Education Department calls on NCAA, NFHS to strip awards, records ‘misappropriated’ by trans athletes

Former San Jose State University women's volleyball assistant coach Melissa Batie-Smoose, who was suspended for her opposition to a transgender player, discusses President Trump’s executive order banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.

The United States Department of Education is calling on the NCAA and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) to strip the records and awards "misappropriated" by transgender athletes competing in girls and women’s sports less than a week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively banning them from competition.

The statement follows a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of General Counsel (OGC) to the NCAA and the NFHS on Tuesday urging the organization to "restore to female athletes the records, titles, awards, and recognitions misappropriated by biological males competing in female categories." 

NCAA president Charlie Baker give a television interview during the game between the UCLA Bruins and the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Bon Secours Wellness Arena on March 25, 2023 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

The statement went on to call on the organizations to strip any accolades from those athletes that "unfairly competed against girls and women in athletics," adding that doing so would align the groups with the new policy. 

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Trump signed the "Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports" order on Wednesday, which will require entities that receive federal funding to align with Title IX, which the Trump administration changed last week to recognize protections on the basis of