LeBron James celebrates first I PROMISE scholar to earn degree [Video]

AKRON, Ohio — Thirteen years ago, NBA great LeBron James took a shot off the court to bring out greatness in struggling students from his hometown of Akron.

James refocused his LeBron James Family Foundation on education, establishing the I PROMISE Program. According to the foundation, the program “provides the resources, incentives, and academic and emotional support students and their families need to stay in school.”

And this past May, Akron native Anthony Claytor scored a major accomplishment thanks to an assist from the LeBron James Family Foundation.

“I’m the first in my family to actually graduate college,” Claytor says.

Not only is he a pioneer in his own family, but also in that family created by LeBron James. The 22-year-old is a member of the 2011 inaugural I PROMISE third-grade cohort.

“I was always like …