Gonzaga ahead Tyon Grant-Foster has been granted a preliminary injunction by a Spokane County decide, permitting him to play for the Bulldogs this season.
The NCAA had denied Grant-Foster’s enchantment for an eligibility waiver earlier this month.
Grant-Foster’s eligibility case was an advanced one. Initially a member of the highschool class of 2018, he performed two seasons at Indian Hills Neighborhood School earlier than transferring to Kansas. He performed 22 video games for the Jayhawks in 2020-2021 after which transferred to DePaul.
At halftime of the Blue Demons’ first recreation of the 2021-22 season, Grant-Foster collapsed within the locker room and was rushed to the hospital. He underwent a number of coronary heart surgical procedures and missed the subsequent 16 months.
He returned to the court docket at Grand Canyon for the 2023-24 season, successful WAC Participant of the 12 months honors after averaging 20.1 factors and 6.1 rebounds. He led the Lopes to the NCAA event and this system’s first NCAA event win over Saint Mary’s. He adopted that up with averages of 14.8 factors and 5.9 rebounds final season.
The NCAA thought of Grant-Foster’s two years at Indian Hills and two years at Grand Canyon as his 4 years of eligibility, whereas Grant-Foster’s attorneys argued that the blanket waiver given to former junior school transfers in December 2024 provides him one other 12 months.
Monday’s growth is a notable one for Gonzaga, as Grant-Foster is a candidate to start out up entrance alongside preseason All-WCC first-teamers Graham Ike and Braden Huff. He went immediately from the courthouse to Gonzaga’s exhibition recreation in opposition to Western Oregon, which began lower than an hour after Choose Marla Polin’s ruling.
No. 21 Gonzaga opens the common season Nov. 3 in opposition to Texas Southern.