West Virginia University is scoring new opportunities for students to pursue and complete their degrees with a $5 million gift honoring late Mountaineer great Jerry West. Steve Ballmer, chairman of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers,

"The remaining funds will bolster the Jerry West Scholarship, which goes to undergraduate students from West Virginia with demonstrated financial need. First awarded in 1971, the

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has joined in to help honor the legendary Jerry West, gifting West Virginia University $5 Million dollars to help the student body.

The announcement coincides with Jerry West Day, a celebration of West’s memory and legacy at the WVU men’s basketball game this Saturday versus Iowa State.

Celebrating the “greatest Mountaineer ever” should come with a win at West Virginia University. That is how sports tend to work. The greatest Mountaineer ever. It is the type of label that one is scared to be the first to utter.

Pretty much everyone who has bounced a basketball is familiar with Jerry West. “Obviously, he’s the NBA Logo and a huge icon to the basketball community,” stated WVU senior guard Joseph Yesufu. “Losing him was devastating for everyone,

West Virginia University is scoring new opportunities for students to pursue and complete their degrees with a $5 million gift honoring late Mountaineer great Jerry West. Steve Ballmer, chairman of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers,