Chicago students get help navigating college sports scholarships

Details: Chicago tech company Honest Game is working with 84 CPS high schools to help student-athletes navigate the college academic eligibility process. The expansion comes after a pilot program in 10 CPS schools last year.

• Honest Game helps student-athletes with everything from class schedules to tracking the recruiting process, and also works with the district to tailor new classes for student-athletes.
• It has previously been up to student-athletes to figure out their requirements.

Threat level: According to Honest Game, 41% of Illinois high school student-athletes are at risk of being academically ineligible for athletic scholarships. In the city of Chicago, nearly $89 million in scholarships are lost every year.

• Almost 1 million student-athletes per year nationally are deemed academically ineligible due to simple things like mistakenly enrolling in classes that do not meet NCAA requirements.
• Ineligibility increases to 1 in 2 among student-athletes from underserved communities.

What they're saying: "We're leveling the playing field so that every student has a fair and equitable opportunity to attend college," Kim Michelson, CEO and co-founder of Honest Game, said in a release.