Marvin Williams pursuing higher goals amid NBA stardom

Posted Jan 29, 2013
Marvin Williams left North Carolina for the NBA after his freshman season, but he didn't leave behind the desire to graduate. Now, credit by credit through correspondence, he has worked into his senior year and is closing in on a sociology degree. "My mother and father raised me with the important of education, and they really stressed education growing up," Williams said. (KSL.com)

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