Report: KU basketball player Lagerald Vick investigated in 2015 on allegations that he struck female student

Kansas sophomore guard Lagerald Vick puts up a jumper prior to Tuesday's game against Long Beach State at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas sophomore guard Lagerald Vick puts up a jumper prior to Tuesday’s game against Long Beach State at Allen Fieldhouse.

University of Kansas men’s basketball player Lagerald Vick reportedly was the subject of a KU investigation into whether he hit a female student in 2015.

The Kansas City Star reports that it obtained information that KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access recommended that Vick be placed on two years of university probation related to allegations that he punched a female student in the arm more than once and kicked her in the face.

The Star, without citing sources, said it learned that the IOA conducted an investigation from late December 2015 to January 2016. The IOA offers its recommendations based on a preponderance of the evidence, which is a lesser standard than the beyond a reasonable doubt standard used in…