Purpose of the Study This literature review will examine the effects of athletic participation on academic achievement. Wanting to take some sort of action, the researcher decided to explore the impact sports participation has on the current middle school students. Sports Participation and Academic Success Kurtis Arnold Grand Valley State University As an increasingly relevant part of society, sports seem to find a way into many parts of our everyday lives from the global stage to our own individual experiences and feelings towards them. A significant body of literature is devoted to the question of after-school sports participation’s effect on academic performance. This study sought to examine the relations between sports participation, academic achievement, and self-efficacy in high school students. athletic participation is positively associated with academic achievement. In his seminal study, Marsh (1988), using a large, national sample, found that athletic participation was favorably related to numerous senior and post-secondary outcomes, including academic achievement and educational aspirations, as well as subsequent college attendance. Self-efficacy has been linked to both sports participation and academic achievement, but no study has examined these three variables together. It will attempt to determine whether athletic participation enhances the academic achievement of high school students. Overall, participation in school sports demonstrated a significant standardized effect (.225) on academic achievement. Fisher et al. During her senior year at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, field hockey player Leah Ferenc reflected on the role athletics play in academic achievement. Stephens and Schaben (2002) conducted a study on the effect of interscholastic sports on the academic achievement of middle school students in Omaha, Nebraska. With infrequent exceptions, research shows athletics will have a positive or neutral impact on academic measures (Trudeau, F., & Shephard, R. J., 2008). Does participation in organized sports enhance academic achievement? The purpose of this causal comparative study was to investigate the effect of athletic participation on the academic achievement of African American high school female students. Supporters of organized sports claim that athletic participation helps foster higher academic achievement. conducted an investigation on the positive and negative correlates of sports participation on inner-city high school students. He decided that providing numbers to administration, showing a correlation between sports participation and higher academic achievement existed, would help support the need for athletic funding. students’ academic work. 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