The basketball world loses yet another youngster
Special to Amico Hoops
An auto crash has claimed the life of a college basketball player in Atlanta. Accidents are sometimes avoidable and sometimes unavoidable. However, one has claimed another youngster in the field of the dunk and slam game. This time, it is a college basketball player in Atlanta. The college basketball player who lives in the metro Atlanta area was reported to have crashed his car on the Ga. 400 in Dawson County. This news was confirmed by the authorities at the University of North Georgia, and the basketball world has been thrown into mourning for losing yet another bright future.
The teenager named Ross Morkem was just 19 years old. He graduated from the Lambert High School in Forsyth County last two years. After that, he enrolled into the University of North Georgia. According to the news from the University, he is currently a sophomore student of the citadel of learning, but he died in crash.
Information from official sources posited that the crash did not involve any other car. Ross Morkem was driving a 2010 Ford Mustang when the incident occurred and he was alone in the car, with no other passengers with him. This was contained in an email statement that the Georgia State Patrol sent to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
According to the head coach of the North Georgia basketball, Chris Faulkner, the Nightwalk family has experienced a great loss on Monday. He went ahead to say that the thoughts and prayers of the entire town is with the family of Morkem, his teammates, and all his friends. The school has suffered a great loss and the students have suggested even getting Personalized Basketballs in memory. He went ahead to say that the deceased gave a wonderful representation of the University of North Georgia, and that it was a first class type of representation. On another angle, he was described as a perfect teammate by the head coach, and you can look the full review here.
Information from the official sources says that the crash occurred at exactly 1:10 a.m. the explanation is that the car was traveling south. But it later swerved towards the west shoulder. According to the source, the car traveled along the west shoulder for about 200 feet before jamming a utility pole that was positioned somewhere in front. After this, it halted without control at the southern side of the west shoulder.
The record of the deceased showed that within the past season, he started 27 games for the university basketball team. The average points he made were 8.1 and 4.8 rebounds.
The complete funeral order of service has not been concluded, but news coming out from the family says that they will be having a public reception around 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. This reception according to the university will be held in Cumming, precisely at the Three Chimneys Farm Clubhouse
The Morkem family has also come out to say that they will not want flowers for the reception and funeral. Instead, they have advised people who will like to show empathy and sympathy to do so by donating money online to the Ross Morkem Scholarship Fund.
