Abstract: This study focused on college student-athletes perceptions focused on academic success or building athletic ability. While identifying the academic support methods and other key contributions college provide to student¬-athletes, this study displayed the perceptions of African-American male student-athletes in a predominantly white institution (PWI) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The main question for this research focuses on the differences between academic success and athletic ability. By using the approach of snowball sampling, this study examining African American male football athletes from Florida State University (FSU) a Division I and Florida Agriculture and Mechanical University (FAMU) a Division I¬AA. The researchers conducted surveys with the student-athletes to understand and capture their perception. The finding shows that 55% of FSU student-¬athletes disagreed or strongly disagreed that academic performance was more important than athletic performance. 65% of FAMU student¬-athletes disagreed or strongly disagreed academic performance was more important than athletic performance.
Keywords: Academic Success, Student-Athletes, Perception, Athletic Ability, Balance, Role Theory, and Time Management.
Title: THE PERCEPTIONS OF EDUCATION, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND ATHLETIC ABILITY IN AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE COLLEGE ATHLETES
Author: Ezzeldin R. Aly, Abraham Bonamy, Abdulaziz Asswailem
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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