The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between drinking motivations, sport-related achievement motivations, and alcohol consumption in a population of student athletes. Interaction effects were observed for each type of consumption motivation and goal achievement motivations. Results indicated that there was a relationship between all three ADS subscales and alcohol use, as well as one SOQ subscale and alcohol use, but these relationships were moderated by both gender and athletic status. The implications of these findings are discussed below. Initial analysis revealed the prevalence of excessive alcohol use among this student-athlete population; with 68.9% of participants scoring +8 on the AUDIT. This is consistent with and adds to the growing body of research regarding high rates of risky alcohol-related behaviors among college athletes (Brenner and Swanik, 2007; Doumas, 2013; Leichliter et al., 1998; Nelson and Wechsler, 2001 ; Weschler et al., 1997). Furthermore, as expected, we found higher levels of hazardous alcohol use in male athletes compared to female athletes. This is in agreement with previous research (O'Brien et al., 2007; Weaver et al., 2013) which highlighted significant gender differences in relation to alcohol consumption and confirms the need to control for this variable. Young and White (2000) suggest that women tend to be more health conscious than men; and therefore it is possible that women drink less due to the negative health consequences associated with excessive alcohol consumption. The ADS was used to examine sport-specific psychosocial reasons for alcohol consumption; supporting the hypothesis, ADS predicted a substantial portion of the unique variance in AUDIT scores. ...... half of the document ...... 8+ on the AUDIT). In this sample, 68.9% of participants fell into this category. This rate is consistent with previous research on UK university students (Heather et al., 2011; Webb et al., 1996) and highlights the significant drinking culture experienced on campus. Although it has been suggested that most students become more responsible as they age (Moore et al., 2005) and as they leave university and take on responsible roles (Heather et al., 2011); it is obvious that there is a need to provide better education and support to this “high risk” population. In summary, it is clear that alcohol consumption remains a concern. The prevalence of such high levels of risky alcohol use demonstrated in the study raises important questions regarding the alcohol advice and prevention strategies employed in English universities, or the lack of.