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Oregon coaches leading scholarship drive for in-state students

Oregon's coaching staff is involved in a fundraising drive to help one of the school's scholarship programs.

PathwayOregon is a program that gives in-state students the opportunity to go to college if they may not be able to afford it. Oregon coach Mark Helfrich and his coaching staff are pledging up to $250,000 in matching gifts given to PathwayOregon before the Ducks' spring game on May 2.

“Our coaching staff is very excited to join two powerful forces – the passion of our great fans and educational opportunities for Oregonians in need,” Helfrich, an Oregon native, said in a statement. “We benefit every day from the support of the people of Oregon. With a donation to PathwayOregon now, and our match, we all get together for a fantastic cause.”

In case you were wondering, Helfrich's salary in 2014 was $2 million and his assistants' combined salary was over $3.2 million per USA Today's database.

According to the school, 1,700 students benefit from PathwayOregon, which provides tuition, fees and advisment. 63 percent of students in the program are the first in their family to get a degree.

To qualify for the program, students must qualify for the Pell Grant, be a graduate of an Oregon high school within two years, admitted to Oregon as a freshman and have at least a 3.4 GPA in high school.

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