Special day 📅 🎉 for our program as we were able to honor @ItsJaelynLee this afternoon,➕ award him with an athletic scholarship for the spring 🌸 semester‼️👏💙👍🎊💖👕😜 pic.twitter.com/WLvzwK6U35

— Buzz Williams (@TeamCoachBuzz) January 17, 2025

Proud of him and his work!

To a great extent actually don't think that much about who does and doesn't have scholarships.

But I had one once and met and became pretty good friends with my sponsor and his wife. I was there first in a long line of scholars they supported as undergraduate students with their scholarship.

I got bored and wasn't always the best student. But took my family to see them at their home at Horseshoe Bay and they loved on all my kids and my wife and me and told me I was their most fun scholar and the one they remembered best.

Now…I know they were being sweet. But that was who they were. And I hung out with them when they had time for me usually in their suite in Kyle (except when it was raining…then it was full!!!). Good memories!!!

greg.w.h said:

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To a great extent actually don't think that much about who does and doesn't have scholarships.

But I had one once and met and became pretty good friends with my sponsor and his wife. I was there first in a long line of scholars they supported as undergraduate students with their scholarship.

I got bored and wasn't always the best student. But took my family to see them at their home at Horseshoe Bay and they loved on all my kids and my wife and me and told me I was their most fun scholar and the one they remembered best.

Now…I know they were being sweet. But that was who they were. And I hung out with them when they had time for me usually in their suite in Kyle (except when it was raining…then it was full!!!). Good memories!!!

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Wow! That is an amazing (ly boring) story!!!!

Thanks Rob Dockery

UNLEASH THE BEAST

Awesome to see that. It's clear he's a tremendous teammate.

Did we ever verify if McDermott is on athletic scholarship? I would think he is given his hs accolades but it was a question from 2-3 weeks ago that I don't know was ever answered.

halfastros81 said:

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Did we ever verify if McDermott is on athletic scholarship? I would think he is given his hs accolades but it was a question from 2-3 weeks ago that I don't know was ever answered.

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Best chance we have for an answer is for bobinator to do a Buzz impression and answer the question.

My gut feeling on it is that it doesn't matter. Whatever combo of scholarship and NIL got him on campus. It's on the staff to keep him on campus in the portal era.

It's true that it probably doesn't matter with NIL but for whatever reason I find it to be an interesting question that admittedly may not get answered .

halfastros81 said:

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Did we ever verify if McDermott is on athletic scholarship? I would think he is given his hs accolades but it was a question from 2-3 weeks ago that I don't know was ever answered.

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He will be next year. And I think they probably told him let's get you some NIL money this year and then next year they raise the scholarship limit to 15 players and we will put you on.

That's great news for Lee, but how much longer will there be scholarships in the new world of NIL?

I guess scholarships are tax-free.