UVA Lacrosse Death: George Huguely and College Sports' Biggest Tragedies

The University of Virginia campus is in shock today as they mourn the death of fourth-year women's lacrosse player Yeardley Love.

Police found Love, 22, dead in an off-campus apartment at 2:15 a.m. Monday. Her body showed signs of physical abuse and struggle. A member of the UVA men's lacrosse team, 22-year-old George Huguely, has been charged in the death. The two had a past relationship, but the exact details are still unclear.

The school has not said if and when the teams will play again. Both regular seasons have concluded with seeding in their respective NCAA tournaments to be announced Sunday.

The case is the latest in a sorry history of college sports tragedies.

Baylor: The Patrick Dennehy Murder

Patrick Dennehy transferred to the University of Baylor from New Mexico after his sophomore season.

In the summer of 2003, Dennehy and former Baylor teammate Carlton Dodson began telling friends they were concerned for their safety. They purchased guns and cited two teammates, including junior transfer Harvey Thomas as the player making threats.

On June 19, Dennehy's family filed a missing person report. On July 21, Dotson was charged with the death after an informant reported Dotson telling his cousin about shooting Dennehy.

Four days later, Dennehy's body was found in a gravel pit near Waco, Texas.

Dotson was sentenced to 35 years in prison in June 2005.

Duke Lacrosse

Crystal Mangum accused three Duke lacrosse players of raping her while at an off-campus party in 2006.

The case brought social and racial tensions in the Raleigh-Durham area to a boil and quickly became a national story.

The charges against the three players, Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty and David Evans, were eventually dropped and the players were suspended from school. The team's spring season was canceled and coach Mike Pressler was let go.

Prosecutor Mike Nifong pursued the case, even though it became apparent that Mangum's story was not adding up. In April 2007, all charges were dropped against the players. Three months later, Nifong resigned.

Mangum was charged in the attempted murder of her boyfriend in February.

Marshall Plane Crash

Almost the entire Marshall football team and coaching staff were killed in a plane crash Nov. 14, 1970, en route home to Huntington, W. Va. after a 17-14 loss at East Carolina.

The surviving members of the team anchor a freshman-heavy team to play the 1971 season.

The story of the team was later made into the 2006 movie "We Are Marshall."

The plaza at the center of the Marshall campus has a fountain dedicated to the 75 victims. The fountain remains dry from Nov. 14 until the first day of practice the next spring.

Hank Gathers Drops Dead

Hank Gathers was a surefire rising NBA star at Loyola Marymount. He and friend Bo Kimble had transferred from USC after their freshman year.

Gathers became only the second player in NCAA history to lead the nation in scoring (32.7 ppg) and rebounding (13.7 rpg) during the 1988-89 season.

The first sign of trouble began on Dec. 9, 1989, when Gathers collapsed at the free throw line in a home game against UCSB. He was found to have an abnormal heartbeat and was prescribed with a beta blocker. Gathers thought the medication slowed him down so he cut back on the dosage.

On March 4, 1990, Gathers collapsed again in the first half of a West Coast Conference tournament quarterfinal game against Portland after an alley-oop. Gathers initially attempted to get up but soon collapsed again was dead on arrival to the hospital.

The league tournament was canceled, LMU was awarded the bid to the NCAA tournament and made a run to the Elite Eight. Kimble shot the first free throw of each game left-handed – a tribute to Gathers.

Oklahoma State Men's Basketball Plane Crash

Jan. 27, 2001: Two members of the Oklahoma State basketball team -- 21-year-old Dan Lawson and 20-year-old Nate Fleming—are killed along with six team staffers and broadcasters when their plane crashed in a snowstorm in Byers, Colo.

The plane was headed back from a game at Colorado. All 10 people aboard, including the pilot and co-pilot, were killed.

Notre Dame Swim Team

Jan. 24, 1992: A bus bringing the Notre Dame swim team back from a meet in Evanston, Ill., slid out of control a little after midnight and overturned on the Indiana Toll Road.

Two members of the swim team, Meghan Beeler, 18, and Colleen Hipp, 19, were killed in the crash. Thirty-four others on the bus were injured.

A survivor, Haley Scott Demaria (pictured), later wrote a book detailing her struggle, "What Though the Odds."

Prairie View Track Team

Feb. 10, 2000: A van carrying members of Prairie View A&M's men's track team rolled over on State Highway 43 in Texas. The team was headed for a meet in Pine Bluff, Ark.

Four members of the team—Jerome Jackson, Vernon James, Samuel Sturns Houston Watson—were killed.

The Death of Bo Rein

He took over as head coach of LSU after the 1979 football season, but never got to coach a game for the Tigers.

The decorated former Ohio State halfback and member of the Buckeyes' College World Series baseball team was on a recruiting trip as the only passeneger on a twin-engine, eight-seat bound for Shreveport, La. on Jan. 11, 1980.

The plane flew east to avoid bad weather on the way back to Baton Rouge and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean 100 miles out of Cape Charles, Va. Both the 34-year-old Rein and the pilot were killed.

Evansville Men's Basketball

Dec. 13, 1977: The entire University of Evansville men's basketball team is killed when a flight bound for a game at Middle Tennessee State crashed in a valley near Evansville Regional Airport.

It was the Purple Aces' first season in Division I.

All but two of the 30 passengers aboard, including 14 players and coach Bobby Watson, are pronounced dead at the scene. The other two die hours later.

Brook Berringer Plane Crash

Berringer replaced an injured Tommy Frazier during the 1994 season and led the Cornhuskers to seven straight wins and the national title game against Miami.

Fifteen months later, Berringer and his girlfriend's brother, Tobey Lake, are killed in a plane crash shortly after takeoff from Lincoln, Neb. on April 18, 1996.

Berringer was the pilot of the 1946 single-engine plane. Intense wind was said to have caused the crash.