Troy Aikman donates $1 million to UCLA football center
Troy Aikman's name is going to be on UCLA's strength facility.
The former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Fox NFL analyst donated $1,000,000 to UCLA's Wasserman Football Center. As a result of his donation, the strength center inside the building will be known as the Troy Aikman Strength and Conditioning Center.
"UCLA holds a very special place in my heart,” Aikman said in a statement. “As you go through life, it is common to be defined by the company you keep. I’ve been fortunate to be associated with two outstanding institutions. In many eyes, I’ll always be a Dallas Cowboy, and I’m extremely proud of that. By making this contribution to UCLA Football, It’s clear that I am, and always will be, a UCLA Bruin as well. My time at UCLA helped mold me into the person I am today, and I want the Bruin student-athletes that come after me to have the same opportunity I had to achieve their boyhood dreams.”
Aikman, an NFL Hall of Fame quarterback, transferred to UCLA after he left Oklahoma. After two seasons at UCLA, he was the No. 1 pick in the 1989 NFL draft by the Cowboys and won three Super Bowls in his career. His jersey was retired in November at UCLA.
The Wasserman Football Center is being built as part of upgrades to UCLA's facilities. According to a sheet published last fall, the strength and conditioing facility was the second-biggest asset in the facility (behind the facility and lobby) in terms of donor naming rights.
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