Shortly after the University of Wyoming’s decision last month to forfeit a women’s volleyball game against San Jose State due to the presence of a reportedly transgender player, associate head coach Becky Baker expressed concerns that a closely-divided team’s preferences about whether to play were being usurped by outside political pressure,

San Jose State University’s associate head coach for women’s volleyball, Melissa Batie-Smoose, has been suspended indefinitely amidst a growing controversy surrounding transgender inclusion in women’s sports.