The majority of campuses and athletics departments already have incredible mental health resources available for student-athletes. The disconnect in the statistics above is that athletes do not always know about them. The solution to awareness is easy, it’s more effective COMMUNICATION. The Athlete Network Communication Solution helps athletics departments:

The Athlete Network Education Solution provides a more formal approach to delivering mental health and life skills courses that are relevant to athletes. Participation in these courses can easily be gamified, tracked year-over-year and reported through any oversight channels.

By delivering mental health resources right next to resources on other topics, we can actually reduce the stigma of utilizing them and ensure they are always in front of your athletes proactively 24/7. Not only is it of benefit to the athletes, but also to the institution through risk mitigation and ease of attestation.

Other requirements from the Transformation Committee, such as career development and life skills training, can be tracked in the same manner.

The Athlete Network Mentorship Solution is an effective tool to enhance a sense of belonging and authentically support diversity and inclusion programming. Pairings are usually based on the interests of the student-athletes and are often with former athletes who understand intimately the experiences of an athlete. The pairing navigates a structured workflow together on flexible topics and can be completed at their own pace.