Travis Hearn, a local football player from Rock Island High School in Rock Island, Ill., received quite a gift last week when teen golf sensation Michelle Wie donated $25,000 to the Travis Hearn Fund. Hearn, who suffered a spinal cord injury during a varsity football game earlier this season, is recuperating at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Wie, who has participated in two John Deere tournaments in the area, wanted to help the young athlete after she read about his situation in the local Quad Cities newspaper. “The people of the Quad-Cities have rooted for me and supported me like no other,” she told the paper. “I told Travis not to give up.”
In related news, Wie will be attending Stanford in the fall.
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