Paul Provas spent more than 30 seasons as a scout for the Chicago Cubs and White Sox, but his loyalty to Johnson County Community College in Kansas never wavered.
Provas, who passed away in October of 2014 after a bout with brain cancer, set up a memorial scholarship fund at JCCC in Overland Park, where he played and stayed in contact with the baseball program.
“It touched us,” said Kate Allen, Associate Vice President for Advancement at JCCC. “His memory lives on.”
The school held a ceremony on Oct. 27, with the school donating a bench (with Provas' name engraved) and tree next to the baseball field.