Jesus Luzardo, a minor league pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, has started a memorial fund for the family of Chris Hixon, the athletic director who was among those killed in Wednesday's shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Luzardo, a 20-year-old left-hander who is considered one of the Athletics' top pitching prospects, graduated from Stoneman Douglas in 2016. In a post on his fundraising page, he said Hixon "played a huge role in supporting my dreams of becoming a professional baseball player and his loss will be felt by everyone in the Douglas community.