Magnolia Mornings, Magnolia Tribune
(Photo from JSU Athletics)
Jackson State’s Robert Salhab III, a senior track and field student-athlete, was recognized as the 2026 NCAA Accelerating Academic Success Program Career Development Award honoree this week at the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis.
The honor is tied to the NCAA’s AASP initiative, which provides academic grants to historically under-resourced colleges and universities. The NCAA awarded close to $2 million to eligible schools last year to increase student-athlete academic success and strengthen efforts to increase student-athlete graduation.
The AASP Career Development Award recognizes one or more student-athletes from Division I AASP schools who plan to pursue careers in athletics or sports-related fields. Salhab, a health, physical education and recreation major with a minor in business administration, has access to NCAA programming and networking opportunities at the Career in Sports Forum, along with more than 150 additional student-athlete attendees.