Student Services
Mesa Academics & Athletics Program

MAAP Mission Statement

The Mesa Academics and Athletics Program (MAAP) at San Diego Mesa College empowers student-athletes to identify and achieve their educational, career, athletic and personal goals. The support program guides student-athletes to obtain an educational degree while meeting California community college and/or transfer eligibility requirements. MAAP aims to motivate student-athletes to succeed in the classroom, the athletic arena and in the community. 

MAAP Goals

• To assist student-athletes in the identification of educational, career, athletic and personal goals
• To empower student-athletes to reach academic, career, athletic and personal success
• To increase retention, graduation and transfer rates of student athletes
• To encourage each student-athlete to develop independence, self-advocacy and to mature mentally emotionally, physically and athletically.
• To create an environment within the intercollegiate athletic program that promotes academic achievement.
• To provide CCCAA, NCAA, and NAIA resources.
• To maximize the academic potential of student-athletes by providing an atmosphere that enhances learning skills, career development, and personal development. This will be done by encouraging the student-athletes to:

Enroll in a Personal Growth course, utilize free tutoring services, and use the student services on campus (i.e. Transfer Center, Career Center, Counseling and others).

MAAP'S STUDENT SERVICE PROGRAM OUTCOMES

• Utilize intellectual growth in decision making to develop personal, educational, career and athletic goals

• Display enhanced self-respect, positive self-image and effective self-advocacy

TYPE OF MAAP COUNSELING SERVICES

1) MAAP Drop-In (in Counseling) (i.e. quick questions, abbreviated Ed Plans or next semester planning, petitions, basic eligibility)

2) 1 hour MAAP Counseling Appointments (i.e. long term planning, AA, transfer, in-depth CCCAA/NCAA.NAIA eligibility, personal and career counseling)

3) MAAP Hot Spots for Student-Athletes

This is a Counseling drop-in service just for student-athletes near  the Exercise Science Building (i.e. quick questions, certain petitions, pre-requisites, next semester planning).

Hot Spots will be on hold this fall and may resume in 2019.  Stay tuned.  

* The Counselor's schedule is subject to change, please call Counseling for the most up to date schedule.  

* See Getting Started section of this website for more info (specifically Step 8) and/or call the Counseling Department for the MAAP Counselor's availability at 619-388-2672.  Clck here for more info. 

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