{"id":405712,"date":"2026-08-13T18:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/405712\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:48:15","slug":"texas-high-school-football-star-dead-at-17-after-medical-emergency-at-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/405712\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas high school football star dead at 17 after medical emergency at practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Odin Hensley, a 17-year-old football player for Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas, died late Wednesday after\u00a0suffering a cardiac arrest during practice\u00a0two days earlier, his family confirmed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/sports\/article\/odin-hensley-lake-travis-football-player-dies-22386555.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the American-Statesman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is still unbelievable,\u201d Hensley\u2019s stepmother, Angel Ruiz, said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services public information officer Shannon Koersterer said Tuesday in a statement to the American-Statesman that ATCEMS and Travis County Star Flight responded to a situation Monday morning at the school for a \u201creported seizure.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.09989259;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40323482\" width=\"649\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hensley.jpg\" alt=\"Odin Hensley, a 17-year-old football player for Lake Travis High School in Austin, Tx., died Wednesday, August 12, 2026, after\u00a0suffering a cardiac arrest during practice\u00a0two days earlier, his family confirmed to the American-Statesman.\" class=\"wp-image-40323482\"  \/>Odin Hensley, a 17-year-old football player for Lake Travis High School in Austin, Tx., died Wednesday, August 12, 2026, after\u00a0suffering a cardiac arrest during practice\u00a0two days earlier, his family confirmed to the American-Statesman. GoFundMe<\/p>\n<p>Lake Travis ISD shared news of Hensley\u2019s death with the school community in an email Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Lake Travis High School, he was a dedicated two-sport athlete who excelled in wrestling and football,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis teachers and coaches remember Odin as a kind, determined young man who was a valued teammate, classmate, and friend. His presence touched many lives, and he will be deeply missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A GoFundMe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-odin-and-his-family?cp_src=d\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fundraiser<\/a> \u201corganized to help take some of that financial stress\u201d off of the family\u2019s shoulders said Hensley, a senior, died after he was transported by helicopter, via Travis County STAR Flight, and admitted to the intensive care unit of Dell Children\u2019s Medical Center in Austin.<\/p>\n<p>Lake Travis football coach Hank Carter shared on social media Monday that a \u201cstudent-athlete suffered a serious health emergency\u201d around 8 a.m. and was taken to a hospital by helicopter. <\/p>\n<p>Around 350 people attended a vigil for Henlsey Wednesday evening at Lake Hills Church. <\/p>\n<p>Carter told the American-Statesman that it\u2019s a \u201cvery difficult time for us\u201d on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Odin Hensley, a 17-year-old football player for Lake Travis High School in Austin, Texas, died late Wednesday after\u00a0suffering&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,586,154],"class_list":["post-405712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-high-school-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}