Nocona Community Grieves Golf Student-Athlete Killed in West Texas Crash

The small North Texas town of Nocona is grieving after a member of their community was killedLaci Stone, 18, was riding in a van carrying members of the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams when it was struck by a pick-up truck near the community of Andrews, Texas, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

A coach and six members of the team died, along with the driver and a 13-year-old passenger in a Dodge 2500 pick-up truck. An honors student and athlete, Stone grew up in Nocona and graduated Nocona High School this past spring.Sharing a story of how Laci convinced her to get matching heart tattoos, the mother wrote, in part, “Our Laci is gone! She has been an absolute ray of sunshine during this short time on earth…We will never be the same…”

“To know Laci is to love her,” said her former coach and teacher Heather Nobile. “Just a wonderful, wonderful person that's going to be missed.”

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