Faculty Athletic Representative

Get to Know Our ISU Student-Athletes

How the FAR Supports Faculty

The FAR's three main responsibilities include serving as a liaison between faculty and athletics, advocating on behalf of student athlete welfare, and compliance.
If you have any concerns about student athletes in your class, I can help. Sometimes there are issues with travel, missed class, or academic performance and I can point you to the right support service or answer questions.

There are over 300 student athletes on scholarship at ISU, with an average GPA of 3.46

All ISU Athletics teams have an average GPA above 3.1

ISU student athletes boast a graduate success rate of 85% (compared to 37% for the ISU student body graduation rate)

_{*Statistics taken from Fall 25 and Spring 26 data}

Where do our student-athletes come from?

Alabama: 1
Alaska: 2
Arizona: 13
California: 49
Colorado: 8
Hawaii: 5
Idaho: 143
Illinois: 2
Indiana: 1
Iowa: 1
Kansas: 1
Maryland: 1
Michigan: 1
Missouri: 1
Montana: 1
Nevada: 1
Oregon: 9
Texas: 4
Utah: 21
Virginia: 1
Washington: 13
Wyoming: 5

International

Argentina: 1
Australia: 5
Canada: 2
Czech Republic: 1
Denmark: 1
France: 2
Germany: 3
Iceland: 1
Italy: 2
Jamaica: 1
Kazakhstan: 3
Malaysia: 2
Mexico: 1
Netherlands: 2
Portugal: 1
Senegal: 1
South Africa: 2
Spain: 2
United Kingdom: 2

Areas of Study

Accounting: 1
Athletic Administration: 8
Biology: 9
Business Administration: 1
Chemistry: 1
Civil Engineering: 3
Communication Sciences/Disorders: 5
Communication: 16
Community & Public Health: 2
Computer Engineering: 2
Computer Science: 2
Dietetics: 2
Economics: 2
Electrical Engineering: 1
Elementary Education: 3
English: 1
Environmental Science Management: 1
Family and Consumer Science: 1
Finance: 21
Fire Services Administration: 2
General Business: 28
Global Studies: 1
Health Science: 22
Healthcare Administration: 1
History: 1
Management: 23
Marketing: 14
Mechanical Engineering: 5
Medical Lab Science: 1
Mental Health Counseling: 1
Nursing: 8
Occupational Therapy: 1
Pharmacy: 1
Philosophy: 1
Political Science: 3
Psychology: 11
Radiographic Science: 1
Secondary Education: 8
Sociology: 9
Software Engineering: 2
Sport Management: 36
Sport and Exercise Science: 27
Undecided: 2
University Studies: 32

Tips for Faculty

We have exceptional faculty at ISU. Thank you for everything you do. Below are just a few insights to help as you interact with ISU student-athletes.

Student-athletes should be treated just the same as all students. Provide student-athletes the same opportunities as every enrolled student. Student-athletes should not get any special privileges.
Sometimes student-athletes miss class as they represent ISU. Student absence policy
Student-athletes are not permitted to miss class due to practice, meeting a coach, working out or receiving medical care.
Student-athletes are not all the same. Some are on full scholarships, but there are others on partial scholarships, and some receive no scholarship support at all. Just like our overall ISU student population, student-athletes are a diverse group.