Outward success doesn’t always indicate everything is well. If there’s one thing that the suicide of James Madison sophomore catcher Lauren Bernett proves it’s that, said Arizona sophomore Allie Skaggs.
Both young women were at the Women’s College World Series just under a year ago. Both young women were declared their conference’s player of the week on Monday. Yet, only one of them was able to talk about the role of mental health in college athletics on Friday.
“Personally it hurt me just because Lauren was a player of the week and then I was, too, and look at how different that experience.