Not long before Arizona’s scrimmage against Chico State, Jemarl Baker Jr. was called into the coaches’ offices, the reason unbeknownst to him.
“I went in there and I didn’t know what to expect,” he said.
It turns out he’d get the news he had been waiting so long to hear. The NCAA granted his waiver request and deemed him immediately eligible to play for the Arizona Wildcats.
Sitting out the 2019-20 season? No longer required.
“I was really excited,” he said. “I talked to Coach (Sean) Miller for a little bit and then talked to my parents right after.