Ewu Star Gets 6th Year Of Eligibility

Joe Sewell, who led Eastern Washington University in rushing last football season after recovering from severe injuries to each knee, has beaten the odds again.

The EWU senior has been granted an additional season of eligibility by the NCAA, which usually requires athletes to complete four years of eligibility in a five-year period.

Sewell petitioned for a one-year extension of the five-year rule - an extension that is rarely granted.

The 1991 Centralia High School graduate and former Walla Walla Community College player suffered knee injuries in the fall of 1992 and the fall of 1994 that required reconstructive surgery and kept him out of school for two quarters.

Sewell’s 1994 injury came in EWU’s final preseason scrimmage. He recovered in time for the 1995 season, when he rushed for 1,025 yards - third-best in EWU history.

Unlike Sewell, coach Mike Kramer had considered an extension unlikely.

“Even though we listed him this past season as a senior, he wouldn’t go out on the field when he and our other seniors were introduced at our last game,” Kramer said. “I thought at the time he was counting on something that was a longshot at the least, but it just shows the enormous faith and confidence he has.”

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, DataTimes