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Wednesday, April 30, 1997
McCombs pledges $3 million for Texas women's
athletics
AUSTIN (AP) - Former San Antonio Spurs owner and car dealer
Red McCombs and his wife Charline announced a matching-funds pledge
of $3 million to the University of Texas intercollegiate athletics
fund-raising campaign.
The gift is designated for women's athletics and includes $2
million for athletic facilities enhancement and a $1 million endowment
for women's softball scholarships. Texas softball is competing
in its first season as an NCAA Division I team.
The gift is contingent up on the women's athletic department
raising $6 million. The couple says it will donate $1 for every
$2 raised by UT women's athletics, with a maximum gift of $3 million.
McCombs does not foresee a smaller donation.
"We're not going to cross that bridge because it's not
going to happen," said McCombs, who also pledged to help
the athletics department find other donors.
The donation is part of the Longhorn Legacy $30 million campaign
for men's and women's intercollegiate athletics. The campaign,
which began last September, is to provide long-lasting benefits
to athletics through endowments, facility construction and other
long-lasting projects.
"This is a truly magnificent and timely gift that further
strengthens the University's commitment to its intercollegiate
sports programs for women," said University of Texas President
Robert Berdahl.
Jody Conradt, women's athletic director and head basketball
coach, said the gift establishes a benchmark in private support
for the school's athletics program for women, which fields 11
teams.
"Everyone associated with UT athletics is grateful to
the McCombses and also enthusiastically welcomes the challenge
of securing matching funds from others who are deeply care about
providing athletic and academic opportunities for young men and
women at the collegiate level," Conradt said.Send
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