Dr. Shawn Zeplin is the Clinical and Sport Psychologist for Auburn Athletics.
"As a department, we are tasked with the general mental well-being of all of our student athletes. That runs the spectrum. You forget sometimes that these are just people—college students. So we tend to see the same issues as we would see with regular college students.
They have stress from transitioning and being in a new place, being away from home and having things happen at home. Things like this can lead to some depression and other concerns. We're also seeing more anxiety, especially.