Multigenre Project Project 1: Twitter feed following an athlete from junior year in high school until senior year

of college.

Project 2: Letter from college player to coach Dear Coach Wiley, Do you remember when you told me I didnt have to do those last couple sprints? Or how about the time that you cancelled practice? Or when you cut practice short because things just werent going right? Or when you told me not to go to tutoring because practice was more important? Do you remember any of that? Dont worry, I didnt either until a couple months ago. You remember me, dont you? I was the one who had decent grades, who weightlifted twice a day, and the one you would pull out of class to watch film. I was your football boy, not a high school student athlete. I scored the most touchdowns in the county and led the team to the state championship game; what great memories. I had my ankle wrapped so tightly that I couldnt feel it, giving me joint problems to this day, all because I was told not to be a girl and that the team needed me. I gave my body, my soul, my heart, and my trust to you. I learned more from you than any of my teachers. Do you remember my body, do you remember my injuries? Or do you remember my records and my achievements? You werent sitting there with me in the classroom, but told me to get my work done by any means possible. You never told me that it was wrong to have girls do my homework; I mean thats what girls do for football players, right? Theyve been doing it since middle school, how was I supposed to know any different? The solution to my test-taking problems was having me take the test in your office, where you monitored me. Fitting, though, that you would turn your back long enough for me to use my phone to find the answers. But, I got a high enough grade to meet qualifications and stay on the team. Everything was okay because everything was understood; everybody knew their roles and everybody knew their responsibilities. I made it by academically so I could produce on the field. Do you remember my grades, do you remember my struggles? I write you this because Im struggling in college, coach. I need help, and the help needed is more than what the school provides. What I need has stemmed from the many years of lack of preparation for college. I feel so overwhelmed, and I can feel my schedule tearing my body away from my mind. You never told me to fight temptation, to stay in and study, nobody did. You told me life is a test, but where is the tutor for me coach? I need you, but all I am, all I ever was, is a number, a statistic. Now I am an athlete facing attrition. You can write me back and call me the disappearing athlete or the athlete that slipped through the cracks. I did not ask for this lifestyle, I was fed it since Ive been recruited in the tenth grade. You fed it to me, but didnt tell me what I was consuming. The thing is, reality hit me too late, and I have lost myself. The pressure on the field equals the pressure in the classroom, and I feel myself succumbing to the pressure. All I ask of you now is to notice me and notice my problem to help the athletes that come through your production line in the years to come. They need you, just like I needed you, but they dont know that just yet. In an era where recruiting starts as early as bad habits, they need your guidance and help to transition from high school to college. With love, Number Five

Project #3: Prezi on Athletic Retention and Attrition Link: http://prezi.com/vu8djyr6bh66/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Works Cited Crom, Carrie, Beverly Warren, Henry Clark, Joseph Marolla, and Paul Gerber. Factors Contributing to Student-Athlete Retention. Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics Journal (2009) : n. pag. Web. 2009.

Rational Chart Project One: Twitter a. I chose this genre because Twitter is popular amongst the age group of high school and college kids. Many people use Twitter, so I felt that using tweets to describe somebodys life over a few years not only got my point across but also was a modern take on social media. b. The audience is future college athletes and even college athletes just entering college because it shows how not prioritizing can lead to revocation of a scholarship. c. Twitter is used to tell others about somebodys life and events that go on. Thus, I used twitter to convey the message of coming to college for sports and party as a negative one that can lead to losing a scholarship. I used social media to show how serious this problem of athletic attrition is, and how easily everything that is worked for can be lost if priorities are not made. d. The solution is expressed in my last tweet, when he says he will start focusing on school to make him better. School should always come first, as grades can lead to academic probation and other problems. The point of college is to get a higher education; student comes first in a student athlete for a reason. e. In this genre, I obviously rely on much of my audience having a Twitter and being able to work Twitter. Not everybody has a Twitter, so this could be a restraining factor in my message. Project Two: Letter from player to coach a. I chose this genre because as a player, I was always taught to keep my emotions to myself and not openly express feelings. Thus, I felt like a letter would be one of the only ways that an athlete would be able to get his or her feelings out. A letter brings meaning to feelings that are left unspoken. b. The audience for this genre is mainly coaches. Coaches often like to promote athletes but dont take the time to know them personally. Rather, they get to know their play and attitude on the field. Here, we see a player negatively addressing his high school coach because his coach didnt really care to prepare him for the future. c. The message that athletes are people too is conveyed through the pathos of the letter and the content of the material in the letter. The athlete did everything he was suppose to in high school and was pushed through without a second thought that college would be different; he didnt know any better. The fact that all this personal information is put into a letter further enhances this idea that athletes do have feelings and emotions; they arent just players that score touchdowns, but also human beings. d. The solution is expressed in the final paragraph in which the player tells the coach to care for his players. If effort is put into the players and their lives, who knows how successful these kids would be? e. I think in doing this genre the relationship between player and coach would have to be understood. The relationship is very close, almost like family. Knowing the closeness of this relationship brings more meaning to the letter itself.

Project Three: Prezi on Athletic Attrition and Retention a. I chose this genre because I felt this was the best medium to get facts across. This was a little more professional and fitting for the statistics I was presenting. Using a medium like Twitter wouldnt really make sense in presenting facts. b. The audience is high school athletes looking to pursue collegiate athletics, especially junior and senior. c. The message is conveyed through the statistics and conclusions that are presented in the Prezi. The fact that athletic attrition is very real, especially when considering academics. For this genre, I let data collected from the study speak for itself. d. The solution is expressed at the end. To be successful as a college athlete, its important to set priorities right, especially school and social life. Essentially, a student athlete is a student first and an athlete second. Mixing these titles up can be very harmful in the long run. e. One major assumption I am making about my audience is that they know how to work Prezi, which is a fairly new method. People still use PowerPoint, so I would need to be aware that my audience might be restricted by knowledge of modern technology and programs.