根据她的家人的一份声明，这位2022年著名的NCAA年度女性奖的获得者，前麻省理工学院的足球运动员，是周六在纽约州北部坠机事件中遇难的六名受害者之一。
周六下午，一架双引擎涡轮螺旋桨飞机在距离纽约州科帕克镇附近的哥伦比亚县机场10英里的地方坠毁，卡伦纳·格罗夫(Karenna Groff)死亡，她是NYU·朗戈内大学神经外科系的医学学生，也是麻省理工学院的前足球明星。
格罗夫的家人说，其他五人——包括格罗夫的伴侣詹姆斯·桑托罗——在车祸中丧生。
“他最期待的是在今年夏天向他的爱人卡伦娜求婚，”这家人在提供给ABC新闻的一份声明中说。
每年只有一名妇女被选为NCAA年度妇女，第一、第二和第三组各有三名决赛选手。这一荣誉自1991年开始颁发，包括篮球名人堂成员丽贝卡·洛博(1995年)、奥运会金牌游泳运动员金伯利·布莱克(2001年)和三次奥运会三级跳远运动员凯图拉·奥尔吉(2018年)等获奖者。
遇难的乘客都是格罗夫的家人，包括格罗夫的父母乔伊·塞尼和迈克尔·格罗夫;她的哥哥贾里德·格罗夫;和他的伴侣亚历克西亚·库尤塔斯·杜阿尔特。
乔伊·塞尼是一名骨盆外科医生，迈克尔·格罗夫是一名神经外科医生，他们的女儿正在接受培训。
“我们会记得他们是六个聪明、充满活力、充满爱心的人，”这家人说。"在这个困难时期，这些家庭要求隐私。"
该家庭表示，关于葬礼和追悼会的信息将很快公布。
在周日的新闻发布会上，国家运输安全委员会表示，飞行员报告了“错过的方法”，并“要求另一种方法的向量。”官员们说，当飞行员返航时，“雷达显示有低空警报。”
据NTSB此次事件的首席调查员Albert Nixon称，一名空中交通管制员试图“传达这一低空警报”，并试图与飞行员联系三次，但都没有成功。
“飞行员没有回应，也没有求救信号，”尼克松说。
NTSB说，这架飞机从威彻斯特县机场飞往哥伦比亚县机场，在“平坦的农田中以高速下降”坠毁。这是该飞机当天的第二次飞行
当局不愿透露是谁在驾驶飞机，但家庭声明指出，迈克尔·格罗夫是“一名经验丰富的飞行员，他在16岁接受父亲的教育后爱上了飞行。”
在周一下午的新闻发布会上，NTSB表示，该飞行员也是飞机的所有者，需要接受额外的培训，并获得飞行员执照，该培训已于2024年10月完成。
官员们还表示，坠机现场附近的“天气状况正在恶化”。
NTSB号将在接下来的五天里留在现场，收集所有的“易腐材料”，初步调查报告将在接下来的30天内公布。
格罗夫是麻省理工学院三级足球队的队长，在该校的进球和得分方面，她获得了职业生涯的第二名。她在三年级时是全美二队队员，在最后一个赛季是全美三队队员。
Former NCAA woman of the year, 5 other family members killed in upstate New York plane crash
The 2022 recipient of the prestigious NCAA woman of the year award, a former soccer player at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was one of the six victims killed in a plane crash in upstate New York on Saturday, according to a statement from her family.
Karenna Groff, a medical student at NYU Langone in the department of neurosurgery and a former soccer star at MIT, died when a twin-engine turboprop plane crashed 10 miles from the Columbia County Airport near the town of Copake, New York, on Saturday afternoon.
Five others -- including Groff's partner, James Santoro -- died in the crash, the family said.
"He was most looking forward to proposing to his love, Karenna, this summer," the family said in a statement provided to ABC News.
Only one woman each year is chosen as the NCAA woman of the year, with three finalists each from Divisions I, II and III. The honor has been given since 1991 and includes winners such as Basketball Hall of Famer Rebecca Lobo (1995), Olympic gold medal swimmer Kimberly Black (2001) and three-time Olympian triple jumper Keturah Orji (2018).
The passengers who died were all members of Groff's family, including Groff's parents, Joy Saini and Michael Groff; her brother, Jared Groff; and his partner, Alexia Couyutas Duarte, the family said.
Joy Saini was a pelvic surgeon and Michael Groff was a neurosurgeon, as their daughter was training to be, according to the family.
"We will remember them as the six brilliant, dynamic and loving people that they were," the family said. "The families ask for privacy during this difficult time."
The family said information regarding funerals and memorials will be forthcoming.
During a press briefing on Sunday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the pilot reported a "missed approach" and "requested vectors for another approach." Officials said as the pilot was coming back around, "the radar indicated a low altitude alert."
An air traffic controller attempted to "relay this low altitude alert" and tried to contact the pilot three additional times, but was unsuccessful, according to the NTSB's lead investigator for this incident, Albert Nixon.
"There was no response from the pilot and there was no distress call," Nixon said.
The aircraft, which had departed from the Westchester County Airport bound for the Columbia County Airport, crashed "at a high rate of descent" in a "flat agricultural field," the NTSB said. This was the plane's second flight of the day
Authorities would not say who was flying the plane, but the family statement noted Michael Groff was "an experienced pilot, who fell in love with flying after being taught by his father at the age of sixteen."
During a press briefing on Monday afternoon, the NTSB said the pilot, who was also the owner of the plane, was required to undergo additional training along with having a pilots license, which was completed in October 2024.
Officials also stated there were "deteriorating weather conditions" near the scene of the crash.
The NTSB will remain on site for the next five days to collect all the "perishable material" and a preliminary report on the investigation will be available in the next 30 days.
Groff was a captain for MIT's Division III soccer team and finished her career second all-time in goals and points at the school. She was a second-team All-American as a junior and a third-team All-American in her final season.
