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SUNY Brockport Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
What is Golden Eagle Life Skills?
The Golden Eagle Life Skills program was created to encourage lifelong learning and promote leadership within a population of motivated and gifted student-athletes. Our mission, hence the mission of every Golden Eagle athlete, is to attempt to make a positive difference not only in our own lives, but the lives of others. By using our hearts to understand, teach, learn, and create change, we put ourselves in positions that will make a difference.
The Golden Eagle Life Skills program focuses on five commitment areas designated to promote personal growth:
- Personal Development
- Community Service
- Academic Excellence
- Athletic Excellence
- Career Development
The program's dedication to these areas of development is evidenced in its programming through workshops, seminars, socials, and community service activities.
How/Why does SUNY Brockport Athletics have Life Skills?
In 1991 the NCAA started to notice that student athletes were spending so much time in practice, traveling for games, and training, etc. that they were beginning to be caught at a disadvantage when it came to tapping into some of the resources their fellow students had full access to. While the average college student was being offered career development, personal enhancement, health education, and volunteer opportunities, student-athletes simply didn't have the time or access to these resources. It was in 1994 that the NCAA created the CHAMPS/Life Skills program. SUNY Brockport was accepted as a participating CHAMPS/NCAA Life Skills Institution under the guidance and leadership of Ms. Susan Hoffman in the fall of 2003.
The commitment to this process speaks volumes to Brockport's commitment to the student-athlete. Athletic Director Lin Case has continued Brockport's legacy in putting the health, welfare, and future of the student-athlete 'first' through her support of the Golden Eagle Life Skills Program. Every year more than 50 NCAA organizations across the country jump on board the Life Skills bandwagon. Here at Brockport, we prepare student-athletes not only for life in college, but also life after college.
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