Report: NCAA Grants Extra Eligibility to Spring Athletes

The likes of Carson McCusker, Ben Leeper, Cade Cabbiness, Sydney Springfield, Carrie Eberle and Logan Simunek will get the chance to put on an Oklahoma State uniform again.

NCAA athletes in spring sports will get an extra year of eligibility after the NCAA announced the cancellations of spring championship events, according to Stadium‘s Jeff Goodman.

Players in spring sports get another year of eligibility.

NCAA looking into what to do with those who played winter sports. https://t.co/7YXwFpV4pM

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 13, 2020

It looks like this will be true for all athletes, but it would be especially special for the OSU seniors in baseball and softball. OSU’s baseball team has eight seniors, and softball has six. There are two senior OSU golfers and two senior tennis players.

So, baseball players, as expected, are getting a year of eligibility back. The most likely scenario here is getting rid of the 27 players on scholarship cap (for one year) and getting rid of the 25% minimum rule (for one year). We’ll see what the @NCAA decides.

— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) March 13, 2020

Goodman also mentioned the NCAA is looking into what to do with athletes who played winter sports, so there could still be hope out there that athletes like Nick Piccininni and Cameron McGriff could compete in Gallagher-Iba Arena next year if they choose to.