As more than one FIU student knows after today, Ohio State transfer wide receiver James Louis officially is enrolled and attending classes. He's practiced with the team Friday evening as did West Virginia transfer running back Daquan Hargrett.
Both Louis and Hargrett each will file for a hardship exception waiver. If those exceptions are granted by the NCAA, they would allow Louis, who redshirted last season at Ohio State and Hargrett to play this season instead of sit out, as per normal transfer rules.
The decision on those waivers could take a few weeks.
MEN'S SOCCER Senior Lucas De Croce and junior Sebastian Frings scored to give FIU a season-opening 2-0 win against Nova Southeastern Friday night. VOLLYBALL FIU spanked Fairfield 25-20, 25-16, 25-19 in its season opener Friday night.
Excellent!
Thanks for staying on this.
Posted by: chiaPanther | August 26, 2011 at 06:42 PM
Great work DJN... I can't wait to see these guys in action.
Posted by: Blue&GoldHeart | August 26, 2011 at 06:52 PM
Thanks! I hope he is allowed to play this year.
Posted by: FIUJM | August 26, 2011 at 06:54 PM
Great pick ups. These should help FIU out.
Posted by: robg18 | August 26, 2011 at 07:36 PM
Good stuff. Welcome to FIU James!!
Posted by: FIU Fanatic | August 26, 2011 at 09:10 PM
Seems like Louis is now our highest ranked recruit out of HS to now be a Golden Panther - #80 nationally by ESPN. How far we've come. Light speed.
Posted by: FIUer | August 26, 2011 at 09:16 PM
One thing I can say about FIU football...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC3F53iY3fo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Posted by: FIUer | August 26, 2011 at 09:21 PM
Thanks for the information David.
Posted by: Quijote | August 27, 2011 at 12:40 PM
Good to have them on campus.
Posted by: TheChampionUnderdog | August 27, 2011 at 04:23 PM
This is a huge milestone for the program.
Posted by: oc fiu panther | August 27, 2011 at 05:27 PM
James Louis practicing with the team is a huge milestone? He's not the first 4 star player to attned FIU. Larvez Mars and Willis Wright were also 4 star guys. Neither has yet to make an impact. Winning the Sun Belt and the bowl game were milestones.
Posted by: MiamiSouthPaw | August 28, 2011 at 09:41 AM
what are the chances that they will be granted hardship waivers? what's the likelyhood?
Posted by: FIU Beisbol | August 28, 2011 at 09:22 PM
We need everyone to come to our opening kickoff on Thursday, Sept. 1st vs North Texas @ FIU Stadium. This is televised game on ESPN3 so we need everyone to come to the game and support your Golden Panthers. Go FIU !
www.fiusports.com
Posted by: FIU Grad | August 29, 2011 at 02:24 PM