Whenever student athletes were asked about areas that Marquette Athletics needed to address, athletic director Bill Scholl said mental health was always at the top of that list.
The conversation of hiring a mental health professional for Marquette athletes began in early 2019.
“We worked with our partners in University Advancement to help and try to raise some money to fund the position,” Scholl said. “We have a number of donors who (loved) the concept, understood the importance of it to our student athletes and made it possible for us to move even a little more quickly.