On November 2, John Calipari will receive the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service in Sports by Multiplying Good, a prestigious honor also bestowed upon Arthur Ashe, Tom Brokaw, Larry Fitzgerald, Betty Ford, John Glenn, Bob Hope, Steve Jobs, Shaquille O’Neal, General Colin Powell, John D. Rockefeller, and Oprah Winfrey. Calipari is the first men’s college basketball coach to receive the honor.
This morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Calipari on the Jefferson Award on the Senate floor. Sen. McConnell detailed all of Cal’s community service efforts and thanked him on behalf of the state of Kentucky.