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Years ago, Randy McIlvoy (’89) worried about how he would pay for college. Today, the longtime television sports broadcaster is helping future Sam Houston State University students worry a little less through a $30,000 endowed scholarship for broadcast journalism majors.
McIlvoy said, “While at Sam Houston, I saw firsthand some of the struggles students and families go through to pay for college,” McIlvoy said, “It’s not easy and has only grown more difficult to get by. To be able to give back to students at Sam Houston is a real blessing.”
The scholarship grew out of a simple conversation about giving back.
McIlvoy said, “The scholarship was something I had been considering for many years.” He added, “But a conversation with longtime friends of my wife Tammy and me led to the scholarship suddenly becoming even more significant. Within a week, our friends reached back out and felt led to supplement my scholarship – which elevated it to the Endowment level. We are really excited about it, as it will now support deserving students for decades to come.”
The endowment will be invested, creating a continuing source of scholarship funding for future broadcast journalism students.
