Former Cal Poly observe and discipline star Shelby Daniele, 23, reason for loss of life revealed: ‘Fully heartbreaking’

Former Cal Poly observe and discipline star Shelby Daniele reportedly died from a mind aneurysm following the 23-year-old stand-out athlete’s loss of life on Wednesday.

Daniele’s reason for loss of life was revealed final week by the daddy of a fellow athlete attending the California NCAA Division I college, Brian Brandenburg, in a Fb publish final week.

Brandenburg, who paid tribute to his two daughters, Tori and Eva, on Nationwide Daughters Day within the publish, shared that Daniele was the “driving power” behind Eva selecting to run Monitor at Cal Poly.

“My pleasure is crushed tonight. The younger girl that was the driving power in Eva’s resolution to run Monitor at Cal Poly, Shelby Daniele, handed away final night time of a mind aneurism,” Brandenburg wrote.

“Fully heartbreaking. That is Eva’s third day of courses and apply. Hug your kids each time you may and inform them you’re keen on them on daily basis. Please say a prayer for Shelby and her household.”

A mind aneurysm is a “bulge in a weak space of a blood vessel in or round your mind” and is taken into account life-threatening as soon as ruptured, in response to the Cleveland Clinic.

Mind aneurysms can have an effect on anybody and at any age and are extra frequent in ladies, with signs various based mostly on whether or not it’s unruptured or ruptured.

“As much as 6% of individuals within the US have an aneurysm of their mind that isn’t bleeding (an unruptured aneurysm). Ruptured mind aneurysms are much less frequent. They happen in roughly 30,000 individuals within the US per yr.”

California Polytechnic State College Monitor and Area introduced Daniele’s loss of life on Friday in a touching Instagram publish, calling their former star athlete a “function mannequin” and “an unimaginable teammate and chief.”

“She was an unimaginable teammate and chief. She cared deeply for these round her, had a outstanding coronary heart and was a task mannequin for therefore many,” the varsity’s Monitor and Area workforce wrote.

“Shelby was really one in every of a form and shall be missed dearly by everybody within the Cal Poly group. Our condolences exit to her household and buddies.”

The Cal Poly sprinter competed for the Mustangs for 5 years between 2020 and 2024.

Daniele earned a bachelor’s in agriculture in 2023 at California Polytechnic State College.

In June, the faculty sprinter posed with a large smile alongside her dad and mom as she celebrated graduating together with her grasp’s diploma in agriculture with distinction.

Daniele holds the Mustangs program file for the quickest indoor 200m at 24.69 seconds.

She can be the second quickest all-time in class historical past within the indoor 60m and the 100m with a time of 11.58 and positioned second within the 200m on the 2024 Huge West Championships.

Daniele completed forty third with a wind-aided time of 23.65 on the NCAA West Preliminaries in Arkansas on Might 23 in her remaining collegiate occasion.

Earlier than attending Cal Poly, the Clovis, Calif. native was a rising star at Buchanan Excessive Faculty, throughout which she gained the CIF State title within the 200m particular person race with a time of 23.73 seconds throughout her senior yr.

She pursued a profession in agriculture “in order that I can enhance the atmosphere and provides again to our society.”

Daniele’s sister paid tribute to her “finest buddy.”

“My worst nightmare occurred this morning, September 25, 2024. My sister, my finest buddy left Earth to be with God. Too quickly and too quick and I’ll by no means perceive why however she is the place she is meant to be now,” Jessica Reichman wrote on Instagram.

“I so want I may have lived the remainder of our lives collectively, however issues shall be totally different now and we’ll get by it. You had been the sunshine in everybody’s life and it’s laborious to imagine. I can’t speak to you anymore. I like you eternally child lady,” the grieving sister added.

Daniele’s household held a candlelight memorial service for her at sundown Friday night time at Buchanan Excessive Faculty, in response to a Fb publish.