/ **SPORTS** / WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
Taking a breather
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Chad Davis, a sophomore from Overland Park, competes in the 1650-yard race. The members of the swim club placed in the Top 10 for men's and women's events last weekend at the American Swimming Association's Collegiate National Championships.
ORITUARY
Kerry Meier's brother dies in Arkansas hiking accident
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANHATTAN — Former Kansas State quarterback Dylan Meier, a member of a prominent Kansas football family, has died in a hiking accident in Arkansas.
The school said authorities in Newton County, Ark., reported that Meier died Monday after a fall at Whitaker Point, also known as Hawksbill Craig.
A spokesman at the University of Kansas said Dylan's younger brother, Kerry Meier, was one of several family members who were
also on the hiking trip. Kerry was a record-breaking all-Big 12 wide receiver for the Jayhawks and is awaiting this week's NFL draft.
The Meier family of Pittsburg, Kan., is well-known throughout the state.
Older
brother
Shad Meier played tight end for Kansas State from 1997 to 2000 and had a six-year career in the
Meier
NFL, mostly with the Tennessee Titans.
Dylan Meier, 26, started the first five games at quarterback for Kansas State his senior season in 2006 before Josh Freeman took over the position.
Altogether, he started 11 games at quarterback for the Wildcats and threw for 2,287 yards and 12 touchdowns.
He was a member of Kansas State's 2003 Big 12 championship team.
Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said Tuesday the Wildcats would dedicate their spring game on Saturday to Meier, who was also an academic all-Big 12.
"Dylan was an absolutely unbelievable young man in all the right ways," Snyder said. "He was a leader in our program and was mature well beyond his years. He possessed all the intrinsic values that make one successful and guided others in that same direction. His spirit and passion for life, adventure and for others will live on in the hearts and minds of all of us that he touched."
Before the spring game, Meier will be honored with a video tribute and a moment of silence.
"The K-State family will all miss Dylan and remember him fondly," said Kansas State Athletic Director John Currie. "I did not have the good fortune to know him personally, but the wonderful things I've heard about him and the reaction to this sad event leads me to believe he was an outstanding person and leader and will always be remembered as a part of the K-State family."