SHSU Student Killed in Mexico

Michelle Edwards, a 20-year-old sophomore criminal justice major from Brownwood, was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident in Acapulco early Sunday morning.

Funeral arrangements are pending in Brownwood.

Edwards was taking a Spanish class through SHSU's Puebla Field School. Approximately 50 Sam Houston students and faculty are participating in the program which is being held June 2-29.

With the school session coming to an end this week, students were given a free weekend for touring and sightseeing before returning to Texas, and Edwards had traveled with a group to Acapulco.

According to University officials who were in Acapulco, she was struck by a vehicle in front of their hotel as she was trying to cross the street.

"Michelle was an intelligent, wonderful young lady," said program director Frieda Koeninger, who was in Acapulco with the Edwards family Monday morning. "She was making good grades in my Spanish course and was an enthusiastic participant in the Puebla Field School.

"This is a tragic loss of a young life," she continued. "Our hearts go out to the Edwards family."

The field school is a yearly program offered each summer during the first summer session. Sam Houston State University faculty members teach a variety of classes on the campus of Universidad Iberoamericana.

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Media Contact: Julia May
June 27, 2005
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