On May 3, 2015, Julie Hermann took centerstage in the Rutgers Athletics program's inaugural R Awards banquet, offering platitudes and distributing trophies for the Scarlet Knights' accomplishments throughout the season.
Nearly one year later to the date, the former Rutgers Athletics Director was meeting with the NCAA's enforcement staff, providing testimony in the investigation into the Scarlet Knights football program.
That was one of the many revelations in Rutgers University's 102-page response to a series of alleged violations made by the NCAA.
NJ Advance Media has exclusively obtained Rutgers' formal response to the NCAA regarding the notice of allegations issued last December.