Another William and Mary student commits suicide...third this year

On Friday morning, the body of William and Mary sophomore Whitney L. Mayer, of Plano, Texas, was discovered in the Lake Matoaka area.

In a campus-wide email, Vice President for Student Affairs Ginger Ambler said: “Whitney was a Sharpe Scholar who had tremendous academic talent. Her faculty have described her as having a particular passion for biodiversity and for exploring the relationship between the environment and quality of life issues.”

Ambler continued: "She also had a keen sense of community and gave of herself to others. Although Whitney had yet to declare a major, much of her coursework reflected that commitment to the environment. She was also learning to play the mandolin.”

No further details about the student’s death have been released.

Mayer is the third William and Mary student to have committed suicide in 2010. In April, Ian Kramer Smith-Christmas was found dead inside his car in a Virginia Beach parking lot; and in February, Dominique T. Chandler was found dead in her dorm room.

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