The Thornton Center academic counseling staff is committed to assisting student-athletes reach their fullest potential through academics and personal development.

Our goal is to prepare students educationally and socially, and to provide them with the tools necessary to live productive lives after their collegiate years.

Although students have access to all counselors, the staff is divided according to sport, allowing for continuity in service and relationship building between the academic departments, student service units, coaches, and other Athletic Department staff.

In addition to meeting regularly with their academic counselor, student-athletes are required to meet with an academic advisor in their college or major.

The college academic advisor helps the students put together degree plans that meet the students' academic and career goals. The Thornton Center counselors collaborate with the advisors and help student-athletes plan appropriately for practice and competition schedules, for team travel, and for the special requirements of the NCAA and the SEC.

The academic counselors also play a critical role in monitoring continuing eligibility requirements, assessing the academic preparedness of new recruits, facilitating the university admission process for new students, referring student-athletes to appropriate university academic and support services, and coordinating orientation programs.

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