Hank Nuwer, Author; Hazing Deaths Database

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As for Wieters, Showalter gave him a corner locker at the end of a row, closest to Showalter’s office. One way or another, they talk every day.

“His main message to me is that this team has the talent to compete,” Wieters, 24, said, “and it’s up to me to get these [pitchers] to believe that it doesn’t matter who’s in the box . . . that they’re going to go out there and beat them that day.”

Connecting with Wieters wasn’t hard for Showalter. The kid is polite, smart and receptive to instruction. But turning him into a forceful leader has proven to be more of a work in progress. Last year, Showalter became aware of some Orioles veterans hazing Wieters and quickly put an end to it.

“I’m very protective of the guy who’s going to be catching our pitching staff, without that [hazing] happening. I’m not a big fan of that stuff,” Showalter said. “Make the guy’s path easier, not harder. Matt’s the last guy who should have that coming to him, because Matt is almost to a fault respectful of [veterans].”

Once again, a high school hazing case has details omitted from public record

excerpt: ABC news–KSFY

No charges will be filed in a hazing case involving Aberdeen Central High School wrestlers.

That’s according to Fargo, North Dakota police.

The case is inactive, which means it is closed and was not sent to the State’s Attorney’s office for prosecution.

The hazing incident occurred in December at the Fargo hotel where the wrestling team was staying for a tournament.

The nature of the hazing incident was not released

Here is the little reported

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On Friday, March 11, police were told about a series of assaults that had taken place in the locker room.

Police spoke with the victim who said he was assaulted by several boys. He said they held him down on a on bench and struck him several times.

According to the police report, “The victim stated the hazing incident is an ongoing thing.”

The boy received minor injuries.

If you know anything about this incident call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.

Excerpt A second Vernal Junior High School wrestler has been ordered to serve at least 22 days in a youth detention center for his role in a sexually based hazing incident on a school bus.

The 14-year-old entered an admission this week in 8th District Juvenile Court to an amended allegation of attempted forcible sex abuse, which would be a third-degree felony if the boy were an adult.

In exchange for his plea, Duchesne County prosecutors agreed to request the dismissal of a hazing allegation against the teen.

The boy — one of three wrestlers referred to juvenile court following an incident last year on a Uintah School District bus — was ordered to perform 188 hours of community service and undergo a sexual behavior risk assessment, in addition to serving time in the Split Mountain Youth Detention Center.

The teen must also complete any treatment recommended as a result of the risk assessment.

On Dec. 4, the three teens engaged in individual lewd acts at the back of a bus returning from a wrestling tournament in Morgan, according to the Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office.

They then wiped bodily fluids on their teammates, investigators said. The incident was recorded by surveillance cameras in the bus.

In February, one of the wrestlers entered an admission to attempted forcible sex abuse in exchange for the dismissal of the hazing count.

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Kicks to groin, etc.

The University of Michigan’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon has been expelled after hazing allegations, the Michigan Daily reports. The fraternity had previously been on suspension since early Feb.

The Daily has more:

The fraternity’s suspension came after an e-mail was sent to the University’s Office of Greek Life from a parent who disclosed various hazing activities — like forcing fraternity pledges to perform physical tests on while members shouted and threw tennis balls at them — her son was forced to endure as an SAE pledge.On March 7, the national organization made public its choice to maintain the University chapter — though it will be kept under “colony status” starting in the fall, according to the press release.

According to e-mails obtained by the Detroit Free Press, pledges were subject to a number of alleged abuses:

The e-mail said, “Brothers shot Airsoft guns, threw eggs, poked and tripped them with broomsticks, poured buckets of flour on them.”The e-mail said the next night was entertainment: “Brothers taking hockey slap-shots at the pledge class using tennis balls as hockey pucks” and “brothers violently kicking pledges in the groin to ensure that they were wearing athletic support cups.”

Further allegations detail how pledges were were forced to drink “drink regurgitated water with goldfish in it,” the Free Press reports.

The fraternity may redevelop next year, although current members may be subject to further discipline from the university.