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Evan Turner Donates $500,000 to Ohio State

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Former Ohio State swingman Evan Turner returned to Columbus on Saturday night for the Oklahoma–Ohio State game.

At halftime, the university honored the former National Player of the Year for his $500,000 donation. Turner presented athletic director Gene Smith with a novelty check:

Proud to recognize @thekidet for his generosity paying forward to current and future student-athletes #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/beCS0CP1bY

— gene smith (@OSU_AD) September 10, 2017

Somewhere in the heavens, Woody Hayes nodded in agreement.