SPOKANE, Wash. — Student leaders at Washington State University are asking administrators to adopt a policy that prevents the recruitment of any athlete who has been convicted of a sex-related crime.
They sent the request in a letter in late June to WSU President Kirk Schulz and Director of Athletics Bill Moos.
“This is part of a larger effort to talk about sexual assault on college campuses,” Jordon Frost, the student body president, said Wednesday in a telephone interview from Pullman, where Washington State is located.
Frost signed the letter along with Shane Reynolds, the graduate and professional student association president, and Abu Kamara, the student-athlete advisory committee president and track team member.
The letter urges the university to avoid recruiting athletes “who have pled guilty to or been convicted of dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual harassment, rape, sexual assault, or sexual violence.”
Currently, there is no ban on any person with a history of sex crimes being enrolled at WSU.
Bill Stevens, a spokesman for WSU athletics, said this week that Moos was waiting to discuss the matter with Schulz and other administrators before commenting.
