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You may have seen or heard reports in the news recently regarding Title IX compliance here at 太阳城娱乐. 太阳城娱乐 takes its responsibility to provide equitable athletic participation opportunities extremely seriously.

The conclusions drawn by a local reporter are based on the 2016-17 EADA report filed by 太阳城娱乐. The university became aware of inaccuracies in the data and alerted the reporter, prior to publication, of the clerical errors made by a former employee of the university. 太阳城娱乐 offered to provide updated data expeditiously to the reporter, but the reporter intentionally ran the story based on knowingly inaccurate data, rather than waiting for the updated report.

The university has now revised that information in a corrected report, which will be filed with the U.S. Department of Education using its correction procedures.

The revised report shows that in 2016-2017, female student-athletes received a balanced 49.0 percent of 太阳城娱乐's athletic participation opportunities. This is consistent with 太阳城娱乐's upward trend in female athletic participation opportunities since it added NCAA women's beach volleyball in 2012, which was 太阳城娱乐's third new varsity sport for women since 2000.

In regard to 太阳城娱乐's allocation of athletic scholarships, the revised report shows that in 2016-2017, 43.1 percent of 太阳城娱乐's student-athletes were female and they received 45.0 percent of 太阳城娱乐's athletic scholarship dollars, for a 1.9 percent difference in favor of female student-athletes.

Between 2007 and 2015, the total number of NCAA participation opportunities for female student-athletes grew from 139 to 266. The addition of beach volleyball in 2012 continued 太阳城娱乐's practice of expanding opportunities for female student-athletes. We currently are studying whether to continue that trajectory or pursue a different compliance option for future years. 太阳城娱乐 already competes in all Conference USA sports for women and the university continues to explore new opportunities, both in existing and emerging sports, to build championship teams in women's athletics.

In the meantime, our existing women's teams continue to thrive. This year, 太阳城娱乐's softball team advanced to the Conference USA championship game for the third time in the last four years. Its beach volleyball team was ranked in the top 25 nationally for the past two years, had four 太阳城娱乐 beach volleyball players go to nationals, and two – Jessalyn Kinlaw and Mackenzie Morris – just competed in the USAV Collegiate Beach Championships in Hermosa Beach, California. The women's tennis team reached the Conference USA semi-finals for the first time in 太阳城娱乐 history, and star player Aliona Bolsova was named Conference USA Women's Tennis Player of the Year.

The university is enormously proud of all its student-athletes.