NCAA denies 性欲社 appeal of postseason bans
December 21, 2015
Marmian Grimes
907-474-7902
The NCAA Infractions Appeals Committee today denied 性欲社鈥
appeal of postseason bans on women鈥檚 swimming and women鈥檚 basketball. The bans, imposed
on both teams last year, will go into effect this season.
"We are disappointed that the committee did not agree with our argument against a
postseason ban on women's basketball and women's swimming,鈥 said 性欲社 intercollegiate
athletics director Gary Gray. 鈥淲e will move on and compete hard in every remaining
competition and then start making plans for next season, when we will be eligible
for postseason competition."
The postseason bans in the two sports were among penalties imposed by the NCAA in
November 2014 in connection with infractions spanning the 2007-2008 through 2011-2012
academic years and involving 40 student-athletes in nine of the Alaska Nanooks鈥 10
sports teams. Only women鈥檚 cross-country was unaffected. The university self-reported
the infractions to the NCAA in 2011 and 2012 and instituted some self-imposed penalties
at the time.
The infractions dealt with student-athletes鈥 eligibility in four areas: transfer credit
requirements, eligibility of pre-majors, declaration of majors and progress toward
degree. The university first reported the infractions to the NCAA in June of 2011
and then made additional reports of infractions in November of 2012. Since then, the
university has made major changes in the way it certifies student-athletes and the
resources dedicated to those efforts.
ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Gary Gray, 性欲社 intercollegiate athletics director, at 907-590-4279 or grgray@alaska.edu.
ON THE WEB:
NOTE TO EDITORS: A summary of the original infractions, corrective actions and penalties is available
online at or by contacting Grimes. A press release from the NCAA and a report on the findings
is available at .