McLean Seventh Grader Shoots and Scores for Navy SEALs
Will Thomas Makes More than 20,000 Baskets for Fallen Soldiers This Weekend
Twelve year-old McLean resident Will Thomas had a mission over Labor Day weekend. Inspired and touched by the memories of the 17 Navy SEALs killed in an Aug. 6 helicopter attack and crash in Afghanistan, Will asked the McLean community to rally behind him as he attempted to shoot 17,000 baskets in his driveway. "Will put his ball down and came inside at 10 p.m. Monday (his school night bedtime), having made 20,317 baskets in 50 hours of shooting over Labor Day weekend," his dad Bill Thomas reported. It was raining. Dubbed “Operation Hawkeye,” after a fallen SEAL's faithful Labrador retriever, Will’s mission raised money for the Navy SEAL Foundation — an organization that provides immediate and ongoing support and assistance to the Naval …
