April 8, 2015
Illinois State associate head basketball coach Torrey Ward (right, pictured with head coach Dan Muller in 2013) was one of seven people -- and two Illionois State athletics staffers -- killed when the small plane crash they were in crashed in a central Illinois field near Bloomington early Tuesday on the way back from the Final Four in Indianapolis. Aaron Leetch the athletic department's deputy director for external relations, was also killed in the crash.
photo by Matt Marton
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Illinois State basketball assistant among 7 dead in plane crash
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A private plane returning from the NCAA basketball tournament in Indianapolis crashed in a central Illinois field on Tuesday, killing all seven people on board, including Illinois State University’s associate head basketball coach and a deputy athletics director.