“Any student-athlete who is found responsible for a violation of the department’s drug and alcohol policy as a first time offender will be suspended from all team activities (including scheduled contests) for a minimum of two calendar weeks and subject to championship season suspension of up to 20% of the dates of competition in their sport. A public release may be issued regarding the suspension for violation of Department policy. Community service and additional sanctions by the student-athlete’s head coach or athletic administration may also be applied.

Any student-athlete who is found responsible for a violation of the department’s drug and alcohol policy as a second time offender will be suspended from all team activities for 365 days and will have any and all athletically-related financial aid revoked immediately upon suspension. A public release may be issued regarding the suspension for violation of Department policy. The offending student-athlete will be required to meet with the Director of Athletics (or designee) for evaluation prior to returning to the program. If the suspended student-athlete transfers to another institution prior to serving the suspension, the Department of Athletics will decline the One-Time Transfer Exception release, if requested.

Any student-athlete who is found in violation of the department’s drug and alcohol policy as a third time offender will be permanently removed from the athletics program.

This policy goes into effect immediately and any violation of department policy will be dealt with accordingly. Further, if during a student-athlete’s career at Lafayette they have already been found responsible for an alcohol or drug violation, being found responsible for an additional alcohol or drug violation going forward will automatically trigger the 365-day suspension from the program.

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An alcohol related incident is described as:

1) An arrest with possible conviction of state law of any offense with intoxication as one of the charges

2) A violation of College regulations in which alcohol is cited.

3) Excessive use of alcohol that requires medical attention such as a hospital visit.”