2013-14 KANSAS ROWING
18
ACADEMIC SUPPORT
2,500
TUTORING SESSIONS SCHEDULED PER WEEK FOR MORE THAN 350 STUDENTATHLETES
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ACADEMICS The Student-Athlete Support Services staff focuses all collective resources in support of the academic, personal and interpersonal development of each individual it serves. As part of its commitment to the academic success of its athletes, Kansas Athletics completed a new academic complex in the summer of 2009. The facility features individual study rooms, a computer lab and offices for all Student-Athlete Support Services personnel.
1,000
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STRATEGIC AND INSTRUCTIONAL TUTORING PROGRAMS (STP) • Tutoring is available to any studentathlete, regardless of scholarship status or sport. • Many of the tutors working within STP are instructors or teaching assistants at KU. Some are undergraduate students who have excelled in their respective subject areas. • Both programs offer individualized tutoring as well as small study groups. • STP schedules nearly 2,000 tutoring sessions per week for more than 350 student-athletes working with tutors each week each semester. • STP has more than 100 tutors who work with student-athletes who request tutoring assistance.
FOUR-YEAR APR SCORE, THE HIGHEST SCORE ATTAINABLE, EARNED BY KANSAS MEN’S BASKETBALL AND THE WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAMS IN 2013
75
STUDENT-ATHLETES HONORED AMONG THE 10 LEAGUE SCHOOLS IN THE BIG 12 WITH THE LAGE AWARD
100+
TUTORS WHO WORK WITH STUDENT-ATHLETES WHO REQUEST TUTORING ASSISTANCE.
176
STUDENT-ATHLETES LOGGED GPAS BETWEEN 3.0 AND 3.99 IN 2012-13
1st
JAYHAWK ROWER ELIZABETH SCHERER WAS NAMED THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE’S FIRST ROWING SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR IN 2013
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(KANSAS IS) SCHOOLS TO RECEIVE AN NCAA PUBLIC RECOGNITION AWARD IN EACH OF THE EIGHT YEARS OF THE PROGRAM – THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT