A former University of Virginia lacrosse player who fatally beat his girlfriend in 2010 has been ordered by a jury to pay $15 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.

In her 9th-grade essay, Yeardley Love wrote about what she wanted to do with her life: to attend the University of Virginia, to play lacrosse there, to become a lawyer and to maintain her close relationship with her family.

A jury has been selected in the civil trial of a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love.

Nearly 12 years after University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love was found dead, the man convicted of second-degree murder in her killing is headed back to court for a civil trial.

RIHCMOND, Va. – A former University of Virginia student who was convicted of killing his former girlfriend has filed another appeal. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that George Wesley Huguely V filed a civil challenge in federal court on Wednesday. Huguely is now 32 and serving a 23-year sentence for the second-degree murder of Yeardley Love in 2010. She was a 22-year-old UVA lacrosse player who was found dead in her apartment. Huguely has claimed that the two briefly struggled on the floor of her bedroom following a day of heavy drinking.

Investigators in Mississippi are still piecing together what led to the tragic shooting death of Ole Miss student Ally Kostial. Brandon Theesfeld, who was casually dating Kostial, has been arrested on suspicion of murder in her death, accused of shooting Kostial multiple times. Is Kostial's death another case of a college campus romance turning deadly? Yeardley Love was beaten to death in 2010 by her ex, George Huguely, who attacked her in a drunken rage. RELATED STORIESThis Is the College Student Behind Plan to Storm Area 51Navajo Student Who Was Homeless and Hungry Throughout College Receives Doctorate DegreeCollege Students Make New Hands for Boy Badly Burned in Crash That Killed His Dad