Ex-Northwestern volleyball player becomes first female athlete to join hazing scandal lawsuits

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The Northwestern University hazing scandal continues to grow, as the first female athlete – an ex-volleyball player – has sued the university after alleging she was retaliated against after coming forward to report mistreatment. 

Northwestern is facing numerous lawsuits stemming from hazing allegations that include sexual abuse to players, which includes a new lawsuit by former quarterback Lloyd Yates that came on Monday. 

But the volleyball player shows that this scandal isn’t just allegedly found in one program on campus. 

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Northwestern's Shane Davis during the South Carolina Gamecocks game on Sept. 1, 2017, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. (Andy Mead/YCJ/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

"It isn’t just football players," Parker Stinar, one of the volleyball player’s attorneys, said Monday via The Associated Press. 

In her lawsuit, where she is identified as Jane Doe, the volleyball player claims she was physically harmed "to the point of requiring medical attention" during a hazing incident in 2021.

The situation occurred after volleyball coach Shane Davis and an assistant coach said she had to receive punishment for violating the team’s COVID-19 guidelines after contracting the virus. She claims that she did follow the guidelines, but received a punishment anyway. 

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She was forced to run "suicides" in the gymnasium, and when she reached each line, had to dive on the floor while her team, coaches and players alike, watched. 

Campus police and the Northwestern athletic