Student Athletes, Alcohol and Substances Helping to Make Better Decisions

 Understand one issue confronting student athletes  Prevention vs. Reaction  Provide Tangible Resources  Work within the Completion Agenda Goals for Today’s Workshop

 Alcohol consumption rates by student athletes by NCAA Division:  Division %  Division %  Division %  Community College- Unknown  Center for Science in the Public Interest, College Students and Alcohol Use  College Drinking  Abuse & Dependence  Death  Sexual Assault  Injury  Academic Problems  Suicide/ Mental health  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Data: Student Athletes What We Know

 Choices grant  Funding by Anheuser-Busch  Federal Graduation Rates- Student Athletes  65%  Federal Graduation Rates- Student Body  64%  NCAA Graduation Success Rate  81%  NCAA Website, center/news/division-i-student-athletes-make-grade NCAA Student Athlete Data

Choose One Prevention Reaction

So What Did We Do?  2012  Academic Dean requests action  Two Hour workshop including Dietetics, Sports and Exercise Studies and Counseling  Good first try  Coaches bought in  2013  Two hour interactive workshop  Focus on alcohol, supplements and decision making  Get the kids interacting and participating

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