A former UW baseball player is calling out the program after he says he was cut from the team without ever being evaluated.
Ethan Unruh shared that after Washington hired a new head coach, players were told they could keep their scholarship money but would not be allowed to stay on the team. The decision was made before the coach had even seen them play.
“You can stay in school and keep your money. You just won’t be on the team.”
Unruh says multiple players were given the same message. Some were starters. Some were highly rated freshmen. Nearly half the team entered the transfer portal.
“Not one of us received a sit-down. Not one of us had a conversation about what the future held. We were simply discarded.”
Unruh claims the coach used a loophole to get rid of players while technically honoring their scholarships, making room for his own recruits without the legal backlash of revoking aid.
“The NCAA rules prohibited him from taking our money. So instead, he took the game from us....