Jerry West's impact on his home state of West Virginia runs

Jerry West left West Virginia decades ago. For years, he quietly gave significant sums of money to his alma mater, West Virginia University. “Jerry West was extremely proud of being a West Virginian,” longtime NBA executive Rod Thorn, like West a native of West Virginia and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, said Wednesday.

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