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News Nuggets, 04.11.04
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Calipari clan bestows $100K on
Memphis
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The Memphis athletic department announced last week
that basketball coach John Calipari and his family have made a contribution
of $100,000 to help endow athletic scholarships at the school.
“John and his family continue to generously give back to the University of
Memphis and this community,” said Tigers athletics director R.C. Johnson.
“We have always been proud of what John has accomplished on the basketball
court and are equally as proud of what he does off the court.
"This donation will go a long way in helping ensure
the future educational needs of student-athletes at the university.”
The family’s contribution will be used to help endow
scholarships for current and future student-athletes. The funds also could
be used by student-athletes who take a fifth year or return later to school
to complete their degrees.
Calipari and his family hope this contribution will
help jump-start a movement by Tiger supporters and friends of the University
to make contributions and create more athletic scholarship endowments.
“With the budget cuts the state is facing —
especially in the area of higher education — it is important that we begin
endowing athletic scholarships in order that outstanding and talented
students can continue their educational pursuits at the University of
Memphis,” said Calipari.
“My family and I feel strongly about this, and hope
that others here in the Memphis community and Tiger alumni and friends of
the university everywhere will follow in supporting this worthwhile
endeavor.”
PAC-10 supplants Big
East in bowl game
SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Bowl changed its
name to the Emerald Bowl on Wednesday after signing a three-year contract
extension with its title sponsor.
The game was sponsored by Diamond Walnut in its first two seasons, but the
company changed the name to highlight its new Emerald Nuts line of snack
foods. The new sponsorship agreement extends through 2006.
The first two editions of the game matched a Mountain West Conference team
against a Big East representative, with Boston College beating Colorado
State in the most recent edition. The 2004 game, scheduled for Dec. 31, will
match a Mountain West team against a school from the Pac-10 Conference.
Rejuvenated Tulsa football program extends
Kragthorpe contract
TULSA — Tulsa football coach Steve
Kragthorpe signed a one-year contract extension Friday that ties him to the
university through 2008. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The modified pact would keep Kragthorpe at the helm
of the Golden Hurricane program through the school's first four years in
Conference USA. Tulsa, which currently belongs to the Western Athletic
Conference, has accepted an invitation to join C-USA in 2005.
Kragthorpe was the WAC coach of the year last season after leading Tulsa to
an 8-5 record and a berth in the Humanitarian Bowl in his first year on the
job. The Golden Hurricane had won just one game in each of the two seasons
before Kragthorpe's arrival.
It was the team's first appearance in a bowl game since 1991, which also
happened to be Tulsa's last winning season.
The 38-year-old Kragthorpe was an assistant with the Buffalo Bills before
being hired by Tulsa.
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