Luke Kennard donates shoes to Franklin High School teams

Luke Kennard hasn’t forgotten where he came from.

A rookie in the NBA with the Detroit Pistons, Kennard recently donated basketball shoes to the junior varsity and varsity boys and girls teams at Franklin High School. Kennard is a 2015 Franklin graduate.

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Frankin athletic director and boys varsity coach Brian Bales posted photos of the teams with their shoes and thanked Kennard, whom he coached in high school, on Twitter.

Thank you @LukeKennard5 for giving back- new shoes for our guys! #wearefranklin #nike #pistons #ohsaa #hometown pic.twitter.com/I1HwUvt80F
— Brian Bales (@brian_bales) January 17, 2018

Go get another SWBL championship and more! Go Franklin! https://t.co/Ndd6pP20Ok
— Luke Kennard (@LukeKennard5) January 17, 2018

Thank you @LukeKennard5 for also giving to our JV and V Girls program. #nike #wearefranklin #pistons pic.twitter.com/NUZMCWR1VW
— Brian Bales (@brian_bales) January 18, 2018

Jerry Snodgrass of the Ohio High School Athletic Association was one of several people to retweet Bales post, also noting that the gift from Kennard was ‘legal.’

LOVE it when "our" individuals give back and remember where they came from. And 'yes' - it IS 'legal' for all the people wondering. Huge S/O to @LukeKennard5 for remembering where he came from! https://t.co/kYb2Js9L3v
— Jerry Snodgrass (@Jerry_Snodgrass) January 17, 2018

A 6-foot-5 shooting guard, Kennard is averaging 6.4 points in 37 games this season for the Pistons. He scored a career-high 20 points in a win over San Antonio on Dec. 30, 2017.

The Pistons selected Kennard No. 12 overall in the first round of the NBA Draft last June.

At Franklin, Kennard was a two-time Mr. Ohio Basketball, one of six players to ever win the award multiple times. He finished his career as the No. 2 scorer in Ohio high school history with 2,977 points.

Kennard played two seasons of college basketball at Duke, averaging 15.7 points in 73 career games.