Texas Case Today: AG Paxton In NCAA Lawsuit to Protect Female Athletes, Texas Values Supports
Lubbock, TX – March 18, 2025 – Today, several female athletes and plaintiffs against the NCAA and the Mountain West Conference will testify at a court hearing at 1:30 pm CDT in Lubbock, Texas.
Texas Values Attorney and President, Jonathan Saenz, will be attending the court hearing and will be available after the hearing, for comments and questions from the media. The hearing will take place in Lubbock County District Court, 904 Broadway Street, Lubbock, Texas.
Jonathan Saenz, President & Attorney for Texas Values released the following statement:
“Texas stands strong to protect female athletes from the deceptive, dishonest, and cowardly action of the NCAA. They say they care about women, but their actions look like all they care about is money.”
Testifying plaintiffs include Brooke Slusser (co-captain, San Jose State University women’s volleyball team), Kylee Alons (31-time NCAA All-American swimmer, North Carolina State University), Kaitlynn Wheeler (All-American swimmer, University of Kentucky), Melissa Batie-Smoose (former Associate Head Coach, San Jose State University women’s volleyball team). Kim Slusser, Brooke Slusser’s mother, has also been called to testify. The hearing is in the case of Texas v. NCAA (Cause No. DC-2024-CV-1835), filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The hearing is in the case of Texas v. NCAA (Cause No. DC-2024-CV-1835), filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to challenge the NCAA’s failure to prevent men from competing on college women’s sports teams. Recently, an executive order from President Trump, intending to keep men out of women’s sports, prompted the NCAA to revise its transgender participation policy. Texas argues that the NCAA’s new policy “stands in stark contrast to… President [Trump’s] Executive Order [and] does not, in fact, keep men out of women’s sports.” Attorney General Paxton has called the updated policy “an illusion of change designed to trick consumers into re-engaging with the NCAA.”
Texas Values is the largest faith, family, and freedom law and policy organization in Texas, and Texas Values led the efforts to pass a K-12th grade and college level protections for women, so men could not compete against them in athletics. More information can be found at www.savewomenssportstexas.com
Texas Values President & Attorney Jonathan Saenz will be onsite and available for comment. To schedule an interview, please contact Ashley at media@txvalues.org or 737-314-2450 (m).
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