Memorial set for Loyola High Student, tennis star, killed by alleged Dui driver – Daily Breeze

A community celebration of life will take place on Saturday evening, May 10th, for Braun Levi, a star tennis player at the Loyola High School, who was met by a suspected impaired driver in Manhattan Beach, where his family had moved after losing her house in the Palisades Fire.

The event takes place at the Hayden Circle of the Loyola High School, 1901 Venice Blvd., at 6 p.m.

The 18 -year -old Levi went with a friend around 12:45 p.m. on Sunday in the 100th block of the South Sepulveda Boulevard with a friend when he was beaten. He was taken to a hospital where he died.

The driver, the 33-year-old Jenia Resha Belt, was arrested by Manhattan Beach at the crime scene on suspicion of Dui.

Levi, who was found on the street by the responding officials, was classified nationally in tennis, and his family said reporters that he had been to the University of Virginia.

The young man's family had moved to Manhattan Beach after the Pacific Palisades house was destroyed in January in January.

“Braun was a bright presence in our Loyola family and brought everyone to everyone who touched,” joy, joy and inspiration, “the Loyola High School posted on their website. “For three years, the captain of the university tennis tennis team was a real leader and student athlete who, as a member of the student Council, a high -ranking Big Brother, Kairos Retreat Leader and volleyball team manager.

“May his family find peace, strength and consolation in the hug of our collective love and support.”

The US tennis association in Southern California published Levi an extensive tribute to Levi and said that he “had every room in which he joined. His sportiness never fluctuated. And his love – for tennis, people and life – was always obvious.”

His friend and double partner Cooper Schwartz remembered in the tribute that Levi was a star on the tennis circle on and off the square.

“At every tournament we played together, Braun was a celebrity,” said Schwartz. “He somehow had a memory of at least every single player in the draw. At the Ojai Invitational I lost how many children only came to him. Braun was Socal Tennis Royalty, everyone knew him and everyone loved him.”

The friend and occasional partner of mixed doubles, Lexi Wolf, said “There was something special” about Levi.

“He brought this energy that illuminated every courtyard and saw it, encouraged and important – no matter who they were,” said Wolf in the Usta homage. “That is exactly the kind of person he was. He was able to make any ordinary experience a little more unforgettable. His energy on the square was unsurpassed, full of fire, joy and this infectious passion, which all did better around him.”

Belt remains detained without a deposit, although she has not yet been charged with Levi's death.