For the past 15 years the LAKER Academic Success Center has welcomed student-athletes to Grand Valley State University. The LAKER Academic Success Center strives to empower the student athlete to:

-Explore options and identify resources to make informed decisions in an ever-changing environment.

-Identify personal strengths to achieve goals and fulfill potential.

-Promote individual responsibility and encourage self-determination.

-Participate fully in the life of both the collegiate community and the community at large.

-Remove obstacles to exploration, leadership, self-expression, and creativity toward value clarification, philosophical development, and personal growth.

-Achieve a balanced sense of emotional, physical, spiritual, and intellectual well-being.