'08 OH RB Michael Shaw (Michigan signee)

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OHSAA investigating Trotwood track, football star Shaw
By Mark Gokavi

Staff Writer
Sunday, May 11, 2008

TROTWOOD ? Trotwood-Madison High School standout sprinter Michael Shaw is at the center of an Ohio High School Athletic Association inquiry into the school's registration process relative to establishing residency.

Shaw, a senior headed to Michigan on a football scholarship, also is one of the state's top sprinters for a loaded Trotwood track team that could contend for a Division I state title.

But despite recovering from a slight hamstring twitch that kept him out last week, Shaw didn't run Saturday, May 10 at Trotwood's Buff Taylor Memorial Invitational because school officials held him out.

"He would have ran today if everything else was going all right," Trotwood coach John McKinney said. "I didn't even know until (Friday night) that he wasn't going to run.

"(Trotwood athletic director Jim Ladd) said don't mess with anything that goes on if I have a kid that's questionable about eligibility or whatever; he said don't run him until I get the OK, so I'm waiting on a note from Ladd."

Shaw transferred from Alter midway through his junior year. Since this past fall, the OHSAA has been conducting an investigation into alleged recruiting violations by football coach Maurice Douglass.

OHSAA investigating Trotwood track, football star Shaw

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OHSAA investigating Trotwood track, football star Shaw

Not surprising...there had been a LOT of smoke about this.

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Shaw just wants it to be all over
Trotwood-Madison track athlete ruled ineligible; judge issues restraining order on OHSAA in matter.

By Mark Gokavi and Lou Grieco
Staff Writers
Saturday, May 17, 2008

Declared ineligible this week to continue his track season by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, Michael Shaw and his family went to court.

On Friday, May 16, a Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge issued a temporary restraining order stopping the OHSAA from ruling the Trotwood-Madison High School senior ineligible.

The restraining order allows Shaw to compete in Tuesday's first day of the Division I district track meet in Troy, the first step in qualifying for the June 6-7 state meet.

At issue is whether Shaw and his family established residency in Trotwood through falsified means. Shaw transferred from Alter High School to Trotwood-Madison midway through his junior year.

The ruling about Shaw violating Bylaw 4-7-2, Exception 1 regarding transfers and residency was confirmed Friday by OHSAA Assistant Commissioner Bob Goldring.

Shaw's residency issue stemmed from a months-old OHSAA investigation of Trotwood's 13 alleged misdeeds regarding transfers, residency and recruiting.

"We are scheduled for a full preliminary injunctive hearing to see whether or not he will be able to participate in the future," said Shaw's attorney, Aaron Durden, about a 9 a.m. Wednesday meeting with Judge Jeffrey Froelich. "We're grateful that he's been given this opportunity to at least prove that he and his family did nothing wrong and that he has an opportunity to compete."

Shaw just wants it to be all over

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Clock's ticking on Shaw's case
District meet begins Tuesday; injunction hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
By Mark Gokavi

Staff Writer

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Lowell Draffen wants it made clear.

"Trotwood-Madison doesn't have to cheat to win," the school system's superintendent said in the face of an ongoing Ohio High School Athletic Association investigation. "We can win without that. I want us to do what is right, and I want us to follow all the guidelines."

Whether Trotwood followed guidelines involving transfers, registration and residency ? and did it without recruiting ? is central to an inquiry that started last fall.

While there are 13 allegations being explored, the centerpiece has become the residency of senior standout sprinter Michael Shaw, who transferred to Trotwood from Alter midway through his junior year.

The OHSAA declared Shaw ineligible earlier this month, though he said he didn't know why he was being held out until last Monday.

"I don't know everything about the situation," Shaw said Friday night, May 16. "It's new to me and my parents. I knew before the Roosevelt (track meet) that (Trotwood-Madison officials) said I couldn't run, and I was upset about that, but they never really told me why.

"On Monday, I got the whole gist of why I couldn't run. It doesn't make any sense to me, but hopefully it will be settled through the court.

"I just want to run."

Clock's ticking on Shaw's case

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DDN

Shaw runs well on track, lawyer gets say in court


By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

TROY ? Michael Shaw gave spectators a taste of what he can do at the Division I district track meet.
He hopes his wins in the 100- and 200-meter prelims on Tuesday, May 20, won't be the last of his career.


That may be decided today.
The Trotwood-Madison High School senior, headed to the University of Michigan on a football scholarship, ran 10.75 and 22.02. He did not run in relays.
Recently declared ineligible by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, Shaw's attorney was granted a temporary restraining order, allowing Shaw to run.
At issue is whether Shaw and his family established residency in Trotwood through falsified means. Shaw transferred from Alter to Trotwood midway through his junior year.
"That's all we could do," Trotwood coach John McKinney said. "with the rulings and the way they're talking about this, that and the other, (possible) disqualifications and all that with the relays."
Shaw was the top qualifier for Friday's district finals. To get a chance to compete again, his lawyer may need a favorable ruling at today's 9 a.m. hearing in front of Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas magistrate Bob Cowdrey.
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Trotwood's Shaw loses court battle; prep career is over
A magistrate refuses to overturn OHSAA's decision to declare the Trotwood-Madison star ineligible, effectively ending his prep career.
By Lou Grieco

Staff Writer
Friday, May 23, 2008

DAYTON ? Michael Shaw, the Trotwood-Madison star athlete accused of falsifying his residency, will be ineligible to compete in today's track and field district meet finals, effectively ending his high school career.

A Montgomery County Common Pleas magistrate on Thursday, May 22, denied Shaw's motion for a preliminary injunction against the Ohio High School Athletic Association, which found him ineligible May 9.

Under the decision written by Magistrate Robert F. Cowdrey, the temporary restraining order that allowed Shaw to compete Tuesday also has been lifted.

Cowdrey wrote that the OHSAA's decision "was not arbitrary and is, in fact, supported by reliable probative and substantial evidence."

The parties are allowed to file objections to the decision during the next 14 days, which could lead to further legal review. Neither Shaw nor his attorney Aaron Durden could be reached for comment

Trotwood's Shaw loses court battle; prep career is over