Micah Gray’s Oklahoma State run might not be over after all.
Gray, the Cowgirls’ leading scorer last season, had been out of eligibility after four years in college basketball without a redshirt. But according to Talia Goodman at On3 Sports, she filed for the transfer portal on Friday after a Dallas judge ruled that she and roughly 20 other athletes could pursue a fifth year of eligibility and enter the portal.
Gray is part of the Class of 2022. Her path went from Texas Southern to Seton Hall to Oklahoma State, with one season at each stop before she arrived in Stillwater.
Now she and other athletes in the same position are challenging the NCAA over its new age-based eligibility rule, which was approved in June. That rule gives incoming student-athletes the chance to compete for five years without using a redshirt, and the NCAA extended it to current athletes with eligibility.
But for players who began in 2022 and used four full seasons without a redshirt, there was no relief.
The legal picture around this issue has already shifted several times. The NCAA and the SEC are defendants in the case, which includes former Georgia safety JaCorey Thomas as one of the plaintiffs.
Thomas is seeking a fifth year even though he went through rookie minicamp with the Carolina Panthers. This week, the SEC and the other power conferences approved rules to keep professional athletes from returning to college sports.
Gray, though, is in court for a different reason.
And her situation could still circle back to Oklahoma State.
The Cowgirls can fund up to 15 players in women’s basketball after the NCAA adjusted scholarships in the wake of the House settlement. Oklahoma State currently has 12 players on the roster and has not added Callin Hake, the Nebraska transfer who said this week that she would join the program. That leaves enough room for Gray if the Cowgirls are operating at the 15-scholarship limit.
A reunion would make sense on the basketball side. Jacie Hoyt already knows exactly what Gray brings, and Gray knows Hoyt’s system. She averaged 13.6 points per game and set a program record with 93 3-pointers in a single season.
Still, there’s a catch. Gray and other players in these cases are operating under temporary restraining orders, not final rulings.
If the courts ultimately go against them, they would not be allowed to play. That uncertainty could make Oklahoma State hesitant to take on another player in the same boat.
For now, though, Gray has at least reopened the door. Whether that leads her back to the Cowgirls is something to watch closely.
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