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Kentucky basketball players talk education with elementary students

By Jerry Tipton - jtipton@herald-leader.com
Dakari Johnson high-fived fifth-graders Thursday during a visit by Kentucky basketball players to Cassidy Elementary School in Lexington. After delivering meals from God's Pantry to the school, four players met with a class of 25 students, spoke about the importance of a college education, answered questions and posed for a group photo.
Dakari Johnson high-fived fifth-graders Thursday during a visit by Kentucky basketball players to Cassidy Elementary School in Lexington. After delivering meals from God's Pantry to the school, four players met with a class of 25 students, spoke about the importance of a college education, answered questions and posed for a group photo. Lexington Herald-Leader

Four University of Kentucky basketball players spoke to fifth-graders at Cassidy Elementary School in Lexington on Thursday.

Dominique Hawkins, Alex Poythress, Dakari Johnson and Aaron Harrison encouraged the students to be persistent and resilient, and to put great value in education.

Each player read from a script to begin the 15-minute appearance. Then the UK players answered student questions during which they revealed their favorite sports other than basketball (Johnson said he played soccer as a child) and favorite classes (Hawkins and Poythress said math; Johnson and Harrison said communications).

This story was originally published September 18, 2014 at 10:16 AM with the headline "Kentucky basketball players talk education with elementary students."

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