Troubling accusations emerge around Arizona State hockey player collapse

Tellings signs allegedly emerged before Arizona State hockey player Matthew Mayich’s scary collapse last month that indicated he needed help.New details have emerged surrounding Mayich’s hospitalization following an Aug.20 workout at Sun Angel Stadium, as The Arizona Republic’s Robert Anglen told KTAR News 92.3 FM that Mayich was “disoriented” and little was done to help him in crisis.“Based on descriptions provided by the Mayich family lawyer, Mayich started suffering throughout the workout.

He was showing signs of not being able to complete tasks.He was disoriented.

… Then when he collapsed, they did not bring him to a bath.They did not put him in ice,” Anglen described.“They instead stood around him, left him on the field laying there.

… As I understand it, players tried to shade him and others worked on him.”Mayich, 21, has been hospitalized and in a coma since the frightening incident last month.The family’s lawyer, Robert Carey, recently said he has “zero chance of recovery.”Former Green Beret Tim Ziesel, who is reportedly not under contract with ASU, conducted the practice on a day that reached a high of 106 degrees by the afternoon.Another attorney representing the Mayich family, Leonard Aragon, alleged the trainer pushed the athletes beyond a military-style workout and punished those who stopped or drank water, per KTAR News.“Ziesel and his attorney dispute whether [the exercises] were grueling or military style, … except in tone and cadence they say,” Anglen added.“He also says he left the practice early before the workouts were over and before Mr.

Mayich collapsed.”Only a handshake agreement was done between Ziesel and head coach Greg Powers and his staff, as the trainer’s attorney Buddy Rake explained, which was in violation of the university’s athletic department policies, The Arizona Republic reported.“The policy says if the university is going to bring in somebody … from outside to work with athletes, ...