His father passed away from Covid-19.
https://www.nwitimes.com/high-school/father-of-former-valparaiso-star-purdue-guard-brandon-newman-dies-due-to-covid-19/article_378d6c88-04d6-5183-936e-39cead3ecbb3.html
Awful...wasn't the reason he stayed at Valpo High School was his mother was ill?