Editors’ note:This story contains details of a mass casualty event and gun violence.
The University of Virginia announced that the three football players who were shot and killed last month, wide receivers Lavel Davis Jr. and Devin Chandler and linebacker D’Sean Perry, will receive posthumous degrees.
The request made by associate dean for undergraduate academic programs Rachel Most was approved Monday. The three UVA students studied in the College of Arts and Sciences, which conferred their degrees, according to UVA Today.
Davis was majoring in African American and African studies, Chandler was majoring in American studies and Perry was double majoring in studio art and African American and African studies.