Texas Lutheran University is mourning two student athletes who died on Monday in a single-car crash.
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Authorities stated that A'Jean Augustine, 20, and Deyreck Dean, 23, were traveling south on State Highway 46 "at a high rate of speed" when the driver lost control and struck a guardrail.
Both college football players were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said the crash happened along Highway 46 just after 2:30 Monday morning.
It is unclear which student athlete was driving the vehicle.
Texas Lutheran University on Monday confirmed the deaths of Augustine and Dean.
"Junior A'Jean (AJ) Augustine of Houston and senior Deyreck Dean of Rockwall, both student athletes, were beloved members of our community and we will long feel the impact of their loss," the university said, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
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Augustine, a junior from Lamar High School in Houston, was in his third year as a kicker on the Texas Lutheran football team.
According to the TLU Bulldogs' website, Augustine was studying kinesiology.
"A'Jean was full of life, laughter, smiles and always [a] mama's boy," a woman who said she was a family friend wrote in a
Facebook tribute. "Loved to play sports. He played soccer since the age [of] 3, then he moved on to football."Dean, a former business major, played linebacker for four years for Texas Lutheran, from 2022 to 2025, according to the school's athletics department.
Dean was expected to graduate in December, according to a
Facebook post from Lucinda Purnell, who said he lived with her family through high school."We are heartbroken. His smile was contagious, big and beautiful. He was as forgetful as they come, but had a heart of gold," she wrote. "My kids lost a brother. No one can prepare them for this type of grief ... You will always be part of our family. I love you."
Texas Lutheran University is about 30 miles west of San Antonio. The private university has a student body of roughly 1,400 students.
The TLU Bulldogs are currently riding a seven-game win streak and play Centenary on Nov. 7 at home.
