What should a student athlete in Indiana do when facing a disciplinary violation or administrative issue at their college or university or with the NCAA? VIDEO

Student athletes in Indiana are uniquely situated at their college, university, or high school. Student athletes put their blood, sweat, and tears into their sport and their academics, and that is why it is troubling when they are treated unfairly or do not have independent support when charged with a disciplinary violation such as academic misconduct or Title IX sexual misconduct or facing an administrative issue involving their school, conference, or sports governing body. Coaches, athletic directors, and NCAA administrators, for example, often do what's in the program's or their best interests and not what is in the student athletes' best interests.

Student athletes must have an experienced attorney advocate help guide them when a disciplinary or compliance issue arises and the student athlete is facing an investigation or administrative proceedings with their Indiana school or sports governing body. Issues unique to student athletes can include sports related dismissals and suspensions, inappropriate or abusive behavior by coaches, eligibility hardship and scholarship issues, transfer disputes, NCAA administrative appeals, and issues related to injuries, concussions, and sports litigation.

You must take the necessary precautions before discussing any issues or concerns with your school or administrators. You must also understand your rights and responsibilities. An experienced attorney advisor will level the playing field and they should be in your corner from as early as possible in the process.

Indiana colleges and universities where Joseph D. Lento can help as your or your student athlete's advisor during investigations, hearings, and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following schools:

• Ancilla College
• Anderson University
• Ball State University
• Bethel College Mishawaka
• Brown Mackie College Fort Wayne
• Brown Mackie College Indianapolis
• Brown Mackie College Merrillville
• Brown Mackie College Michigan City
• Brown Mackie College South Bend
• Butler University
• Calumet College of Saint Joseph
• College of Court Reporting Inc.
• Crossroads Bible College
• DePauw University
• DeVry University Indiana
• Earlham College
• Fortis College Indianapolis
• Franklin College
• Goshen College
• Grace College and Theological Seminary
• Hanover College
• Harrison College Anderson
• Harrison College Columbus
• Harrison College Elkhart
• Harrison College Evansville
• Harrison College Fort Wayne
• Harrison College Indianapolis East
• Harrison College Lafayette
• Harrison College Muncie
• Harrison College Northwest
• Harrison College Terre Haute
• Holy Cross College
• Huntington University
• Indiana Institute of Technology
• Indiana State University
• Indiana University Bloomington
• Indiana University East
• Indiana University Kokomo
• Indiana University Northwest
• Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne
• Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
• Indiana University South Bend
• Indiana University Southeast
• Indiana Wesleyan University
• International Business College
• International Business College Indianapolis
• ITT Technical Institute Fort Wayne
• ITT Technical Institute Indianapolis
• ITT Technical Institute Merrillville
• ITT Technical Institute Newburgh
• ITT Technical Institute South Bend
• Ivy Tech Community College Bloominton
• Ivy Tech Community College Central Indiana
• Ivy Tech Community College Columbus
• Ivy Tech Community College East Central
• Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo
• Ivy Tech Community College Lafayette
• Ivy Tech Community College Northcentral
• Ivy Tech Community College Northeast
• Ivy Tech Community College Northwest
• Ivy Tech Community College Richmond
• Ivy Tech Community College South Central
• Ivy Tech Community College Southeast
• Ivy Tech Community College Southwest
• Ivy Tech Community College Wabash Valley
• Manchester College
• Marian University
• Martin University
• MedTech College
• MedTech College Ft Wayne Campus
• MedTech College Greenwood Campus
• Mid America College of Funeral Service
• Oakland City University
• Purdue University Calumet Campus
• Purdue University Main Campus
• Purdue University North Central Campus
• Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
• Saint Josephs College
• Saint Mary's College
• Saint Mary of the Woods College
• Taylor University
• The Art Institute of Indianapolis
• Trine University
• Trine University Regional/Non Traditional Campuses
• University of Evansville
• University of Indianapolis
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Phoenix Indianapolis Campus
• University of Phoenix Northwest Indiana Campus
• University of Saint Francis Fort Wayne
• University of Southern Indiana
• Valparaiso University
• Vincennes University
• Wabash College

Indiana high schools where Joseph D. Lento can help as your student athlete's advisor during investigations, hearings and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following school districts:

A

• Adams Central Community Schools
• Alexandria Community School Corporation
• Anderson Community School Corporation
• Argos Community Schools
• Attica Consolidated School Corporation
• Avon Community School Corporation

B

• Barr-Reeve Community Schools
• Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation
• Batesville Community School Corporation
• Baugo Community Schools
• Beech Grove City Schools
• Benton Community School Corporation
• Blackford County Schools
• Bloomfield School District
• Blue River Valley Schools
• Bremen Public Schools
• Brown County School Corporation
• Brownsburg Community School Corporation
• Brownstown Central Community School Corporation

C

• Cannelton City Schools
• Carmel Clay Schools
• Carroll Consolidated School Corporation
• Cass Township Schools
• Caston School Corporation
• Center Grove Community School Corporation
• Centerville-Abington Community Schools
• Central Noble Community School Corporation
• Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation
• Clarksville Community School Corporation
• Clay Community Schools
• Clinton Central School Corporation
• Clinton Prairie School Corporation
• Cloverdale Community Schools
• Community Schools of Frankfort
• Concord Community Schools
• Covington Community School Corporation
• Cowan Community School Corporation
• Crawford County Community Schools
• Crawfordsville Community Schools
• Crothersville Community Schools
• Crown Point Community School Corporation
• Culver Community Schools Corporation

D

• Daleville Community Schools
• Danville Community School Corporation
• Decatur County Community Schools
• Decatur Township Metropolitan School District
• DeKalb County Central United School District
• DeKalb County Eastern Community School District
• Delaware Community School Corporation
• Delphi Community School Corporation
• Duneland School Corporation

E

• East Allen County Schools
• East Gibson School Corporation
• East Noble School Corporation
• East Porter County School Corporation
• East Washington School Corporation
• Eastbrook Community School Corporation
• Eastern Greene Schools
• Eastern Hancock County Community School Corporation
• Eastern Howard School Corporation
• Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation
• Edinburgh Community School Corporation
• Elkhart Community Schools
• Elwood Community School Corporation
• Eminence Community School Corporation
• Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation

F

• Fairfield Community Schools
• Fayette County School Corporation
• Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corporation
• Fort Wayne Community Schools
• Franklin Community School Corporation
• Franklin County Community School Corporation
• Franklin Township Community School Corporation
• Frankton-Lapel Community Schools
• Fremont Community Schools
• Frontier School Corporation

G

• Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District
• Gary Community School Corporation
• Goshen Community Schools
• Greater Clark County Schools
• Greater Jasper Consolidated Schools
• Greencastle Community School Corporation
• Greenfield-Central Community Schools
• Greensburg Community Schools
• Greenwood Community School Corporation
• Griffith Public Schools

H

• Hamilton Community Schools
• Hamilton Heights School Corporation
• Hamilton Southeastern Schools
• Hanover Community School Corporation
• Huntington County Community School Corporation

I

• Indianapolis Public Schools

J

• Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation
• Jay School Corporation
• Jennings County Schools
• John Glenn School Corporation

K

• Kankakee Valley School Corporation
• Knox Community School Corporation
• Kokomo-Center Township Consolidated School Corporation

L

• Lafayette School Corporation
• Lake Central School Corporation
• Lake Ridge Schools Corporation
• Lake Station Community Schools
• Lakeland School Corporation
• Lanesville Community School Corporation
• LaPorte Community School Corporation
• Lawrenceburg Community School Corporation
• Lebanon Community School Corporation
• Liberty-Perry Community School Corporation
• Linton-Stockton School Corporation
• Logansport Community School Corporation
• Loogootee Community School Corporation

M

• Maconaquah School Corporation
• Madison Consolidated Schools
• Madison-Grant United School Corporation
• Manchester Community Schools
• Marion Community Schools
• Marion-Adams Schools
• Medora Community School Corporation
• Merrillville Community School Corporation
• Metropolitan School District of Bluffton-Harrison
• Metropolitan School District of Boone Township
• Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township
• Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township
• Metropolitan School District of Martinsville
• Metropolitan School District of Mount Vernon
• Metropolitan School District of New Durham Township
• Metropolitan School District of North Posey County Schools
• Metropolitan School District of Perry Township
• Metropolitan School District of Pike Township
• Metropolitan School District of Shakamak Schools
• Metropolitan School District of Steuben County
• Metropolitan School District of Wabash County Schools
• Metropolitan School District of Warren County
• Metropolitan School District of Warren Township
• Metropolitan School District of Washington Township
• Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township
• Michigan City Area Schools
• Middlebury Community Schools
• Milan Community Schools
• Mill Creek Community School Corporation
• Mississinewa Community School Corporation
• Mitchell Community Schools
• Monroe Central School Corporation
• Monroe County Community School Corporation
• Monroe-Gregg School District
• Mooresville Consolidated School Corporation
• Pleasant Township Community School Corporation
• Vernon Community School Corporation
• Muncie Community Schools

N

• Nettle Creek School Corporation
• New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation
• New Castle Community School Corporation
• New Harmony Town & Township Consolidated School Corporation
• New Prairie United School Corporation
• Noblesville Schools
• North Adams Community Schools
• North Daviess Community Schools
• North Gibson School Corporation
• North Harrison Community School Corporation
• North Judson-San Pierre School Corporation
• North Knox School Corporation
• North Lawrence Community Schools
• North Miami Community Schools
• North Montgomery Community School Corporation
• North Newton School Corporation
• North Putnam Community Schools
• North Spencer County School Corporation
• North Vermillion Community School Corporation
• North West Hendricks Schools
• North White School Corporation
• Northeast Dubois County School Corporation
• Northeast School Corporation of Sullivan County
• Northeastern Wayne Schools
• Northern Community Schools of Tipton County
• Northern Wells Community Schools
• Northwest Allen County Schools
• Northwestern Consolidated School Corporation
• Northwestern School Corporation

O

• Oak Hill United School Corporation
• Oregon-Davis School Corporation
• Orleans Community Schools

P

• Paoli Community School Corporation
• Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation
• Perry Central Community Schools Corporation
• Peru Community Schools
• Pike County School Corporation
• Pioneer Regional School Corporation
• Plainfield Community School Corporation
• Plymouth Community School Corporation
• Portage Township Schools
• Porter Township School Corporation
• Prairie Heights Community School Corporation
• Prairie Township Schools

R

• Randolph Central School Corporation
• Randolph Eastern School Corporation
• Randolph Southern School Corporation
• Rensselaer Central School Corporation
• Richland-Bean Blossom Community School Corporation
• Richmond Community Schools
• Rising Sun-Ohio County Community School Corporation
• River Forest Community School Corporation
• Rochester Community School Corporation
• Rockville Community School Corporation
• Rossville Consolidated School District
• Rush County Schools

S

• Salem Community Schools
• School City of East Chicago
• School City of Hammond
• School City of Hobart
• School City of Mishawaka
• School City of Whiting
• School Town of Highland
• School Town of Munster
• School Town of Speedway
• Scott County School District 1
• Scott County School District 2
• Seymour Community Schools
• Shelby Eastern Schools
• Shelbyville Central Schools
• Shenandoah School Corporation
• Shoals Community School Corporation
• Smith-Green Community Schools
• South Adams Schools
• South Bend Community School Corporation
• South Central Community School Corporation
• South Dearborn Community School Corporation
• South Gibson School Corporation
• South Harrison Community Schools
• South Henry School Corporation
• South Knox School Corporation
• South Madison Community School Corporation
• South Montgomery Community School Corporation
• South Newton School Corporation
• South Putnam Community Schools
• South Ripley Community School Corporation
• South Spencer County School Corporation
• South Vermillion Community School Corporation
• Southeast Dubois County School Corporation
• Southeast Fountain School Corporation
• Southeastern School Corporation
• Southern Hancock County Community School Corporation
• Southern Wells Community Schools
• Southwest Allen County Schools
• Southwest Dubois County School Corporation
• Southwest Parke Community School Corporation
• Southwest School Corporation of Sullivan County
• Southwestern Consolidated School District of Shelby County
• Southwestern Jefferson County Consolidated Schools
• Spencer-Owen Community Schools
• Springs Valley Community School Corporation
• Sunman-Dearborn Community School Corporation
• Switzerland County School Corporation

T

• Taylor Community School Corporation
• Tell City-Troy Township School Corporation
• Tippecanoe School Corporation
• Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation
• Tipton Community School Corporation
• Tri-County School Corporation
• Tri-Creek School Corporation
• Triton School Corporation
• Turkey Run Community School Corporation
• Twin Lakes School Corporation

U

• Union County/College Corner Joint School District
• Union School Corporation (Modoc)
• Union Township School Corporation
• Union-North United Schools

V

• Valparaiso Community Schools
• Vigo County School Corporation
• Vincennes Community School Corporation

W

• Wabash City Schools
• Wa-Nee Community Schools
• Warrick County School Corporation
• Warsaw Community Schools
• Washington Community Schools
• Wawasee Community School Corporation
• Wes-Del Community Schools
• West Central School Corporation
• West Clark Community Schools
• West Lafayette Community School Corporation
• West Noble School Corporation
• West Washington School Corporation
• Western Boone County Community School District
• Western School Corporation
• Western Wayne Schools
• Westfield Washington Schools
• Westview School Corporation
• White River Valley School District
• Whitko Community School Corporation
• Whitko Community School Corporation
• Whitley County Consolidated Schools

Z

• Zionsville Community Schools

Student athletes at Indiana schools have more to lose when facing disciplinary or administrative proceedings at their school or with a sport governing body such as the NCAA.   Student athletes' academics, eligibility to play, scholarships, and future professional sports opportunities can all be negatively affected by a school's or the NCAA's actions.  That is why it is critical to address any school or sport-related issue or concern affecting student athletes as best as possible and Joseph D. Lento and the Lento Law Firm have unparalleled experience passionately fighting for the future of their student athlete clients at colleges, universities, and high schools in Indiana and throughout the nation.

Attorney Joseph D. Lento does not settle for a participation trophy - He fights to win.  He also prioritizes the needs and well-being of the student athletes he represents, with an eye towards the unique circumstances of student athletes which must be carefully considered in addressing and resolving school and administrative body issues and concerns.

Joseph D. Lento is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, is admitted as an attorney pro hac vice in state and federal court if needed when representing clients nationwide, and serves as an advisor for student athletes facing disciplinary and administrative cases in Indiana and throughout the nation.  Make certain your or your student athlete's rights and interests are protected – Contact National Student Athlete Attorney Joseph D. Lento today at 888-535-3686 for help.