WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Former Wake Forest guard and NBA All-Star Chris Paul is donating $2.5 million in support of the Demon Deacons’ basketball team.
The donation announced Tuesday is the school’s largest by a former Wake Forest basketball player.
School officials say it will assist a project to expand and enhance the men’s and women’s locker rooms, and the men’s locker room will be named for him.
NBA's Chris Paul gives $2.5M to @WakeForest to transform the men's and women's basketball clubhouses with expanded locker rooms, nutrition resources and treatment areas. https://t.co/I9p1I7xwnW @CP3 @CP3Cares @WakeMBB @WakeWBB @DemonDeacons #GoDeacs @JournalNow pic.twitter.com/PajvB6ZteA
— Wake Forest News (@WakeForestNews) August 7, 2018
Paul says the locker room project "inspired me, because that’s where players build relationships and create a unifying camaraderie."
The Houston Rockets guard and Winston-Salem native led Wake Forest to its first No. 1 ranking in 2004-05 before becoming a nine-time All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medal winner with the U.S. national team.
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