MILWAUKEE — Dwyane Wade will donate $3 million to Marquette a little more than two decades after leading the Golden Eagles to their last Final Four appearance.
Marquette announced the gift Monday while the Hall of Fame guard attended the No. 17-ranked Golden Eagles' game against Villanova.
Wade's gift will increase the Milwaukee School for Children's summer reading program, establish a Wade Scholars program that will benefit low-income students and expand the university's athletic and human performance research center, which will include a new practice facility for the men's basketball program.
The new practice facility remains in the fundraising and development phase. The court will be named after Wade.
Wade played for Marquette from 2001 to 2003 and helped the Golden Eagles reach the Final Four in 2003 before becoming a three-time NBA champion and eight-time All-NBA.
The announcement of Wade's gift comes a day after the Miami Heat announced they would unveil a bronze statue of him outside the Kaseya Center.
