The purpose of this study was to explore the experience of injured student athletes as it relates to Strayhorn’s (2018) central tenets of sense of belonging and mattering. The focus of this study was to examine how a student athlete’s sense of belonging was affected once sustaining an injury. The method used to investigate this question was qualitative narrative inquiry by utilizing semi-structured interviews of six former and current NCAA student athletes. It was discovered that student athletes’ sense of belonging was affected once injured due to their athletic identity, changes in team dynamics, and social support. It was concluded that injured student athletes’ sense of belonging shifted once injured because injury affected their role on the team and their mattering to the program.