Student Athletes

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) researchers collaborated with the NCAA Sport Science Institute and the NCAA’s Division I, II and III Student Athlete Advisory Committees to design and distribute a survey in the Fall of 2021. The survey examined the experiences and well-being of 9,808 student athletes and is a follow-up to two NCAA student…

These “Best Practices” are intended to provide guidelines for supporting and promoting student athlete mental health to athletics and sports medicine departments of all sizes and resources. A mental health care checklist, crisis response resources, and mental health screening tools are provided in appendices D through F.

This comprehensive document is designed to help athletics departments, campus mental health providers, and all sport stakeholders promote and develop effective strategies to understand and support student athlete mental wellness. The personal stories of athletes and coaches who have personally struggled with mental health and substance use issues are also provided.

This website comes from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which contains a synopsis of the four inter-association best practices and downloadable tools for athletics departments and university partners to use in implementing all mental health best practices on their respective campuses.