practice
Optional Practice | Is it Really Optional?
By Hazel Brown|September 10, 2020
Being a collegiate student-athlete is a huge time commitment. Throughout the competition season and the offseason, coaches will often open up their facilities to their athletes for “optional practice,” but...
division i
Bad Takes from the NCAA Senate Hearing on the NIL Laws
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|July 10, 2020
College athlete name, image, and likeness (NIL) laws are coming, whether leaders in college sports like it or not. That's why, on July 1st, a group of representatives met in...
Florida
Is the “Fairness in Collegiate Athletics Act” Truly Fair? What College Athletes Need to Know About a Federal NIL Bill
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 24, 2020
Last week, Florida senator Marco Rubio proposed the “Fairness in Collegiate Athletics Act,” one of the few federal bills designed to regulate the economic activities of college athletes competing in...
Duke
Jacksonville Jaguars, Joe Giles-Harris, Passes Along some Advice to Athletes
By Jimmy Criscione|June 22, 2020
Joe Giles-Harris is a football linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL). Harris played college football for Duke. During Joe's time with the Blue Devils, he racked up 313 total career...
university of rhode island
An Athlete and Bulimia
By Jaileen Goncalves|June 15, 2020
Bulimia is an emotional disorder involving distortion of body image and an obsessive desire to lose weight, in which bouts of extreme overeating are followed by depression and self-induced vomiting,...
coaches
The Problem with “Voluntary” Workouts
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|June 11, 2020
On May 20, the NCAA gave the green light for athletes in all sports to start voluntary workouts beginning June 1. As a former Division 1 athlete, hearing the term...
college recruiting
Taking Control During a Pandemic—What Prospective Athletes Can Do in Spite of the Coronavirus
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|May 11, 2020
March 12, 2020, the day the NCAA cancelled March Madness, may very well go down in history as the day the sports world stood still. As the coronavirus spreads, there...
interview
Chicago Bears, Keandre Jones, Talks Time Management and Leadership
By Hannah Lee|May 7, 2020
• 2019 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten • 2019 Third Team Phil Steele All-Big Ten • 2019 Team Captain Keandre Jones, an Olney, Maryland native, stands at 6...
Insights from an NCAA Policy Specialist | Don’t Clap for the NIL Announcement Just Yet
By Katie Lever, Ph. D|April 29, 2020
Just hours ago, the NCAA's top governing body made an announcement supporting a proposal to regulate athletes' rights to profit from their names, images, and likenesses (NIL). Already, sports outlets...
football
Adversity | When It Hits You In The Face, Get Back Up
By Michael Pina|April 23, 2020
Adversity is something that many of us deal with in life, whether it is on or off of the field, or in everyday life. In a time like this, we're...
baseball
Minnesota Twins Catcher, Kyle Schmidt, Talks Work Ethic and Hustle
By Jay Korman|April 20, 2020
Kyle Schmidt is a professional baseball player who has recently signed a contract with the Minnesota Twins. Schmidt plays catcher and was drafted to the Twins as the 989th pick...
college recruiting
How the Coronavirus is Affecting College Athletes
By Jaileen Goncalves|March 30, 2020
Introduction Unimaginable is the first word that comes to mind when I think about how this coronavirus is affecting college athletes. As a former Division I athlete, I do not...
division i
A Student-Athlete’s Battle With Mental Health
By Jennifer Cone|February 13, 2020
“I experienced body-shaming from my coach; it made me feel like I was not good enough.” These are the words of Kristi, a Division I student-athlete who has been struggling...
sports injuries
What Athletes Should Know About Post-Injury Depression
By Shelby Gonser|January 30, 2020
A study of 353 male college athletes from a variety of sports found 51% exhibited symptoms of depression after being injured and 12% became moderately to severely depressed, according to...
division i
UNC Athletes | The Mental Stress & Effects of Injuries
By Kate Morris|January 20, 2020
With the physical demands of high school and college sports today, it is rare that an athlete makes it through their playing career without some sort of injury. For example,...
