Learning-Disabled Athlete Failed To Exhaust Administrative Remedies

A federal judge from the Northern District on Mississippi has determined that a 19-year-old student athlete “failed to initiate and/or exhaust (his) administrative remedies concerning (his) claims” in a case in which he alleged that the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) did not properly consider his learning disabilities when it denied his transfer.   Jeremy Newsome, who was 19 at the time the opinion was written and had just completed his senior year of high school