The Department of Athletics provides a competitive, diverse, equitable sports program in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations that creates opportunities for student-athletes to:

• Earn a degree
• Develop into ethical, well-rounded, civic-minded individuals
• Achieve individual athletic potential

The Department of Athletics also strives to achieve, with character and integrity, a winning tradition that engenders:

• University pride
• Positive community relations
• Institutional prestige
• Quality sports entertainment

The values the Department of Athletics embraces to achieve the mission include: honesty, integrity, loyalty, sportslike conduct and responsibility, as well as equity and respect for all students and staff regardless of ethnicity and/or gender.

Picture: Nick Clark with Ahmad Rashad as a final in the Draddy Awards (otherwise known as the Academic Heisman)

The coaches, staff and student-athletes of Texas State are committed to upholding the mission statement and reaching the vision set by Dr. Larry Teis and the leadership of this great institution. Texas State is the "Rising Star of Texas."