Grant Brace Cause of Death, University Wrestler and US Athlete Student

A Kentucky university has decided to pay $14 million (£11 million) to the family of a wrestler who passed away from heat stroke during practice after pleading for water.

Grant Brace, 20, passed away in August 2020 after repeatedly sprinting up and down a steep slope. According to his attorneys, coaches would not let him drink water.

A “climate of fear and intimidation” was allegedly fostered on the squad by the two coaches named in the lawsuit.

The University of the Cumberlands expressed optimism that the agreement would bring resolution.

However, it argued that if the case had gone to trial, it could have won.

Jerry Jackson, chancellor of the university, said in a statement, “We truly hope that resolving this matter early in the legal process will give the Brace family a measure of peace and healing.

In the lawsuit, it was claimed that Louisville native Brace lost his bearings after a challenging first exercise at “Punishment Hill” on the campus.

Due to his diagnosis of ADHD and narcolepsy, the university student was forced to take medications that call for adequate hydration, particularly when exercising.

The lawsuit claimed that two coaches would make fun of him despite his medical needs when he asked for a water break, asking: “Do you think you are special and are allowed more water?”

Brace ran a number of sprints on the day of his death before “sitting down out of exhaustion,” according to the complaint.

He is said to have made one more run to the top of the hill after being informed that he would be dismissed from the squad before stopping and declaring: “I’m done. I’m out of options here.

The lawsuit stated that Grant pleaded, “I need water, somebody help me,” while experiencing heat stroke. It also stated that Grant told people he felt like he was going to die and was speaking in gibberish.

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