Wideman, Glingle Ruled Ineligible
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
Tiffany Glingle and Samantha Wideman, two Tippecanoe Valley student-athletes who transferred to new schools, will be ineligible to play sports. Sources close to the investigation confirmed this within the last two days.
Glingle, a junior who played volleyball and basketball at Tippecanoe Valley, is enrolled at NorthWood High School. But she and her family still live in the Valley school district.
Wideman, also a junior, was Valley's top basketball player last year, leading the team with more than 11 points and 6 rebounds a game. Her family has moved into the Warsaw school district.
Pat Roy, assistant commissioner of the IHSAA, drove up from Indianapolis to investigate the case this week, speaking with those involved.
If Glingle and Wideman are ruled ineligible as expected, they cannot compete in athletics for 365 days. The 365-day period begins at the date of their enrollment.
Blake Ress, assistant commissioner of the IHSAA, neither confirmed nor denied the report that both are ineligible.
"A decision has been reached," he said. "The information is in the mail to the schools and to the parents. I would say it left here Wednesday afternoon."
If the Glingles and Widemans do not agree with the decisions, they may take a second course of action. They then may ask for a due process hearing before the executive committee. The committee would hear the case then either back the original decision or overturn it.
"I would say it's less than 50 percent (that a decision is overturned)," Ress said. "But it's not impossible. A lot of it has to do with the image that is presented as far as sincerity and that kind of thing by the people presenting their case.
"At that point, it has not so much to do with what I say, but what the people involved say."
Ress said he and two others get 6 to 12 of these cases - moving for athletic reasons - a year. It is their job to determine if the athletes moved for other reasons than a family move.
"The question asked is, 'Was the move athletically oriented?' Ress said. [[In-content Ad]]
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Tiffany Glingle and Samantha Wideman, two Tippecanoe Valley student-athletes who transferred to new schools, will be ineligible to play sports. Sources close to the investigation confirmed this within the last two days.
Glingle, a junior who played volleyball and basketball at Tippecanoe Valley, is enrolled at NorthWood High School. But she and her family still live in the Valley school district.
Wideman, also a junior, was Valley's top basketball player last year, leading the team with more than 11 points and 6 rebounds a game. Her family has moved into the Warsaw school district.
Pat Roy, assistant commissioner of the IHSAA, drove up from Indianapolis to investigate the case this week, speaking with those involved.
If Glingle and Wideman are ruled ineligible as expected, they cannot compete in athletics for 365 days. The 365-day period begins at the date of their enrollment.
Blake Ress, assistant commissioner of the IHSAA, neither confirmed nor denied the report that both are ineligible.
"A decision has been reached," he said. "The information is in the mail to the schools and to the parents. I would say it left here Wednesday afternoon."
If the Glingles and Widemans do not agree with the decisions, they may take a second course of action. They then may ask for a due process hearing before the executive committee. The committee would hear the case then either back the original decision or overturn it.
"I would say it's less than 50 percent (that a decision is overturned)," Ress said. "But it's not impossible. A lot of it has to do with the image that is presented as far as sincerity and that kind of thing by the people presenting their case.
"At that point, it has not so much to do with what I say, but what the people involved say."
Ress said he and two others get 6 to 12 of these cases - moving for athletic reasons - a year. It is their job to determine if the athletes moved for other reasons than a family move.
"The question asked is, 'Was the move athletically oriented?' Ress said. [[In-content Ad]]