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It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the passing of Cadet Evan A. Greenleigh, Class of 2029, of Echo Company. Cadet Greenleigh was an exceptional Classmate and Teammate whose loss will be deeply felt by his Cadre, his fellow Knobs, his tennis teammates, and the entire South Carolina Corps of Cadets. The incident did not occur on campus and there is no threat to the College community. Counseling support through the Cadet Counseling Center and the Office of the Chaplain is available to any cadet, family member, or staff member who needs it. We ask the community to keep the Greenleigh family in their thoughts and to respect their privacy during this difficult time. — Gen Glenn M. Walters, USMC (Ret.), President
This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.
'Knob' is the Citadel-specific term for first-year cadets (the South Carolina Corps of Cadets equivalent of a Rook at Norwich or a Fish at Texas A&M) — using it in an official message signals this is a Corps-internal communication, not a press release
The explicit statement 'The incident did not occur on campus and there is no threat to the College community' performs the Clery community-advisory function: scoping the disruption so the Corps understands no continuing campus threat exists
Naming Echo Company and the tennis team operationally tells the community which sub-communities will be hardest hit
The chain-of-signature — Gen Glenn M. Walters, USMC (Ret.) — reinforces that this is coming from the Commandant-equivalent at the top of the Citadel chain, treating the Corps as a single audience
Off-campus deaths typically do not require a Clery emergency notification, but senior military colleges send community-grief advisories anyway because the Corps lives, eats, and drills together and operates as one social unit
Greenleigh was Citadel Class of 2029 — the freshman class — and was a starter on the men's tennis team; both facts are likely to have appeared in subsequent follow-up messaging