- Mississippi State Student-Athlete Development held an “Athletic Identity” program Tuesday night to continue conversations about the topic and the importance of understanding what it means for a student-athlete once his or her playing days come to an end.
- “It’s important that we have conversations with our student-athletes about athletic identity and what that means for them after their time in sports comes to an end,” said Ben Rodriguez, Assistant Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development.
- The event started with all second-year fall sport student-athletes filling out a survey to determine their Athletic Identity Measurement Scale, which goes from 10 to 70. If you put 70, that means you eat, breathe and sleep sports, while 10 means you don’t care about sports at all.
- Most student-athletes likely identify towards the higher range, but the goal of this event was to try and get them towards the middle. Read More.
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