Academic success
Build study habits, set personal goals, and strengthen academic confidence.
Student-Athlete Success & Leadership Pilot
Beyond the game.
Into a brighter future.
Athletics brings us together. Relationships move us forward.
Help young people turn the connections they make through athletics into academic progress, confidence, leadership, and opportunity.
THE VISION IN THREE MINUTESConnect. Create. Grow.
A planned pilot. A shared vision.Help bring it to life
Concept film with illustrative visuals. The pilot is planned; outcomes shown are aspirations, not reported results.
5Student-athlete scholars
3College success fellows
8Weeks of focused growth
$25,000Pilot funding goal
Why this matters
Connection
comes first.
Young people grow when they feel connected, valued, and motivated by something that matters to them.
Campus Connect Coaching pairs high school student-athletes with college fellows for academic coaching, shared experiences, and leadership development. The fellows receive professional coaching too, creating a pathway for learning in both directions.
“Build relationships that make everyone want to come back.”Our first objective
Personal development
Practice responsibility, communication, initiative, and follow-through.
Leadership
Make decisions, contribute to a shared project, and help others succeed.
Future opportunities
Explore college, STEM, careers, and new professional connections.
The first experience
Small by design.
Built to learn.
A focused pilot gives eight young people room to build trust, pursue meaningful goals, and learn together.
One connected team
The intended first cohort includes five Latitude High School basketball student-athletes and three college fellows, preferably UC Berkeley STEM students. Each fellow will build a primary relationship with one or two scholars while supporting the whole group.
Participant recruitment and coordination are planned. Latitude High School and UC Berkeley are not confirmed institutional partners.
Eight weeks, with purpose
Planned January 11–March 7, 2027. Preparatory relationship gatherings are planned for November and early December 2026, subject to coordination.
The experience combines approximately two in-person gatherings and two short virtual meetings each month, with individual support, development plans, a collaborative project, and college or career exposure.
Leadership passed forward
Experienced leaders→College fellows→Student-athletes→Future leaders
Ms. Deitra Atkins, Director of Fellow Development & Coaching, will prepare and mentor the college fellows.
CONNECT → ASK → GUIDE → FOLLOW THROUGH
Where Campus Connect Coaching fits
JUST 2! connections.
Community impact.
JUST 2! The Relationship Challenge brings people together around a simple idea: Make Time Matter.
Its framework connects personal and family relationships with opportunities to support organizations and causes that matter to the community.
- The campaignJUST 2!
- The focusCommunity Impact
- The organizationVillageGIVE
- The causeCampus Connect Coaching
Within the JUST 2! framework, supporters who choose Community Impact can select VillageGIVE, then choose Campus Connect Coaching as the cause they want to support.
Campus Connect Coaching is the program that puts that support to work through academics, coaching, leadership, and future opportunities. It is a VillageGIVE initiative in partnership with Youth UpRising.
More than one way to help.
The framework includes holiday and gift cards, movies, purchases of products or services, direct contributions, and corporate sponsorship and relationships. Support can also take the form of time, talent, matching gifts, grants, and other partnership resources.
Specific giving opportunities and their terms will be shared as they become available.
A focused first investment
Help fund
the first chapter.
$25,000
Preparation. Eight weeks of programming. A documented evaluation.
$11,400 goes directly to participants: $1,200 in educational participation stipends for each of five scholars, and $1,800 in compensation for each of three fellows.
The remaining funds support the people, access, experiences, and oversight needed to deliver the pilot responsibly.
Where the funding goes
Scholar stipends & fellow compensation$11,400
Professional coaching & guest specialists$3,250
Meals, transportation, experiences & materials$3,950
Program coordination & evaluation$2,500
Insurance, safeguarding & compliance$2,000
Contingency reserve$1,900
Total pilot budget$25,000
Review the full budget and proposal Learning with accountability
Measure progress.
Share what we learn.
VillageGIVE will document goals, participation, progress, and costs while protecting participant privacy. A final evaluation and actual-versus-budget report will guide decisions about future cohorts.
80%
Attendance target
4 of 5
Scholars improve on at least one academic goal
All 3
College fellows complete the pilot
1 shared project
Plus at least one college experience
These are planned pilot targets, not achieved results or guaranteed outcomes.
Explore the details
The vision.
The plan. The numbers.
Read the Funding & Partnership Proposal v3.4 for the program design, leadership responsibilities, complete budget, and evaluation targets.
An invitation to build
Help create what
comes next.
Become a founding partner of Campus Connect Coaching.
Your organization can help launch this first experience through funding, professional expertise, STEM and career exposure, meals, transportation, facilities, or other resources.