Oklahoma State basketball's Kashie Natt granted court order to rejoin Cowboys, per report
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State men’s basketball player Kashie Natt is permitted to fully rejoin the program after a Payne County judge signed an ex parte order Monday, according to On3.
An ex parte order is a temporary court order issued by a judge at the request of one party without notifying or hearing from the opposing side first.
Natt, a transfer from Sam Houston State, requested on Monday, June 29, that a judge in Payne County grant an injunction so he can play in the upcoming season after his eligibility waivers were canceled by the NCAA.
Under the ex parte order, Natt can immediately resume and continue full activities with the Cowboys, according to On3.
The lawsuit came shortly after the NCAA Division-I Cabinet approved a five-for-five eligibility model that allows athletes five years to participate in five years of college athletics. It’s an age-based model that calls for an athlete’s eligibility clock upon initial full-time enrollment in college or at the beginning of the academic year following their 19th birthday, whichever occurs earlier.
Natt began his collegiate career at Southern University-Shreveport, a junior college. He then spent two seasons at NAIA school LSU Alexandria before transferring to Sam Houston State, where he played just one season. He was the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year as he started every game and averaged 10.8 points and 8.2 rebounds while leading the league in steals, defensive rebounds and double-doubles.
According to an On3 report, in the legal filing, Natt argued that his “five-year period commenced when he enrolled at LSUA in August 2022, it does not expire until August 2027. Under that construction, Plaintiff should be eligible for one more season during the 2026-27 academic year without any additional waiver.”
“The NCAA applied an undisclosed categorical policy to cancel a waiver request submitted on behalf of Kashie Natt instead of conducting the individualized review its own bylaws require or engaging with the extensive record of extraordinary circumstances OSU submitted,” Natt’s attorney Darren Heitner wrote on X. “We are seeking immediate injunctive relief so Kashie can resume full team activities and compete for OSU during the 2026-27 season.
“He withdrew from the 2026 NBA Draft in reasonable reliance on the NCAA’s process. Kashie is entitled to a fair adjudication on the merits.”
According to the report, the suit also stated that, “The NCAA breached its contractual obligations … without applying the individualized waiver criteria invoked by OSU without reasoned engagement with the extenuating circumstances submitted, without properly evaluating the five-year-clock issue, and without adjudicating the requests under the process the NCAA’s own bylaws contemplate.”
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