Oklahoma State women's tennis program gets three years' probation for recruiting violations
STILLWATER — The Oklahoma State women's tennis team has received a three-year probation sentence from the NCAA for recruiting violations.
OSU director of tennis and women's head coach Chris Young improperly contacted potential transfers before the athlete was in the transfer portal and told a player not to cooperate with the investigation, which is a violation of head coach responsibility rules. The news was initially reported by College Tennis Nation.
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The program will serve a three-year probation and pay a fine of $35,000 plus 1% of the women's tennis program budget. It will reduce its official visits by 18% based on the average number of visits for the previous four years.
The school prohibited unofficial visits for 10 weeks during the spring of 2025 and prohibited off-campus recruiting for 10 weeks during the 2024-25 academic year.
It also prohibited recruiting communications for three weeks during the 2024-25 school year. Such communications will also be prohibited for seven weeks during the coming school year.
Young must fulfill a four-year show-cause order, during which he is not allowed to communicate with prospective transfers in December for each year of the order. He is suspended from two regular-season contests during the 2025-26 season.
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The program is required to vacate all team wins and records from matches the improperly recruited transfer participated in.
The athlete was not named publicly by the university or the NCAA. OSU representatives could not be reached for further comment.
Scott Wright covers Oklahoma State athletics for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Scott? He can be reached at swright@oklahoman.com or on Twitter at @ScottWrightOK . Support Scott's work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com .
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