Oklahoma State seeking to endow all athletic scholarships

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma State's athletic director has launched a campaign to endow all of OSU's athletic scholarships. <br/><br/>Yesterday's $500,000 by Mike Holder and his wife, Robbie,

Tuesday, August 22nd 2006, 4:49 am

By: News On 6

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Oklahoma State's athletic director has launched a campaign to endow all of OSU's athletic scholarships.

Yesterday's $500,000 by Mike Holder and his wife, Robbie, will allow Oklahoma State to provide a football scholarship each year.

The donation was in honor of Vernon Grant, a three year starter at safety who was killed in a May 2005 car accident in Dallas.

Holder's move to create the first endowed football scholarship ever at Oklahoma State also is the beginning of an initiative to endow all of Oklahoma State's 229 athletic scholarships by 2016.

Oklahoma State has $2 million in endowed scholarships, the lowest total in the Big 12.