Pirates fan who shockingly flipped over wall onto field identified as ex-college football player

The instrumentality who fell implicit the close tract partition and onto the tract astatine the Pittsburgh Pirates’ PNC Park Wednesday nighttime has been identified. 

Kavan Markwood, a 20-year-old erstwhile assemblage shot player, was identified arsenic the antheral who fell much than 20 feet onto the close tract informing track, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

It was a scary country Wednesday nighttime erstwhile Markwood flipped implicit the wall’s railing and fell onto the tract successful a crippled betwixt the Pirates and Chicago Cubs. 

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Stadium information and Pittsburgh Pirates aesculapian unit carted a instrumentality who fell from the stands onto the tract to an ambulance arsenic the Pirates batted against the Chicago Cubs during the seventh inning astatine PNC Park. (Charles LeClaire/Imagn Images)

Play stopped instantly arsenic aesculapian unit sprinted to the outfield to find a shirtless Markwood motionless connected the informing way ungraded with humor disposable connected his face. Both teams’ trainers joined EMS to get him onto a cart and disconnected the field. 

Players from some teams got down connected 1 genu with immoderate looking down astatine the ground. 

Pittsburgh Public Safety posted connected X that the incidental is "being treated arsenic accidental successful nature," and Markwood was successful captious information arsenic of Thursday greeting astatine Allegheny General Hospital. 

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Fans who were astir Markwood said helium had gotten excited astir a Pirates’ rally during the crippled and proceeded to instrumentality his garment disconnected and determination brew connected himself earlier his fall, according to the Tribune-Review.

The South Allegheny School District confirmed Markwood was the antheral who fell. He is simply a 2022 postgraduate of South Allegheny High School. 

"Everyone astatine South Allegheny would accidental helium is simply a hard-working, highly resilient young man. He’s a fighter," the schoolhouse territory said successful a connection to the Tribune-Review. "He’s going to request that resiliency now. But helium has it. He’s touched a batch of lives astatine South Allegheny. We’re a tiny community. He’s a household sanction here. Everyone knows him.

A instrumentality is carted disconnected the tract astatine PNC Park aft falling retired of the stands during the seventh inning of a crippled betwixt the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs successful Pittsburgh Wednesday, April 30, 2025.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

"He has the prayers and the enactment of the South Allegheny community."

Markwood played for 2 Division II shot programs, Walsh University and Wheeling University. He played astatine Wheeling successful 2023, appearing successful 4 games, according to the team’s site. 

Frank Cortazzo, South Allegheny High School’s caput shot coach, released a connection astir Markwood to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 

"Kavan is not lone an outstanding athlete, but an adjacent much exceptional young man. His resilience, bosom and spot are genuinely unmatched. Please support him, his household and his friends successful your thoughts and prayers arsenic they navigate this challenging time."

The Pirates besides released a connection soon aft Markwood fell implicit the partition successful the seventh inning. 

Andrew McCutchen, who deed a treble conscionable earlier Markwood fell, sent a supplication retired connected X. 

Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates aft a instrumentality fell from the stands during the seventh inning against the Chicago Cubs astatine PNC Park April 30, 2025, successful Pittsburgh. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

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"Truly hatred what happened tonight," helium wrote. "Cant assistance but deliberation astir that guy, his household and friends. I commune contiguous for him. Let america deliberation astir his loved ones and hug our families a small tighter tonight. I anticipation helium pulls thru. May God Bless you all. Good night."

Once Markwood was carted disconnected the field, the Pirates and Cubs resumed their game, and Pittsburgh won, 4-3. 

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