Four Shots From Half-Court: Make It and This Semester’s Tuition is FREE! [VIDEO]

Ball State knows how to throw a welcome back week. While the Red Raider's are making their own air fresheners and having Ice Cream socials, Ball State is giving up Free Tuition!

Markus Burden is an 18-year-old freshman at Ball State University in Indiana, and Thursday was his first day on campus.

At an orientation event that night, he was randomly selected for a chance to make a half-court shot and win a semester of FREE TUITION.

He got four chances, and missed his first three. But on his fourth and final attempt, he DRAINED IT, and won over $11,000 to cover the spring semester.

After the crowd went NUTS, Markus called his mom who thought he was LYING, until one of his friends sent her a picture to prove it.

The university has been holding the contest for several years, but Markus is the first student ever to sink the shot.