Yeardley Love
Fourth-year student Yeardley Love was found dead in the early morning hours of May 3, 2010. George Huguely, who had been a U.Va. student, is charged with first-degree murder.
A four-year member of the women’s lacrosse team and member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, Love would have graduated on May 23. She will receive her degree posthumously. Love was the daughter of Sharon Donnelly Love and the late John Love. She is survived by her mother; her sister, Lexi; aunts and uncles Debbie and George McChesney, Kathy Solomon, Lawre and Steve Langhoff, and Granville and Virginia Swope; cousins Lawren, Meagan and Mary Ryan McChesney; Ted, Danielle, Greg, and Lourie Langhoff; Sharon and Scott Robinson; Chris and Callie Solomon; and Tricia and Dave Shuster.
Candlelight vigil in the Amphitheatre, May 5, 2010
Love was remembered May 5 at a candlelight vigil organized by the Student Council in the McIntire Amphitheatre. Addressing the thousands in attendance were President John T. Casteen III; Sarah Elaine Hart, president of the fourth-year trustees; and Colin Hood, Student Council president. President Casteen said, “My hope for Yeardley, and for you, is that her death inspires an anger, a sense of outrage that engenders determination here and wherever Yeardley’s name is recognized that no woman, no person in this place, this community, this state, our nation need either fear for her safety or experience violence for any reason.”
At her funeral in Baltimore on May 8, Love’s coach, Julie Myers, fondly recalled Love’s engaging presence. “It came easy for her to be great, to be kindhearted, welcoming, encouraging, and engaging to all who knew her,” said Myers. “She was legitimately awesome.”
Memorial contributions can be made to The Yeardley Love Memorial Fund at Notre Dame Preparatory School, 815 Hampton Lane, Towson Md. 21286 or to The Yeardley Love Women’s Lacrosse Scholarship Fund for the Virginia Athletic Foundation, 1815 Stadium Road, Room 260, Charlottesville, Va. 22903.
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Yardley Love a gift of God you graced UVA and we will never forget you.
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