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LAW: CASES: WRONGFUL DEATH :
MEDICAL: CONDITIONS: HEAT EXHAUSTION:
GSU Basketball Player Dies



GSU Basketball Player Dies
T. Scott Boatright, Reporter
08-27-2009
The Ruston Daily Leader 
<http://rustonleader.com/news.php?id=5699>


  GRAMBLING  Grambling State basketball player Henry White died early 
Wednesday morning in a Shreveport hospital, 11 days after falling ill 
during off-season conditioning drills.

GSU said in a prepared statement a full investigation into the 
circumstances that may have contributed to Whites death is ongoing.

The 6-6 junior guard had recently signed with GSU after playing last year 
at Hill Junior College in Texas.


Neither the hospital nor the school released any information on the cause 
of Whites death.

Swede Trenkle, who coached the Milwaukee, Wis., native, said the criminal 
justice major was a tremendous player and person who was known for pushing 
himself to the limit.

He was a tremendous kid  its a huge shock, Trenkle said. He was the first 
one to run and the first one done when we ran sprints. He always lifted 
the most weight. Going hard and all out was the only way he knew to do it.

Henry had a heart as big as a house and was in tremendous shape. He never 
got out of shape. He pushed himself to the limit all the time  110 
percent, that was him.




Grambling State basketball player dies
Posted 8/26/2009 6:00 PM
USA Today
<http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/ 
2009-08-26-grambling-state-white_N.htm>


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A prep standout at Washington High in Milwaukee, White played his freshman 
year of college basketball at Marshalltown Community College before 
transferring to Hill College for his sophomore season. He had two years of 
eligibility remaining at Grambling.





GSU men's basketball coach released
Action follows players death
T. Scott Boatright, Reporter
09-25-2009
The Ruston Daily Leader
<http://rustonleader.com/news.php?id=5802>


GRAMBLING  The short-lived Ricky Duckett era for Grambling States mens 
basketball program has ended.

A release from the university sent out this morning said Duckett has been 
placed on administrative leave, effectively immediately, until Oct. 31 
when his employment officially ends.

GSUs release added that no other information is available at this time. 
The move comes a month after the death of mens basketball player Henry 
White, who died Aug. 26 in a Shreveport hospital, 11 days after reportedly 
suffering a heat-related illness during off-season conditioning drills 
under an assistant coachs supervision.

GSU said in a prepared statement at that time that a full investigation 
into the circumstances that may have contributed to Whites death is 
ongoing.





Grambling State Basketball Coach Duckett To Resign Following 
Player's Death After Workout
September 26, 2009 9:12 p.m. EST
Topics: College Basketball
Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Contributor
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7016517986?Grambling%
20State%20Basketball%20Coach%20Duckett%20To%20Resign%
20Following%20Player's%20Death%20After%20Workout#ixzz0YGAsLvUP


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Rick Duckett plans to resign as the men's basketball coach from Grambling 
State. He will step down in wake of a player's death following a 
supervised conditioning workout.


Henry White passed away August 26 in Shreveport, LA.  He reportedly fell 
ill during a preseason workout August 14.

White's family claims the team was running in 104-degree temperatures 
without water.



Updated: September 26, 2009, 11:51 PM ET
Duckett says he didn't resignComment Email Print Share
By Andy Katz
ESPN.com
Men's Basketball 
<http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4505761>


Grambling State basketball coach Rick Duckett told ESPN.com Saturday night 
he didn't resign but was fired.

Duckett was given a letter Friday morning telling him his services were no 
longer needed.

Duckett said the firing came as a surprise. It came a month after the 
death of junior college transfer Henry White. White died 12 days after 
becoming ill during a preseason workout -- a training exercise Duckett 
said he did not attend because he was having undisclosed surgery the same 
day.

"They didn't give me a reason [for the dismissal]," Duckett said by phone 
from his Grambling, La., home. "That's why I have to speculate."

The speculation centers on whether Duckett was fired for cause and whether 
he will be paid for the final three years on his contract.


<snip>


White, 21, got sick during the practice session on Aug. 14 and died on 
Aug. 26 at a Shreveport, La., hospital. The Monroe News Star and the 
Ruston Daily Leader reported that the university and White's family 
attorney are investigating his death.


<snip>


Last week, WISN-TV in Milwaukee said White's family reported that players 
were made to run in 104-degree heat without water.

"We start from a position that it's very troubling that the university was 
running these athletes at 2 p.m. in August in Louisiana," said Larry 
English, a Shreveport-based attorney representing the family, according to 
the News Star.





A deeper look at Henry White's passing
By: Ashley Leichmon
Issue date: 9/3/09 Section: Front
The Gramblinite
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2009/09/03/Front/A.Deeper.Look.At.Henry.Whites.Passing-3781587.shtml>


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An official report specifying the circumstances surrounding White's death 
has not been released.

An SGA statement cited heat stroke as a cause of death.

White arrived at GSU on August 10 and was hospitalized August 14. The 
university released a statement saying they're investigating the 
"circumstances that may have contributed to White's death".

News station, WISN of Milwaukee, stated that school officials said he was 
running with team members and a coach. White collapsed after running four 
miles in extreme heat, officials said. Two other players also collapsed, 
according to the hometown news station.

White's family attorney said the players should not have been made to run 
in such high heat and White's death could have been avoided.

"It is my understanding that there wasn't water, the coaches did not have 
water, the young men could not stop and drink. In my mind, under the worse 
case scenario, Grambling staff is guilty of negligence for civil 
liability. Under worse case scenario, negligent homicide. My statement 
speaks for itself," family attorney Larry English stated.




OTL: Grambling Tragedy
Publish Date: Nov 25, 2009, 09:20 PM ET
Duration: 01:25
<http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4690594&categoryid=3286128>



Updated: November 29, 2009, 9:29 AM ET
Questions linger for Grambling State
By Mark Fainaru-Wada
ESPN
Archive 
<http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=4693697>


Back in the basement, grief has been replaced by anger. Wood and Johnson 
are learning more and more about Aug. 14, the day Henry collapsed while 
running on the Grambling State campus. He and six of his teammates were 
forced to complete a 4-mile, timed, discipline run in 95-degee Louisiana 
heat. Another player also collapsed and was hospitalized after the run. 
Three months later, that player is still suffering the effects of heat 
exhaustion and still hasn't been cleared to practice. But he's alive.



Twelve days after the run, on Aug. 26, White died as a result of 
complications from heat exhaustion, his liver and kidneys ravaged to the 
point of total failure. It's not the heat, though, that has Wood and 
Johnson growing increasingly agitated. They're hearing what a two-month 
"Outside the Lines" investigation has revealed, and they've come to 
believe the run that killed their son never should have happened.

There were myriad problems on Grambling State's end:

   The run apparently was an NCAA violation, coming three days before 
classes started at Grambling State. NCAA Bylaw 17.3.2.1 states that 
supervised conditioning or fitness activities for basketball "shall not 
begin prior to the beginning of the institution's academic year," which 
the NCAA defines as the first day of classes.

   White did not have personal medical insurance and had not been signed on 
to Grambling State's policy, a violation of school protocol, according to 
athletic director J. Lin Dawson. A June 22 memo written by athletic 
trainer Jessica Robinson indicates all athletes "MUST have  insurance on 
file before they can work out, practice, and compete in any competition." 
And a school checklist reveals White was uninsured. White's medical bills 
have reached more than $275,000, certain to become part of an expected 
wrongful death lawsuit filed by his mother.

   Robinson, the trainer, had not cleared the team to work out, nor was she 
aware of the run, also a breach of school policy, according to Dawson.


<snip>


   White's registration hadn't been fully processed at the time of the run. 
A document obtained by "Outside the Lines" shows his registration wasn't 
stamped completed until Aug. 20 -- as he lay in a hospital bed in 
Shreveport, La., one week after the run.




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