College basketball player surprised at Walmart job with a full scholarship

Coronavirus caused basketball player Dee Mitchell of Oklahoma State University to get a job at Walmart to help make ends meet. His basketball coach, Mike Boynton, surprised him during one of his shifts with a scholarship offer.

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MIKE BOYNTON: He's done so much for our program. I thought today was a good opportunity, two years later, to let him know that he's gonna be on scholarship [INAUDIBLE].

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DEE MITCHELL: I didn't know what was going on. I was just a real surprise. And I just-- breathtaking. I thought I was in a movie or something.

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