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- ABC News
- November 15, 2022
What to know about the slain UVA football players
Three students were killed and two were hurt in the Sunday night mass shooting.
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Scott Eisberg, sports director at ABC Charleston affiliate WCIV, in a tweet called Davis a “wonderful kid,” and shared footage of the standout athlete on the field in high school.
— Scott Eisberg (@SEisbergWCIV) November 14, 2022
Woodland Alumna and current Virginia receiver Lavel Davis Jr @LDJxlll was on campus today and spoke to the middle schoolers during their camp this week.
— Woodland High School Athletics - SC (@woodathleticsSC) May 10, 2022
“Have a dog mentality”#TheWoodWay #BuiltWoodTough #Cavaliers #UVA @Coach_TElliott @CoachEFord5 pic.twitter.com/gA5SoSaIgL
Hamilton, the professor, said Davis was in his class this semester.
\"After our first day of class this semester he made a point to come up and shake my hand and told me I should call him Vel,\" Hamilton tweeted. \"One thing that struck me about Vel was how much his classmates liked him and vice versa. In my experience star athletes often tend to hang out with other athletes (understandable, given the time commitment) but Vel seemed to go out of his way to make friends with non-athletes.\"
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D'Sean Perry was a fourth-year student from Miami, Ryan said.
Perry was \"very, very, very artistic\" and loved music, Elliott said.
He had a \"sense of humor that was one of a kind,\" Elliott said.
The 22-year-old was asked this season to move from linebacker to defensive end and he “adjusted admirably and always with smile,” the Charlottesville newspaper The Daily Progress reported.
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A friend wrote on a GoFundMe page, \"D'Sean had the kindest soul and a positive impact on anyone who had the privilege of knowing him. His ability to put a smile on anyone's face regardless of the situation made him truly special.\"
\"He was a leader on and off the field who strived to be the best, encouraged everyone else to be their best, and excelled in the classroom,\" the statement said. \"He was a man of faith who loved his friends, family, community, and football deeply. An avid lover of art and music whose artistic ability was unmatched. D'Sean was an integral part of the University of Virginia football program and worked harder and harder every day.\"
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