PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) The NCAA has reprimanded and censured Princeton University for a major violation in its women's tennis program.
The Division I committee on infractions says the case centered on a Princeton alumnus who paid $33,000 in impermissible educational expenses for a student-athlete to attend the school.
Because of the limited nature of the case and the university's efforts to uncover and report the violation, the NCAA imposed only minimal penalties on the school, among them vacating the student-athlete's athletic records.
In a statement issued Wednesday, Princeton University said it appreciated the NCAA's recognition of the limited nature of the case and the minimal penalties, but it believes the isolated and inadvertent nature of the infraction should have made it a secondary one.