Softball Athlete Suspended for the Presence of Pseudoephedrine

The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced today that Mitchell McKay, a softball athlete, received an 18-month sanction for an anti-doping rule violation. The athlete’s urine sample, collected in-competition on August 2, 2023, revealed the presence of pseudoephedrine, a prohibited specified stimulant.

In response to the CCES’s notification of the adverse analytical finding, the athlete signed an Agreement on Consequences thereby waiving their right to a hearing and accepting the proposed sanction and all other applicable consequences. Because the athlete accepted a voluntary provisional suspension on September 7, 2023, the sanction ends on March 6, 2025.

During the sanction period, the athlete is ineligible to participate in any capacity with any sport signatory to the Canadian Anti-Doping Program (CADP), including training with teammates.

In compliance with rule 8.4 of the CADP, the CCES’s file outcome summary can be found in the Canadian Sport Sanction Registry.

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Institution: Florida International University

Date: December 06, 2023

Violation Summary: A former Florida International University softball head coach committed recruiting violations when she had impermissible recruiting contacts with three prospects during the COVID-19 dead period. Because of her personal involvement in the violations, she violated head coach responsibility rules. She also violated ethical conduct rules when she instructed a student-athlete to provide false and misleading information and was not truthful when she was interviewed during the investigation. In June, the school and women’s soccer head coach reached an agreement with the enforcement staff about violations and penalties. The Division I Committee on Infractions publicly acknowledged the infractions case so the school and soccer coach could immediately begin serving penalties while awaiting the committee’s final decision.

Penalty Summary:

Involved Sports:
Softball

Case Level: I

Involved Penalties:

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