NCCU players fighting dismissals

DURHAM, North Carolina -- Tia Clement and Imani Atkinson, two of the three N.C. Central women’s basketball players who had their scholarships taken away last month, are fighting to reverse the decision legally.

Both players’ families have hired an attorney and are claiming their daughters are being wrongfully punished for their sexual harassment complaints against former NCCU associate head coach Ronnie Enoch.

Enoch is no longer employed by the school, NCCU spokeswoman Ayana Hernandez told the Herald-Sun April 30. Enoch was investigated by the school following a complaint from Tonya Kirkpatrick, Atkinson’s mother. Kirkpatrick received a text message from another parent that said Enoch had harassed her daughter, and Kirkpatrick reported the possible misconduct to the school.

NCCU athletics director Ingrid Wicker-McCree and other NCCU officials, including head coach Vanessa Taylor and Enoch, did not ...

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