Hawaii reprimanded by WAC
Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2003 5:35 pmUNIVERSITY OF HAWAI`I REPRIMANDED BY WAC
ENGLEWOOD, CO -- The Western Athletic Conference's Board of Directors today issued a public reprimand to the University of Hawai`i as a result of its failure to comply with newly-adopted conference academic policies relative to term-by-term requirements.
Specifically, Hawaii failed to certify that its football student-athletes had completed the conference-required six credits during the fall term of 2002 and prior to the school's participation in the Hawaii Bowl on December 25, 2002.
"Certainly, the WAC understands the difficulty that the University of Hawaii had in administering the rule as a result of the timing of the end of the institution's final exams and the date of the bowl game," Commissioner Karl Benson said. "However, all conference institutions must be held to the same standards regarding rules compliance."
The six-credit rule was adopted by the WAC in June, 2002, and stipulates in part that an institution must certify that its student-athletes have passed a minimum of six credit hours in the semester that concludes immediately prior to the date of the
postseason competition.
In addition to the reprimand, the university was assessed an undisclosed financial penalty.
ENGLEWOOD, CO -- The Western Athletic Conference's Board of Directors today issued a public reprimand to the University of Hawai`i as a result of its failure to comply with newly-adopted conference academic policies relative to term-by-term requirements.
Specifically, Hawaii failed to certify that its football student-athletes had completed the conference-required six credits during the fall term of 2002 and prior to the school's participation in the Hawaii Bowl on December 25, 2002.
"Certainly, the WAC understands the difficulty that the University of Hawaii had in administering the rule as a result of the timing of the end of the institution's final exams and the date of the bowl game," Commissioner Karl Benson said. "However, all conference institutions must be held to the same standards regarding rules compliance."
The six-credit rule was adopted by the WAC in June, 2002, and stipulates in part that an institution must certify that its student-athletes have passed a minimum of six credit hours in the semester that concludes immediately prior to the date of the
postseason competition.
In addition to the reprimand, the university was assessed an undisclosed financial penalty.