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Minneapolis News
MPR News Staff

Minneapolis will consider naming street after standout student athlete killed in 2022

A banner with a sketch of Deshaun Hill stands near the field entrance
A banner with a sketch of Deshaun Hill stands near the field entrance during the first North High School football game since 15-year-old Deshaun Hill was killed.
Nicole Neri for MPR News | 2022

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The Minneapolis teenager whose sudden death in 2022 shocked and saddened his classmates, school staff and members of his community, may soon have a street named after him. 

Next week the Minneapolis City Council will consider an application to honor DeShaun Hill Jr. with a commemorative street name. The application for the street name change was filed by council member LaTrisha Vetaw, who represents part of the city’s north side. 

Hill, who was 15 at the time of his murder, was the North High Polars’ quarterback and was hailed for being an academic standout. If approved, 16th Avenue North between Irving and Knox Avenues will become known as DeShaun Hill Jr. Way.

Hill’s name will join two other prominent north siders with commemorative street signs. Earlier this year, the city approved renaming streets after civil rights icons Spike Moss and Bernadette Anderson. Bernadette Anderson Way will be dedicated in a ceremony next Friday.