Our mission is to provide high school student-athletes with academic support, sports training, character development, and mentorship that will help them navigate their way to the NCAA to play sports while earning a degree. The Footbridge Athletes works with high school student-athletes from under-resourced backgrounds who have the highest potential and desire to develop into successful NCAA student-athletes. The following two guiding principles will be the factors of our program’s accountability system. • Personal Need • Strive for Growth and Excellence When assessing each candidate’s need and willingness to grow, we evaluate the athlete’s commitment and accountability in three areas of our focus: academics, athletics, and character. • Academic Improvement • Athletic Commitment • Character Integrity Our motto: Helping student-athletes cross the bridge to success.