'I will not play for a team or school that punishes its athletes for wanting a safer environment,' 16-year-old Sereniti Simpson said.
A member of the female varsity volleyball team at Olympic High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, quit the team after learning she and other players would be benched for participating in a student-led walkout protesting sexual violence held on Friday.
. The 16-year-old junior said she helped organize last week's walk-out, which was partly inspired by a male student at the school who was allowed to continue playing football after being criminally charged with a sexual felony."I will not play for a team or school that punishes its athletes for wanting a safer environment," Simpson said."It's time to take a stand. We need to take action now.
A high school volleyball player quit her team after she received a one-game suspension for participating in a protest against school sexual assaults. In this undated stock photo, a volleyball is seen on a court floor.The football player was allowed to continue participating in the sport because he was arrested before the start of the school year, and district officials said the alleged assault happened off-campus, the paper reported.
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