Overview

• Cook County officials confirmed the cause as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy and classified the manner of death as natural.
• Stegall was found dead on June 2 at his residence hall on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park campus at age 20.
• DePaul’s president and athletics leaders issued condolences and said the university would support his teammates and family.
• Stegall was a sophomore midfielder who appeared in 16 of 17 games in the 2024 season and scored against Drake.
• In a February essay, he wrote that he had suffered a seizure and woke up in a hospital, offering context to the medical finding.