In 2011, Jalen Rose put his money where his heart is and started a school in his hometown of Detroit. On Saturday the 13-year NBA player-turned-ESPN and ABC analyst told the 100 young men and women of the school’s first graduating class, “The only person that you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
According to the Detroit News, all the students who started at the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy in 2011 graduated, and 100 percent of the graduating class will be either attending college or a trade or technical school or serving in the military.
The Detroit News notes that many of the “students worked hard and received full scholarships to the schools of their choice, including University of Michigan, University of Michigan, Dearborn, and Michigan State University,” with the “total amount of gift aid for the Class of 2015 exceeding $2.1 million.”
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source: BCNN1.com
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