Corissa Yasen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Corissa Yasen

Track & field athlete and basketball player

Date of Birth: 05-Dec-1973

Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 12-May-2001

Profession: basketball player, basketball coach

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Corissa Yasen

  • Corissa Lee Yasen (December 5, 1973 – May 12, 2001) was an American collegiate and professional athlete. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended high school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Yasen attended Purdue University and became a nine-time All-American and 10-time Big Ten Conference champion in track and field.
  • She was Purdue's Female Athlete-of-the-Year as a junior and senior and was a Big Ten Medal of Honor winner, as well as Big Ten Athlete of the Year.
  • She also won the NCAA heptathlon title in 1996.
  • Yasen also joined the Purdue women's basketball program, as a starter, during her final year of eligibility.
  • She graduated in 1997 with a degree in Pharmacy.She went on to play for the Sacramento Monarchs in 1997, the inaugural year of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
  • During the WNBA offseason, Yasen served as an assistant coach for a high school girls' basketball team in West Lafayette, Indiana when they won the state championship in 1998.On May 12, 2001, she was found dead in her apartment in Coeur d'Alene.
  • She had been working at a pharmacy in Hayden, Idaho.
  • Her death was ruled as a suicide by an "acute multidrug overdose." A forensic autopsy performed by the Spokane County (Washington) coroner led to a panel of toxicology tests, which were conducted by the National Medical Services Laboratory in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
  • High levels of diazepam, hydrocodone, lorazepam, fluoxetine and other drugs were found in the toxicology analysis.
  • Investigators also recovered substantial quantities of various intravenous drugs and narcotics in Yasen's residence.

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