08-02-2002, 09:56 PM
From <a href="http://www.InsideCarolina.com:" target="_blank">www.InsideCarolina.com:</a>
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Damion Grant Eligible -- Finally
By Jeff Goodman
Date: Aug 2, 2002
Freshman Damion Grant won an appeal today after waiting for the past two months to see if he would be eligible to play this season for the Tar Heels.
The 7-foot Jamaican big man got word today and called his former coach at Brewster Academy (N.H.) Jason Smith. UNC assistant coach Doug Wojcik also called Smith late this afternoon to confirm the good news.
"The NCAA, in May, passed a ruling that international students were ineligible to improve their GPA in their fifth - or prep year," Smith said. "Previously, they were able to improve their grades."
"They never grandfathered it with any of the kids in the process, so we had to appeal it," added Smith.
Smith said Grant's grades were quickly gathered upon his completion of exams and all the paperwork was overnighted to both the NCAA and North Carolina.
They found out today that he won the appeal process and is eligible," Smith said. "He left me a message that the verdict came back - that they won the appeal."
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Damion Grant Eligible -- Finally
By Jeff Goodman
Date: Aug 2, 2002
Freshman Damion Grant won an appeal today after waiting for the past two months to see if he would be eligible to play this season for the Tar Heels.
The 7-foot Jamaican big man got word today and called his former coach at Brewster Academy (N.H.) Jason Smith. UNC assistant coach Doug Wojcik also called Smith late this afternoon to confirm the good news.
"The NCAA, in May, passed a ruling that international students were ineligible to improve their GPA in their fifth - or prep year," Smith said. "Previously, they were able to improve their grades."
"They never grandfathered it with any of the kids in the process, so we had to appeal it," added Smith.
Smith said Grant's grades were quickly gathered upon his completion of exams and all the paperwork was overnighted to both the NCAA and North Carolina.
They found out today that he won the appeal process and is eligible," Smith said. "He left me a message that the verdict came back - that they won the appeal."