I started my college career at a small junior college in Price , Utah (The College of Eastern Utah) and eventually graduated , transferred to a Division 2  university at Ouachita Baptist University.  The only Student Athlete Development was the motivational scenes during movies like Coach Carter,  Remember The Titans or The Last Yard. If you didn't happen see any of those movies, student athlete development  came from my coaches before games to get us amped up or when our coaches had the unfortunate job of redirecting a teammate's failure to make the right decision. Student Athlete Development currently, is often times reserved for top level Division 1 Athletic Programs , that have the budgets to match. Many times they have entire departments and full staffs devoted to equipping student athletes with presentations, seminars and guest speakers to speak about how they should navigate life as a student athlete but also assist them with life skills beyond their sport. When I was a collegiate student athlete at the junior college level and NCAA Division 2 Level; we just didn't have the resources to facilitate such accommodations.  My Junior College / JUCO days were spent getting hotels during road games with 4 teammates to each room; while 2 shared a bed. 1 at the head and 1 at the foot of each bed. My coach would coach the game , help tape ankles, and help drive the vans. You didn't want to be in one of those vans, while there was snow outside , after a loss game and my coach was driving at 10:00pm ; with little to no sleep after coaching a full game. My Division 2 days of being a student athlete was relying on volunteers to donate their time, with out pay and those that were staff members to stay longer than they intended to , just to make sure we had the opportunity to compete. Unlike the resources provided to well funded much larger universities; we didn't get study tutors that could travel with us from game to game and someone that could make sure we were taking care of academics beyond just staying eligible . Our study hall , was us just going in an empty room with other teammates that were on academic probation for an hour , without our phone. Every once in a while we'd have a random tutor stop by for 30 mins and try to make a miracle happen. We did much like other universities have to do today. The very best they can with the razor thin budget we had to work with. But what if there was an easy way for your student athletes to adopt the right mindset about being a student athlete at the collegiate level?  What if we didn't just rely on luck for them to understand the opportunity they have?

The Winning Edge: Tools for Thriving in Collegiate Athletics A 7 Day Quick  20 minutes or less  actionable guide, deliberately designed to equip student athletes,  without wasting time with fluff