Donna Mae Calipari, mother of John Calipari, passed away at the age of 74 on November 28, 2010 at Presbyterian Hospital in Huntersville, PA. A native of Glenwillard, PA, she was the daughter of the late Orville Payne and Ruth Paul. She was a homemaker and worked with Moon Township School System in Pennsylvania. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Coach Cal remembers his mother with a thoughtful message for us all: “Reach for your wildest dreams.”
Walter Cornett, of Glendale, Kentucky, is the owner and operator of Walter's Wildcat World. He founded WildcatWorld.com in 1998 making it one of the oldest Kentucky basketball fan sites in operation today.