UCCS Mountain Lions Launch Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative

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While the topic of mental health is front and center across the country during May, recognized as Mental Health Awareness Month, it's become a fundamental part of the year-round student-athlete experience at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.

The athletics department regularly holds social wellness events — gratitude game night near Thanksgiving, for example — to bring student-athletes from different teams together and broaden their community. Mountain Lion student-athletes run a peer-led injury support group. Coaches, staff and student-athlete leaders go through suicide prevention training. 

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