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Air Force cadet's cause of death blamed on rare bacterial infection
The 19-year-old U.S. Air Force Academy cadet who was found unresponsive in her dorm room in early September died from a rare bacterial infection “associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome,” a coroner has announced.
Avery Koonce had been fighting a cough before dying on Sept. 4 in Colorado from “Paeniclostridium sordellii sepsis complicating parainfluenza laryngotracheobronchitis,” according to an El Paso County Coroner’s Office report obtained by Fox21 News.
Coroner Leon Kelly wrote in the report that Koonce had an abnormal fluid build-up in her left lung along with the bacterium Paeniclostridium sordellii, which can cause “serious disease or death in various clinical settings including airway infection and sepsis,” according to the Colorado Springs Independent.
The bacteria “has been associated with a toxic shock-like syndrome that can rapidly progress to death,” and “It’s likely that the bacterial infection was secondary to the parainfluenza infection… that resulted in… symptoms of severe cough and upper airway inflammation and edema,” the newspaper cited the report as saying.
US AIR FORCE ACADEMY CADET, 19, IS FOUND DEAD IN HER DORM ROOM
Avery Koonce was found dead in her dorm room on Wednesday, the U.S. Air Force Academy says. (U.S. Air Force Academy)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes sepsis as “the body’s extreme response to an infection” that happens “when an infection you already have triggers a chain reaction throughout your body.”
The U.S. Air Force Academy said Koonce, a 19-year-old from Taylor, Texas, was set to graduate in 2028 and was a member of the women’s track and field team.
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A fighter jet is seen on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colo. (Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
“We lost an incredible teammate… While only with us for a short time, Avery positively impacted her unit, her intercollegiate team, and her class – her loss will be felt across USAFA,” Academy Superintendent Lt Gen Tony Bauernfeind said at the time of Koonce’s death. “Our team is focused on providing support to Avery’s family, Cadet Squadron 38, the Track and Field team, and the entire Academy family.”
Koonce attended Thrall High School, according to the Austin American-Statesman, which quoted the district’s superintendent as saying that she was the president of the student council and leader of the National Honor Society.
Tusajigwe Owens demonstrates how to operate an air gun before cadets participate in a training exercise at the U.S. Air Force Academy in September 2023. (Reuters)
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions, who nominated Koonce to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy outside of Colorado Springs, also told the Austin American-Statesman that he was “incredibly saddened to hear about the loss of Cadet Koonce.”
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It seems fitting that North Dakota State will face Montana State to close out the 2024 football season.
It was the Bobcats who were the opponents that started this entire Bison FCS dynasty.
A 42-17 NDSU rout of Montana State in Bozeman in 2010 opened eyes not just in Fargo, but across the FCS that the Bison could play in this division.
14 years and nine national championships later, there’s no debate on who’s the top program in FCS.
Montana State may know as well as anyone. The Bobcats have had their seasons ended by the Bison four separate times since 2018, including last year’s heartstopping 35-34 overtime win in Bozeman.
NDSU stomped the Bobcats in the second round in 2018 and the semifinals in 2019. Brent Vigen took MSU to the national championship game in 2021, but after freshman quarterback Tommy Mellott got injured in the first quarter, NDSU ran over the Cats, winning 38-10.
Montana State of 2024 is a different animal. The Bobcats have won every game, scoring 30 points in each game, something no team has done in Division I this year.
Mellott has had a tremendous year, in a battle with Bison quarterback Cam Miller for the Walter Payton Award.
The Forum’s Jeff Kolpack and WDAY’s Dom Izzo begin Championship Week with a look at what the matchup will be like between the Bison and Bobcats.
Dom Izzo is the Sports Director at WDAY-TV. He began working for WDAY in 2006 as the weekend sports anchor and was promoted to Sports Director in 2010.
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