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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT-ATHLETES Mike Orfanos Researcher and Presenter BACKGROUND Study includes all students in grades 9-12 Analyzed academic performance based on raw GPA marking period data for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012

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ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT-ATHLETES

Mike Orfanos Researcher and Presenter

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BACKGROUND

  • Study includes all students in grades 9-12
  • Analyzed academic performance based on raw GPA marking

period data for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years

  • Includes all athletic teams that are overseen by the Cumberland

Valley Athletic Department

31% 69%

ATHLETES NON-ATHLETES

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

How does participation in interscholastic athletics impact academic performance?

  • Gathered athletic rosters from the Athletic Department
  • Created MS Excel spreadsheet of student-athletes and sports participated in
  • Collected raw GPA data by marking period from the CSIU with the assistance
  • f the District Assessment Coordinator and High School Secretaries
  • Transferred collected GPA data to a separate spreadsheet
  • Merged academic and athletic participation spreadsheets to identify the

research groups (athletes, non-athletes)

  • Analyzed and interpreted the collected data to answer the research question
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TWO YEAR GPA COMPARISON

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade Athletes Non-Athletes

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TWO YEAR GPA COMPARISON BY MARKING PERIOD

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Athletes Non-Athletes

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  • 15
  • 10
  • 5

5 10 15 20

DISTRIBUTION OF IN-SEASON GPA % DIFFERENTIAL

2010-2011 2011-2012

  • 20
  • 15
  • 10
  • 5

5 10 15 20

Over the past two school years…

  • 50% of student-athletes GPAs increased while in-season
  • 50% of student-athletes GPAs decreased while in-season
  • 29% of student-athletes GPAs increased more than 1 point
  • 29% of student-athletes GPAs dropped more than 1 point
  • 71% of student-athletes either show an increase while

in-season or a decrease less than 1 grade point

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TWO YEAR IN-SEASON GRADE POINT DIFFERENTIAL BY PERCENTILE

Top 10% Top 25% Above Average Below Average Bottom 25% Bottom 10%

GPA 96.93 95.74 93.75 85.86 83.46 79.65 Grade Point Percentage Differential

  • 0.20%
  • 0.07%
  • 0.07%

+0.41% +0.61% +1.06%

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AVERAGE STUDENT-ATHLETE GPA BY NUMBER OF SPORT SEASONS

Average GPA # of Athletes

93.5 8 90.8 221 90.3 475

2010-2011

Average GPA # of Athletes

91.1 8 90.6 203 90.3 501

2011-2012

1 SPORT 2 SPORTS 3 SPORTS

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TOTAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS BELOW 70%

THE PAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS

2 3 8 9 1 41 85 106 133 73 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter Overall Athletes Non-Athletes

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SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

  • GPAs of student-athletes are overall 3.10% points higher than

non-athletes

  • Grades do not significantly fluctuate in-season and out-of-

season

  • Student-athletes who struggle academically show the largest

increase in GPA while in-season

  • The more sports participated in the higher the average GPA is
  • Significantly lower failure rate for student-athletes than non-

athletes