CLC athletics, academic success report:

Nic Scandrett, director of athletics and physical activities at College of Lake County, has formed a report on how the school's sports program is supporting a focus on student success and degree completion. Scandrett told CLC board members at a meeting this month he and his staff are tracking the academic performance and class attendance of student athletes, connecting them with academic coaching and other support services and ensuring athletes have an academic plan to achieve degree completion or transfer to a university. He said staying eligible to compete in sports is a powerful motivation for academic success, and the athletics department wants to leverage it to ensure student athletes succeed academically as well as on the field. The department is developing a student-athlete handbook and orientation program focused on integrating athletic and academic performance, he said.