MOBILE, Ala., April 10 -- University of South Alabama issued the following news release:
When Jim Statter attended his first University of South Alabama football game with
his wife, Carol, he wasn't prepared for what he found.
"I saw fraternity brothers and other people I hadn't seen in 60 years," he said. "There
must have been 30 of them. It was incredible how football brought everybody together."
When South's football program began in 2009, the Statters immersed themselves in a
community they hadn't realized they missed.
Now, Carol and Jim Statter have made a $1.7 million planned gift to the University,
with $1 million designated for the football program and $700,000 supporting the Literacy Center in the College of Education and Profe...