NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A couple who met at Tulane University has given the school $1 million to help prepare basketball players both for life after college and for games at much higher altitudes than below-sea-level New Orleans.
The private university says in a news release that Avron and Wendy Mimeles Fogelman are establishing a program that will teach life skills, financial training, career coaching and student success.
Part of the money will go toward an altitude chamber — an enclosed weight room area with cardio equipment for players to train for play in higher altitudes.
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The Fogelmans live in Memphis, Tennessee. Avron Fogelman is a businessman and a former part-owner of the Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball team.
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