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Minium: ODU Quietly Raised Nearly $170,000 for Sonny Allen Scholarship for Men's Basketball

By Harry Minium

NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion athletic officials teamed with the family of former ODU basketball coach Sonny Allen for nearly a year and very quietly raised more than $150,000 for a scholarship that will bear Sonny's name.

But that's not enough for the Allen family. Billy Allen, Sonny's oldest son, hopes to raise more than $250,000, the amount needed to make it a true endowed scholarship.