Cross Joseph L, Fouke Bruce W
Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Department of Geology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States.
Front Sports Act Living. 2019 Aug 16;1:10. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2019.00010. eCollection 2019.
Successful Scholar-Athletes are physically, intellectually, and emotionally committed to high-level achievement in both their academic and sport endeavors. This requires development of an integrated skill-set that includes teamwork, a strong work ethic, commitment, leadership, time management, and physical and emotional health. The identity crosses all perceived boundaries of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, disability, social, and economic status. A nationwide paradigm shift is urgently needed to recognize and tap into these skills for all scholar-athletes, which are the same tools required to succeed in all professions from science and technology to law, medicine, business and the arts. This article addresses the misperceptions and low expectations that much of our society has for the high school and collegiate Scholar-Athlete. While recognizing the efforts of programs that are working to recalibrate the high school athlete's self perceptions, awaken recognition of their own academic potential, and permit them to achieve successful careers and make invaluable professional contributions to society.
成功的学者型运动员在学业和体育追求上都在身体、智力和情感方面致力于取得高水平成就。这需要培养一套综合技能，包括团队合作、强烈的职业道德、奉献精神、领导力、时间管理以及身心健康。这种身份跨越了所有可感知的种族、性别、族裔、性取向、宗教、残疾、社会和经济地位的界限。迫切需要在全国范围内进行范式转变，以认识并挖掘所有学者型运动员的这些技能，而这些技能是从科技到法律、医学、商业和艺术等所有职业取得成功所需的相同工具。本文探讨了我们社会中许多人对高中和大学学者型运动员的误解和低期望。同时也认可那些致力于重新调整高中运动员自我认知、唤醒他们对自身学术潜力的认识，并使他们能够成就成功职业生涯并为社会做出宝贵专业贡献的项目所做出的努力。
