2014 commit: SG Jimond Ivey

[Captain Kangaroo]

I think it was more grades than talent. Similar to what Harney and Tree had to do but I could be mistaken.

Grayshirts are usually academically eligible in Year #1. Non-qualifiers aren't.

Grayshirts are typically in good academic standing, but a school's scholarships are used-up. So the player commits, but delays enrollment by a semester and enters under the following season's scholarship count. He/she then has 4 subsequent years of eligibility. A non-qualifier would only have 3 years of remaining eligibility, with the opportunity to gain a 4th year if they were on track to graduate.

If Ivey were a non-qualifier, you'd like to think we'd know it. We did with Harney and Tree. Then again with the history of our Compliance Dept...who knows. They may not know the difference.

Grayshirts are common in football, not nearly so much in basketball. It's hard to find mentions of basketball grayshirts on the web. Maybe KD is on the cutting-edge?

D'Orazio grayshirted in football. The Zips wanted him. He wanted to come to Akron. But he had a bad knee injury. He grayshirted, then redshirted. Then he played. Then he lost another year to injury, which is why he's a 25 year old senior next year.

[Hilltopper]

You're right CK. I used the wrong terminology in my previous post calling him a grey shirt. He wwas definitely an academic non-qualifier.

[Blue & Gold]