Black Male Student Athletes and High School Counselors: College Choice, Success, and Satisfaction

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 14
  In Roundtable Session: Division II, Transitions, and Support Systems Within Athletics

Abstract

Black male student athletes are disproportionately drawn to sports, yet they do not experience the same educational benefits from their sports participation that other groups do (Harris, 2014). Less access to educational benefits needs to be understood in the context that education has long been considered means to social, economic, and political liberation in the United States (Harris, 2015). Using the NCAA GOALS 2015 dataset, this study investigates the relationship between race, sport, influence of high school counselors, and college and career readiness indicators. The goal is to illuminate factors that are positively associated with successful outcomes for Black male student athletes, so as to leverage such outcomes in future interventions for this group.

Authors

• Paul C. Harris, The Pennsylvania State University

• Lydia F. Bell, National Collegiate Athletic Association

• Miray Seward, University of Virginia