Cameron Robbins, 18, who disappeared at sea, will be remembered as a 'fierce competitor' on the baseball field and a fun-loving teenager off the field.
Speculation that he encountered a shark while in the water spread through social media based on a viral video, but Brian Trascher, spokesperson for the United Cajun Navy, said the cell phone footage is too dark and blurry to know what happened.
"The Robbins family has requested that we not entertain that theory any longer, so our official position is that we don't know what happened while Cam was in the water," he told Fox News Digital on Friday. WATCH THE VIRAL CELLPHONE VIDEO:Family, friends and the tight-knit community are mourning Robbins' loss and will pay their respects Sunday.
He graduated from University Lab School , where he spent his entire 13-year educational life from kindergarten to his high school graduation on May 21. His"first love" was baseball. He was a three-year varsity letterman for his high school and played on a travel summer team in 2021 and 2022. He hoped to continue his playing career in college, according to his obituary.
He was tough and"intense" when he was playing, but off the field, he was a fun-loving fisherman and was a musical"star in the shower and with karaoke machines," his obituary says. Locally, he was a member of the St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, where he was baptized, confirmed and had been the vice president of the church's youth group, according to the obit.
He is survived by his parents, Will and Shari; his brother and sister Cole and Cassie; his grandmothers Carolyn Faye McDowell and Mary Ann Robbins, as well as aunts, uncles and cousins spread throughout the country.
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