Honegger might get to play today

Until Wednesday, senior basketball player Rachael Honegger had little hope she would be allowed to play during her last game in Assembly Hall today.\nHonegger has been suspended from playing since Feb. 7, when athletics director Clarence Doninger sidelined her pending investigation into her guilty plea to forgery. \nThe recommendations of the athletics committee investigation were given to IU President Myles Brand in a Wednesday afternoon meeting, committee chair Bruce Jaffee said.\n"(Wednesday) afternoon I met with President Brand, and we discussed the findings and the recommendations," Jaffee said. "My understanding is that he will release them (today)."\nUniversity spokeswoman Susan Dillman confirmed that Brand received the committee's recommendations and was deciding the University's course of action.\n"The president has received a draft of the report; he is reviewing it and will have an announcement," Dillman said. "We have no time table."\nFeb. 5, Brand charged the athletics committee, and specifically Jaffee, associate dean for academics of the Kelley School of Business, with looking into the matter. The committee held a special meeting Tuesday night to review a subcommittee's report and recommendations and vote on a proposal for Brand.\nHonegger pled guilty in October to forgery for embezzling from her former employer, the Ellettsville IGA. She has been forced to pay back about $13,000.\nA Monroe County judge sentenced Honegger to three years in jail, but suspended all but six months of her sentence. She is serving limited house arrest.\nShe has been allowed to practice and travel with the team.\nCoach Kathi Bennett said she could not predict the outcome of the investigation.\n"I honestly have no idea what's going to happen," Bennett said. \nJaffee said whether Honegger will play is up to Brand, and then, ultimately, to Bennett.\n"Our basic work is over," he said.\nBut Bennett did stress Honegger's continued support for the team.\n"She is pulling for us to win like you would not believe … There's not an ounce of bitterness in her, and I think that says a lot," Bennett said.\nJunior guard Heather Cassady, a team co-captain, echoed Bennett's sentiments. \n"Her attitude through this whole thing has been awesome," Cassady said. "In practice, she is still communicating with everyone on where to go, and she continues to be a great leader"