She is grateful to Clements for thinking so highly of her husband, as the two got to know each other playing golf together.
He was always thinking about how he could help other people.” “He helped so many students who he employed after he started a cleaning business in the evenings. “In 1991, we created a Dream List – really a bucket list of sorts, and one of the things he listed was that he wanted to help people go to college,” Johnette said. “I am just now hearing about some of the things he did to help people.” “He was a very loving, very kind person,” Johnette said. Jay worked for Gulf Oil Company and got involved in youth sports programs in the community, impacting the youth baseball program as well. The couple married in September 1969, months after Johnette finished high school.Įventually they would move from Jay's hometown back to East Texas when their two sons, Joe and Jonathan, were school-aged. He was almost 20 years old and they hid his age for a while, but soon her parents fell in love with him too. “It was love at first sight for both of us,” she said. Jay, however, noticed her at a Lions Club Minstrel held in town in February – just two months shy of Johnette's 16th birthday. “They went to every college game, basketball or football, in town or out.” At KC, Johnette noticed him when she attended games with her friend, Ann Zorn, and her family. Kentucky,” averaging 42 points a game his senior year, with a record 51 points during one game. Jay had already captured Johnette’s attention on the court before they ever met in person. “He really had a heart for this,” Johnette said.
The Lady Rangers also hosted each team as the youngsters played pre-game exhibition shows before the KC home crowd at least once a season. “Of course this was good for the college because families had to buy tickets to take them.”
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“He worked out a deal with the college where every kid who signed up to play received a free season ticket to the KC basketball games,” Johnette said. McDaniel continued sharing his love of basketball by creating the Kilgore Youth Basketball league in 1982. The second-team All American stayed another year when he fell in love with future wife, Johnette Burrow, and her family. Jay, a state-recognized stand-out in Park City, Kentucky, came to KC in 1966 at the request of legendary coach Abe Lemons in order to brush up before heading to Oklahoma City University. The Jay McDaniel Memorial Basketball Scholarship will be awarded to either a Ranger or Lady Ranger basketball player, based on greatest need.
Two scholarships to benefit Kilgore College athletes were recently endowed by Mike Clements as a tribute to two of his friends who were actively involved in advancing Ranger Nation.
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