1. INTEGRATING STUDENT-
ATHLETES INTO CAMPUS
ALCOHOL EDUCATION
INITIATIVES
PRESENTERS:
DR. G. ANTHONY GRANT, INTERIM ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
JAYME TROGUS, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR HEALTH EDUCATION AND
PROMOTION
BROOKE FISHER, GRADUATE ASSISTANT, CENTER FOR HEALTH
EDUCATION AND PROMOTION
KIARA ALLEN, UNDERGRADUATE PEER EDUCATION STUDENT

3. MY PERSPECTIVE TODAY IS COMING FROM MY
ROLE AS A:
A. College Student
B. College Staff Member
C. College Faculty Member
D. College Administrator
E. Law Enforcement
F. Community Prevention
Educator
G. State or Government
Employee
H. Other
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
13% 13% 13% 13%13%13%13%13%

4. DO YOU WORK WITH COLLEGIATE ATHLETES?
A. Yes
B. No
Yes
No
50%50%

5. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT COLLEGE ATHLETES ARE
AT A HIGHER RISK FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE THAN
THE GENERAL CAMPUS POPULATION?
A. Yes
B. No
Yes
No
50%50%

6. TO WHAT DEGREE TO YOU THINK ALCOHOL
CONSUMPTION EFFECTS ATHLETIC
PERFORMANCE?
A. No effect at all
B. Somewhat effects
athletic
performance, but
athletes can still
compete
C. Definitely alters
athletic performance
no matter what an
athletes’ ability is
A
B
C
33% 33%33%

7. WHY STUDENT ATHLETES?
• Greater risk for abusing alcohol than their non-athlete peers1
• Student-athletes experience more frequent negative consequences1
• Heavy drinking can decrease athletic performance by as much as
11.4%2
• In 2009, all 1,079 active members of the NCAA were asked to participate
by surveying 1-3 random teams on their campus. 20,474 students
responded.3
• 83.1% of respondents indicated drinking alcohol within the past 12
months
• Over half of student-athletes who indicated that they used alcohol in
the past year said they began using alcohol before they were 18
• Majority of those who reported using alcohol said they did so less
than 2 days/week
• 49% of those who reported drinking drank 5 or more drinks in one
sitting
• 54% indicated drinking during both competitive and off seasons1Brenner & Swanik. High-risk drinking characteristics in collegiate
athletics. Journal of American College Health. 2007; 65 (3) 267-672.
2 O’Brien & Lyons. Alcohol and the athlete. Sports Medicine, 2000: 29(5), 295-
300
3 National Study on Substance Use Trends Among NCAA College Student-
Athletes.

8. NCAA CHOICES AT
MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
1. OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION
2. PROGRAM GOALS

9. OVERVIEW OF CHOICES APPLICATION
• Provides funding for NCAA member institutions and
conferences to integrate athletics into campus-wide efforts to
reduce alcohol abuse
• Athletics partners with other campus departments in the
development and implementation of effective alcohol education
projects
• “Choices” theme
• 3 year, $30,000 award
• $15,000 first year
• $10,000 second year
• $5,000 third year

10. MARAUDER CHOICES PROGRAM GOALS
• Increasing peer to peer education among student-
athletes and the campus community
• Challenging the norm that all student-athletes drink
in excessive and dangerous ways
• Increasing late night programming offered to MU
students
• Raising self-awareness about personal alcohol risk
among high-risk student groups

11. IMPLEMENTING THE
PROGRAM AT MILLERSVILLE
UNIVERSITY
1. PROGRAM GOALS
2. DETAILED ELEMENTS OF THE
PROGRAM
TOP ROW: KEVIN PORTER (FOOTBALL), MARY PAUL
(VOLLEYBALL), KIARA ALLEN, PROJECT LEAD (TRACK &
FIELD)
FRONT ROW: SHANNON CRUZ (CROSS COUNTRY),
JAIME CESSNA (SWIMMING), MARGARET THORWART
(FIELD HOCKEY)

13. Goal 1, Year 1: A 6
student-athlete peer
education group will be
convened (Marauder
Choices peer educators)
and provided a minimum
of 20 hours of training to
educate their peers about
alcohol
MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1 – PEER EDUCATION

14. PROGRAM ELEMENTS – PEER EDUCATION
Goal 2, Year 1: 75% of student-athletes who participate in a one hour
Marauder Choices peer education program will improve their alcohol
education knowledge by 50% as measured by pre- and post-tests.
• Student-athlete peer educators schedule 1-hour time slot with each
varsity athletic team
 Program includes information and interactive activities on
topics such as:
1. How to pour a standard drink
2. How long it takes to “sober up”
3. How to intervene in risky situations involving alcohol
4. How to drink in less risky ways
5. How drinking effect athletic abilities
 Teams participate in anonymous questions using clickers
 Designed to give teams a place to discuss team norms or problems
involving alcohol with relatable student-athlete peer educator and
without a coach present

15. SHORT EXAMPLE OF OUR PROGRAM
• Bystander intervention aspect of the program is designed to help
students notice risky situations and help them devise a plan on how to
intervene
• Since student-athletes are members of a team, we chose to include this
information so they know how to help/look out for one another out and
other students on campus
• Goal is to get student-athletes thinking about what they would want other
people to do for them in these types of situations
• On the following slides:
• From a student-athlete’s perspective, how do you think a student would
respond in the following four situations

16. SCENARIO #1: WHILE AT PRACTICE, ONE OF YOUR
TEAMMATES STATES THAT THEY GOT REALLY DRUNK
LAST WEEKEND AND DOESN’T REMEMBER MUCH OF
SATURDAY EVENING.
A. I don’t think it is
wrong
B. I think it is wrong,
but I won’t intervene
C. I want to intervene
but don’t know how
D. I would intervene
A
B
C
D
25% 25%25%25%

17. SCENARIO #2: YOU OVERHEAR TWO ATHLETES TALKING AFTER
STUDY HOURS AND NOTICE ONE STUDENT IS TALKING ABOUT THIS
CRAZY PARTY ON THURSDAY NIGHT. ONE MENTIONS THEY ARE
PLANNING ON GETTING FRESHMEN ON THE TEAM REALLY DRUNK.
A. I don’t think it is
wrong
B. I think it is wrong,
but I won’t intervene
C. I want to intervene
but don’t know how
D. I would intervene
A
B
C
D
25% 25%25%25%

18. SCENARIO #3: YOU OVERHEAR TWO STUDENTS
TALKING ABOUT A RECENT SEXUAL ENCOUNTER
WITH ANOTHER ATHLETE. THE ONE STUDENT STATES
THAT “WE WERE BOTH REALLY DRUNK, BUT I THINK
IT WAS GOOD”.
A. I don’t think it is
wrong
B. I think it is wrong,
but I won’t intervene
C. I want to intervene
but don’t know how
D. I would intervene
A B C D
25% 25%25%25%

19. SCENARIO #4: YOU ARE AT A PARTY AND SEE A TEAMMATE WHO IS
CLEARLY INTOXICATED. THE TEAMMATE IS PASSED OUT AND YOU
HAVE BEEN DRINKING, TOO. YOU KNOW THAT YOUR COACH HAS A
STRICT POLICY AGAINST DRINKING IN SEASON AND YOU AND
YOUR TEAMMATE WILL BE KICKED OF THE TEAM IF COACH FINDS
OUT.
A. I don’t think it is
wrong
B. I think it is wrong,
but I won’t intervene
C. I want to intervene
but don’t know how
D. I would intervene
A
B
C
D
25% 25%25%25%

20. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1– DATA
COLLECTION
Goal 3, Year 1: 40% of student-athletes will complete the American
College Health Association’s (ACHA’s) National Collegiate Health
Assessment (NCHA). Data from the assessment will be utilized to plan
a social norms campaign for Fall 2014.
 N=99 Varsity athletes
 Average age: 19
 71% female participants
 47% reside in a campus residence
 82% Caucasian
 30% 1st year, 26% 2nd year, 23% 3rd year, 22 % 4th year and beyond

21. HOW MANY MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT-ATHLETES DO YOU BELIEVE NEVER
DRANK ALCOHOL?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 30%
D. 40%
A B C D
25% 25%25%25%

22. HOW MANY MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT ATHLETES DO YOU BELIEVE
CONSUMED 4 OR FEWER DRINKS THE TIME
THEY PARTIED/SOCIALIZED?
A. 23%
B. 41%
C. 60%
D. 75%
A
B
C
D
25% 25%25%25%

23. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MILLERSVILLE
UNIVERSITY STUDENT ATHLETES DO YOU
BELIEVE USE AT LEAST 1 RISK REDUCTION
STRATEGY WHEN DRINKING?
A. 67%
B. 77%
C. 87%
D. 97%
A
B
C
D
25% 25%25%25%

24. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1– DATA
COLLECTION

25. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1– DATA
COLLECTION

26. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1– DATA
COLLECTION

27. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1 - SAAC
Goal 4, Year 1: An alcohol abuse awareness subgroup will be formed within
the Student-athlete Advisory Committee containing a minimum of six
representatives. The group will meet at least 2 times per semester to assist
with planning late night programming, disseminate Marauder Choices
information to their teammates, and provide feedback in the administration of
the Marauder Choices program.

28. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 1 – LATE NIGHT
PROGRAMMING
Goal 5, Year 1: A minimum of 500 MU students will participate in at
least
one late night/weekend program offered by Marauder Choices, in
conjunction with the Center for Student Involvement and
Leadership, Campus Recreation and the Fitness Center.

30. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 2– SOCIAL NORMS
•50% of MU students who complete a social norms campaign
evaluation will correctly identify the percentage of MU
student-athletes who consume 0-4 drinks when socializing.
•75% of MU student-athletes who complete a social norms
campaign evaluation will correctly identify the percentage of
MU student-athletes who consume 0-4 drinks when
socializing and the percentage of student-athletes who use
risk reduction strategies when drinking.

31. • 75% of student-athletes who participate in a one hour Marauder
Choices peer education program will improve their alcohol
education knowledge by 50% as measured by pre- and post-tests.
• Hearing where my teammates
stand on alcohol-related issues
• How long it takes to sober up
• Knowing how to help someone
in need
• Statistics
• Binge drinking
• Alcohol content in different
alcohol
MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 2– PEER
EDUCATION
 Standard drink sizes
• B.A.C.
• Safer ways to drink
• Facts about MU athletes and
drinking
• Risks of drinking
• How drinking impairs you days
after and the tolerance with B.A.C.

32. MARAUDER CHOICES PROJECT YEAR 2 – PEER
EDUCATION
What We’ve Learned About Student-Athlete Alcohol Use: Their
Perspective:
1. Do you drink alcohol in season?
A. Yes 96
B. No 42
2. Do you drink alcohol out of season?
A. Yes 119
B. No 19
3. Do you drink alcohol within 24 hours of a game
or practice?
A. Yes 48
B. No 88
4. When you drink alcohol, how many standard
drinks to you typically consume?
A. Just a standard drink or 2 24
B. Just enough to help me feel
buzzed
43
C. Enough to lose my
inhibitions
33
D. I just drink until I don’t feel like it
anymore – I don’t keep track
40
5. Has your athletic performance been
impacted as a result of alcohol use?
A. Yes 21
B. No 96
C. Not sure 6
D. I may have a hangover, but
I can still compete
16
6. Have you noticed an impact on your team's
performance as a result of alcohol use?
A. Yes 44
B. No 95
7. Do you think alcohol is a concern for you
team?
A. Yes 39
B. No 100
8. Do you think it should be required for all
student-athletes to abstain from alcohol in
season?
A. Yes 35
B. No 72

33. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 2– AWARENESS
AND LATE NIGHT PROGRAMMING EVENTS
• A minimum of 600 MU students will participate in at least one
educational/interactive activity at a MU sporting event where
they will be educated about alcohol and good sportsmanship.
• The Marauder Choices peer educators will increase alcohol
awareness on campus, in conjunction with the MU peer
educators, to a minimum of 400 MU students, by providing
events during Alcohol Awareness Week and Wellness Week.

34. MARAUDER CHOICES YEAR 2 – PASSHE
SURVEY
• All student-athletes will successfully complete the PA State System of Higher
Education online alcohol self-assessment, as documented through a printed
certification of completion, and will have a focused discussion about the
assessment with their SAAC representatives.
• 80% of students participating in a MU Club Sport will successfully complete
the PA State System of Higher Education online alcohol self-assessment, as
document through a printed certificate of completion, and will have a focused
discussion about the assessment with leaders within their team.

35. WHAT’S NEXT?
1. YEAR 3
2. PROGRAMMING AFTER GRANT FUNDING
CONCLUDES
3. LESSONS LEARNED

36. • 80% of students involved in Greek Life will successfully complete the PA State System of Higher
Education online alcohol self-assessment, as documented through a printed certificate of completion,
and will have a focused discussion as an organization about the assessment with two leaders within their
Greek chapter.
• 75% of first year students in Freshmen Year Experience courses, whose course instructors agree to
participate, will successfully complete the PA State System of Higher Education online alcohol self-
assessment, as documented through a printed certificate of completion, and will have a focused
discussion about the assessment with Marauder Choices peer educators or MU peer educators.
• All student-athletes will successfully complete the PA State System of Higher Education online alcohol
self-assessment, as documented through a printed certificate of completion, and will have a focused
discussion about the assessment with their SAAC representatives.
• The Marauder Choices peer educators will increase alcohol awareness on campus, in conjunction with
MU peer educators, by a minimum of 400 MU students by providing events during Alcohol Awareness
Week and Wellness Week
• 75% of first year student-athletes who participate in a one hour Marauder Choices education program will
improve their alcohol education knowledge by 50% as measured by pre- and post- tests.
• A minimum of 750 MU students will participate in at least one late night/weekend program offered by
Marauder Choices, in conjunction with the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, Campus
Recreation and the Fitness Center.
MARAUDER CHOICES PROJECT GOALS YEAR 3

37. PROGRAMMING AFTER GRANT CONCLUDES
• Continue peer education
• Continue other program elements but with
scaled down budgets
• Continue data collection

38. LESSONS LEARNED
• Student-athlete buy-in and peer influence
• Engaging coaches and athletics
administration
• Consistent alcohol policy within athletic
department
• Importance of branding
• Good things take time

39. Thank you!
Dr. Anthony Grant: anthony.grant@millersville.edu
Jayme Trogus: jayme.trogus@millersville.edu
Brooke Fisher: brooke.fisher@millersville.edu
Kiara Allen: kjallen@millersville.edu