Former Baltimore Orioles prospect and police officer Chase Childers, 38, died after helping to rescue swimmers in Pawleys Island, S.C., officials announced.

Childers was a former professional baseball player, spending 2009 and 2010 in the Baltimore Orioles farm system. After retiring from the sport, he worked as a Cobb County police officer and received a lifetime achievement award for saving lives, per a GoFundMe established to help his family.

Chase Childers, a former professional baseball player, died while trying to save swimmers in South Carolina. He selflessly jumped into the dangerous rip current to rescue five family members drowning in the water.