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Spring sport athletes can officially receive an extra year of eligibility after NCAA Division I Council vote

Spring sport athletes can officially receive an extra year of eligibility after NCAA Division I Council vote

M. Grace Calhoun of Athletics commented on the NCAA Division I Council’s decision to grant all athletes participating in a spring sport an extra year of eligibility in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “The Council’s decision gives individual schools the flexibility to make decisions at a campus level,” she said. “The Board of Governors encouraged conferences and schools to take action in the best interest of student-athletes and their communities, and now schools have the opportunity to do that.”

Penn track star and Olympic hopeful Nia Akins tones down her rigorous schedule

Penn track star and Olympic hopeful Nia Akins tones down her rigorous schedule

For someone who specializes in time management, as an emerging world-class athlete and a student in Penn’s School of Nursing, Nia Akins is scaling back some of her training, and her course load is a little lighter online. With her training on a “freelance” schedule, Akins is hopeful that Penn will consider giving a fifth year of eligibility to spring sports athletes who weren’t able to compete this year.