http://sports.yahoo.com/news/vanderbilt-...caabb.html

Vanderbilt freshman pitcher Donny Everett drowned while fishing in Tennessee a day before the Commodores were to open the NCAA Tournament on Friday. He was 19.

The Coffee County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Friday that Everett was with two teammates and two other people when he tried to swim across Normandy Lake near a bridge. The lake is about 60 miles southeast of Nashville.

Everett was halfway across when he asked for help, but friends told Deputy Charles Taylor that they thought Everett was joking because he was smiling. One person went into the water and pulled Everett several feet before letting go, still thinking Everett was joking and struggling to stay afloat himself. When he looked back, Everett had gone under and did not re-surface.


Vanderbilt was the College World Series runner-up last year and won the 2014 national title. The school was scheduled to open the NCAA Tournament on Friday night by hosting Xavier. The Commodores were deciding whether to play the game.

That's Heartbreaking for His Family and Teammates & Friends. Been a lot of fishing drownings in Tn & Al this year.