The Virginia women’s basketball team is getting what the school calls a “multi-year transformational gift” from entrepreneur and philanthropist Alexis Ohanian.
Ohanian, who is married to tennis legend Serena Williams and is one of the founding control owners in the Angel City FC team in the NWSL, has a history of support for and investment in women’s athletics. He is also an alumnus of the University of Virginia, graduating in 2005.
The specific dollar amount of the gift was not released, but it is the largest in the history of the Virginia women’s basketball program. It will allow the program to be “a premier destination for female student-athletes while addressing the financial and competitive demands of this new era of college athletics,” the school said.
“Starting Angel City and seeing the wave of investment in women’s sports really has been inspiring,” Ohanian told ESPN. “Women’s basketball has popped up constantly on my radar, and lots of folks have been asking me about it.
“It’s my alma mater. I am in New York a lot for work and I…
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