FAU guard Alijah Martin enters NCAA transfer portal, has do not contact tag
Florida Atlantic guard Alijah Martin entered the NCAA transfer portal Saturday and had a do not contact tag listed. As of now, it looks like he knows where he wants to go.
Martin played four seasons at Florida Atlantic and could use his final year of eligibility at Michigan, following his former coach Dusty May. In four years, Martin averaged 11.9 points per game, five rebounds, 1.4 assists, shot 43.8% from the floor and 36.9% from three-point range.
As a member of the Class of 2020, Martin was not ranked, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. Martin played his high school basketball at Summit (MO.) North Pike.
Martin’s likely destination, at least logically, would be to follow May to Ann Arbor. However, he could have suitors should he choose.
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The NCAA Transfer Portal, which covers every NCAA sport at the Division I, II and III levels, is a private database with names of student-athletes who wish to transfer. It is not accessible to the public.
The process of entering the portal is done through a school’s compliance office. Once a player provides written notification of an intent to transfer, the office enters the player’s name in the database and everything is off and running. The compliance office has 48 hours to comply with the player’s request and that request cannot be refused.
Once a player’s name shows up in the portal, other schools can contact the player. Players can change their minds at any point and withdraw from the portal. However, once a player enters the portal, the current scholarship no longer has to be honored. In other words, if a player enters the portal but decides to stay, the school is not obligated to provide a scholarship anymore.
The database is a normal database, sortable by a variety of topics, including (of course) sport and name. A player’s individual entry includes basic details such as contact info, whether the player was on scholarship and whether the player is transferring as a graduate student.
A player can ask that a “do not contact” tag be placed on the report. In those instances, the players don’t want to be contacted by schools unless they’ve initiated the communication.