World Series MVP Donn Clendenon Was A Member Of Kappa Alpha Psi

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World Series MVP Donn Clendenon Was A Member Of Kappa Alpha Psi

Did you know that African American baseball icon Donn Clendenon was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi? Clendenon pledged the Pi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Donn Clendenon was a Major League first baseman born in Neosho, Missouri. Six months after he was born his father passed away from leukemia. His mother remarried […]

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