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posted 07-07-2021 08:02 PM
In the midst of his first run to the NBA Finals, former Kentucky men's basketball player Devin Booker was named the recipient of the 2021 Seasonlong NBA Cares Community Assist Award on Wednesday.
Booker was selected as this year's winner by fans during a 12-day public voting period as well as by an NBA executive panel for his exceptional community outreach in the greater Phoenix area over the last several months.
It is the second time in the last six years a former UK player has won the award. John Wall won in 2015-16. DeMarcus Cousins earned the offseason edition of the award in 2017 and Anthony Davis was honored for the month of January in 2015.
The importance of giving back is a pillar in John Calipari's approach with his players during their time at Kentucky. Whether it is the program's frequent work with Samaritan's Feet, annual visits to the Salvation Army at Thanksgiving, providing families with food and gifts during the holiday season, alumni charity events, or even this past June's community service around the state, servant leadership has been a consistent teaching of Calipari's.
Booker was a member of the 2014-15 Kentucky team that washed feet and delivered shoes to children in the Bahamas in conjunction with Samaritan's Feet during UK's Big Blue Bahamas exhibition tour in the summer of 2014.
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