Drummond demands NCAA restore female athletes’ records wrongfully erased by male competitors
OKLAHOMA CITY (July 22, 2025) – Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to restore the records, titles, awards and recognitions of female athletes that were denied because of biological males competing in women’s sports.
Drummond and a coalition of 27 other state and territory attorneys general today sent a letter to NCAA President Charlie Baker asking the association to develop a plan to restore such recognitions.
“It is outrageous that this must even be an ask,” Drummond said. “Egregious policies created and supported by the Biden-Harris Administration and the NCAA allowed biological males to compete against women in sports, stripping away much-deserved recognition from female athletes. These women absolutely deserve to have the honors they earned, and I am proud to fight on their behalf alongside President Trump and many of my colleagues.”
More than 500,000 college athletes from approximately 1,100 schools in all 50 states compete in the NCAA.
“The NCAA has the opportunity and privilege to impact the lives of so many student athletes in a positive or negative way,” the coalition wrote in the letter. “There is no doubt that the women forced to compete against biological males in female events were impacted negatively and unfairly disadvantaged.”
Since taking office, President Trump has been a staunch advocate for female athletes, signing executive orders supporting women’s sports and prioritizing Title IX. In February, the U.S. Department of Education also penned a letter asking the NCAA to validate recognitions for female athletes.
In addition to Drummond, the letter is signed by the attorneys general of Mississippi, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Guam, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
