SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City high school baseball star has been paralyzed from the waist down after a diving accident.

Nolan Sprague was hurt Thursday. Mill Valley High School baseball coach Jeff Strickland says the pitcher for the Shawnee, Kansas, school went through an hours-long surgery on Friday.

Strickland says the teenager was alert and talking when he visited him Sunday, but tired and in a lot of pain. Strickland says Nolan is a “fun-loving, really good kid” who was headed for college baseball. A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the family with medical expenses.

Nolan’s father, Kevin Sprague, operates the Strike Zone Baseball academy in Shawnee.