University of Memphis Athletics
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Hardin Charitable Trust To Name Tigers Basketball Guard Position
Jul 31, 2018 | General, Men's Basketball
Family charitable trust made a $350,000 donation to name the men's basketball guard position.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Helen and Jabie Hardin Family Charitable Trust has made a $350,000 donation to the Tiger Scholarship Fund to name the Memphis men's basketball guard position after the Hardin Family.
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 "We are extremely grateful for the Hardin Family's continued generous involvement, including this extraordinary gift to the Tiger Scholarship Fund," said Director of Athletics Tom Bowen. "This leadership gift hopefully will inspire others to support our student-athlete scholarships."
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This is not the first time the Helen and Jabie Hardin Family Charitable Trust has assisted Tigers Athletics in building for the future. In 2012, the Hardin Trust presented a gift of $2.6 million to Memphis Athletics for facility construction and development in support of various women's athletics programs. It is the largest gift for women's athletics in the history of the University of Memphis.
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The donation helped with the design and construction for women's athletics programs. The first phase was the new-look Billy J. Murphy Track and Field Complex on the University's Park Avenue campus. The gift's next project was a softball clubhouse at the Tigers Softball Complex. The clubhouse, which sits behind the Memphis dugout down the first base line, includes coaches' offices, meeting and recruiting rooms, indoor pitching and batting areas, an athletic training room, equipment room and laundry room.
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In addition to the gift designated for athletics, the Hardin Trust also made a donation of $1 million to the University of Memphis Honors Program and $100,000 to the School of Public Health, bringing the gift total to a remarkable $3.7 million.
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 "We are extremely grateful for the Hardin Family's continued generous involvement, including this extraordinary gift to the Tiger Scholarship Fund," said Director of Athletics Tom Bowen. "This leadership gift hopefully will inspire others to support our student-athlete scholarships."
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This is not the first time the Helen and Jabie Hardin Family Charitable Trust has assisted Tigers Athletics in building for the future. In 2012, the Hardin Trust presented a gift of $2.6 million to Memphis Athletics for facility construction and development in support of various women's athletics programs. It is the largest gift for women's athletics in the history of the University of Memphis.
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The donation helped with the design and construction for women's athletics programs. The first phase was the new-look Billy J. Murphy Track and Field Complex on the University's Park Avenue campus. The gift's next project was a softball clubhouse at the Tigers Softball Complex. The clubhouse, which sits behind the Memphis dugout down the first base line, includes coaches' offices, meeting and recruiting rooms, indoor pitching and batting areas, an athletic training room, equipment room and laundry room.
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In addition to the gift designated for athletics, the Hardin Trust also made a donation of $1 million to the University of Memphis Honors Program and $100,000 to the School of Public Health, bringing the gift total to a remarkable $3.7 million.
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