The thoughts of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association and the entire softball community are with the families, teammates and friends of Manvel High School (Manvel, Texas) senior student and softball player Sara Silvas, who tragically lost her life, along with two fellow students, in an automobile accident on Jan. 7 in Brazoria County.

Silvas, 17, attended and played softball at Brazoswood High School her freshman and sophomore years before transferring to Manvel’s dual credit program, where her mother was the advisor for the program. A resident of Clute, Texas, Silvas was scheduled to graduate with her high school diploma, along with her associates degree from Alvin Community College and had planned on attending the University of Texas at San Antonio.

On Jan. 9, friends and family member gathered at the football stadium to sing songs and read poems in memory of the three seniors. In the days that followed, students and family members returned to the scene of the tragic accident, which is now covered with flowers and tokens left by those still mourning the loss of three lives so full of promise. 

Pearland Journal | Obituary