Melanie Coleman, a gymnast at Southern Connecticut State, died Sunday due to an injury she suffered during training on Nov. 8.
"At this time, our thoughts and prayers are with Melanie's family," athletic director Jay Moran said in an official statement. "This has been devastating to her coaches and teammates and we hope to support them in this very difficult time. Melanie was a very bright student, an excellent athlete and involved member of the Southern Connecticut community. The entire Southern athletics family is greatly saddened by her loss."
The Hartford Courant's Daniela Altimari and Josh Kovner reported Coleman was practicing at an off-campus facility and slipped from the uneven bars. Patrick Dilger, a spokesman for the university, said her cause of death remained unknown, with USA Today's Scott Gleeson reporting she had a "serious spinal cord injury."
Coleman was in her junior year with the Owls.
A native of Milford, Connecticut, she was an all-state gymnast at Jonathan Law High School before following her sister, Tiffany, to Southern Connecticut State.
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