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The Upsides & Downsides Of College Athletics Within The Ncaa: An Analysis Of The Rules And A Personal Account Of The Power Of Resilience, Cassidy Evelyn Derda
The Upsides & Downsides Of College Athletics Within The Ncaa: An Analysis Of The Rules And A Personal Account Of The Power Of Resilience, Cassidy Evelyn Derda
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
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For the past five years, I have been a Division I Women’s Basketball player under the National Collegiate Athletic Association. I have played at two different schools, I have spoken to numerous investigators and lawyers, and I am now on my third set of college basketball coaches. Most athletes that enter college have one set of four-five coaches during their four-five-year period, I have had thirteen. College basketball has presented countless challenges for me mentally and psychically. For a while I thought that the adversity that I was facing as a young woman playing a high level of athletics …
Latino College Student Athletes As Nepantleras: Fostering Academic Success And Athletic Identity At Two Ncaa Division Ii Institutions, Carlos Enrique Vega
Latino College Student Athletes As Nepantleras: Fostering Academic Success And Athletic Identity At Two Ncaa Division Ii Institutions, Carlos Enrique Vega
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
Collegiate athletic programs at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Division II institutions in the United States serve a two-fold purpose. They offer aspiring
student athletes access to college and opportunities to play competitive college sports.
Consequently, student athletes at Division II institutions experience personal and
institutional pressures to compete for championships while achieving academic success.
Increasing demands on today’s college student athletes’ athletic participation and
performance has a multitude of consequences that could influence their academic
performance and success in college. Simultaneously, these institutions and athletic
programs are also witnessing another phenomenon – a transformation in their student
population. Latino …