Jalen Hill, a 22-year-old former UCLA basketball player, has died.

[{"selector":"#anim-15643863-a184-4f7e-a652-ef20bde9ec16 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.234374910402764%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Hill, who played for the Bruins from 2017 to 2021 for four seasons, apparently vanished in Costa Rica.

[{"selector":"#anim-badbb143-b078-47e0-9226-14e75c5500b4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.122983774626626%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Jalen Hill, a former UCLA forward, has passed away, according to Ben Bolch of the Los Angeles Times.

[{"selector":"#anim-5ee719de-bbce-4ee3-8707-5c631667efc7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-46.40212063729561%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google The information was verified to Bolch by Hill's former high school coach, Josh Giles.

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[{"selector":"#anim-8d5e6650-c89c-4f48-a91b-71c96286ab0f [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Hill went lost while travelling to Costa Rica, and Jeff Goodman claims that there are few details available regarding his passing.

[{"selector":"#anim-94aa12e5-f2a1-4ca4-ad65-a9241e41cab0 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google From 2017 to 2021, Hill played for the Bruins for four seasons after redshirting his rookie year.

[{"selector":"#anim-c872ac6c-d6e5-4a35-8b3d-b68e7f72d12e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.234374910402764%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google His greatest season was the 2019–20 one, when he started 25 games for UCLA and scored 9.0 points and grabbed 6.9 rebounds on average per game.

[{"selector":"#anim-cb4aaac9-061f-434e-b574-d433b850bb1e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.122983774626626%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Credit by Google Over the course of 77 games, he averaged 6.5 points and 6.4 rebounds for the Bruins.