Celebrating Founder’s Day with Alumni and Friends

Mark your calendars, more details to come:

Thursday, 21 April 2022:

Alumni Cookout

Beginning at 4:00PM

Friday, 22 April 2022:

50 Years of Sport Education Symposium 

The Academy Pioneered Sport Education, Art, and International Reach – a highly regarded panel of speakers soon to be unveiled that will discuss these topics. 

8:30AM – 12:30PM

Academy Graduation

Welcome Home! The United States Sports Academy is pleased to announce it will host a ceremony to commemorate its graduates of the past and present. If you earned your degree from the Academy and have wanted to visit the institution’s campus on the beautiful Alabama Gulf Coast, now is the time! Meet our faculty and staff, tour our amazing facility, and take part in the full graduation experience at this special event.

Beginning at 3:00pm

Eligible Students and Graduates:

Anyone who has not walked in the past and any present student in good standing and in their final courses in Fall 2022 term. Any graduate student that will defend his/her final thesis/dissertation by 31 December 2022.

Graduation Administrative Fee:

$140 Administrative fee for B.S.S. and M.S.S., $285 for Ed.D.
*The Administrative fee is paid when all coursework is complete and registration for graduation has been approved. This fee includes: diploma plaque, lapel pin, honor cord (if applicable), and press announcement in local paper. The Ed.D. graduates will receive a hood. If you have already received your diploma, you will not pay this fee.

Ceremony Registration Fee:

$50 (non-refundable)

Deadline To Register For Graduation Ceremony:

22 March 2022

Hotel Reservation Information

Here is a link that our graduates can use to get discounted hotel rates:

Book your group rate for USSA Founder’s Day
Fairfield Inn & Suites Mobile Daphne/Eastern Shore

Important Links

Local Airports:
Pensacola, FL
Mobile, AL

Please direct questions to the following email address: foundersday@ussa.edu.