CHAPEL HILL -- Former University of North Carolina basketball standouts and current Washington Wizards Antawn Jamison and Brendan Haywood continue to give back to their local communities.
Jamison, the 1998 National Collegiate Player of the Year, presented the fifth annual Antawn C. Jamison Scholarship at Charlotte's Providence High School, his former high school, on Wednesday, May 23.
The recipients were Courtney May and Mark Greene. May will attend UNC and Greene will attend Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Jamison began the scholarship program in 2003. The need-based scholarships are presented to two student athletes (one male and one female) who also excel in the classroom and exhibit great citizenship. The recipients will receive $1,000 for each year they are enrolled in college for a total of four years. A committee of Providence High Faculty selects the winners each year.
The scholarship is part of Jamison's "A Better Tomorrow" campaign. Jamison began the campaign to help provide hope for those in his communities, both his current one of Washington DC and in his hometown Charlotte.
Haywood, Carolina's alltime leading shot blocker, is joining forces with the Greater Greensboro Community Foundation to help provide the students at Peck Elementary School with books from their upcoming Spring Book Fair. On Thursday, May 31, at 8:30 am, Brendan and representatives from the Greensboro Community Foundation will present a check for $6,000.00 to Peck and meet its students as they pick out their books.
Former Tar Heels Give Back To N.C. Communities :: Haywood and Jamison continue their tradition of community service.
05-31-2007, 06:00 AM
Antawn Jamison, Brendan Haywood charity work 
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