Advocates for Student Athletes, Inc. is a non-profit organization founded in 2007 to assist student athletes financially and educationally.    ASA was started in order to give low income student athletes the opportunity to participate in sports where they would not have been able to due to financial burdens.  More importantly, at ASA the leadership understands that education is important to the continuing growth of youth thus making education a priority. 

            ASA helps student athletes financially by helping the athletes pay for registration fees associated with organized sports such as Little League baseball and Pop Warner football.  ASA understands that registration fees are not the only expense associated with playing a sport but that the athlete needs equipment such as cleats, protective cups, and other protective equipment needed to safely participate in a sport.  Through donations from private individuals and companies and fundraising events, ASA is able to help meet the financial needs of the student athletes. 

Funds are not paid directly to the athlete but rather to the organization in which the student athlete wishes to participate with to help ensure that funds are not mishandled.  The student athlete is also taken by an ASA volunteer to purchase equipment necessary for the sport in which the athlete will participate in.

In terms of the educational aspect, ASA recruits volunteer tutors to help student athletes succeed academically.  Part of the agreement between the student athlete and ASA is that the student athlete must maintain a minimum GPA; the athlete must turn in quarterly progress notes.   Should the athlete start to fail academically he or she will seek the help of a tutor that is available through ASA.