History Launched on December 15, 2014, the Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation represents the University of Texas' commitment to live up to its mission statement: To Transform Lives for the Benefit of Society. CSLi leverages the University’s academic and sports capital to cultivate leadership and character reform among student-athletes across the country. The Center was created by Daron K. Roberts in 2014. CSLi programs include: CLEAT CONTINUING LEADERSHIP AND ETHICAL ATHLETIC TRAINING The Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation (CSLi) at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce our 3rd annual Continuing Leadership and Ethical Athletic Training (CLEAT). The one-day training session will be held on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin on May 9, 2017. The session will feature approximately 50 participating coaches. Captains Academy LEADERSHIP PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS CAPTAINS Captains Academy is a leadership training program designed to enhance the capacity building for high school sports captains. Available to any high school team sports captain in the AISD, 100 participants completed the pilot program in the Spring of 2016. Focus areas include: core values, vulnerability & empathy and goal-achieving. Fellowship Program The Center for Sports Leadership & Innovation (CSLi) Fellowship Program will build a community of exemplary students from across the 40 Acres, expose them to pressing sports issues and cultivate each Fellow’s ability to lead in their respective organizations and into the next stage of life. HELPING STUDENT-ATHLETES MAKE SOUND DECISIONS CSLi and UT Athletics have crafted a curriculum on financial literacy and sound decision-making. The 3-hour course is offered to all students at the University of Texas and every freshman student-athlete will have taken the course by the summer of 2016.