Student gives away a scholarship to friends
Allan Guei’s good grades at Compton High School in Los Angeles earned him the right to compete in a free-throw contest for a $40,000 college scholarship. He won, but later was granted a basketball scholarship to California State University–Northridge. Guei, the son of immigrants from Ivory Coast, could have kept the money, but instead he donated it to the seven runners-up in the free-throw contest. “I’ve already been blessed so much and I know we’re living with a bad economy,” Guei said. “This money can really help my classmates.”
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