The National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association’s (NIRSA) collaboration with the Council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) in Higher Education and in the publication of Learning Reconsidered II provides impetus for collegiate recreational sports professionals to join the community of educators in providing a learning rich environment in which to educate the whole student. This study examined various personal, institutional and organizational attributes affecting a recreational sports director’s awareness, perceived importance, application, and satisfaction with the CAS standards for recreational sports. The study also identified potential sources of awareness and perceived barriers to the use of the standards. A survey consisting of 12 demographic and 76 scaled questions was distributed to recreational sports directors (N=571) from four-year colleges and universities that are members of the NIRSA. A total of n=400 directors responded to the study for a 70% response rate. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and independent samples t-tests. Results indicated recreational sports directors that were members of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) or American College Personnel Administrators (ACPA) were statistically more aware (p<.001), perceived the standards to be more important (p<.030) and applied the standards more (p<.005) than directors with memberships in other professional associations or with membership only in the NIRSA. The researcher also found that directors of departments located within a student affairs organizations (71.5%) were statistically more likely to be aware of the standards (p<.000), perceive the standards to be more important (p<.001), and applied the standards more often (p<.000) than directors leading programs housed in intercollegiate athletics, academic, business or other areas. The primary source of awareness was identified as professional development (M=3.905). The key barriers to applying the standards were lack of time (M=3.34), lack of staff resources (M=3.286) and lack of training (M=3.268).