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model." \/Vhen you try to stick the *;
label of role model on former UK all- A ¤  t ji
American jamal Mashburn, he mod- _ _     l
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’ but he hopes that his example is a s~’i   · I `i`‘’‘  ‘ ·     
i good one. It is, indeed. !/ ` .. i l _  s, . . {
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Mavericks in the 1993 NBA Draft, 4 ~ I · V]?   if g, r.
Mashburn donated $500,000 to Y; YFfQ;;L{_ ,_. ’    “``      ill   I _
launch the Kentucky Excel Incentive     Q,. , A E    ,          fl  
Scholarship Program at UK. The goal - V I  —    ZM  ` ‘   l—.»   Y if 
of the program is to identify promis— -·· »f~~r —  Q       _  if     1*
mg disadvantaged youth in the eighth »     gs         .  
grade. In return for maintaining a 2.5       I `if  A   "  “ 'v,_,_,_  
grade point average in a college ,g }    _  
preparatory curriculum, these select-  =¥ iffl         ’lif
ed youngsters will earn a year’s , ` c___ —’ A_V'     .
tuition at UK upon graduation from   _j . _ _    - 
high school.                  
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a simple desire to help others, some- ‘ Y i   .    
thing he learned from his mother. "I _ j j     _V.`     {
just want people to get the same     1   A ' j j  
opportunity as I have had, coming ff“‘   ii?   _    
from a neighborhood like I came 1 I   "   “    
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Mashburn grew 11p in the projects .. j   »    
in New York City. He recognizes that i`-_       ,
not everyone has the athletic ability to , V , I    ‘·-=  . ...         ,,, ,  
attract college recruiters, yet he .     V   ‘ V   IA        n     g;
knows many youngsters share his goal  A      .     ~ 1  
of a college education. "I don’t want         1 ` j ,,,,,,,        
to  ust give money, I want to see   ; _  Vnrj g       ixi   1 yl  
results," l\/lashburn says. ig.   v_   _   I_ I  W   A      '
Former Fayette County School " `     _ ‘ ` g '   l  _ _,_,   z  _p’   gi`;
, superintendent Roy Walton says this     I I       I
project “‘sends all the right messages   ,     ` T f I [
to students. jarnal is an example that ~ · ·      I t A I i l  4 VI _   j
hard work on the basketball floor or   A A I A     i n  ,
in the classroom helps you achieve   M   . V_  I
goals. And then you have a responsi- _.   X.   _
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