reporter: tonight, no prison time for the former stanford university head sailing coach. instead, a judge sentencing john vandemoer to just one day, time served, and two years supervised release, as part of that college admissions scandal. this mistake impacted the people i love and admire most. reporter: vandemoer pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering. in one case, prosecutors say he created a fake sailing profile for chinese student yusi zhao after receiving a $500,000 bribe from the scheme s accused mastermind, rick singer. mid. september, i m going to stanford. reporter: her family allegedly paying $6.5 million to singer, but never charged, arguing they were tricked into believing the money was going to charity. zhao no longer attends stanford. what makes mr. vandemoer s case unique compared to other defendants? he didn t pocket any of the money. it went all to the university. reporter: stanford says it plans to donate that money. today s sentence a pote