Hudson Adams, a 19-year-old who just finished his final year of high school, died suddenly last week after contracting a brain-eating amoeba. He played four seasons on the Northbrook (Houston) High baseball team.
The diagnosis has been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through testing Adams’ cerebrospinal fluid, according to KTRK in Houston.
Adamas was working as a lifeguard at a summer camp and began complaining of flu-like symptoms last Sunday. He reportedly became disoriented Monday and was taken to a hospital, but he died two days later.
“He was always happy. He was always trying to bring people up if they were down,” a friend told KTRK. “At practice, he was the first one here and the last one to leave. He was a leader.”
Adams’ former teammates gathered at the school’s baseball field Thursday to remember him.
“He like to joke and carry on. He was just an overall good kid,” the school’s baseball coach Tracy Franklin told the news station. “He was a kid you’d be proud to call your son.”