“Shawn was a talented multi-sport athlete with a particular passion for soccer and football,” the Metro Youth Football Association wrote in the post on its website. “He earned the nickname ‘cheetah’ because he was always the fastest kid on the field.”
in Cedar Rapids said 14-year-old Shawn Nupolu fell ill after recently visiting his home country of Liberia.
In a fundraiser post on its website, the association said Shawn had moved to the U.S. with his family and was a student at Roosevelt Middle School planning on attending Jefferson High School.in Iowa City. Doctors diagnosed him with malaria, and he later died. “Shawn was a talented multi-sport athlete with a particular passion for soccer and football,” the association wrote in the post on its website. “He earned the nickname ‘cheetah’ because he was always the fastest kid on the field.”
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