Former United Faith Christian Academy basketball player Peter Jurkin will be forced to sit out his first nine games as a freshman at Indiana this season.
The Associated Press reported that the NCAA suspended Jurkin and fellow freshman Hanner Mosquera-Perea for nine games for impermissible benefits they received. Both will be required to pay back a portion of the benefits they received to the charity of their choice. Jurkin will be forced to pay back $250 and Mosquera-Perea must pay back $1,590.
The punishment stems from benefits received from AAU coach Mark Adams, who provided them with $9,702 and $6,003 in plane tickets, meals, housing, a laptop computer, a cell phone and clothing.
From the AP:
The NCAA said in a statement Tuesday night both players were qualified to receive the benefits from the nonprofit organization Adams used to help international players obtain travel documents and cover travel costs to the U.S. The problem was that Adams also was considered an Indiana booster because he donated $185 to the Varsity Club from 1986-92, and boosters cannot provide benefits to players.
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"Despite the minimal nature of Mr. Adams' donations, and the fact that the last donation he made was more than 15 years before he provided expenses to a prospective student-athlete who enrolled at the institution," the NCAA wrote in its letter to the school. "Mr. Adams must be considered a representative of the institution's athletics interests."
Jurkin averaged 14.3 points, 10 rebounds and 3.4 blocks last year for United Faith. He also played in the Jordan Brand Classic Regional game earlier this year.
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