UConn women’s basketball’s Evina Westbrook will sit out the 2019-20 season after the NCAA’s Committee for Legislative Relief denied the school’s appeal for her to play immediately. The appeal was UConn’s final course of action for Westbrook after NCAA rejected her initial waiver request two weeks ago.
UConn athletic director David Benedict was critical of the decision.
”Knowing the facts of this case, I am at a loss for how the NCAA Committee for Legislative Relief decided not to grant a transfer waiver for Evina Westbrook. It is clear that the system we have in place failed and I hope to be a contributor to a reformed process in the near future.