Angel Reese donates $12,000 to support young girls' basketball dreams

Angel Reese knows how much one opportunity can change a young athlete’s future. Before winning an NCAA championship with LSU, she attended Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore with help from a fund that covered her tuition. In Aug. 2023, Reese donated $12,000 to that same fund through her Angel C. Reese Foundation. She wanted another girl to receive the kind of support that helped her pursue basketball and education.Reese also wanted to help children in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where she spent two seasons playing college basketball. Her foundation’s early work focused on sports, education and financial literacy, with a particular emphasis on giving young girls more opportunities. Angel Reese gives $12,000 to the fund that helped her attend high schoolReese launched the Angel C. Reese Foundation on August 19, 2023, at Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore. She donated $12,000 to the Joan & Bert Hash Fund for girls’ basketball.