Three passengers survived including: Kearney; the driver, Michelle Freeman, a former Jamaican track and field athlete and Olympic bronze medalist; and Sparks's two-year-old daughter, Imani Sparks.
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She then made it her profession and her life's work to give back to collegiate athletics by counseling and guiding young people as they attempted to go down the same path and achieve as she had during her collegiate career. We want Ilrey's husband, Melvin and their daughter Imani to know that they will always be part of our UT Athletics family, and we are here to offer our support.
We hold Bev [Kearney] close in our prayers and hearts tonight. Thursday afternoon, Bev underwent extensive surgery for back injuries and wounds suffered in the accident. Right now, she is in recovery, and her prognosis has improved since she was brought to the hospital.
Thursday evening, she regained consciousness and was able to speak to hospital personnel. We are praying that Bev is on her way to a full recovery. Again, we send our deepest sympathies to all the families and friends of these women who have been touched by this tragedy. Sparks, 40, was tragically killed on Thursday, Dec. Applewhite's only punishment was a salary freeze for 11 months of Patti Ohlendorf, UT Austin's vice president for legal affairs, noted in comments to CNN that the distinguishing feature of Kearney's conduct was her position as a head coach and the status of the directly subordinate student-athlete, saying that the relationship "crosses the line of trust placed in the head coach for all aspects of the athletic program and in the best interests of the student-athletes in the program.
On December 26, , Kearney was a passenger in an SUV that flipped over several times, throwing her about 50 feet from the car. The accident left Kearney paralyzed from the waist down.
Two friends died on the scene including Ilrey Oliver Sparks, a year-old academic counselor at UT and a former Jamaican Olympic track star, and Muriel Wallace, the mother of the driver. Three passengers survived including: Kearney; the driver, Michelle Freeman, a former Jamaican track and field athlete and Olympic bronze medalist' and Sparks's two-year-old daughter, Imani Sparks. When paramedics found Kearney on the pavement, she was barely breathing.
Her spinal cord was badly injured, a chunk of her back had been ripped out, her skull was fractured, and she was bruised all over.
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