Former female college athletes blasted the University of Pennsylvania’s nomination of transgender athlete Lia Thomas for the NCAA Woman of the Year award.

“The message all year long from Penn, honestly, the Ivy League, and the NCAA has just been that women don’t matter,” said Kim Jones, a former All-American tennis player and the mother of a daughter who competed against Thomas. “They’re not worthy of receiving access to fair competition. They’re not even worthy of dignity and comfort in their locker rooms. This nomination is just the embodiment of that message.”