As of Thursday evening, Vogt's GoFundMe page had raised more than $150,000, with donations pouring in from more than 2,200 people from across the country.
University of Wisconsin basketball player Chris Vogt launched a GoFundMe page to help support his hometown of Mayfield, the small Kentucky city ravaged by recent tornadoes.in Kentucky, University of Wisconsin basketball player Chris Vogt was preparing for one of his team's biggest games of the season.
"My teammates and coaches did a great job of trying to talk to me before the game, trying to help clear my mind. As the game went on, I was able to do that a little bit more, just kind of focus on playing basketball," he said."But as soon as the game was over, where my heart and soul went was back to Mayfield, just thinking about what I could do to help.
Vogt traveled to Mayfield on Thursday to see the devastation for himself. Walking around his decimated city, he said it was heartbreaking to see buildings he had walked by countless times as a child, including his favorite restaurant, all reduced to rubble."I was born and raised here, lived here for 18 years. Some of my fondest memories are here. I still keep in contact with a lot of my friends who are from here ... my parents still live here.
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