My understanding is that she played her freshman year then sat out this past year. If she transfers then she would have to sit out another year. Are you saying that she would be able to play two years and then get the third year back based on a medical waiver?
No.
It is several separate things often confused.
1)
Years of Eligibility She will be able to play 3 more years regardless because th NCAA gives you 4 years of eligibility. She did not play last year. When you don't play you don't lose eligibility.
2)
Transfer You also don't lose eligibility when you transfer. You may have to sit a year but you don't lose eligibility.
3)
Medical Redshirt Really doesn't apply here. Medical only applies if she had played in
some games and was unable to play in others due to injury. Since she sat the entire season medical does not matter for NCAA purposes because all the NCAA cares about is that she did not play in any games therefore she did not lose her eligibility.
4)
Standard Redshirt. This is the same as a healthy scratch where a coach makes a decision not to play a player for an entire season. AKA Jeff Waltz's specialty.
5)
5 calendar years to use 4 years of eligibility The NCAA gives her 5 years to use up your 4 years worth of eligibility. When that 5 year window is up, (for her that would be in 2023) she can apply for an extension to that calendar but she cannot gain additional eligibility she simply gets more time to use her remaining eligibility. Getting your calendar extended is almost automatically granted with simple documentation. Injured players show documentation of an injury but the documentation could be as simple as "I took off a few year to find myself" or to have a baby.
6)
Scholarship. You can be on scholarship for as long as you want provided some school is willing to give
you one that same school does not exceed 15 scholarships for WCBB in any single season. Players sitting out a season due to transfer are on scholarship for the sit season and that scholarship does count against the limit of 15.
