Trigger warning: This story contains content related to suicide and mental health challenges. Outside of the newsroom, Daily Egyptian Photographer Jason Isele has been working to promote mental health awareness one wristband at a time. Advertisement “I am doing it for a childhood bestie of mine, Dylan Buckner, who died by suicide just.
It’s been over a year since Dylan Buckner died, just months shy of his high school graduation. For his family, the pain is still very raw, but they continue.
The scholarship honoring 18-year-old Dylan Buckner, who took his own life during COVID lockdowns, will be awarded to a student who is a "champion for mental health."
Dylan Buckner was an honor student and the star quarterback at Glenbrook North High School in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook. He had friends, good grades and a promising future, but his father believes remote learning made his depression worse.