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Augustas Cetkauskas/iStockBy ABC News

(NEW YORK) — Oklahoma State University basketball coach Mike Boynton was feeling generous over the weekend. The coach and his staff showed up at Walmart Sunday to surprise OSU walk-on player Dee Mitchell with a scholarship as he worked his shift at the store.

Teammates watched the surprise via Zoom as Boynton brought Mitchell to tears.

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