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A memorial erected in honor of the University of the Southwest golf teams car wreck is seen Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs, N.M. Late Tuesday, the University of the Southwest men's and women's golf teams were involved in a fatal car crash half a mile north of State Highway 115 on Farm-to-Market Road 1788 in Andrews County while on the way back from tournament play in Midland. Nine people were killed in the wreck including six students, one coach, and two in a pickup that collided head-on with the university's van. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP) Bryanna Saiz, center, cries with others during a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher) University of the Southwest golf players from left, Phillip Lopez, Jonny Flores and Halie Cruz visit the site of a memorial erected for the victims of the USW golf teams car wreck Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs, N.M. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP) People watch after releasing balloons during a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher) People release balloons during a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher) Emily Funderburk, right, embraces friends and coworkers during a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher) People attend a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Hobbs, N.M. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher) People attend a memorial for Jackson Zinn at a Texas Roadhouse restaurant, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Hobbs, New Mexico. Zinn, who worked at the restaurant, was killed with several other student golfers and the coach of University of the Southwest in a crash in Texas. (AP Photo/John Locher) This undated photos provided by the University of the Southwest shows golfer Mauricio Sanchez, who was killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This undated photo provided by the University of the Southwest shows golfer Laci Stone, who was killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This undated photo provided by the University of the Southwest shows golf coach Tyler James, who was killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This undated photo provided by the University of the Southwest shows golfer Tiago Sousa, who was killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This combo of undated photos provided by the University of the Southwest, shows from left, golfers Karisa Raines, Mauricio Sanchez and Tiago Sousa. All three were killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This undated photos provided by the University of the Southwest shows golfer Hayden Underhill, who was critically injured in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This undated photo provided by the University of the Southwest shows golfer Karisa Raines, who was killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This undated photo provided by the University of the Southwest shows golfer Jackson Zinn, who was killed in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This combo of undated photos provided by the University of the Southwest, shows from left, golf coach Tyler James, and golfers Travis Garcia and Dayton Price. James and Garcia were killed, and Price was critically injured, in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) This combo of undated photos provided by the University of the Southwest, shows from left, golfers Laci Stone, Hayden Underhill, and Jackson Zinn. Stone and Zinn were killed, and Underhill was critically injured, in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022. (University of the Southwest via AP) In this image provided by East Texas Baptist University (ETBU) Athletic Communications, Tyler James, right, and golfer Elizabeth Hardy look on at the Pinecrest Invitational golf tournament on March 2, 2020, in Pinecrest Country Club, Texas, when James was a graduate assistant coach for the ETBU golf program. Nine people, including James, now University of the Southwest golf coach, and six students died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas on Tuesday evening, March 15, 2022, while returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said. (ETBU Athletic Communications via AP)