Washington fired its women's softball coach in 2004 after an internal investigation found a volunteer team doctor freely dispensing painkillers and muscle relaxants to players.

University administrators determined coach Teresa Wilson should have known the doctor overused medications to treat players and that such conduct was dangerous and wrong.

One player reported receiving between 100 and 180 narcotic pills from 2000 to 2002. During three games she was high to the point that she was "giggly, loopy and was laughing on the dugout floor," according to the report.

"No matter what you do, there are people who will abuse those situations," Mildenberger said. "I don't think it's common for that choice to be aided and abetted in college athletics."

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