Tressels donate $1 million to Youngstown State

7/12/2007

Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel, his wife, Ellen, and her parents have donated

$1 million for a sports practice center at Youngstown State University, where Tressel

won four NCAA Division I-AA titles in 15 years as coach of the Penguins.

Tressel s wife is a YSU graduate. Her parents, Frank and Norma Watson of nearby Canfield, are longtime supporters of the university. Frank Watson is a graduate of

the school and a former YSU trustee.