the purpose of this study was to examine the interaction effects of athletic participation, gender, and academic stream with self-esteem, academic achievement, and educational aspiration. the sample (n=341) was drawn from potential graduates from three high schools in thunder bay, ontario. athletic participation was collected from self-reported student data in the areas of varsity (school) and recreational (both within and outside of school) sports. global self-esteem was measured with the coopersmith sei inventory (1981). quantitative results were analysed using manova. results showed that male athletic participants had higher self-esteem scores, whereas females had higher grade point averages (a = .01). self-esteem for general level 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 was lower than that of advanced level 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , particularly in females. academic achievement as measured by grade point average had no relationship with athletic participation but educational aspirations varied positively with academic stream.