DEFINITION OF TERMS

Student-Athletes - is a participant in an organized competitive sport sponsored by the educational

institution in which he or she is enrolled. Student-athletes are full time students and athletes at the
same time.

Athlete – a person who is proficient in sport and in other form of physical exercise.

Student - primarily a person enrolled in a school or other education institution who attends
classes in a course to attain the appropriate level of mastery of a subject under the guidance of
an instructor and who devotes time outside class to do whatever activities the instructor assigns
that are necessary either for class preparation or to submit evidence of progress towards that
mastery. In the broader sense, a student is anyone who applies themselves to the intensive
intellectual engagement with some matter necessary to master it as part of some practical affair
in which such mastery is basic or decisive.

Academic Performance - the extent to which a student, teacher or institution has achieved their
short or long-term educational goals. GPA completion of educational benchmarks such as
secondary school diplomas and bachelor's degrees represent academic achievement