Word: ncaas
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Senior Harvard hockey player Kevan Melrose, who was granted a one-semester extension of his collegiate athletic eligibility by the NCAA Wednesday, was awarded the extra term of eligibility in the form of an Olympic waiver, the NCAA announced yesterday...
...have received word from the NCAA and the Ivy League offices that I will be eligible to play hockey at Harvard for the first semester of the 1989-90 season," reads Melrose's statement, which was issued through the Harvard Sports Information Office. "I am waiting for written confirmation of this decision, which I am expecting to receive [today...
...reasons behind the NCAA's decision to award an extra semester to Melrose, who transferred to Harvard from the University of North Dakota, will not be clear until the Ivy League releases its official statement later today...
According to NCAA regulations, college athletes are only accorded a five-year period during which they can complete their four years of eligibility for varsity athletics. Melrose, who enrolled at North Dakota in the fall of 1985 but never played at UND, saw his five-year period come to an end when Harvard won the NCAA Championship last spring--a game Melrose thought would be his last as a college athlete...
...NCAA decision to extend Melrose's hockey career is a major boon for Harvard, which was expecting to start the season short on experience in the defensive...