An investigation by the US Department of Education has found that “San José State University knowingly recruited a male student athlete” for the women's indoor volleyball team “with the intent of gaining a competitive advantage over other teams” in April 2022.
Former SJSU coach Trent Kersten, a man, “began actively recruiting a male volleyball athlete from another university to join the SJSU women’s indoor volleyball team” in April 2022. Fox News Digital has identified him as “Coach 1” in the investigation.
Kersten left the Spartans a year after recruiting Fleming. Kersten contacted the campus PRIDE and Gender Equity Center to make sure his virtuous recruiting choices were noted by the administration. He now coaches for a Division I school, Oregon.
Coach Kersten “stated he wanted to ask the women on the team their thoughts after they found out [Fleming] was joining the team, but he did not want to relinquish decisi…
