A promising soccer participant from Georgia has tragically drowned on the age of simply 17.
Elijah Lemeuble was a rising star for Grovetown Excessive Faculty in Columbia County who just lately dedicated to play soccer in school. However pals, household and fellow pupils are actually in mourning after he died at Wildwood Park.
According to reports, the authorities had been alerted to a doable drowning shortly earlier than 8pm on Saturday, April 11.
Wildwood Park comprises Clarks Hill Lake and it’s mentioned {that a} dive workforce discovered Lemeuble’s physique lower than an hour later.
College students at Grovetown Excessive Faculty honored the late soccer star this week, with one teammate telling WRDW: ‘It appears like a nightmare that I haven’t woken up from.’
Again in January, Huston-Tillotson College introduced that Lemeuble would be a part of its soccer program this fall. Within the wake of his demise, a GoFundMe page has been set as much as help Lemeuble’s household, with practically $20,000 of its $50,000 goal already raised.
Elijah Lemeuble (c), a promising soccer participant from Georgia, has tragically drowned aged 17
The web page was created by Amare Pryce, who claimed ‘Elijah was extra than simply my childhood buddy — he was like a brother to me.’
Pryce continued: ‘We grew up collectively, sharing recollections and milestones from the fourth grade all through maturity. Yesterday, Elijah’s life was tragically minimize brief in an accident at Wildwood Park.
‘His household and pals, together with myself, are mourning him deeply. We paid our respects earlier this afternoon at his home, and the ache of shedding somebody so particular is overwhelming.
‘Elijah was cherished by everybody who knew him. He was an amazing athlete—a soccer star who holds the report for many objectives at Columbia Center Faculty and was on his strategy to break the report at Grovetown Excessive Faculty.
‘His kindness, laughter, and spirit touched so many lives in our neighborhood. Now, his household is going through unimaginable grief and the numerous challenges that include such a sudden loss.’
The cash raised will probably be used to assist fund funeral prices in addition to ‘memorial preparations, and another help’ to assist the household ‘via this extremely troublesome time.’
‘For individuals who come throughout this, we would actually respect your assist. Elijah’s reminiscence deserves to be honored, and his household wants our help greater than ever,’ the web page continued.
‘Any contribution, large or small, will make a distinction. Thanks for serving to us keep in mind Elijah and for standing together with his family members.’
