It's not my daughter and I know the process. There hasn't been an exit interview yet. Her father said she hasn't even been contacted about one, which leads me to believe Pavon may be waiting for her to enter the transfer portal before issuing any kind of documentation associated with a dismissal. At this point she isn't transferring. If her parents submit the documentation they have, it's likely Pavon will be terminated. The young lady may just be invited back onto the team. Her scholarship is unique for collegiate golf. It's a guaranteed 4 year grant from the athletics department. Pavon gave her that scholarship likely thinking she would be perennial no. 1, but that hasn't been the case which may be the reason Pavon would like for here to transfer so she can free up the scholarship money. Regardless, her stroke average is top 3
And this is where the story just doesn't add up. Maybe you don't have all the information since it isn't your daughter, but what you've presented here is not a set of facts that can exist. Allow me to explain for everyone else here, since you say you know the process.
1. A student-athlete's spot on the roster for the next athletic year is determined before July 1st each year. If a S-A is not going to be invited back to a team, then that determination has to be made before that date, otherwise the scholarship rolls over.
2. For a S-A to be "cut" from a roster, even if the school is going to honor the scholarship, the sport administrator for that sport has to approve the cut, as does the athletics director. At that point, an exit meeting is scheduled. Some S-As choose to do it over the phone or over video chat, but it is done before any other steps are taken.
3. All a S-A has to do to enter the transfer portal is contact compliance. You're correct that a S-A cannot be forced into the portal by a coach. But, again, if a S-A has been "cut" from a team, then the decision has already been approved by the sport administrator and AD. There's not a path to be "invited back onto the team" after that has happened.
4. The scholarship money is irrelevant by this point in the year. That's why the July 1 date I mentioned earlier is important. Anyone that has been promised aid or is receiving aid for the fall is already receiving it.
5. Guaranteed 4-year scholarships are NOT unique in college golf, they're now standard. Every scholarship S-A on every team currently at Tennessee is on one. The amount can go up year-by-year, but that's what they sign now. It doesn't guarantee a spot on the team for four years, it only guarantees that they'll be on scholarship.
6. I find it very difficult to believe that a kid is being cut from her college team and she and her parents have had zero communication with the administration about it. That doesn't add up. And she showed up for school this fall and nothing has been decided? Is she working out with her teammates? Is she at the range and practice facility with them? Is she eating in the athlete dining hall, attending the mandatory S-A meetings and activities and attending study hall and tutoring at the Thornton Center? Because those are the details that the administration is not going to allow to dangle there, even in the middle of a pandemic. At this point in the school year, you're either on the team or you're not. If you're on the team, then you're doing all the things I listed. If you're not on the team, then you've had some kind of meeting with the administration about it.
I'm not saying you're lying, but I don't believe that you have all the facts. The details are important and the details, as presented here, are not possible.
And, again, if they have an issue with the head coach and have some kind of evidence/documentation to present, how has that not happened yet?
