Kaelon Gary goes up for a three-point shot during the Hoops 4 Literacy game that was hosted by StoryTime Village and Wichita State on Friday inside Charles Koch Arena. The event hosted 1,200 local third graders.
Wichita State athletics partnered with StoryTime Village, a non-profit organization that focuses on children’s literacy, for the second-annual Hoops 4 Literacy basketball game. More than 1,200 third graders from Wichita grade schools were in attendance.
This year’s Hoops 4 Literacy event featured a game in which the Wichita Police Department faced off against the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s department. Other team members that rounded out rosters included members from Wichita’s semi-professional basketball team the Wichita Wizards, local community leaders, and former Shocker all-time leading rebounder Angela Buckner.