Friday, March 10, 2006
(Originally posted Thursday night at 10:12 p.m., links added at 7:15 a.m.)

Breaking news out of Easton. According to the Lafayette athletics Web site:
Lafayette trustees have unanimously approved a revised financial aid policy for student-athletes as part of a broader plan to strengthen the College's intercollegiate athletics program within the Patriot League and to support the College's overall academic mission.
According to a release on the Lafayette athletics Web site, basketball scholarships will begin eith this year's recruiting class. Men's soccer and women's field hockey are also to get scholarships starting with next year's recruiting classes.

The Leopards will offer three basketball scholarships per year, with a maximum of 12 total once the program is fully phased in.
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