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Miami Herald
5 days ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
F Ven-Allen Lubin transfers to NC State, his fourth school
Ex-North Carolina forward Ven-Allen Lubin is heading a half-hour or so southeast on Interstate 40, committing Sunday to play at Atlantic Coast Conference rival North Carolina State in the 2025-26 season. He made the announcement via a social media post. Wearing a Wolfpack uniform, Lubin simply wrote "Committed." Lubin entered the transfer portal on April 21 after spending one season with the Tar Heels. He appeared in 37 games (20 starts) and averaged 8.7 points, 5.5 rebounds in the 2024-25 campaign. Prior to North Carolina, the Florida native played single seasons at Notre Dame and Vanderbilt. Lubin has career averages of 9.0 points and 5.4 rebounds in 91 games (53 starts). He is a career 61.6 percent shooter from 2-point range. He averaged 12.3 points and 6.3 rebounds in 26 games for Vanderbilt in the 2023-24 season. Lubin, 6-foot-8 and 230 pounds, is a two-time selection to the All-ACC Tournament team. Now 21, Lubin was ranked by 247Sports as a four-star prospect in the Class of 2022. NC State has rebuilt its roster following the hiring of former Chattanooga, VCU, LSU and Mcneese State head coach Will Wade. The team has eight incoming transfers, including recent high-profile addition Darrion Williams, formerly of Texas Tech. --Field Level Media Field Level Media 2023 - All Rights Reserved
Newsweek
05-05-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
Student Loan Collections Resume Today: What You Need To Know
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Student loan collections resume for millions of Americans as of Monday, after the Department of Education officially ended the five-year, COVID-era pause. With nearly 10 million borrowers facing a current or impending default, a large portion of the country could soon experience abrupt financial pressure as the Treasury Department-led aggressive loan collection program commences. Why Are Student Loan Payments Resuming? In its April 21 announcement, the Department of Education said that resuming collections would protect taxpayers "from shouldering the cost of federal student loans that borrowers willingly undertook to finance their postsecondary education." "American taxpayers will no longer be forced to serve as collateral for irresponsible student loan policies," Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said. "The Biden administration misled borrowers: the executive branch does not have the constitutional authority to wipe debt away, nor do the loan balances simply disappear. File photo: Graduates of Colorado Mountain College wait to receive their diploma during the Commencement of the Class of 2022 on May 6, 2022 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. File photo: Graduates of Colorado Mountain College wait to receive their diploma during the Commencement of the Class of 2022 on May 6, 2022 in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Chris Dillmann/Vail Daily via AP While federal student loans typically default after 270 days, none has been subject to collection since March 2020. The Trump-era pause was extended several times by the Biden administration, which also canceled loans for over 5 million borrowers worth nearly $190 billion. The Department of Education is now urging those in default to begin making monthly payments or enroll in a suitable payment plan. In addition to voluntary repayment plans, the resumption of collections will include involuntary measures such as wage garnishment, tax refund seizures, and reductions in Social Security benefits. How Much Student Loan Debt Is There? The Department of Education says 42.7 million borrowers currently owe over $1.6 trillion in student debt. Some 5 million of these borrowers have not made a monthly payment in over a year and are in default. An additional 4 million borrowers are in "late stage delinquency," and about to default on late payments, which the department says means "almost 10 million" are now at risk of getting wages garnished or tax refunds withheld. The "Treasury Offset Program" will target IRS tax refunds, social security benefit payments, as well as Railroad and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) retirement benefits. File photo: Education Secretary Linda McMahon does a television interview at the White House, April 16, 2025 in Washington, D.C. File photo: Education Secretary Linda McMahon does a television interview at the White House, April 16, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Alex Brandon/AP Photo Student Loan Borrower Assistance states that the government will only be permitted to seize a tax refund that has not yet been sent to the taxpayer, meaning those who have already received refunds will not be at risk of a seizure until 2026. The Department of Education said it will not begin garnishing paychecks until after the 30-day garnishment notices are sent out "later this summer." Which Repayment Plan Will You Be Placed On? To exit default, borrowers have two main options. One is loan rehabilitation, which involves making nine consecutive monthly payments set by the loan servicer, and which can erase a default from borrowers' records if they make this series of required payments within a set period. A faster option is loan consolidation, which lets borrowers merge multiple defaulted loans into one Direct Consolidation Loan. This enables them to promptly join an income-driven repayment plan and start making monthly payments. All borrowers in default should have received communications from the Office of Federal Student Aid at some point over the past two weeks. These urge them to contact the Default Resolution Group to arrange monthly payments, join an income-driven repayment plan, or sign up for loan rehabilitation. Borrowers can visit to check their status and see what repayment plans are available.
Indianapolis Star
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Forward from national champs transfers to Indiana basketball, helping fill a need
The Hoosiers landed a forward for their second commitment of the day Thursday. Indiana basketball has added an interior presence it needed as Sam Alexis will transfer from Florida. Alexis is 6 foot 8, 240 pounds and played just 11.9 minutes per game last season with 4.7 points and 3.5 rebounds for the national champs. But he averaged 10.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 2023-24 at Chattanooga, where he started 32 of 33 games as a sophomore and doubled his production and minutes from his freshman year. It's a position of need for the Hoosiers, who are thin in the frontcourt of their roster rebuild. Alexis is the second commitment Darian DeVries landed Thursday. The first was from guard Nick Dorn, a 3-point shooter from Elon. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Alexis becomes one of the largest presences for IU. Only Reed Bailey, a 6-10 floor-spacing forward from Davidson, is taller. But Alexis is a more traditional forward who operates inside the 3-point line. He's just a 28.6% 3-point shooter but is 59.1% on 2-pointers, fitting a mold for past DeVries teams. Alexis becomes the 10th player the Hoosiers have committed for the 2025-26 season, not counting Luke Goode who is pursuing an extra year of eligibility. Alexis, from Apopka, Florida, was not rated in the Class of 2022, per 247Sports, and only had offers from Binghamton, Stetson, New Mexico State and Towson before choosing the Mocs.
Miami Herald
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Former Monsignor Pace star Shemar Stewart selected 17th by the Bengals in NFL Draft
For close to a decade, Shemar Stewart has been pegged as one of the next great talents to come out of South Florida. On Thursday in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, the defensive end got his validation. Stewart, who was a five-star prospect coming out of Monsignor Pace in Miami Gardens three years ago, is headed to the Cincinnati Bengals as the No. 17 overall pick in the first round of the NFL Draft. He's the first player picked from the Miami metropolitan area in the 2025 Draft and the second former Spartan drafted in as many years, following James Williams, who was a seventh-round selection in the 2024 NFL Draft last year. Although he never recorded more than 1 1/2 sacks in any of his three seasons with the Texas A&M Aggies, Stewart constantly flashed enough of the talent that made him the No. 9 overall prospect in the Class of 2022, according to the 247Sports composite rankings. The 6-foot-5, 267-pound edge rusher was a third-team All-Southeastern Conference selection last season and led Texas A&M with 39 pressures, despite finishing with only 1 1/2 sacks. Stewart, 21, also set career bests as a junior with 31 tackles, 5 1/2 tackles for loss and his first forced fumble, as well as two passes defended. As a senior at Monsignor Pace, Stewart was a first-team all-Miami-Dade selection with 85 tackles, 40 tackles for loss and 15 sacks. He was also the No. 1 player in 247's initial rankings for the 2022 recruiting class, racking up offers as early as 2019, before he even started his sophomore year of high school. This is the third straight year with a lineman from the Miami metro area picked in the first round of the Draft, following Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas alumnus Dallas Turner in the first round of the 2024 Draft and Miami Northwestern alumnus Calijah Kancey in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Stewart's path particularly mirrors Turner's, as both were five-star prospects who went to SEC programs and then became one of the first defenders taken in their respective Draft.
Indianapolis Star
25-04-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Forward from national champs transfers to Indiana basketball, helping fill a need
Indiana basketball has added an interior presence it needed as Sam Alexis will transfer from Florida. Alexis is 6 foot 8, 240 pounds and played just 11.9 minutes per game last season with 4.7 points and 3.5 rebounds for the national champs. But he averaged 10.8 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks in 2023-24 at Chattanooga, where he started 32 of 33 games as a sophomore and doubled his production and minutes from his freshman year. It's a position of need for the Hoosiers, who are thin in the frontcourt of their roster rebuild. Alexis is the second commitment Darian DeVries landed Thursday. The first was from guard Nick Dorn, a 3-point shooter from Elon. Alexis becomes one of the largest presences for IU. Only Reed Bailey, a 6-10 floor-spacing forward from Davidson, is taller. But Alexis is a more traditional forward who operates inside the 3-point line. He's just a 28.6% 3-point shooter but is 59.1% on 2-pointers, fitting a mold for past DeVries teams. Alexis becomes the 10th player the Hoosiers have committed for the 2025-26 season, not counting Luke Goode who is pursuing an extra year of eligibility. Alexis, from Apopka, Florida, was not rated in the Class of 2022, per 247Sports, and only had offers from Binghamton, Stetson, New Mexico State and Towson before choosing the Mocs.
