{"id":3861,"date":"2011-07-06T15:34:31","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3861"},"modified":"2011-07-06T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T19:37:15","slug":"hoop-shooting-kid-wins-40000-gives-it-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/hoop-shooting-kid-wins-40000-gives-it-away","title":{"rendered":"Hoop-shooting kid wins $40,000 scholarship, splits it among his opponents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The event &#8211; a foul-shooting contest for top academic students at Compton High School in Los Angeles &#8211; was created with a simple premise: Organizers wanted to show the kids\u00a0in\u00a0the low-income, high-crime area\u00a0how to create community spirit with college scholarship money as the incentive.<\/p>\n<table width=\"308\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"302\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vmedia.rivals.com\/uploads\/1185\/1108483.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/td>\n<td rowspan=\"3\" width=\"6\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vmedia.rivals.com\/images\/spacer1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"6\" height=\"3\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vmedia.rivals.com\/images\/spacer1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"3\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>Allen Geui won in front of a packed house.<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End FTkid300 Image-->Following a tear-jerking gesture from the winner &#8211; it appears the true lessons learned were by the adults.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the $40,000 top prize, Allan Guei donated all of his winnings to the seven other finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Guei, a star player on the basketball team who is headed to Cal-State Northridge on a full scholarship, said he felt the others could use the college cash more than he could. 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