Iona senior guard Kelvin Amayo will transfer and seek a waiver at his next school for a sixth year of college eiligibilty.
Amayo, who recently had knee surgery and is seeking a medical redshirt, received permission from Iona to contact George Mason, Hofstra, UMass, Dayton, Loyola Marymount, Xavier, Rhode Island, USC, Towson, North Carolina A&T, LIU, Wagner, Rutgers, Seton Hall, FDU, Drexel and San Diego State.
He was denied permission to contact MAAC rivals Monmouth, Manhattan and Rider.
Amayo, 24, initially tore his quad in November and Iona coach Tim Cluess said last month that Amayo left for “personal reasons.”
“I don’t have [any] personal reasons, I’m still in school,” Amayo said last month. “I left the team because of torn quad.” Sources said Amayo’s quad is healing on its own. He is doing rehab on his knee five days a week at Iona and can’t play basketball until May. Academically, sources said he needs three classes to graduate in June. Amayo iniitally transferred to Iona from Marshall in January 2013.