School is very important for us. This is one of the top academic institutions in the world and anyone that chooses our school is doing so, in large part, because of the great education. It is challenging to keep up with the travel. This is why it is so important that we recruit the right people who have extraordinary work ethic, discipline, and purpose. Not just anyone will be successful. It takes special people.
That being said, we, like most top athletics departments, do everything possible to help them achieve and our graduation rates are very high. They will have academic counselors and advisers who help with everything along the way. We provide tutors to our students. And nowadays, so much is done online so the guys can watch lectures and take exams while traveling. It is hard, but it can be cone. We’ve had almost everyone graduate and our team GPA has always stayed on par with the university average, despite the travel.
I think most athletics departments will take academics very seriously. If they don’t now, they will soon because the NCAA is demanding more all the time. Fortunately, we are well ahead of the curve on this.
How important is academics with your team and with so much travel how do they keep up?
