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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Wesleyan football player Doug Schmied died following heatstroke during practice last week.
The 21-year-old offensive lineman from Hanna City died Wednesday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
"Doug Schmied's death is an unspeakable tragedy and leaves all of us at Illinois Wesleyan shocked and saddened," university president Richard Wilson said on the school's Web site.
Schmied, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior, became ill Friday when it was about 90 degrees during practice, said Dennie Bridges, athletic director of the Bloomington school.
Schmied was first taken to BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal, then transferred to Saint Francis on Sunday and placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. Wilson said there will be a review of events leading to the player's hospitalization.
Students gathered in front of the campus chapel Wednesday, some placing candles near the steps.
Titans coach Norm Eash said Schmied had been looking forward to the season, which begins Sept. 3.
"He loved the camaraderie and the relationships he developed," he told The (Bloomington) Pantagraph. "This is a tremendous blow to our team."
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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top><!-- begin leftcol --><!-- template inline -->PEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois Wesleyan football player Doug Schmied died following heatstroke during practice last week.
The 21-year-old offensive lineman from Hanna City died Wednesday at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
"Doug Schmied's death is an unspeakable tragedy and leaves all of us at Illinois Wesleyan shocked and saddened," university president Richard Wilson said on the school's Web site.
Schmied, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior, became ill Friday when it was about 90 degrees during practice, said Dennie Bridges, athletic director of the Bloomington school.
Schmied was first taken to BroMenn Regional Medical Center in Normal, then transferred to Saint Francis on Sunday and placed on a ventilator in the intensive care unit. Wilson said there will be a review of events leading to the player's hospitalization.
Students gathered in front of the campus chapel Wednesday, some placing candles near the steps.
Titans coach Norm Eash said Schmied had been looking forward to the season, which begins Sept. 3.
"He loved the camaraderie and the relationships he developed," he told The (Bloomington) Pantagraph. "This is a tremendous blow to our team."
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