ACS Athletics and GradesFirst Collaborate To Better Service the Athletics Community
ACS Athletics and GradesFirst are excited to announce the companies are collaborating to better service their mutual customers and provide an enhanced experience to collegiate athletics staff, coaches and academic advisors. Details of the agreement are being finalized, but this partnership will provide additional value to institutions currently using the ACS Athletics InControlTM software to manage the student-athlete life-cycle, as well as GradesFirst technology to manage and track student-athlete academic progress. The partnership will allow systems integration of these two innovative software systems and give users greater control and access to critical student-athlete information.
“ACS Athletics has been fortunate to become the premier system within collegiate athletics to centralize student-athlete records and enhance communication among coaches and administrators with our department-wide notification tools,” said Kevin Bresser, VP Sales at ACS Athletics. “We have also encouraged campuses to consider our product integration options to better connect InControlTM with key administrative systems such as campus student information systems and CAi. We are pleased to respond to our customers’ requests to collaborate with GradesFirst to further consolidate information and increase access to critical student-athlete data. GradesFirst is an exciting addition to our partnership channel due to the high-level of respect and customer satisfaction they have earned in the industry. This collaboration is a big win for coaches and athletics staff around the country.”
“As our partnership with ACS progresses, we look forward to providing even greater efficiencies to our customers,” said Mario Moore, CEO at GradesFirst. “Making more student information available in GradesFirst enables us to continue our mission of improving the lives of academic advisors. Having integration with the ACS InControl system makes it easier for advisors to share information and communicate more easily with students, coaches and other athletic staff.”
To learn more about this groundbreaking relationship, please find representatives from ACS Athletics and GradesFirst at the NAAC Convention in Anaheim (June 21-22). Questions may also be emailed to ACS Athletics at info@acsathletics.com or GradesFirst at sales@gradesfirst.com .
About ACS Athletics
ACS Athletics flagship product, ACS InControl™, centralizes document and information management in one system for the key operational areas that drive the Student-Athlete Lifecycle™, allowing stakeholders across an organization to see a holistic view of student-athlete records, recruiting, compliance monitoring, student-athlete forms, CARA logs, complimentary admissions, and much more.
About GradesFirst
GradesFirst is a leading web-based student support system that provides athletic advising departments an easy and efficient way to automate progress reports, study hall management, tutor management, attendance tracking, and reporting. GradesFirst also improves communications between advisors, students, coaches, and faculty with tools like text messaging and automated email. The school-branded Facebook application provides integration with the most popular social networking site; facilitating yet another method of student-athlete communication. GradesFirst works with athletic departments across the country to help advisors and coaches monitor the academic performance of their student-athletes so they can stay on the team and remain competitive.