“As a pro player who’s experienced and learned a lot in life through basketball, I feel it’s my job to be hands-on in leading the youth and giving back to my city,” Wright said in the news release. “I’m extremely blessed to be in this position to collaborate with the nation’s first private HBCU, right here in the Dayton area.”
Wright also will host World Championship Basketball Tournament tryouts on the Wilberforce campus, the release says. The foundation will fund two basketball players ― a boy and a girl ― ages 16-17 to participate in the tournament in Lausanne, Switzerland. Participants will have the opportunity to travel to Europe to compete against some of the best players in the world during summer 2021, the release says.
“The Wright Way Foundation will now be able to give kids from all over Ohio an opportunity to learn the history in our city," Wright said. "Our partnership with Wilberforce University will allow us to continue to explore scholarship opportunities, academic assistance and career pathway programs for future HBCU students beginning in 2021. I’m excited to bring pride to the youth of my city, and help them grow as student-athletes and young professionals.”
Wilberforce President President Elfred Anthony Pinkard welcomed the partnership with Wright’s organization.
“Wilberforce University is very excited about the work The Wright Foundation is doing with local youth,” Pinkard said. "This very important partnership between the foundation, and Wilberforce is an example of possibilities that are unlimited.”
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