Inside Kansas State Volleyball: Academics

The Wildcat volleyball team has been more successful in the classroom than any other program in the Big 12 since Fritz took over at K-State. No other Big 12 team has had more Academic All-Big 12 First Team selections than the Wildcats.

The success of the Wildcats in the classroom comes from every player as K-State has been awarded the AVCA Team Academic Award seven times since Fritz has been head coach and eight total since the inception of the award for the 1992-93 academic year. To receive the award a team must have a cumulative team GPA of 3.30 or higher on a 4.0 scale.

This success in the classroom comes as no surprise, since at Kansas State, being a champion is more than winning trophies in competition. It is about being a champion in the classroom, and becoming a champion in life.

The program of Student Services for Intercollegiate Athletics is dedicated to helping student athletes achieve their academic goals, through

new student orientation
academic counseling
tutoring & mentoring
academic skills training
monitoring of academic progress

Program Staff
The Student Services Program is staffed by six full-time academic counselors, including a Life Skills Coordinator, and approximately seventy academic tutors.

Each team is assigned an academic counselor who is responsible for contact with designated student athletes, supervision of tutorial services, administration of the team's study sessions and monitoring the student's academic progress.

Each counselor works with their students in utilizing program resources, University services, and the academic advising required by their School, College or major department.

Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
SAAC represents and articulates the broad and diverse interests, opinions and concerns of student-athletes to athletic department administrators.

Through SAAC, athletic department administrators and the Intercollegiate Athletic Council (IAC) discuss with student-athletes issues regarding the management, operation and rules that govern the Athletic Department and its sport teams.