NBA star Kevin Durant donates $3 million to The University of Texas
AUSTIN, Texas – Former University of Texas star and 2007 consensus National
Player of the Year Kevin Durant is donating $3 million to UT to support Texas
Basketball and the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation. Durant's
donation is the largest outright gift by a former Texas Basketball
student-athlete in school history and among the largest gifts ever by any
professional athlete to his alma mater.
In honor of the contribution, of which $2.5 million will go to Texas
Basketball, the main entrance to Denton A. Cooley Pavilion will be named The
Kevin Durant Texas Basketball Center. In addition, the men's basketball
facilities will be named The Kevin Durant Basketball Facility for Men.
勇士队球星 Kevin Durant 捐赠三百万美金给母校-德州大学奥斯汀分校
同时这也是校方有史以来从职业球员的校友们手中所收到的最大笔捐款金额
其中250万元预计将用在学校篮球队身上,而且将会把训练场馆直接命名为 Kevin Durant
能够提供给男篮和女篮的校队选手们更完善的练习场地和设备
至于其余的50万元则是交由学校在三年前所成立的运动领导以及创新中心(CSLi)
主要的任务为养成教练和选手的性格发展以及领导能力
Kevin Durant 先前在大一时期(2006-07球季)的表现就已经非常突出
整季下来平均缴出 25.8分 11.1篮板 1.3助攻
当年囊括非常多奖项,包括有年度最佳运动员、伍登奖以及奈史密斯最佳大学球员奖等
后来他也决定弃学投入2007年NBA选秀会,最后则是以第二顺位加入西雅图超音速队
而他所身穿的35号球衣早已被学校退休了
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