Stef as TV Host - Name of Potential Walk-on

[Wbbfan1]

Rich Elliott - Link

 

[UCONNfan1]

"Sophomore Briana Pulido, a member of the UConn track and field team, is currently a walk-on with the Huskies"

Also good news was the following:

"Junior guard Brianna Banks, who underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL in her right knee March 14, was working on pull-up jumpers without a brace today at Gampel Pavilion."

 

[Icebear]

Stef is simply an awesome personality. And is anyone else shocked she likes and prefers being in front of the camera. I'm shocked I tell you, shocked.

 

[rocky rococo]

I like the idea of a T&F athlete as a walk-on for a couple of reasons. As the #10 player she's very likely to give you what you need in that space, energy and conditioning, somebody fit to fill minutes, even if not top basketball talent. Plus, the Huskies have the world-class jumper coming in, this walk-on could be a very helpful person in that regard.

 

[Biff]

NCAA rules experts help me here.... I seem to recall that there are scholarship rules that govern what sport gets debited for the scholarship when a athlete participates on two varsity teams. The rule I am trying to remember was one that tries to prevent a school from stacking a team by using scholarships from more minor sports to "stock " a team.

Do I remember that at all correctly and if so would a T&F walk-on actually use a BB scholarship? (Not that it's a factor or issue here)

Anyone? Bueler? Bueler?

 

[UConnChapette]

Bria, Breanna, Brianna, Briana.... this is getting silly. Can they keep themselves straight? Can Geno/CD/Shea/Marissa? My mother used to confuse my sister and I - and our names were no where near alike. Practices will be interesting with so many Bri/Bre names.

Seriously, welcome Briana. Just ignore all the ninnies who will scream for you to "SHOOT!" every time you touch the ball.

 

[Phil]

Briana Pulido UConn profile

Briana Pulido FL Runners .com

Interview

 

[Wbbfan1]

Don't know the rules, but it doesn't matter if she's counted against WBB Scholarship limit. There are plenty of scholarships avail. Any1 know how tall Briana is and what potential position she would play.

NCAA rules experts help me here.... I seem to recall that there are scholarship rules that govern what sport gets debited for the scholarship when a athlete participates on two varsity teams. The rule I am trying to remember was one that tries to prevent a school from stacking a team by using scholarships from more minor sports to "stock " a team.

Do I remember that at all correctly and if so would a T&F walk-on actually use a BB scholarship? (Not that it's a factor or issue here)

Anyone? Bueler? Bueler?

 

[Biff]

Don't know the rules, but it doesn't matter if she's counted against WBB Scholarship limit. There are plenty of scholarships avail.

I know that which is why I said "(Not that it's a factor or issue here)"

My question is just curiosity about trying to understand the rule.

 

[pvdoggy]

Any1 know how tall Briana is and what potential position she would play.

Looks like she played HS basketball, as a guard.

http://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/briana-pulido/113mQPTyEeKZ5AAmVebBJg/default.htm

 

[Vowelguy]

NCAA rules experts help me here.... I seem to recall that there are scholarship rules that govern what sport gets debited for the scholarship when a athlete participates on two varsity teams. The rule I am trying to remember was one that tries to prevent a school from stacking a team by using scholarships from more minor sports to "stock " a team.

Do I remember that at all correctly and if so would a T&F walk-on actually use a BB scholarship? (Not that it's a factor or issue here)

Anyone? Bueler? Bueler?

Correct. There is a rank order to the sports. A persons scholarship gets counted against the highest ranked sport that she plays.
For women, basketball is #1.

 

[AllHusky529]

Welcome aboard Briana! We're glad to have you. Go Huskies! Thanks for the link pvdoggy!

 

[Bestiarius]

Has a walk on ever made all american? Just asking.

 

[AllHusky529]

Here she is!

 

[Icebear]

If she is a walk on in all sports it is a non issue. If she is a scholarship track athlete there would be a potential scholarship issue involved as NCAA prioritizing rules kick in.

The more difficult question is do we have an available Bria, Brianna, Breanna slot. Apparently, we space by exactly one "n" as her name is spelled, "Briana."

 

[UcMiami]

I suspect she is a T&F scholarship athlete as she is from Miami and would be paying out of state tuition to attend Uconn if she didn't have a scholarship. And yes, our 2014 will have some company as she was her school record holder in high jump as well as competing in hurdles and 4x400 relay. (Wonder if the record for the season opening conditioning run will be challenged! Looks like a ringer to take Sveta's title away.) She shouldn't have the same problem that most walk-ons have of adjusting to the time commitments as she is already used to that kind of routine. Her HS basketball team was not a powerhouse as far as I can tell.

 

[Husky1964]

Just a guess, but there are 40 girls on the T/F team and a limited # of ships. She is prob getting no more than a token amount from T/F Example Baseball gets 12 ships MAX for the whole team!! George Springer soon to be a Major Leaguer, had a 1/3rd ship as a Senior.

 

[Biff]

If she is a walk on in all sports it is a non issue. If she is a scholarship track athlete there would be a potential scholarship issue involved as NCAA prioritizing rules kick in.

The more difficult question is do we have an available Bria, Brianna, Breanna slot. Apparently, we space by exactly one "n" as her name is spelled, "Briana."

Just a guess, but there are 40 girls on the T/F team and a limited # of ships. She is prob getting no more than a token amount from T/F Example Baseball gets 12 ships MAX for the whole team!! George Springer soon to be a Major Leaguer, had a 1/3rd ship as a Senior.

So then:

If she is a walk-on in Track then she would be a walk-on in Basketball (with Geno being allowed to apply his own judgement as to offering her a scholarship down the road.)

If she is a partial or full scholarship athlete on T&F then if she makes the team roster in BB her scholarship would count against the BB total allocation. I would assume in that case that T&F then benefits by freeing up the T&F scholarship (full or partial) previously allocated to her and thus having that scholarship available to distribute to another T&F athlete.

Is that the correct logic following the rules?

 

[Icebear]

So then:

If she is a walk-on in Track then she would be a walk-on in Basketball (with Geno being allowed to apply his own judgement as to offering her a scholarship down the road.)

If she is a partial or full scholarship athlete on T&F then if she makes the team roster in BB her scholarship would count against the BB total allocation. I would assume in that case that T&F then benefits by freeing up the T&F scholarship (full or partial) previously allocated to her and thus having that scholarship available to distribute to another T&F athlete.

Is that the correct logic following the rules?

Yes

 

[Phil]

While looking for the specific answer to Biff's question, I ran across this table summarizing the maximum number of scholarships by sport.

I think we all knew the answer was 15 (13) for basketball (men), but how many knew that the max was a non-integer for many sports? I did know that it was usual to give partial scholarships in other sports, but I never would have guessed, for example,, that the maximum number of T&F schollies for DII was 12.69. I wonder how they came up with that number?

As an aside, I wonder why they spell soccer as s*****r?

 

[meyers7]

Interesting. Makes me wonder though. Is she going to continue with T&F? Don't they compete indoors in the winter? And wouldn't that conflict with basketball?

Answering my own question, yes they do. And Pulid did compete in the In-door season in the long jump and 60m hurdles. I suppose if she is a walk-on the T&F team she can walk-off if she wants?? Don't see how she would be able to do both and school. And I would think Geno would want a commitment, as I'm sure the T&F coach would.

Oh and for DD and a few others, she "listed" at 5-7.......hmmmmm, we'll see.

 

[meyers7]

As an aside, I wonder why they spell soccer as s* *r?

Geez, we got players making up to $5,000,000 here in the US and soccer still gets treated as a dirty word.

 

[Phil]

I found the rules. More complicated than it seems like they should be.

I had originally thought there was a simple cascade of sports. Not quite, here are the rules:


15.5.9 Multi-Sport Participants.
15.5.9.1 Football. [FBS/FCS] In football, a counter who was recruited (per Bylaw 15.02.8) and/or offered
financial aid to participate in football and who participates (practices or competes) in football and one or more
sports (including basketball) shall be counted in football. A counter who was not recruited (per Bylaw 15.02.8)
and/or offered financial aid to participate in football and who competes in football and one or more sports (in209
15
Financial Aid
cluding basketball) shall be counted in football. (Revised: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96, 1/15/11
effective 8/1/11)
15.5.9.1.1 Initial Counter. [FBS/FCS] A counter who previously has not been counted in football shall
be considered an initial counter even though the student-athlete already has received countable financial aid
in another sport.
15.5.9.1.2 Championship Subdivision Football Exception. [FCS] A counter who practices or competes
in football at a Football Championship Subdivision institution that elects to use the football counter
and initial-counter exception set forth in Bylaw 15.5.6.2.1 and who practices or competes in another sport
and receives countable financial aid in another sport shall be counted in the institution’s financial aid limitations
in the other sport. (Adopted: 1/10/95, Revised: 12/15/06)
15.5.9.2 Basketball. A counter who practices or competes in basketball and one or more other sports (other
than football) shall be counted in basketball.
15.5.9.3 Ice Hockey, Men’s. A counter who practices or competes in men’s ice hockey and one or more other
sports (other than football or basketball) shall be counted in men’s ice hockey. (Adopted: 1/16/93 effective 8/1/93)
15.5.9.4 Swimming and Diving/Water Polo, Men’s. A counter who practices or competes in both men’s
swimming and diving and men’s water polo at a member institution shall be counted in men’s swimming and
diving, unless he counts in football or basketball.
15.5.9.5 Volleyball, Women’s. A counter who practices or competes in women’s volleyball and one or more
other sports (other than basketball) shall be counted in women’s volleyball.
15.5.9.5.1 Participation in Women’s Volleyball in Second Year of Enrollment After Counter
Status in Women’s Sand Volleyball in First Year of Enrollment. A student-athlete who was a counter
in women’s sand volleyball during her initial year of full-time enrollment at the certifying institution and
participates (practices and competes) in women’s volleyball during her second year of full-time enrollment at
the certifying institution shall be a counter in women’s volleyball for her initial year of full-time enrollment
at the certifying institution. (Adopted: 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11)
15.5.9.6 Two-Year Exception. If an individual has participated in a sport other than basketball, field hockey
or women’s volleyball for two years or more since the individual’s initial collegiate enrollment and would be involved
only in basketball, field hockey or women’s volleyball practice sessions, such a student would not become
a counter in those sports until the student actually competes as a member of that institution’s intercollegiate
team, at either the varsity or junior varsity level. (Revised: 1/10/95 effective 8/1/95, 1/9/96 effective 8/1/96)
15.5.9.7 Other Sports. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a counter who participates in two or
more sports shall be counted in one of the sports but shall not be counted in the others.
15.5.9.7.1 Requirement to Qualify as Multi-Sport Athlete. [FBS/FCS] To be considered a multiple-
sport athlete under this section, an individual must meet all of the following requirements:
(a) The individual shall report and participate fully in regularly organized practice with each squad;
(b) The individual shall participate where qualified in actual competition in each sport;
(c) The individual shall be a member of each squad for the entire playing and practice season; and
(d) If a recruited student-athlete (per Bylaw 15.02.8), the individual shall have been earnestly recruited
to participate in the sport in which financial aid is counted (the institution recruiting the student athlete
shall have a reasonable basis to believe that the student-athlete is capable of participating in
the institution’s varsity intercollegiate program in that sport, including documentation of a record
of previous participation in organized competition in the sport that supports the student-athlete’s
potential

 

[Phil]

As I read the above, a decision to award a scholarship to a basketball player would free up a scholarship for T&F, but not, for example, if the other sport is volleyball.

 

[Biff]

As I read the above, a decision to award a scholarship to a basketball player would free up a scholarship for T&F, but not, for example, if the other sport is volleyball.

Thanks for doing the legwork Phil. When was the last time you looked up a rule and it was simpler that you thought it should be?