ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A female midshipman resigned from the Naval Academy after two male midshipmen handcuffed her to a urinal and taunted her as others snapped pictures, a newspaper reported Sunday.

The culprits were punished with demerits and loss of leave time because the elite academy’s administration decided the incident was a good-natured exchange that got out of hand and didn’t merit stronger punishment, The Capital said.

Gwen Dreyer resigned last month, dissatisfied with the investigation of the Dec. 8 incident at the once all-male academy, the Annapolis newspaper said. She plans to study engineering at California State Polytechnic Institute in San Luis Obispo.