MACON, Ga. — A metro Atlanta college student died after collapsing during a soccer game earlier this week.
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Mercer University said Mason Sells collapsed Monday night during an intramural soccer game held on the Macon campus.
Sells was taken to Atrium Navicent Health, where he was pronounced dead.
According to school officials, Sells was a junior from Peachtree City. He was an accounting major and a member of Alpha Tau Omega.
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In a statement from Mercer University, officials said, “Words cannot convey the extent of our sadness over his passing.”
“Our hearts go out to the Sells family on their tragic loss, and I ask the Mercer community to keep them in their thoughts and prayers. Mason was an outstanding student and a highly involved Mercerian. Words cannot convey the extent of our sadness over his passing.”
Sells’ cause of death has not been determined.
The university is also providing counseling for students in need.
Sells’ fraternity will hold a candlelight vigil Sunday at 8 p.m.
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Recently, Wesleyan College, about five miles from Mercer, is mourning the loss of one of its students.
Cross-country runner Nefertari Holston, 23, collapsed while competing at the Julius Johnson Invitational in Macon.
The junior runner went into cardiac arrest, WGXA reports.
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That same day, Mercer football defensive back, Khalil Moody collapsed on the field late in the Bears’ game against The Citadel military college.
Moody was taken to the hospital and remains stable.
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