Everyone talks about the toll being an athlete takes on the body, but what isn’t talked about enough is the toll it takes on the mind.
Student athletes are constantly expected to perform at the highest level possible while also acing all their courses to maintain a good GPA and are somehow expected to fit a social life in between all of that. The pressure can have a detrimental effect on their mental health, but if they are playing at the level expected of them, does it matter?
Student athletes and their mental health have been a topic of discussion as of late after the passing of 22-year-old Stanford goalie Katie Meyers.