Allan Guei, a star player on the Compton High School basketball team in California, won $40,000 toward college expenses in a foul-shooting contest for top students in March.
After learning that he was awarded a full basketball scholarship to Cal State Northridge, he’s announced that he’ll give his contest winnings to the seven runners-up, who he says need the money more than he does.
As Reported By High School Rivals:
Allan Guei, a star player on the basketball team who is headed to Cal-State Northridge on a full scholarship, said he felt the others could use the college cash more than he could. He wanted to give his classmates a chance to make their academic dreams come true, too.
“I’ve already been blessed so much and I know we’re living with a bad economy, so I know this money can really help my classmates,” he said in a release from the school. “It was the right decision.”
One that stunned Court Crandall, the man behind the event.
“What he has done is exceptional, just like Allan,” he said. “Like any young people, whether it’s my kids or someone else’s, you hope they are given opportunities to show what they can do. These Compton High grads have a lot of talent. They have a lot of drive, and I wish them all the best.”
Crandall, a partner at the Southern California advertising firm WDCW and a hollywood screenwriter whose credits include “Old School,” came up with the idea after watching his 16-year-old son play on a basketball team with some Compton students.
The only requirement for the contest is that the students must have a GPA of 3.0 and above. After receiving nearly 100 applicants, eight contestants were chosen at random. The contest was held in March.
“My hope was that what started as a competition would become a collaboration with the kids supporting each other,” Crandall told the L.A. Times. “They did, but in the end they did that to a much greater extent than I ever could have anticipated.”
The students participating in the competition were filmed as part of a documentary that is scheduled to be released this fall.
Free Throw update from Court Crandall on Vimeo.
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Allan Guei, a star player on the Compton High School basketball team in California.
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Allan Guei, a star player on the Compton High School basketball team in California.
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Allan Guei, a star player on the Compton High School basketball team in California.
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Allan Guei, a star player on the Compton High School basketball team in California.
