Is there a way for text messages sent through ACS to show my cell phone number and to have any response from a text message sent to my cell phone?

The text message functionality in ACS uses the industry standard 'email to text' functionality. This process allows for the user to send text messages without being required to know and add the mobile provider of the text message recipient.

The text message is sent to the athlete mobile phone from a masked phone number and when the athlete replies it will be sent back to the users email address that sent the text message. ACS recommends to sign the text messages and to tell the student-athletes you are using a new mass text functionality that will be coming from a masked phone number.