Women in Sport: An Athletic Look at Spelman College

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From 2003 to 2013, the Spelman Jaguars were a member of the Great South Athletic Conference (GSAC) of NCAA's Division III. The school sponsored seven varsity sports: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. On November 1, 2012, Spelman College announced that it would be dropping all intercollegiate sports at the end of the 2012-13 academic year to promote healthy lifestyles amongst students. The vision is that with this change, students will implement these healthy practices in their home life outside of college. Six years later, I seek to examine the effects of the Wellness Revolution on Spelman College as I research Spelman students and alumnae aspects on wellness and sport. I will conduct interviews and focus groups with alumnae and students using snowball sampling and a survey sent to the Spelman College student body. These methods will lead to both past and current (before and after) feelings as it pertains to Spelman students and alumnae’s aspect of wellness, sport, and the Wellness Revolution. This research seeks to explore and answer the following questions: What are Spelman student and alumnae’s perspectives on athletics, competitive sport, and wellness at Spelman College? How do Spelman alumnae see the eradication of competitive athletics as a good decision? Why was the Wellness Revolution a suitable replacement?

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