Tim Abromaitis Moves On, While Scott Martin Is Back For Sixth Year
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mittee reached its verdicts in mid-May, the news was as predicted. An ACL tear that cost Tim Abromaitis, a fifth-year senior last season, nearly the entire season wouldn't be enough to be awarded a sixth year. Fellow co-captain, roommate and fifth-year senior Scott Mar- tin's unique situation, however, yielded a sympathetic ruling that will give him an op- portunity to compete for the Fighting Irish one last time in 2012-13. Abromaitis confirmed on May 1 that his decorated career as an Irish student-athlete had officially run its course.
otre Dame men's basketball head coach Mike Brey didn't expect the process to drag on the way it did, but once the NCAA eligibility com-
Martin averaged 9.5 points and 5.7 rebounds per game in helping lead the Irish to a 22-12 record this past season.
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"I was a little bit disappointed because I was holding out a little bit of hope that [the NCAA would] grant me the extra year, but not totally shocked by it," said Abromaitis, who appeared in just two games this season before injuring his knee in a late Novem- ber practice. "The message I was getting all along [was] that getting the extra year
