A Russell native, and former Hutchinson Community College student and baseball player who died when part of a grain elevator collapsed will have a permanent memorial in his hometown.

Russell High School has named a memorial patio and shelter house for Sean Banks, who graduated from the school.

The 19-year-old Banks died June 24, 2010, when part of the Russell grain elevator collapsed.

The Hays Daily News reports that the memorial was introduced between the school’s baseball games Monday.

The Sean Banks Memorial Patio and Shelterhouse is between the football field and baseball field. It was built using funds from Banks’ memorial, with some funds coming from the school.

Banks was a three-sport athlete at Russell, competing in football, wrestling and baseball. He was a freshman at HCC and had just finished attending the Junior College World Series with the Dragons when the accident occurred.

He along with Max Greve of Wakefield, Nebraska, were killed during a structural collapse of a portion of the AG-CO grain elevator in Russell, which trapped both men.