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<p>That isn’t the case at my school. I don’t know how well it works with baseball, football, or men’s basketball but the sports I have been at seem to work with class schedules pretty well. I have to do observation hours in order to get into the athletic training program. One week I was with softball and they had different rosters for different days of the week! By telling the coach or one of the players what day it was, they were able to determine if everyone who was supposed to be there was! Now, gameday things would have been different of course. Another one: one of the women’s basketball players had 3 tests the day they were supposed to leave for the conference tournament. I’m pretty sure the coach pushed back the leaving time so she could take those tests! One last one: A gymnast had two tests the day they were supposed to leave for a competition. The day before there was a study session planned during practice. She came in early, did her stuff, and left to go to the study session.</p>
<p>The last example might have something to do with why the Southeast Missouri State Gymhawks were the “Academic National Champions” last year. That is calculated by average GPA. Team GPA of a 3.741! I was looking at some of their bios in the gymnastics room and these are wimpy majors either. A few graphic arts, several exercise science with pre-physical therapy, a couple pre-med. These girls are SMART and they’re not only smart, but also nationally ranked as gymnasts too:)</p>