Tyler GilmoreGilmore's death is under investigation, but authorities don't suspect foul play.
As a wrestler at North, Gilmore went on to become a 2014 regional champion and two-time semi-state qualifier. He was also a two-time Amateur Athletic Union All-American on North's Disney Duals wrestling team.
"He had a magnetic personality," North head wrestling coach Mark Frisz told the Terre Haute Tribune-Star by email. "When he first came out for wrestling as a freshman, he immediately challenged me to a match (one that never took place)."
After learning about this death, friends posted messages on Gilmore's Facebook page . One said that Gilmore "helped build a family in the Terre Haute wrestling room."
Gilmore's Facebook page listed "Orderly at Terre Haute Regional Hospital" as one of his jobs, along with Texas Roadhouse restaurant in Terre Haute. His Facebook page includes a coupon for guests to have 10 percent of their dinner check donated to help pay for funeral expenses.
Gilmore had studied nursing at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Terre Haute, becoming among the first men admitted to the on-campus undergraduate program at what had been a women's school.
"I had the opportunity to be first at something, and it got me excited to do it," Gilmore said in an interview with the Tribune-Star back in August. He left Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in December, according to the school's executive director of college relations.
"Tyler had a lasting impact on me and our wrestling family," said coach Frisz, who noted that Gilmore would continue to visit the North wrestling room from time to time. "His passing hurts, and I feel for all of Tyler's family and friends. The great memories we all share will help us as time goes on."
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