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Ann's 'Boys'

Originally published in the Daily Athenaeum in January, 2003. J.D. Long is a 2003 West Virginia University graduate and is currently working as a reporter for the Harrison News-Herald in Cadiz, Ohio. J.D. submitted this story following the death of Mountaineer basketball legend Hot Rod Hundley on March 27, 2015. In 2004, Jerry West made a $100,000 contribution to West Virginia University to endow a men's basketball scholarship in Ann Dinardi's name and a movie script has also been written by WVU graduate Sharon Lee, depicting Dinardi's life with a focus on her relationship with Hundley.