Rape victim to speak at Oklahoma, and before controversial RB Joe Mixon
Brenda Tracy has shared her two at two schools already, but this might be the biggest one
Rape victim Brenda Tracy will speak on Monday to the Oklahoma football team, an audience that will include controversial tailback Joe Mixon.
Tracy has received national notoriety this offseason for her ongoing role in sexual assault awareness. She has already spoken at Nebraska and Baylor to tell her story of being raped by four men near the Oregon State campus in 1998.
All three schools invited Tracy on their campuses to share her story.
Her third stop, at Oklahoma, will put her in front of a prominent athlete accused of violence against a woman.
Mixon was charged with misdemeanor assault in 2014 after allegedly punching a female OU student. He later entered an Alford plea, which means a defendant pleads guilty to resolve a matter while maintaining his innocence.
His continued presence on the Oklahoma roster became somewhat of a national story two seasons ago. Mixon was given a one-year deferred jail sentence and made to perform 100 hours of community service. OU's punishment included suspending the freshman for the 2014 season.
Various news organizations are seeking public release of a video that shows Mixon allegedly punching Amelia Molitor. You can read her story here.
"I won't address him directly," Tracy said. "That's not what I'm there for. I'll talk about the usual behavior and accountability and how that affects other people's lives."
In June, Tracy spoke at Nebraska wanting to confront coach Mike Riley for his role in suspending two of the Oregon State players she says raped her 18 years ago.
On Thursday, the NCAA encouraged all three divisions to develop legislation concentrating on sexual violence awareness. That was after Tracy and her son, Darius, delivered a petition containing 157,000 signatures advocating for the NCAA to ban "sexual violence perpetrators" from competing in college sports.
"It seems they're standing up to it and facing it and not trying to run from it. I appreciate it," Tracy said of the NCAA. "It's a first step. I'm hopeful. Technically, the NCAA could have said, 'Thank you for petition. Thank you for your concern,' and done nothing."
Since the spring, the Big 12 has been working on developing rules that would ban incoming freshmen athletes involved in sexual assault from competing.
There are a handful of conferences, including the SEC, that already ban transfers from other schools guilty of serious misconduct.
















