTER, AND THEIR FAMILY. CARTER WAS A GREAT TEAMMATE, A FRIEND AND A VALUED MEMBER OF OUR ATHLETIC COMMUNITY. IN HIS TIME HERE, HE REALLY IMPACTED OUR CAMPUS, BOTH WITHIN OUR HALLS AND THE CLASSROOMS, AS WELL AS ON THE PLAYING FIELD. WE’RE HEARTBROKEN FOR THIS TRAGEDY. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH CARTER’S FAMILY. WE CANNOT IMAGINE THE DEPTH OF THEIR LOSS AND WE ARE HOLDING THEM CLOSE IN OUR HEARTS. I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS REACHED OUT. THE ATHLETIC WORLD IS IS A SMALL WORLD AND WE’VE HAD SO MANY CALLS AND MESSAGES AND PRAYERS AND SUPPORT FROM NEAR AND FAR, FROM FORMER STUDENT ATHLETES TO COACHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AROUND THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE REACHED OUT, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT MORE THAN YOU COULD THAT YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE. THE OUTPOURING OF COMPASSION HAS BEEN VERY POWERFUL. RIGHT NOW. WE’RE FOCUSING ON WRAPPING OUR ARMS AROUND ALL ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BUT SPECIFICALLY OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR AND OUR AND OUR BASEBALL STUDENT ATHLETES. WE’RE PROVIDING COUNSELING, FLEXIBILITY AND SPACE AS THEY GRIEVE. THAT’S WHAT WE DO AT IOWA LAKES. WE SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY, NOT JUST ON THE PLAYING FIELDS, BUT BUT BUT AS WHOLE INDIVIDUALS. OUR COACHES ARE LEADING WITH COMPASSION. OUR TEAMMATES ARE SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER, AND OUR DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO WALKING BESIDE THESE STUDENTS EVERY STEP OF
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Officials identify Iowa Lakes baseball player killed in bus crash
Authorities have identified the member of the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball program who died in a bus crash while the team was traveling to its next series.Carter “Tater” Johnson, 19, died in the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene. More than 30 others on the bus were injured, including several who were hospitalized.Johnson, from Rapid City, South Dakota, was listed as a freshman outfielder on the Iowa Lakes baseball roster.”Our baseball team is more than a roster, they’re a family. Carter was a great teammate, a friend and a valued member of our athletic community,” Troy Larson, Iowa Lakes athletic director, said during a news conference on Thursday. “In his time here, he really impacted our campus, both within our halls, in the classrooms, as well as on the playing field. We’re heartbroken for this tragedy.” FULL NEWS CONFERENCE: Iowa Lakes officials identify baseball player killed in bus crash
Authorities have identified the member of the Iowa Lakes Community College baseball program who died in a bus crash while the team was traveling to its next series.
Carter “Tater” Johnson, 19, died in the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene. More than 30 others on the bus were injured, including several who were hospitalized.
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Johnson, from Rapid City, South Dakota, was listed as a freshman outfielder on the Iowa Lakes baseball roster.
“Our baseball team is more than a roster, they’re a family. Carter was a great teammate, a friend and a valued member of our athletic community,” Troy Larson, Iowa Lakes athletic director, said during a news conference on Thursday. “In his time here, he really impacted our campus, both within our halls, in the classrooms, as well as on the playing field. We’re heartbroken for this tragedy.”
FULL NEWS CONFERENCE: Iowa Lakes officials identify baseball player killed in bus crash
