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KU student who won $10,000 on half-court shot will pay it forward to ‘Nana’

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After the half-court shot had went through at Late Night in the Phog — and after she accepted the $10,000 check from Kansas coach Bill Self — KU student Jordan Stiers had one person on her mind as she wiped away tears.

“I was just thinking about my Nana and what I was going to do to help her,” Stiers said. “I’ve always thought about that one question: ‘If you win so much money, what are you going to do with it?’ And she’s helped me a lot in my life, so pay it forward.”

Stiers’ “Nana” is Roxanne Edwards, her paternal grandmother who rescued her from foster care at age 10.