GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — The College of North Dakota mentioned Friday that Arizona Coyotes prime draft decide Mitchell Miller is not on the varsity’s hockey crew.

The announcement by college president Andrew Armacost got here a day after the Coyotes renounced their rights to the 2020 fourth-round decide after studying extra about his bullying of a Black classmate with developmental disabilities 4 years in the past.

Miller, an 18-year-old defenseman, is a freshman at North Dakota.

In a letter posted to Twitter, Armacost mentioned: “We count on our college students to dwell by our values within the classroom, in the neighborhood and when representing the College on the sector of play. After a lot consideration and discussions with Mitchell, the Miller household, our Athletics Director, Invoice Chaves, and Coach Brad Berry, I’ve determined that the perfect plan of action for Mitchell and the College is that he not be a member of the UND Males’s Hockey program. Mitchell might stay a scholar at UND and we are going to proceed to assist his future mental and interpersonal progress.”

The Arizona Coyotes parted methods with Miller after taking criticism for choosing him within the fourth spherical earlier this month regardless of realizing of his 2016 assault conviction. Arizona acknowledged it knew in regards to the incident when it chosen Miller 111th general, however President and CEO Xavier Gutierrez mentioned they renounced rights to Miller after studying extra in regards to the incident and the influence it had on the sufferer, Isaiah Meyer-Crothers.

Miller pleaded responsible at age 14 to 1 depend of assault and one depend of violation of the Ohio Protected Faculties Act. He and one other teenager have been accused of creating 14-year-old Isaiah Meyer-Crothers eat a sweet push pop after wiping it in a rest room urinal, and surveillance video confirmed them kicking and punching him.

Meyer-Crothers informed the Arizona Republic earlier in October he was surprised and saddened when he came upon the Coyotes drafted Miller, who he mentioned taunted him with racist language and repeatedly hit him once they have been rising up in a suburb of Toledo.

Miller despatched a letter to all 31 NHL groups acknowledging what occurred and apologizing for his habits. Meyer-Crothers’s mom, Joni, mentioned Miller by no means personally apologized to Isaiah or their household aside from a court-mandated letter.

Miller is now a free agent.