Following the death of 2018 Big 12 Individual golf champion Celia Barquin Arozamena, the Big 12 Conference, has banded together to show support for the Iowa State athletics family, which is reeling in the wake of last week’s incident.
Volleyball programs from the conference have stood on common ground with the Cyclones and mourned the loss of Barquin Arozamena.
Baylor players donned gold ribbons in their hair and on their shoes for their match and joined Iowa State in a moment of silence prematch to pay tribute.
Supporting the @ISUAthletics family by wearing gold ribbons and shoelaces during today's match in Ames. #SicEm #Big12VB #Family #CBA pic.twitter.com/y7ijqF1ESF
— Baylor Volleyball (@BaylorVBall) September 22, 2018
Iowa State and @BaylorVBall joined in a moment of silence prior to the match in honor of Celia Barquin Arouzemena. #Cyclonitas pic.twitter.com/fmiKMtG70K
— Cyclone Volleyball (@CycloneVB) September 22, 2018
West Virginia also took part in a moment of silence prior to the match in Morgantown, W.Va. last week.
Prior to the match, the two teams joined hands for a moment of silence in honor of Celia Barquin Arouzamena. Thank you @WVUVolleyball #cyclONEnation #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/0KvCg3II1V
— Cyclone Volleyball (@CycloneVB) September 19, 2018
Prior to last night's match, both teams united for a moment of silence in honor of @CycloneWGOLF's Celia Barquin Arozamena.
Our thoughts are with Celia's family and friends and the whole @CycloneATH community. #Big12Strong 💛💛 pic.twitter.com/e8GH9byxJA
— WVU Volleyball (@WVUVolleyball) September 20, 2018
Both teams wore yellow ribbons in her honor as well.
Both Iowa State and West Virginia will be wearing yellow ribbons in honor of our fellow Cyclone Celia Barquin Arouzamena. #cyclONEnation pic.twitter.com/b1PRKQNXKw
— Cyclone Volleyball (@CycloneVB) September 19, 2018
Iowa State is even memorializing Barquin Arozamena with a CBA patch on its uniforms and wearing yellow warmup shirts.
Always great to play in front of our fantastic fans. Look forward to getting better and continuing to improve.#Cyclonitas #StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/g1WgHWt0sn
— Cyclone Volleyball (@CycloneVB) September 23, 2018
Yellow in honor of Celia. #Cyclonitas pic.twitter.com/SjvuoDAd2U
— Cyclone Volleyball (@CycloneVB) September 22, 2018
These efforts along with those of Iowa State have touched the Barquin Arozamena family. Her brother, Andres, shared this heartfelt thank you for all the support the family has received over the last week.
A heartfelt thank you to @ISUMattCampbell, @IASTATEAD, @CycloneFB, @CycloneATH and our AMAZING fans for an unforgettable, lovely tribute to an amazing Cyclone 💛💛 #Cyclonitas @CycloneWGOLF pic.twitter.com/93rHxHgl4l
— Christie Martens (@martenschristie) September 23, 2018
Arozamena was found on a golf course last week week having been killed by stabbing. A suspect has been charged with murder.
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