Brigham Young University-Hawaii has been placed on three years probation for failing “to monitor certain aspects of its athletics program,” according to a ruling by the NCAA Division II Committee on Infractions announced yesterday.

Other penalties included public reprimand and censure, a mandatory compliance review and completion of annual compliance reports. BYUH’s probation period will be from Aug. 26, 2009 to Aug. 25, 2012.
The BYUH athletes involved participated in softball (two players), women’s basketball (two), men’s basketball, women’s soccer, men’s soccer and men’s tennis.
The NCAA committee found that from the 2005-06 academic year through 2007-08, the NCAA ruled that BYUH failed to monitor its athletics program in four specific areas pertaining to student-athlete eligibility, mostly the application and monitoring of transfer rules.
First, NCAA rules state that a transfer student-athlete must complete either six-semester or six-quarter hours of transferable academic credit from the preceding academic term in order to be eligible for competition.
The committee found that the university did not apply this rule when certifying eight transfer student-athletes.
The remaining transfer student-athletes competed in men's basketball, women's soccer, men's soccer and men's tennis.
The university did not complete the evaluation of these eight student-athletes' official transcripts to ensure all eligibility requirements had been met until the enforcement staff requested the action during the investigation. This was well after the transfer student-athletes had enrolled and competed.
Second, according to NCAA rules, a student-athlete must designate a program of studies by the beginning of the third year of enrollment. During the course of the investigation, the enforcement staff identified four situations in which the degree designation rules were not followed and school officials were not tracking compliance of the rule.
Third, the university failed to monitor the completion of the NCAA General Amateurism and Eligibility Forms for International and Select Students in the sport of tennis. The university had delegated this monitoring responsibility to the head tennis coach, even though this duty is a compliance function and is a conflict of interest.
Finally, the university allowed three student-athletes to practice, compete and receive travel expenses prior to receiving final amateurism certification from the NCAA Eligibility Center. A women's basketball student-athlete participated in 33 practices beyond the permissible 45-day grace period and competed in five contests prior to receiving her final amateurism certification. A men's golf student-athlete participated in five practices beyond the 45-day grace period and competed in eight dates of competition prior to receiving his final amateurism certification. A men's soccer student-athlete participated in 58 practices beyond the 45-day grace period and competed in 16 dates of competition prior to receiving his final amateurism certification.
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