Posted: Jan 25, 2019
By S.A. Reid, Consulting Writer, Campus Life
Emory’s 25 NCAA Division III national championship titles, 195 University Athletic Association (UAA) team championships, 989 All Americans, and 113 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars are proof that the university’s student athletes know how to win on the field and in the classroom.
Now, they are learning that – according to the Emory Athletics Integrity Initiative – the “I” in win stands for “integrity.”
That’s the message the Athletics Department is working to instill in the university’s more than 400 student athletes through this special program that encourages good character on and off the field.
The Emory Athletics Integrity Initiative and its social media hashtag #flyhigher reflect a new culture and definition of success based on ethical standards that more formally emphasize the importance of integrity and doing things the right way – while also engaging coaches and staff.
The initiative is the brainchild of Women’s Tennis Coach Amy Bryant who came up with the idea out of concern about the proliferation of highly publicized scandals involving student athletes at peer institutions around the nation. Public controversies over misogynistic “locker room talk” was an additional motivation.
The initiative is the brainchild of Women’s Tennis Coach Amy Bryant who came up with the idea out of concern about the proliferation of highly publicized scandals involving student athletes at peer institutions around the nation. Public controversies over misogynistic “locker room talk” was an additional motivation.
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