{"id":42503,"date":"2017-08-23T06:14:46","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T06:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42503"},"modified":"2017-08-23T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T06:15:00","slug":"ball-state-mens-basketball-player-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ball-state-mens-basketball-player-dies.html","title":{"rendered":"Ball State men&#8217;s basketball player dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Ball State men&#8217;s basketball player dies<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Ball State men&#8217;s basketball player Zach Hollywood died Tuesday afternoon, the university confirmed in a brief letter to all of its student-athletes today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The university&#8217;s statement read:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">&#8220;On behalf of Ball State University, it is with profound sadness that we learned today of the passing of Zachary \u201cZach\u201d Hollywood, a student from Bradley, Illinois. Zach has been a part of our community for the past year. During his time on campus, he was a member of the men\u2019s basketball team and made many positive impressions throughout campus. This is a tragedy. Our heartfelt condolences are with his family, friends and teammates. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cFor members of our Ball State family who need support during this difficult time, we encourage them to take advantage of the numerous resources available on- and off-campus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">While on the men&#8217;s basketball team last year, Hollywood was a redshirt freshman and did not compete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Delaware County Coroner Scott Hahn told The Star Press Hollywood was discovered at Varsity House Apartments, 3000 block of North Oakwood Ave., just before 1 p.m. today. Hollywood died at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Ball State men&#8217;s basketball coach James Whitford is expected to release a statement later Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, according to school officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/ball-state\/2017\/08\/22\/ball-state-mens-basketball-player-dies\/592006001\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/ball-state-mens-basketball-player-dies.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ball State men&#8217;s basketball player dies Ball State men&#8217;s basketball player Zach Hollywood died Tuesday afternoon, the university confirmed in a brief letter to all of its student-athletes today. 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