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From
The
Daily Aztec article
located @ the
www.dailyaztec.com
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
Amy White, 21-year-old daughter of SDSU
offensive line coach Ed White, died yesterday at her home in Julian,
Calif.
Amy had been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a head injury on
June 21, 1994. She suffered the injury after she stopped to get flowers
for her parents' anniversary. When the flowers didn't fit in the back of
her friend's car properly, Amy sat in the very back of the car to hold
them in place. After taking a short ride, the car hit a speed bump and Amy
was thrown from her seat, hitting her head.
Services will be held on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 3:30 p.m. at Julian High
School, where Amy had been a student.
Amy was scheduled to attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on a basketball
scholarship before the accident occurred. A star guard at Julian High, Amy
was the Coastal League Player of the Year in 1994 and an All-CIF
selection.
The family has asked that donations be made to the San Diego Challenge
Center, 240 South Magnolia Ave., El Cajon, Calif., 92020.
Coaches and players mourn for coach White
"Coach White has showed tremendous strength through all of this,"
SDSU offensive tackle Kyle Turley said. "We admire the man so much
for his integrity in handling such adversity.
"There was so much hope going on that Amy would come out of it and
get better. She was so young for it to end like this; it is really tough."
Added Tackle Ephraim Salaam: "The way it (Amy'd death) happened is
tragic. She had been pretty bad for a while, but it still hurts."
White has been given as much time off as he needs by SDSU head coach Ted
Tollner. With only three games remaining in the season, it is uncertain
whether he will return.
"The whole thing has been an extremely difficult situation for all
of us," Tollner said. "He (Ed White) hasn't really been with us.
He has been with his family the last few weeks. We don't know when he will
return, but eventually he will be back."
The tone at yesterday's practice was somber as most players' thoughts
were with Ed White and his family.
"Coach White was always there for me and all of the offensive
linemen," Salaam said. "In fact, he was there for everybody on
the team." "Right now we're not concerned about if he comes back
this season; it doesn't really seem that important."
"It hurts a lot hearing the news," safety Rico Curtis said. "Coach
White is a real good person, a guy who's always there for anybody to go
and talk to.
"This makes football seem real small right now. Football is
football, but this is real life and it's tragic."
The Aztecs have moved their practice time on Thursday from 3 p.m. to 12
p.m. in order to attend the services.
Hakim practices despite injury
Wide receiver Az Hakim practiced yesterday despite a hamstring injury he
suffered at Hawaii two weeks ago.
However, the star receiver is not expected to play Saturday against San
Jose State.
"No, I don't think he (Hakim) will play," Tollner said. "There
is just no burst. We're hopeful, but we are going to plan to play without
him. We have got to plan and win the game, and if we get him, he becomes a
bonus player.
"It's probably to definitive to say no. It would be better to say
we are going to plan on playing the game without him. Everything he has
been doing (in practice) has been 50 or 60 percent."