Lives lost of former college basketball players diagnosed with coronavirus

Below is a list of former college basketball players who have died from the coronavirus in 2020. Click on each to read more about their lives, their accomplishments on and off the court, and the loved ones they left behind.

March 22 Alexis Demby, 34, Caldwell

March 23 Lee Green, 48, St. John’s

March 23 David Edwards, 48, Georgetown and Texas A&M

March 24 Jonathan Duck, 50, Iona

March 24 Harold Upjohn, 91, Yale

March 29 Arnold Obey, 73, Wagner

March 29 Dwight Jones, 73, Tennessee State

March 31 Harvey Sheff, 59, Yeshiva

April 1 Ted Vartelas, 89, UConn

April 6 Marty Derer, 56, Rutgers-Camden

April 15 Matt Gras, 46, Siena

April 22 Ed Siegel, 87, Franklin

April 28 Charles “Duffy” Jernigan, 61, Eastern CT

May 22, 2020 Ted Vartelas, 89, Univ. of Connecticut

May 22, 2020 John (“Jack”) Ferguson, *Willimantic State

Aug. 22, 2020 Dominic Ferrara, 80, Univ. of Bridgeport

June 3, 2020 Craig Drezek, 49, Eastern Conn.

Aug. 21, Michael Ojo, 27, Florida State

Sept. 5 David “Smokey” Gaines, 80, LeMoyne-Owen College

Dec. 10, 2020 Donald “Dee” Rowe, 91, Middlebury

*now Eastern Connecticut State College

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