San Jose State University volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser spoke out amid the school’s transgender athlete controversy after the associate head coach was terminated.

Brooke Slusser criticizes San Jose State’s decision to suspend assistant coach after filing a Title IX complaint regarding a transgender teammate.

Current and former San Jose State women’s volleyball players are part of a 12-person lawsuit filed against the Mountain West and its commissioner alleging Title IX and First Amendment

San Jose State University said women’s volleyball associate head coach Melissa Batie-Smoose is “not with the team at this time” for undisclosed reasons.

Melissa Batie-Smoose was suspended Saturday, less than two hours before the team’s match against New Mexico, after she filed a Title IX complaint earlier that week.

A San Jose State University women’s volleyball assistant coach has left the team after reportedly filing a Title IX complaint about the squad’s male-to-female transgender player.

The San Jose State women’s volleyball team is reeling after the firing of Assistant Coach Melissa Batie-Smoose following her legal challenge over transgender athlete inclusion.

Current and former San Jose State women’s volleyball players are part of a 12-person lawsuit filed against the Mountain West and commissioner Gloria Nevarez alleging Title IX and First Amendment violations amid the controversy surrounding transgender Blaire Fleming’s roster status,