The University of Virginia approved a request to award the three football players killed in an on-campus shooting in November with posthumous degrees.
A commemorative card and light up bracelet rest on a seat before a memorial service for University of Virginia football players Lavel Davis Jr., D'Sean Perry and Devin Chandler at John Paul Jones Arena at the school in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022.
On Nov. 19, over 9,000 people attended an emotional memorial service held by the university. At the vigil, head football coach Tony Elliott referred to the three slain players as"lights" who will guide the way for their teammates.Thursday, Dec. 1, where students had another opportunity to honor to lives of Davis, Chandler and Perry. Typically, a holiday poem is read at the event, but instead four people, including Elliot, read a poem honoring the young men.
"Let us remember them all in the light that we share, and fuel any dim ember into an energetic glare," Elliot said while on stage, according to the university."This semester has given us hard realities to face. But we face them together and we do so with grace."University of Virginia students participate in a vigil in response to shootings that happened on campus the night before in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 14, 2022.
"Three stars glow bright, above our heads tonight. Devin, Lavel and D’Sean, providing our light," Caruccio read.Large illuminated numbers representing Davis’, Chandler’s and Perry’s respective jerseys – 1, 15, and 41 – were the only lights on during the performances. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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