UConn settles nearly decade-long legal battle with athlete who lost scholarship after flipping off camera

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UConn has settled a lawsuit filed by a former women's soccer player who lost her scholarship for flashing her middle finger in the direction of a TV camera as the Huskies celebrated winning a conference championship in 2014.

The former student athlete, Noriana Radwan, alleged that the gesture amounted to free speech and she was subjected to harsher punishment than male athletes who violated the school's conduct rules.

University of Connecticut (UConn) main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. (Carol M. Highsmith/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

Under terms of the settlement disclosed in court Wednesday, Radwan will receive just over $46,000 to cover the cost of her student debt at Hofstra, where she transferred after losing her scholarship. Her attorneys will receive $162,500, according to the settlement.

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The school also has agreed to revise its student-athlete handbook to make it clear how long athletes have to appeal the loss of a scholarship.

"One of the issues in this case is there was ambiguity as to when she exercised her right to a hearing and UConn claimed she had missed the deadline by a day," said Jonathan Klein, Radwan's attorney.

The Connecticut Huskies logo on an equipment box at the game between the Connecticut Huskies vs the Boise State Broncos on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho.  (Douglas Stringer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Radwan raised her middle finger toward an ESPNU camera while celebrating with teammates after the Huskies beat South Florida 3-2 on penalty kicks in the 2014 American Athletic Conference championship game.

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