outdoor track and field and volleyball. The athletics program reports directly to the Office of the President.
The Kentucky State athletics program competes in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), a league that features 15 public and private institutions. The SIAC members include Albany State, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University.
Statement of the Project
The purpose of this Project was to perform an Athletics Review and SWOT Analysis of the Kentucky State University intercollegiate athletics program and identify potential areas of improvement.
Specific Components of the Project
The PICTOR Group was interested in gathering:
Perspectives on Kentucky State Athletics from the Athletics Staff.
Perspectives on Kentucky State Athletics from Student-Athletes.
Perspectives on Kentucky State Athletics from Friends of Athletics
Perspectives on Kentucky State Athletics from select members of the President's Cabinet and other campus executives and staff.
Financial data and programmatic elements gathered from resource materials.
A comparison of NCAA IPP data from peer and aspirational institutions.
An assessment of the athletics program's facilities.
Basic Assumptions
The following assumptions served as a basis for this Report:
There is a genuine interest by the University in gaining a better understanding of Kentucky State Athletics.
There is a sincere commitment by the University to provide an outstanding experience for the student-athletes in both the men's and women's sports programs.
Representatives of The PICTOR Group correctly interpreted the results gathered from the three distinct Survey Questionnaires.
The representatives of The PICTOR Group accurately captured the information gleaned from in-person and virtual interviews.
Limitations
The results of this Report could have the following limitations:
Accuracy of information gathered by The PICTOR Group was potentially limited by the information provided from all sources utilized.
Responses requested on the three Survey Questionnaires by the Athletics Staff, Student-
Athletes and Friends of Athletics depended on their interpretation of the questions and their willingness to answer the questions openly.
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