ASU President Michael Crow named a professor to lead an investigation into how the University handled the Loren Wade incident in a press conference Thursday and selected an interim athletic director.
Crow named law professor Myles Lynk as head of the internal investigation.
Lynk serves as the University's faculty athletic representative, a position Crow called "the faculty's watchdog over intercollegiate sports."
In a statement, Crow called Lynk "thorough, tough and fair" and said his experience made him "the ideal person" to lead the investigation.
Crow said the scope investigation would extend beyond the athletic department to all areas of the University that provided services to Wade and students who knew him, such as Counseling and Consultation, Intercollegiate Athletics and Academic Advising.
Crow did not name any members to the investigation committee, leaving that decision to Lynk.
"There will be representatives from the athletic department on that committee, but there will be a large number of representatives from the broader University community," Crow said.
Crow also said people from outside the University would be involved in the investigation and may serve on the committee.
Another issue Crow asked Lynk to investigate is the relationship between the ASU Department of Public Safety and other Valley law enforcement agencies.
"In most college towns, if a university student or staffer is involved with the police, the police will notify the university," he said. "For whatever reason here ... it appears that neither the Scottsdale Police Department nor the Chandler Police Department were in contact with the University's police department."
Crow asked Lynk to file a report within 90 days.
Christine Wilkinson, senior vice president and secretary of the University, will serve as the interim athletic director until a replacement is found for current director Gene Smith.
Smith will leave his post April 8 to serve as the athletic director for Ohio State University.
Wilkinson has served as interim director twice before.
"I will ... provide the leadership for the operations of the department and the direction moving forward," she said.
Crow said there are no plans to slow the search for a new permanent director.
Officials in an Atlanta-based search firm, which is assisting ASU in finding a new director, have said they could name a candidate in the next six weeks.
Reach the reporter at brian.indrelunas@asu.edu.
