Alaska Fairbanks Disciplined for Recruiting Violations

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Alaska Fairbanks improperly certified 42 student-athletes in nine Division II sport programs, violating amateurism and academic certification rules from the 2017-18 through 2020-21 academic years, according to a negotiated resolution agreement approved by the Division II Committee on Infractions. Additionally, according to a separate negotiated resolution agreement approved by the Division I Committee on Infractions, the men's ice hockey staff of the school's Division I men's ice hockey program violated impermissible inducement and benefits rules when they arranged free or reduced-cost lodging for 18 incoming prospective student-athletes. As a result of the impermissible inducement and benefit violations, the head men's ice hockey coach violated head coach responsibility rules. The school also agreed that it failed to adequately monitor its eligibility certification process and the men's ice hockey program.

This case marks the first Division II negotiated resolution. The negotiated resolution process, which was adopted by the Division II membership in January, offers an efficient processing option when parties agree to the facts, violations and penalties of a case. Alaska Fairbanks also used the negotiated resolution process for violations that occurred in men's ice hockey, a Division I program.  Alaska Fairbanks is a multidivisional school, with most sport programs sponsored at the Division II level, while men's ice hockey is sponsored at the Division I level. Thus, the Division I Committee on Infractions reviewed and approved the agreement related to the men's ice hockey violations, while the Division II Committee on Infractions reviewed and approved the agreement involving the certification violations.

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