Excellence in the fields of academics and athletics should be viewed as mutually beneficial. The concern of the Athletic Department for nurturing the well-being of its student-athletes, therefore, is in keeping with the University’s reputation for excellence and integrity.

Since the Athletic Department directs its coaches to be aware that academics is primary, it encourages them to monitor student-athletes’ class attendance and to find effective means to assist them in their academic pursuits. Successfully integrating academics with athletics is the Department’s ultimate objective. However, such an objective does not deter the Department from setting the highest athletic goals for itself.

Such high standards enrich campus life and increase national visibility of academic programs. Thus mutually supportive programs of excellence in both academics and athletics benefit the students, faculty, administrators, and alumni of Fordham University.