UVA begins scholarship in honor of killed players

• Andrea Adelson, ESPN

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Cavaliers have developed a memorial scholarship fund in honor of football players Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, who were all shot and killed after going back to campus from an expedition in November 2022.

The Virginia Sports Structure and Virginia Athletics on Tuesday revealed the 1.15.41 Memorial Scholarship Fund will yearly award scholarships to three football players who “embody the qualities these young men brought with them.”

The fund was enabled thanks to an anonymous donor who promised $1 million.Editor’s Picks

1 Related “The 1.15.41 Memorial Fund is a powerful suggestion and testament to the impact of Devin, Lavel and D’Sean,” athletic director Carla Williams said in a statement. “Their memory resides on through the recipients of this scholarship and we are incredibly grateful for the establishment of this endowment.”

Last week, Virginia opened a new football operations center with a homage to all three players, with a screen on the very first flooring that includes their jerseys– Nos. 1, 15 and 41.

Virginia formerly revealed it would pay a $9 million settlement to their families as well as 2 other students injured in the shooting, consisting of running back Mike Hollins.Christopher Darnell Jones

Jr., a former UVA student who was on the trip, has actually been charged with 3 counts of second-degree murder, five counts of making use of a gun in a very first felony offense and 2 counts of harmful wounding. His trial is arranged for January.