Harvey Perry quits, decides to transfer from Washington

Harvey Perry, a red-shirt freshman, who returned this year from a back injury that kept him out of last season has decided to transfer from UW in hope of getting more playing time somewhere else. With Perry's departure, this leaves UW with only 10 healthy players until Joel Smith returns.

Division II will likely be the place Perry ends up. Already 21, Perry is anxious about finding a home quickly to contribute.

This frees up a scholarship that UW needed for next year's recruiting class. Two over the allowable limit, UW needed to find a way to trim it's scholarships by two. With Perry leaving, and Hawes projected to leave UW to enter the NBA, UW would be at the limit mark of 13.

I am not shocked by this at all. Perry looked obviously frustrated during UW's win against Idaho last week. He was earning only garbage minutes, and had only played 35 minutes all year. Good luck to him, we here at Hec Heads are sad to see him go.

So, this leaves an interesting situation. With knee surgery, and the fact Hawes does not look sharp early in the season (a la Brandon Roy after knee surgery), does he stay another year? Tim Morris has already stated he would pass up his scholarship for his senior season and be a walk on if UW needed him to. With the scholarship situation a bit cleared up, what will Hawes do if he only averages 12 points and 7 rebounds a game this season.