Lucas: Making His Point

Posted Feb 11, 2019
Sixty-one years after Tommy Kearns was the starting point guard on the 1957 UNC team, the first Tar Heel team to win an NCAA championship, he and his family are part of another first—they've committed to the first position-specific endowment for men's basketball. The Tommy Kearns Point Guard Endowment will specifically fund the point guard position for UNC. (GoHeels.com)

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