The UA's statue to honor legendary coach Lute Olson will be unveiled in April.
The UA athletic department essentially established a “gofundme.com” type of account to pay for the Lute Olson statue. Through Friday it had raised $210,000 of the expected cost of $300,000. There have been individual donations of $53,000 and $50,000 and those for as little as $10. There were donations by ex-Wildcats such as the school’s single-game scoring leader, Ernie McCray, who pre-dated Olson by 23 years, and by a fan who donated $84.79 — the final score of the 1997 national championship victory over Kentucky. Olson’s statue will be dedicated April 12, and will become the third of statue of a basketball coach at Pac-12 schools, joining Cal’s Pete Newell and UCLA’s John Wooden.
