The Georgetown University athletic department was placed on a three-year probation, after Georgetown University officials discovered that 26 baseball players were paid nearly $62,000 in federal work study funds for work the athletes did not complete, Inside Higher Ed reported Thursday.

Georgetown University officials discovered the issue after a routine athletics department audit, and self-reported the violation to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Inside Higher Ed reported.

After the incident was discovered, Georgetown University reimbursed the U.S. Department of Education for the work study funds the athletes did not rightfully earn, and the issue is considered to be resolved, Georgetown’s Interim Director of Athletics Daniel Porterfield said at an NCAA news conference.

The $62,000 in unearned work study funds were paid to baseball players over a seven-year period, and Inside Higher Ed reported that in the off-season from 2001 to 2006, the players “legitimately earned” on average only 30 percent of their wages. That figure dropped to 10 percent during the 2006-7 off-season.

Georgetown University’s President, John DeGioia, sent a letter apologizing to the Georgetown community for the incident.