Judge Sides with School in Case Involving Athlete’s Claim that Her Due Process Rights Were Violated When Scholarship Was Not Renewed

By Rachel A. Moore   A federal judge granted a motion to dismiss filed by Southeastern Louisiana University in a suit brought by a former volleyball player, who alleged the school’s athletic department failed to provide due process concerning the non-renewal of her athletic scholarship.   Chloee Holden received an athletic scholarship from the Southeastern’s head volleyball coach, James Smoot, for the period of August 2016 to May 2017. Holden’s athletic scholarship was renewed fo