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Liana Valente, assisant professor of music at Wesleyan College, considers herself ''to be fortunate to have had the opportunity to work with student-athletes at the college level, and as a group found them to be engaging, conscientious, and eager to learn. Valente feels they are committed to the work, to attending classes, and are genuinely interested in earning their college education.
''Student-athletes turn out to be some of the strongest and most prepared people in our country's workforce today.''
Taken from Marietta College
Fall 2003 Spring 2004 Men Men GPA Participants GPA Participants Tennis 3.482 8 Tennis 3.517 6 Soccer 2.866 26 Cross Country 2.924 8 Basketball 2.793 19 Track 2.905 21 Track 2.746 23 Football 2.769 80 Football 2.705 89 Basketball 2.745 18 Cross Country 2.704 8 Soccer 2.617 24 Baseball 2.621 41 Crew 2.495 51 Crew 2.518 51 Baseball 2.483 37 2.804 265 2.807 245 Women Women GPA Participants GPA Participants Tennis 3.273 9 Tennis 3.308 11 Volleyball 3.267 20 Volleyball 3.246 22 Track 3.179 16 Track 3.189 16 Cross Country 3.148 11 Basketball 3.114 18 Soccer 3.081 20 Soccer 3.101 20 Basketball 3.013 21 Cross Country 3.088 12 Softball 2.868 26 Softball 2.988 18 Crew 2.647 24 Crew 2.922 21 3.060 147 3.120 138
''The rigorous training that is demanded of student-athletes helps them to solidify in their own lives the importance of setting goals, striving for those goals, and then analyzing the results of their attempts. Commitment, dedication, and perseverance; these are just a few of the things that we can learn from our student-athletes (unknown).''
Blame for state of college athletics must be shared with the MEDIA for worshipping athletes and with HIGH SCHOOLS for failing at basic education.
