Brian Reams
Brian Sanford Reams
EUGENE, Ore. - Brian Reams, 22, beloved son, brother and friend, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, from injuries sustained in an accident as he was crossing a street in Eugene, Oregon. He was a senior at the University of Oregon.
Brian was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on August 19, 1984, to Joseph Sanford and Debra Anne (Ahlf) Reams. His family moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, when Brian was a year old, then returned five years later to Pocatello, where Brian grew up. He attended Indian Hills Elementary School from kindergarten through second grade, and St. Anthony's Catholic School from third through sixth grades.
The environment at St. Anthony's suited him, and he thrived in the classroom, receiving very good grades. His mother, also his sixth grade teacher at the school, was unaware that some of this good showing was the result of his copying his homework answers out of her teacher's editions. Both agreed that that was not the best year for either of them. Brian continued at Irving Junior High School, and then at Century High School, graduating in 2003.
Brian's charisma and love of sports was evident from the time he could walk. He was involved in every sport available to him, and loved them all, maybe with the exception of swimming, where he simply appreciated tormenting his coach, Kathleen Roberts. In soccer he started as a 5-year-old goalie and stayed at the position through high school. He always said he liked the spot because he didn't have to run too much. At Century High School he was a kicker for the football team, favoring that position as well for the same reason.
Brian's true love, however, was basketball, and he had one from the day he was born. At the age of 3 or 4, when he lived in Michigan, he would wander with his own basketball in hand to the sidelines of a court in a park where a pick-up game was in session. Within minutes he was making friends with the high school jammers, tossing their out-of-bounds balls back to them, slowly working his way into the game. Without fail, one of the players would eventually pick him up so he could dunk the ball on his own.
His formal basketball training started with Cedar Dental Plaza with his dad and Gordy Herzog as coaches, and away he went into the unpredictable life of organized basketball. When he was about 10 years old, he told his mother he was going to be in the NBA and work at McDonald's, in case he didn't play much. His dreams of the NBA were derailed when in high school he had a serious spleen injury while playing state soccer, and his basketball life was forever changed.
However, the road to the University of Oregon and some of his best years were about to begin. Brian joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity his second year at Oregon, and thus gained his second family and home. He served as the Beta rush chairman this school year, and was instrumental in the resurgence of the fraternity, garnering for the Eugene chapter the largest pledge class in the fraternity nationwide.
Brian was a much-loved member of the group, and his brothers were among the scores of students who stood vigil at the hospital following the accident with Pocatellans Grant Knudsen and Zach Zollinger, awaiting the arrival of the family.
On Tuesday evening, March 6, 2007, some 600 friends celebrated Brian's life at a service in his honor organized by his fraternity and the University at the University of Oregon Mac Basketball Center. Fraternity brothers and friends spoke with dignity, grace and humor about the Brian they knew, each and every one noting his amazing smile, his remarkable ability to make them feel included and special, his mark as a true friend who knew how to listen, and for someone reputed to be both a loud, boisterous kid and a man of few words, his ability to talk for long, quiet hours or communicate silently just sitting in the companionship of friends. Many noted Brian's pride in his faith, his religion, his Pocatello roots, his sister, Caroline, his parents, his collection of shoes, and his fanatic enthusiasm for all things Notre Dame.
Brian's fraternity will erect a flag pole in his honor at the Beta House in Eugene that will fly two flags - the American flag and the Beta flag, except on Notre Dame football game days when the Beta flag will be replaced by the Notre Dame flag.
In Pocatello, a fund will be started in his name for a gymnasium at the newly-planned Holy Spirit Catholic Community Church and School. For a boy who was always looking for an open basketball court on Sunday, a stipulation of the new gym is that it be open after Sunday Masses.
Brian was becoming a man when he died. He was hitting his stride, growing into himself and developing strong relationships with all around him. Even following life, Brian extended his goodness through the donation of organs, which the family has learned have been received by a 10-year old boy in California, one kidney, a woman in Florida, one kidney, his heart went to a 37-year-old man in California, and his lungs to a 23-year-old man in Washington.
Brian was a stand up, respectful, good man who will be dearly missed and fondly remembered. Brian lived and died happy and secure.
Contributions in Brian's memory may be made to Brian Reams Memorial Fund, 718 S. Second Ave., Pocatello, Idaho 83204.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Holy Spirit Catholic Community, St. Anthony Chapel, Seventh Avenue and East Wyeth Street. Brian's life sketch will be presented at the vigil service. The Mass of Christian burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, also at the St. Anthony Chapel, with Fathers Justin Brady and Caleb Vogel, celebrants. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A wake will follow the Mass at The Bistro, 140 S. Main Street.
Arrangements are under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. Fourth Ave., Pocatello. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com. One day after the tragic death of a University of Oregon student, hundreds gathered at Mc Arthur Court to remember a young man who friends say was full of life and laughter.
Tuesday was an emotional evening full of memories, tears and prayers as family and friends said goodbye to Brian Reams.
"We ask you Lord to give us hope, give us hope that Brian has gone home, that his spirit is very much present in our midst," said Father Joseph Sergott.
For those who were close to Reams, the emotional farewell was especially difficult. His fraternity brothers of Beta Theta Pi say he was a sports fan who touched everyone he met.
"Brian was just a great guy, he has a magnetic personality, anytime you walked into a room he just lit it up. He's very full of humor and he just made everyone laugh all the time," said Marty Hermens, president of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Reams died Monday, after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident near the University of Oregon early Sunday morning.
The junior, majoring in human physiology and minoring in business was only 22-years old. His sudden death is impacting many of his peers.
"We do have a lot of members that know him and we have a lot of friend that are in his fraternity and we want to be here to support his family and support their fraternity and really recognize the memory of him," said Samantha McFadden, president of Chi Omega Sorority
"I think the scariest part is that it could have happened to anyone you know, it was any night, any person, is really the scariest part to think anyone of your friends you could loose to an accident like this," said Christina Early, president of Delta Gamma Sorority.
A memorial fund has been established to construct a basketball gym in Brian Reams' hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. Contributions can be sent to:
Brian Reams Memorial Fund
718 South 2nd Street
Pocatello, ID 83204
Brian Sanford Reams
EUGENE, Ore. - Brian Reams, 22, beloved son, brother and friend, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, from injuries sustained in an accident as he was crossing a street in Eugene, Oregon. He was a senior at the University of Oregon.
Brian was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on August 19, 1984, to Joseph Sanford and Debra Anne (Ahlf) Reams. His family moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, when Brian was a year old, then returned five years later to Pocatello, where Brian grew up. He attended Indian Hills Elementary School from kindergarten through second grade, and St. Anthony's Catholic School from third through sixth grades.
The environment at St. Anthony's suited him, and he thrived in the classroom, receiving very good grades. His mother, also his sixth grade teacher at the school, was unaware that some of this good showing was the result of his copying his homework answers out of her teacher's editions. Both agreed that that was not the best year for either of them. Brian continued at Irving Junior High School, and then at Century High School, graduating in 2003.
Brian's charisma and love of sports was evident from the time he could walk. He was involved in every sport available to him, and loved them all, maybe with the exception of swimming, where he simply appreciated tormenting his coach, Kathleen Roberts. In soccer he started as a 5-year-old goalie and stayed at the position through high school. He always said he liked the spot because he didn't have to run too much. At Century High School he was a kicker for the football team, favoring that position as well for the same reason.
Brian's true love, however, was basketball, and he had one from the day he was born. At the age of 3 or 4, when he lived in Michigan, he would wander with his own basketball in hand to the sidelines of a court in a park where a pick-up game was in session. Within minutes he was making friends with the high school jammers, tossing their out-of-bounds balls back to them, slowly working his way into the game. Without fail, one of the players would eventually pick him up so he could dunk the ball on his own.
His formal basketball training started with Cedar Dental Plaza with his dad and Gordy Herzog as coaches, and away he went into the unpredictable life of organized basketball. When he was about 10 years old, he told his mother he was going to be in the NBA and work at McDonald's, in case he didn't play much. His dreams of the NBA were derailed when in high school he had a serious spleen injury while playing state soccer, and his basketball life was forever changed.
However, the road to the University of Oregon and some of his best years were about to begin. Brian joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity his second year at Oregon, and thus gained his second family and home. He served as the Beta rush chairman this school year, and was instrumental in the resurgence of the fraternity, garnering for the Eugene chapter the largest pledge class in the fraternity nationwide.
Brian was a much-loved member of the group, and his brothers were among the scores of students who stood vigil at the hospital following the accident with Pocatellans Grant Knudsen and Zach Zollinger, awaiting the arrival of the family.
On Tuesday evening, March 6, 2007, some 600 friends celebrated Brian's life at a service in his honor organized by his fraternity and the University at the University of Oregon Mac Basketball Center. Fraternity brothers and friends spoke with dignity, grace and humor about the Brian they knew, each and every one noting his amazing smile, his remarkable ability to make them feel included and special, his mark as a true friend who knew how to listen, and for someone reputed to be both a loud, boisterous kid and a man of few words, his ability to talk for long, quiet hours or communicate silently just sitting in the companionship of friends. Many noted Brian's pride in his faith, his religion, his Pocatello roots, his sister, Caroline, his parents, his collection of shoes, and his fanatic enthusiasm for all things Notre Dame.
Brian's fraternity will erect a flag pole in his honor at the Beta House in Eugene that will fly two flags - the American flag and the Beta flag, except on Notre Dame football game days when the Beta flag will be replaced by the Notre Dame flag.
In Pocatello, a fund will be started in his name for a gymnasium at the newly-planned Holy Spirit Catholic Community Church and School. For a boy who was always looking for an open basketball court on Sunday, a stipulation of the new gym is that it be open after Sunday Masses.
Brian was becoming a man when he died. He was hitting his stride, growing into himself and developing strong relationships with all around him. Even following life, Brian extended his goodness through the donation of organs, which the family has learned have been received by a 10-year old boy in California, one kidney, a woman in Florida, one kidney, his heart went to a 37-year-old man in California, and his lungs to a 23-year-old man in Washington.
Brian was a stand up, respectful, good man who will be dearly missed and fondly remembered. Brian lived and died happy and secure.
Contributions in Brian's memory may be made to Brian Reams Memorial Fund, 718 S. Second Ave., Pocatello, Idaho 83204.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Holy Spirit Catholic Community, St. Anthony Chapel, Seventh Avenue and East Wyeth Street. Brian's life sketch will be presented at the vigil service. The Mass of Christian burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, also at the St. Anthony Chapel, with Fathers Justin Brady and Caleb Vogel, celebrants. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A wake will follow the Mass at The Bistro, 140 S. Main Street.
Arrangements are under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. Fourth Ave., Pocatello. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com. One day after the tragic death of a University of Oregon student, hundreds gathered at Mc Arthur Court to remember a young man who friends say was full of life and laughter.
Tuesday was an emotional evening full of memories, tears and prayers as family and friends said goodbye to Brian Reams.
"We ask you Lord to give us hope, give us hope that Brian has gone home, that his spirit is very much present in our midst," said Father Joseph Sergott.
For those who were close to Reams, the emotional farewell was especially difficult. His fraternity brothers of Beta Theta Pi say he was a sports fan who touched everyone he met.
"Brian was just a great guy, he has a magnetic personality, anytime you walked into a room he just lit it up. He's very full of humor and he just made everyone laugh all the time," said Marty Hermens, president of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Reams died Monday, after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident near the University of Oregon early Sunday morning.
The junior, majoring in human physiology and minoring in business was only 22-years old. His sudden death is impacting many of his peers.
"We do have a lot of members that know him and we have a lot of friend that are in his fraternity and we want to be here to support his family and support their fraternity and really recognize the memory of him," said Samantha McFadden, president of Chi Omega Sorority
"I think the scariest part is that it could have happened to anyone you know, it was any night, any person, is really the scariest part to think anyone of your friends you could loose to an accident like this," said Christina Early, president of Delta Gamma Sorority.
A memorial fund has been established to construct a basketball gym in Brian Reams' hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. Contributions can be sent to:
Brian Reams Memorial Fund
718 South 2nd Street
Pocatello, ID 83204
Brian Reams
Brian Sanford Reams
EUGENE, Ore. - Brian Reams, 22, beloved son, brother and friend, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, from injuries sustained in an accident as he was crossing a street in Eugene, Oregon. He was a senior at the University of Oregon.
Brian was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on August 19, 1984, to Joseph Sanford and Debra Anne (Ahlf) Reams. His family moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, when Brian was a year old, then returned five years later to Pocatello, where Brian grew up. He attended Indian Hills Elementary School from kindergarten through second grade, and St. Anthony's Catholic School from third through sixth grades.
The environment at St. Anthony's suited him, and he thrived in the classroom, receiving very good grades. His mother, also his sixth grade teacher at the school, was unaware that some of this good showing was the result of his copying his homework answers out of her teacher's editions. Both agreed that that was not the best year for either of them. Brian continued at Irving Junior High School, and then at Century High School, graduating in 2003.
Brian's charisma and love of sports was evident from the time he could walk. He was involved in every sport available to him, and loved them all, maybe with the exception of swimming, where he simply appreciated tormenting his coach, Kathleen Roberts. In soccer he started as a 5-year-old goalie and stayed at the position through high school. He always said he liked the spot because he didn't have to run too much. At Century High School he was a kicker for the football team, favoring that position as well for the same reason.
Brian's true love, however, was basketball, and he had one from the day he was born. At the age of 3 or 4, when he lived in Michigan, he would wander with his own basketball in hand to the sidelines of a court in a park where a pick-up game was in session. Within minutes he was making friends with the high school jammers, tossing their out-of-bounds balls back to them, slowly working his way into the game. Without fail, one of the players would eventually pick him up so he could dunk the ball on his own.
His formal basketball training started with Cedar Dental Plaza with his dad and Gordy Herzog as coaches, and away he went into the unpredictable life of organized basketball. When he was about 10 years old, he told his mother he was going to be in the NBA and work at McDonald's, in case he didn't play much. His dreams of the NBA were derailed when in high school he had a serious spleen injury while playing state soccer, and his basketball life was forever changed.
However, the road to the University of Oregon and some of his best years were about to begin. Brian joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity his second year at Oregon, and thus gained his second family and home. He served as the Beta rush chairman this school year, and was instrumental in the resurgence of the fraternity, garnering for the Eugene chapter the largest pledge class in the fraternity nationwide.
Brian was a much-loved member of the group, and his brothers were among the scores of students who stood vigil at the hospital following the accident with Pocatellans Grant Knudsen and Zach Zollinger, awaiting the arrival of the family.
On Tuesday evening, March 6, 2007, some 600 friends celebrated Brian's life at a service in his honor organized by his fraternity and the University at the University of Oregon Mac Basketball Center. Fraternity brothers and friends spoke with dignity, grace and humor about the Brian they knew, each and every one noting his amazing smile, his remarkable ability to make them feel included and special, his mark as a true friend who knew how to listen, and for someone reputed to be both a loud, boisterous kid and a man of few words, his ability to talk for long, quiet hours or communicate silently just sitting in the companionship of friends. Many noted Brian's pride in his faith, his religion, his Pocatello roots, his sister, Caroline, his parents, his collection of shoes, and his fanatic enthusiasm for all things Notre Dame.
Brian's fraternity will erect a flag pole in his honor at the Beta House in Eugene that will fly two flags - the American flag and the Beta flag, except on Notre Dame football game days when the Beta flag will be replaced by the Notre Dame flag.
In Pocatello, a fund will be started in his name for a gymnasium at the newly-planned Holy Spirit Catholic Community Church and School. For a boy who was always looking for an open basketball court on Sunday, a stipulation of the new gym is that it be open after Sunday Masses.
Brian was becoming a man when he died. He was hitting his stride, growing into himself and developing strong relationships with all around him. Even following life, Brian extended his goodness through the donation of organs, which the family has learned have been received by a 10-year old boy in California, one kidney, a woman in Florida, one kidney, his heart went to a 37-year-old man in California, and his lungs to a 23-year-old man in Washington.
Brian was a stand up, respectful, good man who will be dearly missed and fondly remembered. Brian lived and died happy and secure.
Contributions in Brian's memory may be made to Brian Reams Memorial Fund, 718 S. Second Ave., Pocatello, Idaho 83204.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Holy Spirit Catholic Community, St. Anthony Chapel, Seventh Avenue and East Wyeth Street. Brian's life sketch will be presented at the vigil service. The Mass of Christian burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, also at the St. Anthony Chapel, with Fathers Justin Brady and Caleb Vogel, celebrants. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A wake will follow the Mass at The Bistro, 140 S. Main Street.
Arrangements are under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. Fourth Ave., Pocatello. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com. One day after the tragic death of a University of Oregon student, hundreds gathered at Mc Arthur Court to remember a young man who friends say was full of life and laughter.
Tuesday was an emotional evening full of memories, tears and prayers as family and friends said goodbye to Brian Reams.
"We ask you Lord to give us hope, give us hope that Brian has gone home, that his spirit is very much present in our midst," said Father Joseph Sergott.
For those who were close to Reams, the emotional farewell was especially difficult. His fraternity brothers of Beta Theta Pi say he was a sports fan who touched everyone he met.
"Brian was just a great guy, he has a magnetic personality, anytime you walked into a room he just lit it up. He's very full of humor and he just made everyone laugh all the time," said Marty Hermens, president of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Reams died Monday, after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident near the University of Oregon early Sunday morning.
The junior, majoring in human physiology and minoring in business was only 22-years old. His sudden death is impacting many of his peers.
"We do have a lot of members that know him and we have a lot of friend that are in his fraternity and we want to be here to support his family and support their fraternity and really recognize the memory of him," said Samantha McFadden, president of Chi Omega Sorority
"I think the scariest part is that it could have happened to anyone you know, it was any night, any person, is really the scariest part to think anyone of your friends you could loose to an accident like this," said Christina Early, president of Delta Gamma Sorority.
A memorial fund has been established to construct a basketball gym in Brian Reams' hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. Contributions can be sent to:
Brian Reams Memorial Fund
718 South 2nd Street
Pocatello, ID 83204
Brian Sanford Reams
EUGENE, Ore. - Brian Reams, 22, beloved son, brother and friend, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2007, from injuries sustained in an accident as he was crossing a street in Eugene, Oregon. He was a senior at the University of Oregon.
Brian was born in Pocatello, Idaho, on August 19, 1984, to Joseph Sanford and Debra Anne (Ahlf) Reams. His family moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, when Brian was a year old, then returned five years later to Pocatello, where Brian grew up. He attended Indian Hills Elementary School from kindergarten through second grade, and St. Anthony's Catholic School from third through sixth grades.
The environment at St. Anthony's suited him, and he thrived in the classroom, receiving very good grades. His mother, also his sixth grade teacher at the school, was unaware that some of this good showing was the result of his copying his homework answers out of her teacher's editions. Both agreed that that was not the best year for either of them. Brian continued at Irving Junior High School, and then at Century High School, graduating in 2003.
Brian's charisma and love of sports was evident from the time he could walk. He was involved in every sport available to him, and loved them all, maybe with the exception of swimming, where he simply appreciated tormenting his coach, Kathleen Roberts. In soccer he started as a 5-year-old goalie and stayed at the position through high school. He always said he liked the spot because he didn't have to run too much. At Century High School he was a kicker for the football team, favoring that position as well for the same reason.
Brian's true love, however, was basketball, and he had one from the day he was born. At the age of 3 or 4, when he lived in Michigan, he would wander with his own basketball in hand to the sidelines of a court in a park where a pick-up game was in session. Within minutes he was making friends with the high school jammers, tossing their out-of-bounds balls back to them, slowly working his way into the game. Without fail, one of the players would eventually pick him up so he could dunk the ball on his own.
His formal basketball training started with Cedar Dental Plaza with his dad and Gordy Herzog as coaches, and away he went into the unpredictable life of organized basketball. When he was about 10 years old, he told his mother he was going to be in the NBA and work at McDonald's, in case he didn't play much. His dreams of the NBA were derailed when in high school he had a serious spleen injury while playing state soccer, and his basketball life was forever changed.
However, the road to the University of Oregon and some of his best years were about to begin. Brian joined Beta Theta Pi fraternity his second year at Oregon, and thus gained his second family and home. He served as the Beta rush chairman this school year, and was instrumental in the resurgence of the fraternity, garnering for the Eugene chapter the largest pledge class in the fraternity nationwide.
Brian was a much-loved member of the group, and his brothers were among the scores of students who stood vigil at the hospital following the accident with Pocatellans Grant Knudsen and Zach Zollinger, awaiting the arrival of the family.
On Tuesday evening, March 6, 2007, some 600 friends celebrated Brian's life at a service in his honor organized by his fraternity and the University at the University of Oregon Mac Basketball Center. Fraternity brothers and friends spoke with dignity, grace and humor about the Brian they knew, each and every one noting his amazing smile, his remarkable ability to make them feel included and special, his mark as a true friend who knew how to listen, and for someone reputed to be both a loud, boisterous kid and a man of few words, his ability to talk for long, quiet hours or communicate silently just sitting in the companionship of friends. Many noted Brian's pride in his faith, his religion, his Pocatello roots, his sister, Caroline, his parents, his collection of shoes, and his fanatic enthusiasm for all things Notre Dame.
Brian's fraternity will erect a flag pole in his honor at the Beta House in Eugene that will fly two flags - the American flag and the Beta flag, except on Notre Dame football game days when the Beta flag will be replaced by the Notre Dame flag.
In Pocatello, a fund will be started in his name for a gymnasium at the newly-planned Holy Spirit Catholic Community Church and School. For a boy who was always looking for an open basketball court on Sunday, a stipulation of the new gym is that it be open after Sunday Masses.
Brian was becoming a man when he died. He was hitting his stride, growing into himself and developing strong relationships with all around him. Even following life, Brian extended his goodness through the donation of organs, which the family has learned have been received by a 10-year old boy in California, one kidney, a woman in Florida, one kidney, his heart went to a 37-year-old man in California, and his lungs to a 23-year-old man in Washington.
Brian was a stand up, respectful, good man who will be dearly missed and fondly remembered. Brian lived and died happy and secure.
Contributions in Brian's memory may be made to Brian Reams Memorial Fund, 718 S. Second Ave., Pocatello, Idaho 83204.
A vigil will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at the Holy Spirit Catholic Community, St. Anthony Chapel, Seventh Avenue and East Wyeth Street. Brian's life sketch will be presented at the vigil service. The Mass of Christian burial will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, also at the St. Anthony Chapel, with Fathers Justin Brady and Caleb Vogel, celebrants. Interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery. A wake will follow the Mass at The Bistro, 140 S. Main Street.
Arrangements are under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home, 2005 S. Fourth Ave., Pocatello. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.colonial-funeralhome.com. One day after the tragic death of a University of Oregon student, hundreds gathered at Mc Arthur Court to remember a young man who friends say was full of life and laughter.
Tuesday was an emotional evening full of memories, tears and prayers as family and friends said goodbye to Brian Reams.
"We ask you Lord to give us hope, give us hope that Brian has gone home, that his spirit is very much present in our midst," said Father Joseph Sergott.
For those who were close to Reams, the emotional farewell was especially difficult. His fraternity brothers of Beta Theta Pi say he was a sports fan who touched everyone he met.
"Brian was just a great guy, he has a magnetic personality, anytime you walked into a room he just lit it up. He's very full of humor and he just made everyone laugh all the time," said Marty Hermens, president of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Reams died Monday, after being the victim of a hit-and-run accident near the University of Oregon early Sunday morning.
The junior, majoring in human physiology and minoring in business was only 22-years old. His sudden death is impacting many of his peers.
"We do have a lot of members that know him and we have a lot of friend that are in his fraternity and we want to be here to support his family and support their fraternity and really recognize the memory of him," said Samantha McFadden, president of Chi Omega Sorority
"I think the scariest part is that it could have happened to anyone you know, it was any night, any person, is really the scariest part to think anyone of your friends you could loose to an accident like this," said Christina Early, president of Delta Gamma Sorority.
A memorial fund has been established to construct a basketball gym in Brian Reams' hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. Contributions can be sent to:
Brian Reams Memorial Fund
718 South 2nd Street
Pocatello, ID 83204
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