The Times-Picayune · Sep 28, 2018
LSU's Will Wade, Joe Alleva remember Wayde Sims, 'taken too soon'
LSU Tigers head coach Will Wade stands during the national anthem at the Maravich Assembly Center in Baton Rouge on Friday, November 10, 2017. (Photo by Peter G. Forest) Peter Forest PhotoWill Wade got the call he never wanted to get and rushed to the hospital in the early hours of Friday morning (Sept. 28). It was there that he found out that one of his basketball players, Wayde Sims, a 20-year-old junior forward, was shot and killed.
Wade first turned his attention to Sims' family, his parents, Fay and Wayne, who was the first generation of Sims to play for the Tigers (1987-91).
Then he prepared himself to inform his LSU basketball team.