NBA, Jaylen Wells and Sonoma State

Sonoma State University helped catapult Jaylen Wells into the NBA. Now he wants to help save its sports programs
Wells shared social media posts this week with the hashtag #SaveSeawolvesAthletics, bringing a response from teammate Ja Morant, one of the top players in the NBA, who indicated he could be willing to get involved.
NBA star, Sonoma State alum Jaylen Wells joins fight to save athletics program following budget cuts
The fight to save the sports department at Sonoma State University is getting some star power from the NBA's Jaylen Wells. Last week, the school announced it would cut all of its athletic programs starting next year due to a whopping budget deficit.
Sonoma State Plans to Cut All Athletics. Coaches and Athletes Are Fighting Back
Members of Sonoma State’s athletics community have filed a federal civil rights complaint after the university said it would cut all NCAA sports next fall amid a budget deficit.
Memphis Grizzlies' Jaylen Wells addresses alma mater Sonoma State cutting athletic department
Memphis Grizzlies guard Jaylen Wells played two seasons at Sonoma State, a Division II school that gave him the start to his basketball career.
Sonoma State coaches file complaint on behalf of students as school cuts athletics program
A lot of students and staff are feeling blindsided over Sonoma State University's decision to cut the entire athletics program and more amid a $24 million budget deficit. And now, they said they're preparing to fight back.
NBA star Jaylen Wells joins fight to save Sonoma State athletics
The fight to save sports at Sonoma State University is getting some star power from the NBA. Sonoma State alum and Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaylen Wells is raising awareness about the athletics program getting axed amid a $24 million budget deficit.
‘It sucks’: Ex-Sonoma State star in NBA speaks out on school cutting athletics
When he took the floor for the first time this season, Memphis Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells became the first Sonoma State Seawolf to play in the NBA. In a cruel twist of irony, the university announced in the midst of Wells’ breakout debut season that it was cutting athletics.
Sonoma State athletes, coaches prepare to take legal action over plans to cut sports programs
Student-athletes and coaches at Sonoma State University are preparing to take legal action against the university following ...
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Sonoma State Is Reeling After Huge Cuts. Where Does the School Go From Here?
As the university slashes entire departments and degree programs, officials advise students who are more than 60 units away ...
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Sonoma State in crisis: $24 million budget blow follows ‘constant chaos’ of leadership scandals, disasters, enrollment decline
Where some see the academic and athletic cuts as a chance to reorient the troubled university, many others in the SSU ...
Sonoma State University ends athletic programs, cuts several departments amid $24M deficit
Sonoma State University announced Wednesday that its intercollegiate athletics programs are being discontinued, several ...
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Sonoma State coaches organize legal challenges to proposed sports cut
Sonoma State coaches organize legal challenges to proposed sports cut. Sonoma State University coaches and sports supporters have file ...
Breaking: New prescribed fire started in Sonoma County on Jan. 23
A new prescribed burn, called B11 Sonoma Coast State Park, was initiated 11:18 a.m. Jan. 23 in Sonoma County. The prescribed ...
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Padecky: End of sports at Sonoma State not a pretty picture
Sports was never a priority at SSU. Sports never received consideration as a campus asset, as a common place for kids to ...