The NCAA Council Coordination Committee announced Friday that it is “appropriate” to grant spring sport student-athletes an extra year of eligibility after their seasons were abruptly cut short by the coronavirus crisis.
The details of such a policy will be finalized “at a later time.”
“The committee recognizes that several issues need to be addressed related to providing an additional season of competition, including financial aid implications,” an NCAA memo said.
Arizona’s spring sports are softball, baseball, beach volleyball, tennis, golf and track and field. This is an especially huge development for senior student-athletes, whose careers would otherwise be over, and Arizona softball, whose six best players are seniors (seven if you include Dejah Mulipola, though she was redshirting anyway).