student-athlete and tennis team captain at Loyola High School in Los Angeles’ Pico- Union area who was bound for the University of Virginia after graduation.

The Levi family had also lost their home in the Palisades fire, Loyola Principal Jamal K. Adams confirmed.

“There’s an immense level of sadness and devastation in terms of losing truly a one-of-a-kind kid and a young person that epitomized what we are at Loyola High School in every way, shape and form,” Adams told the Southern California News Group during a phone call.

The Manhattan Beach Police Department arrested the suspected driver, Jenia Resha Belt, who records show had a suspended or revoked driver’s license because of a previous offense, and booked her on suspicion of murder and DUI causing injury.

Levi immersed himself in the all-boys Jesuit Catholic school’s community academically, athletically and extracurricularly. He was a four-time Mission League doubles champion on the tennis team, manager of the boys volleyball team, student council member, senior Big Brother and Kairos retreat leader.

He also helped arrange initiatives for those affected by the Palisades fire, including peer-to-peer mentoring and a retreat for students whose families had lost their homes.

Over 1,000 people attended a vigil held in Levi’s honor Sunday night.

“Braun was a connector,” Adams said. “He connected so many parts of our campus with the people he knew and the way he supported folks. All different corners of our campus were there to support him. I was moved by our students and their desire to be with each other and to comfort each other.”

Loyola has counselors on campus to help grieving students, and Adams said the Catholic community in Los Angeles has offered access to additional counselors.

A grief specialist will be on campus today to train faculty and staff, and therapy dogs were at the school Monday.

There was an outpouring of support from the high school tennis community in the hours following the accident.

“It’s unimaginable,” Westlake tennis coach Scott Yasgoor, who worked closely with Loyola coach Brian Held on the CIF tennis committee, said. “We work with these kids for four years, so you watch them grow. I’ve never had that happen to a player on my team, but we have had that happen at the school. And it’s just an incredibly dark two weeks.”

Loyola’s boys tennis program is widely respected in the CIF Southern Section and is slated to play at Harvard-Westlake in the first round of the CIF-SS Open Division playoffs on Friday. Harvard-Westlake confirmed that as of Monday afternoon no changes have been made to the schedule, but the team is remaining flexible and understanding.

Messages of love flooded Levi’s Instagram posts Monday and his sister, Adelle, posted a series of photos of Levi enjoying life with his family, outdoors and at concerts.

“I will spend the rest of my life striving to live with the same heart, strength, and kindness that you’ve shown these past 19 years,” she wrote in the social media post’s caption. “You are deeply loved, and words can’t begin to express how much you’ll be missed.”

The Department of Motor Vehicles on Monday said it suspended or revoked Belt’s driver’s license on Jan. 18, 2024. Her license’s status remained suspended or revoked as of Monday, according to the agency.

Los Angeles County Superior Court records show a Jenia Resha Belt was arrested on Nov. 25, 2023, on DUI-related charges of driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 and driving with a blood alcohol content of 0.15 or refusing to take a chemical test, which were dismissed after a plea negotiation. The 2023 case also included a misdemeanor hit-and-run resulting in property damage, to which the defendant pleaded no contest. For the misdemeanor charge, the defendant was ordered to pay restitution to the victim and remained on probation for a year.

Staff writer Sierra van der Brug contributed to this report.