Former Robert Morris WBB Star Petitions NCAA to Change Transfer Rules

Last week’s injunction that was put in place by U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney gifted thousands of student-athletes who exhausted their college eligibility this past spring with an additional year of eligibility. That ruling impacted a handful of former Robert Morris men’s and women’s basketball players.

Robert Morris Sports Now detailed the situations regarding the three men’s players, but new information has surfaced regarding Aislin Malcolm, a standout guard that played for the Colonials’ women’s team last season.

Malcolm was granted an extra year of eligibility with the injunction put in place by Judge Sweeney but she now finds herself in a difficult situation as she has no viable route to return to college basketball due to a string of complications.

Due to her current situation, Malcolm has signed a declaration in support of an emergency motion. In her declaration, Malcolm stated that Robert Morris officials originally filed a waiver request on her behalf under the old NCAA eligibility rules but the NCAA never informed her or the university of a decision.

She also stated that under the injunction, despite being eligible to return to Robert Morris, she cannot due to the current roster being at its scholarship limit.

Additionally, Malcolm cannot enter the portal despite receiving “an offer” from another Division-I program that included a “scholarship and NIL package” as the injunction does not affect the transfer rules set in place.

Malcolm would have been able to transfer to a new program following the injunction if she had placed her name into the transfer portal during the portal’s original window back in April, but since she was out of eligibility at the time, and was unaware of the possibility of a judge granting an injunction, she never officially entered.

Malcolm joins other student-athletes in asking the NCAA to reform its transfer rules in hopes of continuing their college careers, but the NCAA has already announced their intentions of appealing the injunction in hopes of overturning it which leaves Malcolm’s and many others college careers in doubt.

With the 2026-27 season opening up in just under three months, and classes for the fall academic semester starting even sooner than that, it will likely take an unfathomable decision by the NCAA, one that is a stark contrast to their current stance on the matter, for Malcolm to continue her career at Robert Morris or elsewhere.