Williams' Donations Help UNC Senior Athletes Get Extra Year

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The highest-paid public employee in North Carolina is using some of his wealth to keep student-athletes’ college careers alive.

The University of North Carolina athletic department announced Thursday that Roy Williams, UNC’s men’s basketball coach, and his wife, Wanda, donated more than $600,000 to fund scholarships of spring sports seniors. These types of fundraising efforts have been essential after the COVID-19 pandemic and corresponding cancellation of all NCAA spring sports caused many senior student-athletes to miss out on a year of eligibility.

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