When a former University of Connecticut women’s hockey player sued her former coach earlier this month, she became one of a growing number of college athletes to bring claims over alleged hazing incidents.
Shannon Godin claims she was hospitalized for binge drinking in November 2014, after being “egged on” by seniors on the squad. The incident took place at a “Rookie Night” at which Godin was also forced to wear “sexually inappropriate and degrading clothing,” according to the lawsuit, filed by James F. Sullivan, of Howard, Kohn, Sprague & FitzGerald in Hartford. “The senior members [also] forced the freshman to drink alcohol on other occasions until they puked and/or passed out.”
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