SALT LAKE CITY — Alex Whittingham was riding in a car with his parents, Kyle and Jamie, when he heard the news of Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilsinki.
Earlier this month, the 21-year-old Hilsinki was found dead in his apartment from an apparent suicide. The Whittinghams, like the rest of the sports community, were shocked by the tragedy.
“Hearing something like that, it makes you sick,” the younger Whittingham said. “You’ll never know what that guy was going through. It just breaks your heart that someone was suffering that bad that it led them to make a decision like that.