I don’t know how to post the tweet but Karisma Ortiz chose Texas hopefully she’ll get to play immediately.
Agreed. I also like her size and playmaking ability she’s also a good rebounder and passer. You can also move Sug off the ball and play Karisma at the point when we need Sug to score.
I’m not up to date on the transfer rules but will she be immediately available to play since Penn St fired their coach?
There is no rhyme or reason as to how/why the NCAA grants waiver petitions. No, it's not any kind of certainty that a (head) coaching change guarantees the waiver to be approved. If there was "scandal" or "impropriety" regarding a head coach or their program, that often times leads to waiver approval. But, for just a "typical" firing, not likely (but, things are changing all the time). Definitely no harm in applying for a waiver.
Good solid pick up by the Horns! She played in 30 games and averaged 3.6 points per game. She also averaged 4.2 rebounds per game. Not a prolific scorer for the Nittay Lions but the average rebounds tell me she is a hustler for the loose ball! Sure hope she will be eligible to play this year!!
I wonder what circumstances allow for a transfer eligibility waiver? I've seen it a few times but never knew the back stories.
Any video of Ortiz anywhere? I can’t find it. Seems like I saw a post on her situation at Penn State but can’t find it now that she is a commitment. HELP!
The NCAA changed the guidelines in the Spring of 2018. The NCAA may grant a request for immediate eligibility if the transfer is due to "documented mitigating circumstances that are outside the student-athlete's control and directly impact the health, safety and well-being of the student-athlete." [A coaching change is outside the student's control. Does it impact the well-being of the athlete?] It also helps if the student's previous school supports the waiver, which the school can now do without admitting any fault on its part, which was an issue in the past. My impression is that more schools are saying, what the hey, we might as well go for it. There is more incentive for the school since top womens basketball players are increasingly using the grad school transfer route or forgoing the fifth year of eligibility to go pro. Think Azura Stevens who took Auriemma by surprise by playing only one year instead of two at UConn after sitting out a year after her transfer. UConn says it will apply for a waiver for Evina Westbrook to be eligible immediately.
Based on some of the bloopers, Isabel’s injury doesn’t seem too severe (selfishly I want to see her at the U19 event in July).
Color me surprised - Ashlee made the Australian U19 team but Isabel didn’t. I assume it was injury-related but the way she was moving in the previous post, I thought she’d be ready by late July. Anyway, congrats to Ashlee.
According to some reports ,Isabel had foot surgery not long ago to correct a ligament injury that was giving her grief and would not have been ready in time for the Championships. She would have definitely made that team.
Thanks for the background. She performed so well in previous FIBA events I figured she was a lock (if healthy).
@Longhornnation27 You were on the money. Evidently the video (posted May 30) was shot prior to her surgery (May 31 according to the interview below) - I guess the boot was protection against exacerbating the injury before surgery. PALMER RECOVERING FROM FOOT SURGERY | NBN News
Esmery Martinez may be a potential late add to the 2019 class. She requested her release from Mississippi State a few days ago. She was recruited by South Carolina, Florida State, UCLA, and Louisville among many others. Not a top 100 player, but very talented, and likely would have been top 100 if she played her senior season (was out with an ACL tear)
Interesting. Notebook: Ginn wins national honor, status uncertain HOOPS RELEASE MSU women’s basketball signee Esmery Martinez may not be playing for the Bulldogs after all. The three-star forward from the Dominican Republic has asked coach Vic Schaefer to release her from her letter of intent. “I would like to thank Mississippi State University and the coaching staff for recruiting me,” Martinez tweeted late on Tuesday night. “However, after much thought and discussion with my family, I have decided to ask for my release and reopen my recruitment.”
Welp, Texas is such a cesspool that they continue to have quality players transferring in. Interesting.
It's interesting effect with the transfer portal. With a player who has signed a LOI and then decided before that school year starts to transfer, a previous fight of wills between the signee and the school would have began. But now, schools are just saying, "yeah, okay we'll let you off the hook. you'd just enter the portal anyway."
I'm not sure Esmery is considered a transfer as she was released from her signed LOI before attending classes at MSU. Maybe splitting hairs; but, could be a huge hair if it's the difference between immediate eligibility and having to sit out a one year transfer season.
I don’t think we have her. Don’t see anything on social media about this other than your post. Probably help if I could read spanish
I might have jumped the gun. The translation is basically that now that Esmery has re-opened her recruitment, how would she look in this (Texas) uniform? I'd say it's definitely good news though as FDM bothered to create that mockup of her in the Longhorns uniform; they haven't done that for any other school's uniform. So, fingers crossed that it ends well for us. Anyone know when the first Summer session at Texas begins?
