Alexander did not provide specifics and did not know how many team members were paddled.
One team member who refused to be spanked said all 16 members of the team were to be paddled because one member cut a class.
Mydia Casimier, a senior and one of the team’s two captains, said Herbert began paddling team members at the beginning of the year for misdeeds such as cutting class or skipping school. She said the spankings quickly became a routine part of practice.
Then, at a practice in early October, Herbert told the team that they all would be paddled if any member misbehaved, Casimier said. Herbert then began doling out three swats with a wooden paddle to each member of the team because one teammate had cut a class that day, Casimier said.
When Casimier’s turn came, she refused.
“I told her that’s not fair,” she said. “I do all my (work). I have a high GPA. I go to all my classes.”