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Feb 27, 2011

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give." --Kahlil Gibran

Coach Donates Kidney To Star Player

A college coach has stepped up to the plate for one of his players with an amazing gift. Wake Forest University baseball coach Tom Walter just donated a kidney to freshman outfielder Kevin Jordan, a 19-year-old he recruited last year. Jordan's family was not compatible and could not donate their organs; Coach Walter tested himself and was found to be a perfect match. According to the National Kidney Foundation, 1,496 kidney transplants were performed between unrelated direct donors in 2009. And increasing numbers of donors get tested and donate their kidney to an unknown person in need. "I feel I was meant to be here with Kevin," said 42-year-old Walter.