Broward College, FL, basketball player collapses, dies

"Shayla Llanos fell first to her knees, and then collapsed onto the hardwood. The Broward College freshman guard felt dizzy before losing consciousness late in her team's home game against Onondaga (N.Y.) Community College on December 29. By the end of the night, Llanos was dead. Now, more than a week later, her teammates and friends are still trying to process the unthinkable - a seemingly vibrant and healthy 19-year-old, cut down playing the game she mastered growing up in New Jersey. An irregular coronary artery killed Llanos. The official cause of death was a sequelae anomalous of the left coronary artery, a birth defect that she may have lived with her entire life without knowing, said Wendy Crane, a Broward medical examiner's office investigator" - Sun Sentinel