The Brief A senior soccer player at Crandall High School died last week, two weeks after collapsing while working out with friends at his home gym. A North Texas high school athlete died after collapsing while exercising. Crandall High School Soccer Player DiesWhat we know:Tomorrow would have been Julian Gilbert’s 17th birthday. But on July 25, the Crandall High School senior soccer player started seeing spots while working out with his friends at his home gym. What we were told once the brain stem herniated the functions of life are controlled by the brain stem, and it was no longer present," said Chad Gilbert, his father.