The NCAA has rejected a waiver request for 27-year-old DeAndre Williams to increase his eligibility for an additional season with Memphis basketball. Williams, who held the title of the oldest participant in Division I final season, sought a sixth yr of eligibility.
“We’re extraordinarily disillusioned a waiver for a further yr of eligibility for DeAndre Williams was denied, which got here following a request for reconsideration of the preliminary denial after which an enchantment,” Memphis athletics mentioned in an announcement Friday.
DeAndre Williams pursued a sixth-year eligibility after a year-in-residence, throughout which he sat out his freshman season at Evansville in 2018-19, as reported by the Related Press.
“We felt the proof about tutorial misadvisement previous to his preliminary collegiate enrollment that was uncovered and offered to the NCAA was adequate to grant this waiver, and we additionally strongly believed the depth of further info shared with the NCAA on an ongoing foundation could be on DeAndre’s aspect,” the Memphis athletics assertion continued.
“Sadly, after a number of months of back-and-forth, the NCAA arrived at a unique conclusion. We respect DeAndre’s contributions to our males’s basketball program over the previous two-and-a-half years, and he’ll all the time be a Memphis Tiger. However, we’re very a lot wanting ahead to an thrilling season on the courtroom for our males’s basketball crew.”
Sixth yr of eligibility for 27-year-old Memphis basketball participant denied https://t.co/xk9JALFmQC
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