The reason for her dying nor every other particulars had been introduced.
A co-statement posted by JMU president Jonathan Alger and director of athletics Jeff Bourne stated: “Our hearts are aching, listening to the information of the lack of certainly one of our student-athletes. Lauren Bernett was a high-achieving member of our softball group and an excellent ambassador of JMU and our athletics program. She was a key member of our 2021 Ladies’s School World Sequence group as a freshman catcher final 12 months.”
Tuesday’s assertion included contact info for college sources, together with the telephone quantity for the college disaster middle and a weblink to a psychological well being and wellness supplier.
A sophomore catcher, Bernett was simply named “Participant of the Week” on Monday by the Colonial Athletic Affiliation.
She went seven-for-nine in a three-game weekend sweep over Drexel College — hitting .788 with a house run, seven RBIs and 4 runs scored.
The group’s scheduled doubleheader on Wednesday towards Longwood College was canceled. The athletics division tweeted it had arrange a flower drop and memorial exterior the softball group’s Veterans Memorial Park entrance.
Based on her JMU bio, Bernett was a member of the Nationwide Honor Society and deliberate on majoring in biology with a minor in pre-vet.
Final season, Bernett and her teammates made nationwide headlines with the Dukes’ sudden, first-ever run to the Ladies’s School World Sequence nationwide semifinals. JMU completed its best-ever season with a 41-4 file.
Bernett’s former batterymate and breakout star of JMU’s World Sequence run, Odicci Alexander, tweeted Wednesday: “Love you LB” and “You actually by no means know what somebody goes by means of.”
