RVC Athletics keeps consistency with the Rock Valley College mission. Our athletic department strives to provide nationally competitive intercollegiate athletics opportunities for our student-athletes, while supporting a challenging academic environment and positive social experiences. Our department seeks to create and maintain an inclusive culture that values diversity and equity among its student-athletes and staff. Through education, competition and a personal environment, we stimulate attitudes of passion, sportsmanship, integrity, leadership, resourcefulness, and service to community.
 

1. Student-athletes will demonstrate leadership skills through community outreach and service.
2. Student-athletes will demonstrate respect for others that acknowledges diversity, equity, and inclusion.
3. Student-athletes will demonstrate positive coping skills when confronted with negative feelings of stress, injury, pressure, and loss.
4. Student-athletes will engage in their education to lead to successful goal completion (IE: graduation, workforce, transfer and continue athletics).
5. Student-athletes will demonstrate character, leadership, and teamwork that will lead to even greater success off the playing surface by having been on it.
6. Student-athletes will implement healthy nutrition and physical fitness practices in their daily living.