Texas Tech University Athletics
Brandon Roberson To Sit Out Season
March 20, 2000 | Baseball
March 20, 2000
Texas Tech baseball coach Larry Hays announced today that right-handed pitcher Brandon Roberson will sit out the rest of the 2000 season. Roberson injured his right elbow in his first start of the season on February 2 against West Texas A&M. He was slated to be Texas Tech's number one starter after being named first team All-Big 12 and setting the single-season school save record last season.
Texas Tech University will appeal to the Big 12 Conference for a medical redshirt on Roberson's behalf. According to the NCAA, a student-athlete may be granted an additional year of competition for reasons of "hardship." Hardship is defined as an incapacity resulting from an injury that has occurred under the following conditions: (1) The injury occurs prior to the completion of the first half of the playing season that concludes with the NCAA championship in that sport. (2) The injury occurs when the student-athlete has not participated in more than two contests or dates of competition or 20 percent of the institution's completed contests or dates of competition in his sport.
Up next for the Red Raiders will be TCU on Wednesday. The first pitch at Dan Law Field is scheduled for 3 p.m. Tech will go on the road this weekend for a three-game series at Nebraka. The Red Raiders and Cornhuskers will play one game on Friday at 6:30 p.m. and a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Saturday.
