“It took me a decade to tell this story, and I’ll be honest even saying the words right now, ‘I was sexually harassed by my college soccer coach,’ I still feel uneasy and uncomfortable and anxious with all of it,” she said, later adding, “I think I’ve hesitated to share my story for various reasons. I think the first obvious is that it’s really painful to talk about, and I think a part of my also feels embarrassed that this happened to me. The Call Her Daddy girl. In coming forward I was also afraid of retaliation. I also worried people would downplay or dismiss the severity of what I experienced because the abuse wasn’t physical.”

E! News previously reached out to Nancy Feldman and Boston University for comment but has not yet heard back, and neither party has publicly responded to Alex’s allegations.

But in learning that others said they had, and allegedly continue, to experience similar harassment—despite Nancy retiring from BU in 2022—Alex explained she knew “without a doubt” it was time to share her story.