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Over the weekend, the head baseball coach at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton recounted the last conversation he had with a student-athlete who died last month.
The college’s baseball program last Thursday posted to social media that Will Wentworth, who was on the baseball team, had died. The cause of death for the young athlete has not been released.
Baseball coach Reed Peters said Wentworth was a left-handed pitcher and had redshirted last year, meaning he did not play but was figured to be a major contributor to the team this year.
Peters said his last conversation with Wentworth was the day before the student died.
“You are a coach’s dream,” Peters said he told Wentworth during an individual meeting. “You’re always smiling, always the player that goes above and beyond, always the first to do things without being told, putting the team before yourself, a great teammate, a great student, and an unbelievable person.”
Peters described the baseball player as someone who was well-loved and recalled a time when Wentworth helped save a student’s life on campus. According to the baseball coach, during Wentworth’s first semester at Delta College, he was attending class when another student began to feel ill and could not breathe.
Peters said Wentworth jumped out of his seat and gave the student CPR, which probably saved their life. Prior to attending Delta College, Wentworth attended and graduated Granada High School in Livermore, where he also played baseball.
Wentworth is not the only student athlete from Delta College who has died this year. In October, Makaela Crespin, a resident of Stockton and a women’s polo team member, was killed in a traffic collision in the city.
The Stockton Police Department said they were notified that a woman, later identified as Crespin, was driving on West Park and North Baker streets when she collided with another vehicle. She was taken to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.
A service will be held for Wentworth on Saturday (Dec. 9) at the Presbyterian Church in Livermore at 11 a.m.
