{"id":16062,"date":"2018-08-08T23:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=16062"},"modified":"2018-08-08T23:52:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T04:52:00","slug":"chris-paul-donates-2-5-million-dollars-to-wake-forest-basketball-his-alma-mater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=16062","title":{"rendered":"Chris Paul Donates $2.5 Million Dollars To Wake Forest Basketball, His Alma Mater"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wake Forest Basketball gets $2.5 million boost from Chris Paul<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n
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Chris Paul<\/a> announces a $2.5 million donation to Wake Forest Basketball.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. \u2014 Former Wake Forest basketball player Chris Paul<\/a> joined athletic director Ron Wellman Tuesday morning at Old Town Club to announce a $2.5 million donation to the basketball program.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The donation will go to expand and enhance locker rooms, develop a clubhouse area, and set up nutrition and treatment sectors in the Shah Basketball Center, which is currently under construction. The new locker rooms will be named after Paul, a Winston-Salem native who played college basketball at Wake Forest before becoming an NBA All-Star player with the New Orleans Hornets, L.A. Clippers and Houston Rockets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cGrateful. It\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d Wake Forest coach Danny Manning<\/a> said after the announcement. \u201cChris\u2019s support to the program and to Wake Forest is very special, and it\u2019s something that will benefit our program and the university for years to come.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n