{"id":164216,"date":"2026-03-10T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=164216"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:10:47","slug":"dayton-daily-news-3-wright-state-students-surprised-with-year-of-tuition-at-basketball-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/10\/dayton-daily-news-3-wright-state-students-surprised-with-year-of-tuition-at-basketball-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton Daily News: 3 Wright State students surprised with year of tuition at basketball game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/10\/dayton-daily-news-3-wright-state-students-surprised-with-year-of-tuition-at-basketball-game\/260304-halfcourt-tuition-shot-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-164220\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-164220\" src=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2026\/03\/260304_6154_Halfcourt-Tuition-Shot__web-1-508x339.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"307\" \/><\/a>Three Wright State University students were surprised with a year\u2019s worth of undergraduate tuition during a basketball game at the Nutter Center Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Cowley, a junior majoring in crime and justice; Lavell Lyles, a sophomore majoring in media studies; and Austin Smith, who is majoring in finance, where each selected randomly to join in a \u201cHalf-Court Shot Tuition Scholarship\u201d during halftime.<\/p>\n<p>None made the half-court shot, but then WSU President Sue Edwards stepped onto the court and offered to give them more attempts at closer range. After several tries, each made a layup, and were told they had won a full year of tuition.<\/p>\n<p>Other prizes were also awarded during the game, including three iPads, a book scholarship, Wright State dining dollars and Raiders merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Schaurer, vice president for enrollment, marketing and career development, said in a statement, \u201cThis promotion is about more than the thrill of a half-court shot \u2014 it reflects Wright State\u2019s commitment to fostering a campus culture where students feel connected and engaged. When students feel like they belong, they stay, they succeed and they graduate on time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The basketball team went on that night to win 90-61 over Cleveland State in the first round of the 2026 Horizon League Men\u2019s Basketball Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Read the article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/local\/3-wright-state-students-surprised-with-year-of-tuition-at-basketball-game\/RH4KCG7OYJEJ5ELB3ZBNNEO3AU\/\">daytondailynews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three Wright State University students were surprised with a year\u2019s worth of undergraduate tuition during a basketball game at the Nutter Center Wednesday night. Anna Cowley, a junior majoring in crime and justice; Lavell Lyles, a sophomore majoring in media &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/10\/dayton-daily-news-3-wright-state-students-surprised-with-year-of-tuition-at-basketball-game\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164216"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164228,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164216\/revisions\/164228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}