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New VSU athlete drowns on team trip

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VALDOSTA, GA (WALB) -

A new member of the Valdosta State University cross country team drowned while on a team trip.

The body of 18 year-old Tajay Hoppines of Dacula was found Thursday in the Suwannee River in Live Oak, Florida.

Sixteen teammates and a coach were there for a team building trip when he drowned yesterday afternoon.

Hoppines was an incoming freshman who just moved into his dorm Sunday.

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