The 20-year-old college wrestler died of heat stroke after training after his coaches ALTERNATED frantic requests for water due to his “poor performance.”
- The wrestler, University of Cumberland Grant Brace, 20, died in August 2020 during a workout where trainers forced students to do repeated sprints
- Coaches reportedly told athletes during the drill to “throw their water bottles on the fence and not touch them.”
- During the hot summer day, Brace slowly got behind his teammates and begged the coaches for water – a request they refused due to his “poor performance”.
- According to a police report, the more Brace begged, the more his trainers refused help
A college wrestler died of heat stroke after coaches refused the 20-year-old’s repeated requests for water as a disciplinary measure during a particularly intense school workout, a police report revealed.
University of Cumberland sophomore wrestler Grant Brace died in August 2020 during a workout at the Kentucky school, where coaches forced students to do repeated sprints up a 200-foot “Punishment Hill.”
Coaches reportedly urged athletes to “throw their water bottles on the fence and not touch them” during the drill.
During the hot summer day, Brace finally fell behind his comrades and asked the coaching staff for water – a request police say they turned down due to the student’s “poor performance”.
Two hours after practice, Brace was found by students and staff on the ground near the school, collapsing and clinging to the grass near a puddle containing his own vomit.
He died of heat stroke from exertion, police officers said — a particularly preventable condition that doesn’t come without warning signs.
Grant Brace, a sophomore at the University of Cumberland, died in August 2020 during a workout at the school in Kentucky, where coaches forced students to do repeated sprints up a 200-foot “Punishment Hill,” a recent police report revealed
“Guys, I need water. Get me some water,” Brace reportedly urged his teammates during an outdoor portion of practice on Aug. 31 — the first day of wrestling conditioning for the students.
Brace’s requests would eventually become frantic, Williamsburg Police Department officers wrote – but they were still denied, even when he started speaking gibberish and convulsing, witnesses who spoke to the department said.
Brace – who teammates said dreamed of becoming a champion – also told staff he was unable to see or stand during the incident, which has remained mysterious for the past two years, as police have not yet determined a cause of death had published.