All ticket-sale proceeds from the Pepperdine University men’s basketball team home opener on Monday will go to a memorial fund established to assist the families and friends of four students who were killed in an Oct. 17 crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, the university announced Tuesday.
The Pepperdine Waves will honor the memory of the four students — Niamh Rolston, 20, Peyton Stewart, 21, Asha Weir, 21, and Deslyn Williams, 21 — during the game against Concordia Irvine. The game is set for 7 p.m. at Pepperdine’s Firestone Fieldhouse.
“The men’s basketball team is humbled for the opportunity to honor Niamh, Peyton, Asha, and Deslyn, as well as our Pepperdine community, by dedicating all the proceeds from our opening season game to the Memorial Fund,” head coach Lorenzo Romar said in a statement. “We hope this will inspire more to give and provide comfort to their families and loved ones as we continue to mourn the loss to our Pepperdine family.”
According to the university, the fund was established to benefit the families and friends of the four students, as well as the “broader Pepperdine community.” Donations to the fund can be made at give.pepperdine.edu/studentmemorial.
Tickets for Monday’s basketball game are available at tickets.pepperdinewaves.com/#/event-list.
The four students were killed on the night of Oct. 17, when a driver who was allegedly speeding west on PCH slammed into several parked cars on the north shoulder of the roadway. Sheriff’s officials said those parked cars struck the four women, killing them at the scene.
The driver, Fraser Michael Bohm, 22, has been charged with four counts of murder and four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. His bail was set at $4 million, which he posted on Friday and was released from custody.
Bohm’s attorney has contended that Bohm was the victim of a road-rage incident on PCH and was being chased when the crash occurred.