Utah Jazz players surprise scholarship recipients with FaceTime calls

Utah Jazz players surprise scholarship recipients with FaceTime calls. The team donated a scholarship for every win this season. | Utah Jazz YouTube screenshot

All season long, the Utah Jazz have pledged a full-ride, four-year scholarship to a Utah student from an underrepresented group with every win. On Wednesday, Jazz players called the recipients to share the life-changing news.

All season long, the Utah Jazz have pledged a full-ride, four-year scholarship to a Utah student from an underrepresented group with every win. With 55 preseason and regular season wins, that means 55 four-year scholarships will be given out.

Giving away 4-year scholarships #TakeNote pic.twitter.com/h7XRGm9Jco

— utahjazz (@utahjazz) May 17, 2021

The Jazz recently posted a video in which players called scholarship recipients and delivered the good news. Donovan Mitchell, Jordan Clarkson, Joe Ingles, Rudy Gobert, Derrick Favors, Georges Niang, Royce O’Neale and Mike Conley called the students and delivered the life-changing news.

The scholarship will cover pretty much everything — tuition, books, fees and room and board.

Each recipient needed financial support to go to college, and 90% of the recipients will be the first person to attend college in their family, according to the Jazz. All recipients have been accepted by and will attend Utah colleges — Brigham Young University, University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University, Utah Valley University and Southern Utah University.

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