Principal apologizes to Jim Boeheim’s daughter for ‘cheater’ taunts

The principal of Albertus Magnus High School in New York has sent a formal letter of apology to Jamie Boeheim, the daughter of Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim, after she was taunted by students during a recent basketball game.

Jamie, a freshman, plays for the Jamesville-DeWitt High School varsity team. She was met with chants of, “Where’s the cheater?” when she entered Friday’s New York Class A state semifinal game in the fourth quarter over the weekend.

“Our students violated our Mission Statement which includes ‘showing respect for the dignity of each person,'” Albertus Magnus principal Joseph T. Troy wrote. “We plan to meet with the student body to discuss appropriate behavior during sporting events.”

Troy has been the principal at Albertus Magnus for 20 years.

As you know, Syracuse was recently hit with a mess of sanctions after an NCAA investigation determined that athletics department staffers posed as athletes and sent emails to professors.

But none of that has anything to do with Jamie, whose team went on to rout Albertus Magnus by a final score of 56-33.

“I just try and block out everything,” the younger Boeheim told Syracuse.com after the win. “I’m a Boeheim so I’m expecting some, but I just ignore it.”