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Travis Kelce donates to family GoFundMe for US Olympic hockey player
Summary
Travis Kelce donated to a GoFundMe set up to help Laila Edwards's family travel to the Milan Cortina Winter Games, and Edwards is reported as the first Black player named to the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team.
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Travis Kelce donated to a GoFundMe set up to help the family of Laila Edwards travel to the Milan Cortina Winter Games. Edwards is reported as the first Black player named to the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team. Both Edwards and Kelce come from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Edwards said Kelce has supported her over the past couple of years. The fundraiser had reached $47,218 of a $50,000 goal as of Thursday morning.
Known details:
- Travis Kelce donated to the Edwards family's GoFundMe to help cover travel to the Olympics.
- Laila Edwards is reported as the first Black player to make the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team and is a senior at the University of Wisconsin.
- The fundraiser had raised $47,218 of a $50,000 target as of Thursday morning.
- Edwards was the youngest American to win MVP at the women's hockey world championships at age 20 and helped the U.S. to the title last April.
- Kelce and his brother Jason previously praised Edwards on their New Heights podcast, and Edwards said she has exchanged messages with Travis Kelce.
Summary:
Kelce's donation helped the family's fundraising push toward its goal and could enable them to travel to Milan to watch Edwards at the Winter Games. Edwards is set to compete with the U.S. women's hockey team next month, where she will be part of a younger roster. Undetermined at this time.
