Players allege embattled ex-Oregon State volleyball coach used same abusive tactics in Australia

Reporting by The Associated Press about abusive culture in Oregon State's volleyball program led to an outpouring of similar stories from the coach's homeland of Australia, where a four-year process led officials there to apologize to athletes who had played in his program.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation published a story Saturday quoting players who read the AP reporting in 2020 about Oregon State's Mark Barnard and, according to one, felt "it was like reading one of our own training sessions.”

“I just started shaking, my heart started racing,” one player, Selina Scoble, told ABC.

Scoble said her difficulties on the team “snowballed into depression and bulimia, and I have a lot of shame and guilt around that.”