I agree with you in theory. Student athletes are very visible and leave themselves open to others looking up to them. However, if we are going to hold everyone's past in front of them, we may not be doing what is best for them. Mistakes are tough to live with and I understand the standard issue. I would hope that there would be something of value in someone who could rise above their mistakes.
What is the criteria for selection? Performance in tournament? Performance in the season? Since I wasn't involved in the suspension, expulsion, or whatever it was that #10 was a part of, I would have a hard time not selecting her based on what I had heard through Coach T and at basketball games. It also says that the punishment and embarrassment she and possibly her family may have faced as a result of her actions was not enough for the bystanders. I don't know much, but I know that at sixteen it is difficult to always make the right decision. Hey it is tough even as old as I am now. I also think you might need to do a more thorough search of all of the candidates if you don't select one because their incidenct was public. There might be more hiding in the closets of others that didn't make the headlines. I don't really think it is necessary to go this route when the school and parents seem to have handled the punishment. You may know more than I do. I believe there is something Biblical about forgiveness and our memories of our wrongs.