(USA TODAY) -- Baylor University football player Sam Ukwuachu was sentenced to 180 days in jail and given 10 years of probation Friday in Waco, Texas, for sexually assaulting a female soccer player.
The 22-year-old Ukwuachu was also was ordered to perform 400 hours of community service as another condition of probation. He had faced up to 20 years in prison.
The jury recommended that Ukwuachu be sentenced to 8 years in prison but that the sentenced be probated.
On Friday afternoon Baylor announced that President and Chancellor Ken Starr has called for a comprehensive internal inquiry into the case and the conduct of the offices involved.
Baylor law professor Jeremy Counseller, a former assistant criminal district attorney, will conduct the review. the school said Starr will determine further action based on the results of the review.
"Acts of sexual violence contradict every value Baylor University upholds as a caring Christian community," the school said in a statement.
Prosecutors say Ukwuachu sexually assaulted a former Baylor women's soccer player at his Waco apartment. Ukwuachu has said the encounter was consensual.
Ukwuachu, a defensive end from Pearland, Texas, started 12 games for Boise State as a freshman. He transferred in 2013 after being dismissed for unspecified reasons, but never played for Baylor. He was ineligible in 2013 because of NCAA transfer rules and suspended in 2014, though Baylor never gave a reason.
Contributing: The Associated Press
