The Experiences of Community College Student Athletes

Abstract

Due to the scarce amount of research and prior literature regarding community college student athletes, the experiences regarding this group's athletics, academics, and social realms was investigated. This unique group is constantly forced to balance the time demands of academics and athletics, among other areas, at a level much more different than Division I student athletes. The results of the present study indicated that although community college student athletes may not compete at the same level as student athletes at the Division I level, the time demands, levels of support received, and academic behaviors are all similar in many ways. The majority of community college student athletes also viewed themselves as more of an athlete than a student. However, academics are by no means taken lightly by the majority of these individuals, as most student athletes chose their major for a non-athletics related reason.

Date of Award	2014
Original language	American English
Awarding Institution	Eastern Illinois University
Supervisor	Daniel Nadler (Supervisor)