Western Kentucky Students Begin Herculean Effort to Reinstate Swim Team

By Riley Overend on SwimSwam
A pair of Western Kentucky freshmen are leading a grassroots effort to reinstate the university’s swimming and diving teams that were cut due to hazing nearly a decade ago.
The Big Red were initially dealt a five-year suspension in 2015 after a Title IX investigation revealed evidence of hazing and sexual harassment within the program that included underage team members being pressured to drink alcohol. A few years later, WKU eliminated funding for the teams en