Under the direction of the Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Academic Services, organizes, coordinates and implements all forms of academic support for student-athletes. Oversees assigned academic performance of specific sport programs. Components of these services include, but are not limited to; academic advising as part of the official university and NCAA advising system, weekly monitoring meetings on academic status of student-athletes, all sport study halls, travel letters, official visits, summer school, distribution of progress reports to faculty, staff and coaches. Performs and provides recruiting visit assessments, tutorial support, and academic awards and recognition programs.

• Organizes and implements academic services programs that closely monitor the academic progress of freshmen, transfers and at-risk student athletes and adheres to NCAA eligibility requirements. Advises student-athletes each semester during the pre-registration process through monitoring and record keeping of their class schedules for graduation requirements and special athletic needs, such as travel and practice times.
• Works with coaches in establishing and conducting sport-specific study programs and supervised study sessions for their respective athletes both when home and traveling.
• Works with NCAA Eligibility Coordinator with initial and continuing eligibility status for Student Athletes for compliance with NCAA, WAC and UVU academic standards. Assists student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility in completing their degree at UVU.
• Handles overall distribution, management and accounting of team’s textbook program. Works with upperclassmen in all graduation matters; career counseling, letters of recommendation, post-graduate testing, applications, etc.
• Represents the Athletics Department at various conferences, community activities, school events, and other functions pertaining to academics.
• Coordinates with Learning Performance Specialist to assist student-athletes with learning disabilities to focus on developing personal learning strategies through guided, repetitive practice in study skills, reading, writing, time management and goal setting. Reviews and evaluate team academic success plan and academic schedules to ensure NCAA Eligibility Certification and graduation success.

Graduation from an accredited institution with a bachelor's degree in a directly related field of study or a combination of education and experience totaling four years.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of UVU course schedules, course curriculum, and degree requirements.
• Knowledge of student advisement requirements such as monitoring student classes, scheduling, academic progress, and registration.
• Knowledge of NCAA, Big 12 and WAC rules relating to intercollegiate athletics programs, and FERPA.
• Knowledge of higher education system and advisement of student-athletes preferably at the NCAA Division I level.
• Knowledge and understanding of drug education and student-athlete wellness.
• Knowledge of instructional strategies and techniques.

Skills

• Possess excellent leadership skills.
• Possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Skills in the use of computers and NCAA institutional software applications as applied to the management of student records (i.e. Banner, CAi, and LSDBi).
• Interpersonal, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Abilities

• Ability to manage student records.
• Ability to communicate effectively with student-athletes, faculty, athletic administrators, and coaches.
• Ability to interact with diverse social, cultural, economic and educations backgrounds.