Student Athlete’s Claim that He Was Denied Constitutional Rights Falls Short

A federal judge from the Eastern District of Michigan has dismissed with prejudice the claim of a student athlete who alleged that his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process was violated in October 2007 when he was informed he was no longer eligible to play football at Saginaw Valley State University.   In so ruling, the court found that plaintiff Anthony J. Awrey “did not identify any legal authority from any jurisdiction supporting the proposition that a student athlete's interest in