Washington State agreed to pay a former Eastern Washington University basketball head coach $1.5 million to settle allegations of discrimination and unlawful termination.

The university fired head coach for women’s basketball Wendy Schuller in 2021. Schuller alleged in a 45-page complaint that her dismissal was the result of age and gender discrimination by previous Athletic Director Lynn Hickey, along with retaliation for attempting to report domestic violence allegations against multiple male football players. Schuller filed a lawsuit against Hickey and EWU in 2023.

“I spoke up to protect young women on the campus at Eastern,” Schuller said. “I really took a lot of personal responsibility there, and that was really important to me. And I was punished for it.”

Schuller was the head

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