Midland High School student, Gavyn Cooper, has been identified as the victim in a fiery Midland International Airport plane crash Thursday evening.

Cooper, a Midland High School varsity quarterback, died along with his father, after the single-engine Cirrus SR22 they were traveling aboard crashed during take off.

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According to the FAA, a single-engine Cirrus SR22 was preparing to take off from the airport when it crashed at the end of a runway and caught on fire. source

Gavyn and his father were the only people onboard the plane when it crashed.

Police have not officially released the conditions and identities of the victims.

TheCount.com has obtained what is believed to be a picture of the beloved student athlete as he appears on Hudl.com, a student and school athlete scouting search engine:

FAA and the NTSB investigators are still working to determine a cause in the crash.