ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – State Rep. Donni Steele (R-Orion Township), along with her Republican female colleagues, asked the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) on Tuesday to immediately verify whether a transgender student playing on a girls volleyball team has the required waiver approved to be eligible to play or remove the boy from the state tournament.

The male playing on the female Ann Arbor Skyline High School volleyball team was named to the conference’s first-team all-league.

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Ann Arbor Skyline plays in the Southeastern Conference which includes teams from Dexter, Monroe, Saline, Pinckney, Tecumseh, Adrian, Jackson, Ypsilanti and Tecumseh.

The Skyline volleyball team plays today against Byron Center in the Division 1 quarterfinals and is just three wins away from a state championship.

Michigan News Source has identified the player but is not publishing the name. Boys playing in girls sports has triggered a nationwide debate about fairness. It is allowed in Michigan because of dueling laws on the matter.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February that banned males from playing in female sports. In 2023, Democrats amended the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity and expression as a protected class.

The MHSAA said those are conflicting laws and they are waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court to have the final say.

Steele’s press release cited media reports and multiple inquiries from member schools that the gender identity waiver and medical documentation required under MHSAA policy may not have been submitted or approved before the athlete’s participation this season. The press release stated the MHSAA has not confirmed whether the records are on file.

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“Girls train all year for this moment. When necessary eligibility documents are missing, female athletes lose the ability to safely and fairly compete. Families deserve certainty that the same standards apply to everyone,” Steele said in a press release.

The news site Outkick reported it received an email from Byron Center athletic director Brady Lake sent to parents on Nov. 14.

“Please trust me when I say that the biggest threat to our success on Tuesday is not on the court; it is the distraction to our girls that will come from those around them fixating on this story,” Lake wrote on Nov. 14, according to the email, Outkick reported.