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. 2020 Apr 9;12(3):241–245. doi: 10.1177/1941738120915690

Table 1.

Deaths associated with sickle cell trait in NCAA athletes, 2000-2019

Demographics Institution Date of Incident, MM/DD/YYYY SCT Status Division Sport
Age: 19 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
Tennessee Tech University 08/13/2000 Unknown I Football—collapsed first day of conditioning test
Age: 18 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
Florida State University 02/26/2001 Known I Football—collapsed during conditioning drills
Age: 18 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
Bowling Green State University 09/15/2004 Unknown I Football—collapsed during practice
Age: 19 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
University of Missouri 07/12/2005 Unknown I Football—collapsed during practice
Age: 19 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
Rice University 09/24/2006 Unknown I Football—collapsed after conditioning
Age: 19 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
University of Central Florida 03/18/2008 Known I Football—collapsed after conditioning
Age: 22 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
North Carolina A&T University 05/28/2008 Unknown I Football—collapsed during conditioning
Age: 20 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
Western Carolina University 07/08/2009 Unknown I Football—collapsed during conditioning
Age: 20 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
University of Mississippi 02/19/2010 Known I Football—collapsed during conditioning
Division I NCAA legislation—August 2010
Age: 19 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
North Carolina A&T University 08/19/2010 Unknown I Track & field—collapsed during tryouts
Age: 23 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
Slippery Rock University 9/10/2011 Unknown II Basketball—collapsed during conditioning
Division II NCAA legislation—August 2012
Age: 21 y
Sex: Male
Race: African American
University of California, Berkeley 2/7/2014 Known I Football—collapsed during conditioning
Division III NCAA legislation—August 2014

NCAA, National Collegiate Athletic Association; SCT, sickle cell trait.

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