Deletion of Mark Merila

Comment: The source found by Rlendog tipped the balance for me.  I've added it and a couple others to the article.  Merila was a truly elite player at the collegiate level.  He not only was an All-American (probably sufficient in and of itself under ) and the Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year, but he set multiple Minnesota Golden Gophers baseball batting records, including single-season batting average (.452), career batting average (.392), and career walks (187).  He was likely on his way to an MLB career, but he was stricken with a brain tumor at the end of his senior year.  Even so, his truly elite college career is enough.  There is abundant significant coverage, including feature stories in mainstream media publications, including the ''San Diego Union-Tribune'', and in an authoritative book about the history of Minnesota Golden Gophers sports. Passes both  and 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NCOLLATH||WP:GNG||WP:NCOLLATH)

Comment: Doesn't meet the notability standards for baseball players or college athletes. Having brain cancer is tragic, but not grounds for notability. The only real coverage is because he has the cancer, but that seems like  and he's hardly unique in having cancer--he just has a higher visibility job than most. Special:Contributions/204.126.132.231|204.126.132.231
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ONEEVENT)

Comment: Does not meet 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: As a college All-American, doesn't he satisfy the requirements of  for having "won a national award"? In college football, that certainly would be enough.  I'm not as familiar with the news coverage received by All-Americans in baseball
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NCOLLATH)