GoFundMe Page Set Up For Cupertino Student Who Died During Basketball Game

SILICON VALLEY, CA -- A memorial fund has been set up for Kimberly Nuestro, a 16-year-old student at Homestead High School in Cupertino who collapsed during a basketball game and later died.

Nuestro, a sophomore basketball player who had just turned 16 on April 21, collapsed on the court during a game being played at Mission College in Santa Clara on May 7. Hours later, she was pronounced dead at Stanford Medical Center. The cause of death is still unknown and still being investigated.

On May 11, a memorial page was set up on GoFundMe, a crowdfunding website that allows people to raise money from the public. The page is not only raising money to help pay for Kimberly's funeral, but also to set up a basketball scholarship fund in her name.

"On Sunday, May 7, while playing the game she loves, Kim joined God’s team in heaven. All those who love her miss her deeply, but she will always be our MVP. We are all better people for having known her," wrote Mark Smith, who helped set up the page on behalf of the Nuestro family.

The Kimberly Nuestro Memorial Fund page on GoFundMe can be seen at https://www.gofundme.com/kimbe...

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