College soccer player awarded $100K to settle discrimination lawsuit after refusing to kneel with team

Kiersten Hening claimed Virginia Tech women’s soccer coach Charles “Chugger” Adair punished her for her political views in 2020 during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement.

A former college soccer player claiming she faced discrimination after refusing to kneel with her teammates during the reading of a “unity statement” won $100,000 in a lawsuit filed in 2021.

Defender/midfielder Kiersten Hening alleged that Virginia Tech women’s soccer head coach Charles “Chugger” Adair punished her in 2020 for holding political views that frequently strayed from those of her teammates when the Black Lives Matter movement was at its peak, according to today!

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