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The Silent Struggle: Experts speak out on athletes' mental health

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September 30, 2021
2:00PM - 3:30PM
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2021-09-30 14:00:00 2021-09-30 15:30:00 The Silent Struggle: Experts speak out on athletes' mental health The Drake Group is bringing together a blue-ribbon slate of mental health experts who are practicing clinicians currently working in the nation’s top college athletics programs.   Topics addressed by the panel include how athletes are harmed by others, how athletes are harmed by the system, challenges faced by athletes of color coping with predominantly white institutions and the extent to which athletes enter college already damaged by previous experiences.   The experts will also discuss what the college mental health support system should look like and how we can fix the causative factors of harm. The last thirty minutes of the program will be devoted to answering questions from the audience. Speakers will include: Shamaree Brown, director/student-athlete programs and compliance, Atlantic Coast Conference Daniel Chung, sports psychologist, Rutgers University Athletics Abigail Eiler, assistant athletic director, Director of Athletic Counseling, Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer, University of Michigan Athletics Brad Hambric, clinician and licensed professional counselor, University of Georgia Athletics. Nicki Moore, vice president and athletic director, Colgate University George Small, senior associate athletic director for student services, Iowa State University  REGISTER HERE Zoom Sports and Society Initiative sportssociety@osu.edu America/New_York public

The Drake Group is bringing together a blue-ribbon slate of mental health experts who are practicing clinicians currently working in the nation’s top college athletics programs.  

Topics addressed by the panel include how athletes are harmed by others, how athletes are harmed by the system, challenges faced by athletes of color coping with predominantly white institutions and the extent to which athletes enter college already damaged by previous experiences.  

The experts will also discuss what the college mental health support system should look like and how we can fix the causative factors of harm. The last thirty minutes of the program will be devoted to answering questions from the audience.

Speakers will include:

  • Shamaree Brown, director/student-athlete programs and compliance, Atlantic Coast Conference
  • Daniel Chung, sports psychologist, Rutgers University Athletics
  • Abigail Eiler, assistant athletic director, Director of Athletic Counseling, Chief Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer, University of Michigan Athletics
  • Brad Hambric, clinician and licensed professional counselor, University of Georgia Athletics.
  • Nicki Moore, vice president and athletic director, Colgate University
  • George Small, senior associate athletic director for student services, Iowa State University 

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