The NCAA Committee on Infractions released the findings after an NCAA enforcement investigation uncovered violations by three student-athletes who competed in men's basketball at Fresno State and San Jose State. As part of a coordinated effort, the student-athletes bet on their own games, one another's games and/or provided information that enabled others to do so during the 2024-25 regular season. Two of the student-athletes then manipulated their performances to ensure that certain bets were won. As a result, they violated ethical conduct rules, triggering permanent ineligibility.
The individuals — Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez and Jalen Weaver — were released from their respective teams and are no longer enrolled at their previous schools.
The NCAA enforcement staff began the investigation after notifications from Fresno State and a sports betting integrity monitor about suspicious prop bets placed on Robinson. The NCAA enforcement staff uncovered evidence that the three student-athletes shared information about individual betting lines for the purpose of manipulating outcomes to win prop bets.
Robinson and Vasquez had been roommates at Fresno State during the 2023-24 season. In January 2025, Robinson and Vasquez — who was then competing for San Jose State — discussed over text message that Robinson planned to underperform in several statistical categories during one regular-season game. Robinson, Vasquez and a third party bet a combined $2,200 on Robinson for his under-line performance in those categories. As a result of Robinson's underperformance, a $15,950 payout was redistributed among those who had bet.
During that same season, Robinson also placed 13 daily fantasy sports over-line and under-line prop bets, totaling $454, on parlays that included his own performance. Robinson did not win on all of the bets but did collect $618 on one occasion.
Notably, Robinson placed multiple bets on Weaver — who was Robinson's teammate at Fresno State — including two bets placed before a game in late December 2024 after he and Weaver exchanged information about their respective betting lines. As a result of that coordination, Weaver also placed a $50 prop bet on a parlay for himself, Robinson and a third student-athlete, and he won $260.
Vasquez and Robinson also failed to cooperate with the enforcement staff's investigation.
The three cases were resolved via negotiated resolution in coordination with the student-athletes' schools, per infractions process operating procedures. Robinson and Vasquez informed the enforcement staff that they did not wish to participate in the processing of their respective cases. Weaver did participate and agreed to the violation in his case.
The Committee on Infractions does not currently assess penalties for student-athletes who violated NCAA rules but did approve the findings, confirming that the violations occurred. Student-athletes who are found to have violated NCAA rules are ineligible and can only be reinstated with the assistance of an NCAA school. In 2023, Division I members changed the guidelines for student-athlete reinstatement for sports betting violations, but generally speaking, the starting point for student-athletes who bet on their own games is a permanent loss of eligibility.
Members of the Committee on Infractions are drawn from the NCAA membership and public. The panel members who reviewed this case are Jason Leonard, executive director of athletics compliance at Oklahoma and chief hearing officer for the panel; Kay Norton, president emerita at Northern Colorado; and Roderick Perry, former athletics director at the school then known as Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
