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Academic Success<br />

Academic Success<br />

Head coach Steve Kragthorpe stresses the importance of<br />

being a successful student-athlete. Not only is it<br />

important to be winners on the field, but the Cardinals will<br />

also be winners in the classroom.<br />

The academic achievement of the football student-athletes are<br />

at an all-time high when it <strong>com</strong>es to academic excellence.<br />

The past five years has seen the most improved<br />

Academic Highlights<br />

The Woodruff Academic Center is named after Cardinal and Pittsburgh Steeler great<br />

Dwayne Woodruff. The mission of the Woodruff Academic Center is to provide academic<br />

support, academic counseling, promote <strong>com</strong>munity services and civic responsibility.<br />

2006-07 Highlights:<br />

• Amobie Okoye and William Gay graduated in 3 ½ years<br />

• All NFL drafted players graduated in 2006-07<br />

• Daniel Barlowe and Harry Douglas were spring 2007 graduates<br />

• Daniel Barlowe was awarded the Outstanding Senior for Service and Leadership in the<br />

Health and Sport Sciences Department. Each year the department faculty presents this award<br />

to honor one outstanding graduating senior. Daniel graduated May 2007 Magna Cum<br />

Laude.<br />

<strong>com</strong>pleted objectives in each class.<br />

Mandatory attendance in all classes, and<br />

reaching all academic goals that are set for<br />

the year. Football student-athletes are wellrecognized<br />

for their athletic achievements,<br />

but also for their outstanding achievements in<br />

the classroom.<br />

academic<br />

achievements<br />

from<br />

football<br />

studentathletes<br />

since<br />

academic<br />

records<br />

have<br />

been kept for football<br />

student-athletes. The<br />

Academic program is<br />

based on three principles:<br />

Accountability,<br />

Responsibility and Life-long Learning.<br />

Through the objective base study hall program,<br />

football student-athletes are held accountable for<br />

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