As rumors spread of gang rape, SDSU turned to a rape survivor to address football team
“These mandatory sessions were enhanced training sessions offered to reinforce the education and dialogue around the importance of maintaining a healthy and safe environment,” the university said Friday. “This was one of the many ways we looked to be active and proactive in response to the limited information we had, and that was consistent with SDPD’s request to stand down.”
The coach said education on topics like sexual violence is “talked about from day one to all the way through.” A spokesperson said the initial version of the “Aztecs Going Pro” program was launched in 2015. The seminar courses are not mandatory. Tracy says she went to hang out with friends on a summer night, but ended up being gang raped, sodomized and robbed. She told investigators her attackers stood around, watching it happen and cheering the others on.
According to Tracy, she shared the same message at SDSU that she always does: That 98% of sexual violence is committed by men; that 10% of men are the ones who commit such acts, leaving the other 90% of men responsible to speak up, especially in a tightknit community like a football team. Tracy said she does not recall anything that occurred during her visit that makes her think differently about those sessions now that the allegations have become public. She acknowledged that it’s likely she spoke with at least some of the players accused in the alleged rape at the Halloween party.