UA women's swim program punished for recruiting violations

This case was resolved through the summary disposition process, a cooperative effort where the involved parties collectively submit the case to the Committee on Infractions in written form. The NCAA enforcement staff, involved individuals and university must agree to the facts and overall level of the case to use this process instead of a formal hearing. The prospect did not meet the NCAA requirements to be an academic qualifier. In an attempt to meet the requirements, she moved to the campus area several months before she enrolled at the university to complete a program at its Center for English as a Second Language. The former diving coach knew the prospect from their shared home country and previously coached her while she trained with the country’s national team. He recruited the prospect to the university and, after learning that she was an academic nonqualifer, he arranged for her to stay with a booster while she completed the program. The booster did not charge the prospect rent for the living arrangement. The committee noted that the former diving coach said he did not ask the prospect whether she was paying rent because “as the coach, it’s better sometimes not to ask.”