TUCSON (AP) — New Jersey Nets forward Richard Jefferson announced Friday that he's donating $3.5 million to the University of Arizona so his alma mater can build a new multi-sport practice facility.
School officials said it's one of the largest individual donations ever to its athletic department.
Jefferson's donation is the lead gift toward a planned $20 million basketball and volleyball practice facility project that also includes a diving well and rebuilt area for gymnastics.
"We need that practice facility. For him to do what he's doing is just unbelievable," Wildcats basketball coach Lute Olson said at a news conference announcing Jefferson's pledge.
The facility is projected to be completed by September 2008 and could possibly be named in Jefferson's honor because of his donation, according to school officials.
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Nets' Jefferson Donates $3.5M For New Arizona Practice Facility
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