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The Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes
In January of 2004 the doors of The Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes opened for service to the
student-athletes of Texas Tech University. The Athletic Academic Services Office is charged with providing
academic support and various student services not only to current student-athletes, but also to future and
past Red Raiders. This state of the art facility is one of the finest around the country and was designed
for a specific purpose - giving Red Raider and Lady Raider student-athletes an environment to ensure
academic success. It is up to each student-athlete to embrace the responsibility of their academics and
grow in taking ownership of their collegiate experience - this is one of the underlying tasks of the
Athletic Academic Services staff and the Texas Tech coaching staff. College athletics is in a pivotal
time where various athletic programs are being scrutinized on their campuses for improprieties that went
unnoticed and unchecked, academic support only goes so far, it is at this point that student services is
of utmost importance in integrating the student-athletes with the student body. Texas Tech
student-athletes are already setting the pace academically among their peers in the classroom. Through
the NCAA CHAMPS/Life Skills program and the Texas Tech Student Affairs Office, student-athletes have the
best student services at their disposal. This facility has distinguished Texas Tech University as an
institution committed to providing the best educational support possible to today's student-athletes.
The Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes is at the center of support for student-athletes balancing
athletics, academics, and life after sport.
The Marsha Sharp Center for Student-Athletes provides sufficient space for private study, state-of-the art
computer lab, supplemental instruction classrooms, conference room, and tutoring rooms for tutoring and
mentoring appointments. The offices, conference room, and tutoring areas provide the support staff with
the space needed to offer an academic support system for optimum use by student-athletes. When
student-athletes and alumni come to visit the facility, they will enter the Texas Tech Academic Hall of
Fame, located between the computer lab and conference room. The Academic Hall of Fame will recognize
those student-athletes who excelled both in the classroom and on the field, and provide a lasting legacy
of their academic accomplishments while wearing the red and black.
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