{"id":6808,"date":"2015-10-29T15:46:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/?p=6808"},"modified":"2015-10-29T15:46:46","modified_gmt":"2015-10-29T15:46:46","slug":"villanova-basketball-coach-jay-wright-named-guest-speaker-at-wayne-art-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/villanova-basketball-coach-jay-wright-named-guest-speaker-at-wayne-art-center","title":{"rendered":"Villanova Basketball Coach Jay Wright Named Guest Speaker at Wayne Art Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WAYNE, PA — Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright<\/a> was the guest speaker on Oct. 7 in the “HomeGrown – Lectures, Learning, Locally” series at the Wayne Art Center. Wright\u2019s Wildcats were only 1 out of 9\u00a0teams to have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 10 of the last 11 seasons, but Wright is most proud of the fact that every Villanova player who has spent four years in the program has earned his degree \u2013 on time. Source: Bruce Adams.. mainlinemedianews.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a thrill to be a part of that,\u201d said Wright to the audience of about 100 people. \u201cIt\u2019s a tribute to the professors, to a lot of the people there [at Villanova]. \u201cOur society has put so much emphasis on celebrity and making money that to many people, the only dream worth having in college basketball is to make it to the NBA. [A college basketball player] having a dream of getting a great education and serving others doesn\u2019t register with a lot of people. We try to recruit people [to the Villanova men\u2019s basketball program] who have someone around them who makes it a priority to get their degree.\u201d<\/p>\n