Virginia Tech Student-Athletes’ Involvement with Student-Athlete Development and Their Future Success after College

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Tyrellen
dc.contributor.authorRateau, Richarden
dc.contributor.authorPotter, Kenneth R.en
dc.contributor.authorDrape, Tiffany A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairRateau, Richard J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPotter, Kenneth R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDrape, Tiffany A.en
dc.contributor.departmentAgricultural, Leadership, and Community Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-08T20:17:02Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-08T20:17:02Zen
dc.date.issued2021-12-08en
dc.description.abstractThis project determines the ways in which the office of Student–Athlete Development (SAD) helped Virginia Tech (VT) football players to be successful in life after college athletics and allows for a better understanding of football student-athletes’ involvement within the (SAD) department. SAD is a resource provided to student-athletes that assists athletes in their career choices and develops a plan for life after college. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) was the theoretical framework used during the study. During the research, qualitative interviews were conducted with former VT football players. After the interviews were conducted, they were transcribed and coded which helped to establish common themes. Four themes emerged including: time difficulties/opportunities missed: participation in SAD/lack of attention to SAD: knowing the role of SAD: and participants’ recommendations. The results showed that the SCCT was an effective theoretical framework to support the research purpose provided. Recommendations for SAD involving student-athletes include improving communication, mandating events, and improving partnership with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The limitations include personal bias, only using one university and sport, small response rate, and invalid responses.en
dc.description.degreeMALSen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/106867en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subject.cabtCareersen
dc.subject.cabtFootballen
dc.subject.cabtStudent-athleteen
dc.subject.cabtStudent-athlete developmenten
dc.subject.cabt(SAD)en
dc.subject.cabtsuccessen
dc.titleVirginia Tech Student-Athletes’ Involvement with Student-Athlete Development and Their Future Success after Collegeen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineLeadership Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Agricultural and Life Sciencesen

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