The University of Virginia granted posthumous degrees to honor Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry, three football players who were shot and killed last month.
The University of Virginia granted posthumous degrees to honor three football players who were shot and killed last month.Lavel Davis Jr., Devin Chandler and D’Sean Perry
. All three student-athletes were members of the school’s football team. Associate Dean for Undergraduate Academic Programs Rachel Most, who was the dean for Davis, Chandler and Perry, initiated the request. Davis was a third-year student who majored in African American and African Studies. Chandler was a second-year student who majored in American studies. Perry was a fourth-year student who double majored in studio art and African American and African studies.
“It was a great honor to be a part of presenting these diplomas to the families of Devin, Lavel and D’Sean,” athletic director Carla Williams said in a
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