The University of New Hampshire's mens hockey team has been placed on two years' probation after "major recruiting violations."
The NCAA report says that an unnamed New Hampshire associate head coach sent 923 impermissible e-mail messages to 30 prospective student-athletes during the 2007-08 season. The coach said that he misinterpreted how data needed to be entered into recruiting software. The software sends e-mail messages to multiple recipients. The problem led to 30 recruits receiving e-mails from UNH before June 15 after the end of their freshman or sophomore years of high school.
The New Hampshire Union Leader reported that the associate head coach was Scott Borek.
The sanctions brought against the school include:
• Public reprimand and censure.
• Two years of probation beginning on the date the university accepted the committee’s additional recommended penalties (April 24, 2009, to April 23, 2011). That punishment was self-imposed by the school.
• A reduction by one in the number of recruiters who are allowed to be off campus at the same time through Oct. 23.
• The 30 recruits will not be allowed to receive an expense-paid visit to the campus, nor will they be allowed to sign a National Letter of Intent with UNH. Both punishments were self-imposed.
