The United States Sports Academy has announced its Athlete of the Month ballot for October and public voting is in progress. Following the selection committee’s meeting, 12 candidates – six male and six female – from nine countries comprise the list. Each month, the public is invited to participate in the Academy’s worldwide Athlete of the Month program by nominating athletes and then voting online during the first week of every month. The online votes…

The United States Sports Academy is continuing its longstanding relationship with the Kingdom of Bahrain by teaching in a national program to help physical education teachers and coaches there develop better skills in working with athletes with adaptive needs. Academy National Faculty member Marty Floyd recently traveled to the island nation in the Middle East for an extensive teaching stint for a certificate program in disabled and adaptive sport for the Bahrain Sports Federation for…

The United States Sports Academy welcomed a group of former Chinese Olympians and elite athletes to campus to prepare them for careers in coaching as part of the institution’s International Diploma in Sports Coaching (IDSC) program. The students, who are being trained for careers in coaching as their competitive careers in China have come to a close, were selected to study at the Academy as part of an educational and exchange learning program. The Academy is…

The United States Sports Academy’s master’s degree program in sports management has been ranked as one of the top 25 of its kind by OnlineMasters.com, an industry-leading educational research organization. The Academy was featured in the organization’s Best Online Master’s in Sports Management Programs list for 2018, which identified the top 50 programs in the nation that are the best in the areas of curriculum quality, program flexibility, affordability, and graduate outcomes. Academy courses are…

Fairhope, Ala., resident L.D. McLaughlin Jr. recently visited the American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) on the campus of the United States Sports Academy and donated a “Perfect 10” set of 10 serigraphs, each signed and numbered #10 in a series, by 2011 Academy Sport Artist of the Year painter Rick Rush. The serigraphs depict various noteworthy moments in the history of football at the University of Alabama. Rush, known as “America’s Sport Artist,”…

United States Sports Academy students who excelled during the Summer 2018 semester were honored by being included on the President’s List and Dean’s List. Those on the President’s List had a grade-point average of 4.0. Undergraduates on the Dean’s List had a grade-point average of 3.4-3.99, while graduate students on the Dean’s List had a grade-point average of 3.8-3.99. Doctoral President’s List Danielle Adkins – Charlotte, N.C. – Sports Management Jed Smith – Cedar Falls, Iowa…