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Enhancement The Student-Athlete Enhancement Center at MTSU houses the academic support system and the Blue Raider Athlete Skills for Success (B.R.A.S.S.) Life Skills Program for all 17 Division I-A sports. The center is located at Johnny “Red� Floyd Stadium. The facility opened in 1999 to the delight of student-athletes, coaches and administrators. Blue Raider student-athletes can take advantage of the library-like atmosphere as they report for n Todd Wyant, Director study hall under the watchful eyes of director Todd Wyant and associate director Wynnifred Counts. The center consists of administrative offices, fully equipped individual and group tutoring rooms, a computer center, and spacious study carrels equipped with task lighting. Services provided by the center include help with registration and preregistration, help with study skills, and updates on NCAA legislation. The center uses an innovative goal based study table, which includes daily mentoring and constant tutoring. Tutors in various subjects are scheduled in the tutoring rooms throughout all hours of operation, and all tutoring takes place at the center and library. The SAEC staff is responsible for daily monitoring of the student-athletes MTSU has inducted 99 studentprogress, providing daily reports and meetathletes into ing with each coaching staff weekly. the Chi Alpha The mission of the center is to help stuSigma National dent-athletes take skills learned on the field College Athlete and turn them into positive preparation for Honor Society after just seven life after college. The center is also committed to meeting the changing needs years of being of student-athletes. It continues to promote partnerships between the Unieligible. versity, the NCAA, and the Murfreesboro community to help achieve its goals. In addition to providing the academic support needed to be successful Chi Alpha Sigma in the classroom, the center is committed to meeting the needs of studentis a nonprofit organization athletes in life skills development through the B.R.A.S.S. program. established to As B.R.A.S.S. coordinator, Ms. Counts is dedicated to helping prepare recognize college student-athletes for life after college. Blue Raiders volunteer, when possible, students who earn to help teachers and students at elementary and middle schools throughout a varsity letter in Rutherford County during the academic year. In 2006, the athletic departat least one sport while maintaining ment began a mentoring program with the city schools in which studenta 3.4 or higher athletes and coaches help tutor kids. cumulative GPA In the spring of each year, Special Olympics at Middle Tennessee uses Blue throughout their Raider student-athletes to run each event. Career night and substance and junior and senior alcohol abuse seminars are yearly, well-attended events. The Student-Athlete Enhancement Center is just one way that Middle Tennessee is helping to prepare our student-athletes to be successful at MT and beyond. 28 | Blue Raider Football
n Wynnifred Counts
n Debbie Carroll
n Angel Nathan
n Ryan King
2011 Academic Awards n STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Kandra Singleton (female) and Tyler Acker (male). n OUTSTANDING JUNIOR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR: Lindsay Cheatham (female) and Hunter Green (male). n Raider Award for Top GPA (4.0): Kent Bulle (golf), Matthew Langley (tennis), Carolina Tanui (track), Kristen Tithof (track). n Highest Team GPA: Cross Country (women) and Tennis (men).