SJSU, whose women’s volleyball team found itself at the center of a national discussion surrounding transgender athletes last season, was singled out as one of two universities that the department

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday at the White House that bars transgender athletes from participating in girls’ and women’s sports, just months after the San Jose State women’s volleyball team found itself in the middle of a national firestorm on the issue.

The Education Department says it is investigating potential civil rights violations at two universities and a high school sports league that allowed transgender athletes to compete on women's teams.

San José State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson told Fox News Digital the school will cooperate with a federal investigation into potential Title IX violations.

The Department of Education on Thursday announced it will investigate San Jose State University over its women’s volleyball team’s inclusion of a transgender player as a potential violation of Title IX.