Oklahoma State Basketball Player Surprised With Scholarship During His Walmart Shift

An Oklahoma State University basketball player was blown away when his head coach surprised him with a scholarship while he was working a shift at Walmart on January 17.

Footage by the university shows the moment the college basketball team’s head coach Mike Boynton tells walk-on Dee Mitchell he will be on scholarship for the rest of his time at OSU.

According to CBS Sports, the surprise came two years after Mitchell first made the team. It also happened to be on Mitchell’s birthday.

“I didn’t know what was going on. It was a real surprise. It was breathtaking. It felt like I was in a movie or something.” Mitchell says in the video. Credit: Oklahoma State Athletics via Storyful