Michigan basketball coach John Beilein and guard Austin Hatch announced Monday that Hatch will end his college playing career and transition into an undergraduate student assistant for the team.
Hatch, who survived two plane crashes before enrolling at Michigan, will still be on scholarship at the school, but no longer counts against the team’s limit, pending NCAA approval.
“This is, and has been, a very difficult decision; one that we have been discussing with Austin over the last few months,” Beilein said in a release issued by the program. “Together, we made this decision at the end of the season and have been waiting for approval from the Big Ten for his status change.