{"id":93976,"date":"2023-06-08T10:27:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=93976"},"modified":"2023-06-08T10:48:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T14:48:48","slug":"umw-initiative-puts-student-athletes-mental-and-physical-health-on-same-playing-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/08\/umw-initiative-puts-student-athletes-mental-and-physical-health-on-same-playing-field\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Initiative Puts Student-Athletes\u2019 Mental and Physical Health on Same Playing Field\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When student-athletes sign up to compete at the collegiate level, they have a goal \u2013 to play the game and win. All too often, mental health takes a back seat. That\u2019s where Eagles Let\u2019s Talk comes in.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93979\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93979\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/08\/umw-initiative-puts-student-athletes-mental-and-physical-health-on-same-playing-field\/group-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group.png\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A new UMW initiative, Eagles Let&amp;#8217;s Talk, offers support, education and conversation to support student-athletes&amp;#8217; mental health.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group-300x251.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group.png\" class=\"wp-image-93979 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group-300x251.png\" alt=\"A new UMW initiative, Eagles Let's Talk, offers support, education and conversation to support student-athletes' mental health. Pictured here from left to right are: Katie Carnaghi, Paige Childers, Charbel Medlej and Riley Durbano.\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group-300x251.png 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group-768x644.png 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Group.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A new UMW initiative, Eagles Let&#8217;s Talk, offers support, education and conversation to support student-athletes&#8217; mental health. Pictured here from left to right are: Katie Carnaghi, Paige Childers, Charbel Medlej and Riley Durbano.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The program aims to help the University of Mary Washington\u2019s more than 525 student-athletes \u2013 from soccer and lacrosse players to swimmers and equestrians \u2013 identify and discuss stressors that could affect their performance in the classroom or on the field. Spearheaded by UMW Assistant Athletic Trainer Katie Carnaghi, the initiative lays out a full game plan, with monthly meetings, timely topics like nutrition and stress management, and most of all, a safe space for sharing concerns and conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt really does make such a difference to have an open and safe environment that allows people to feel comfortable to talk about the tough stuff,\u201d said senior Krista Rogers, a volleyball player and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) member who helped get Eagles Let\u2019s Talk off the ground.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meetings revolve around pertinent topics. A session on nutrition featured a licensed guest speaker who shared tips on body image, healthy calorie consumption and energy levels. Another installment, led by a panel of former athletes including two UMW alumni, helped participants prepare for the struggle to define their identity once they are no longer on the field. The prevalence of suicide in the news and growing statistics \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/news\/2022\/5\/24\/media-center-mental-health-issues-remain-on-minds-of-student-athletes.aspx\">the NCAA reported<\/a> 38% of those in women\u2019s sports and 22% of those in men\u2019s sports experienced mental exhaustion \u2013 led to a<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">session on suicide prevention. \u201cThat is a huge number,\u201d Carnaghi said. \u201cThat should never happen.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93978\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93978\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/08\/umw-initiative-puts-student-athletes-mental-and-physical-health-on-same-playing-field\/nutrition\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition.png\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Eagles Let&amp;#8217;s Talk program features sessions like this one on nutrition and aims to bring in a variety of experts to support student-athlete mental health.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition-300x251.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition.png\" class=\"wp-image-93978 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition-300x251.png\" alt=\"The Eagles Let's Talk program features sessions like this one on nutrition and aims to bring in a variety of experts to support student-athlete mental health. Here, Julie Schwartz, nutrition and fitness coach for Mind Your Own Coaching, speaks to the group.\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition-300x251.png 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition-768x644.png 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Nutrition.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Eagles Let&#8217;s Talk program features sessions like this one on nutrition and aims to bring in a variety of experts to support student-athlete mental health. Here, Julie Schwartz, nutrition and fitness coach for Mind Your Own Coaching, speaks to the group.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 35 student-athletes who turned out for the first meeting broke into small groups to spark more intimate conversations. Individuals signed in by team, only writing their names if they felt comfortable.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Senior baseball player Xavier Herring started attending after hearing about the program from his athletic trainer, Carnaghi. \u201cOne of the greatest takeaways I had from Eagles Let\u2019s Talk was that student-athletes are still students and people,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are more than just our performance on the field.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Macey Wissell, a women\u2019s soccer player and an officer of SAAC at UMW favored a session on injuries, where she gained a deeper realization that athletes experience circumstances affecting mental health differently than non-athletes. \u201cYou run into not only competing with your teammates for playing time, but also competing against your inner dialogue, working to build self-esteem,\u201d Wissell said. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mental health awareness for student-athletes hits close to home for Carnaghi, a former soccer player herself who felt she lost a sense of identity when she was injured and couldn\u2019t throw herself into her sport. \u201cIt\u2019s OK not to be OK,\u201d she said.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_93982\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93982\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"93982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/08\/umw-initiative-puts-student-athletes-mental-and-physical-health-on-same-playing-field\/support-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"940,788\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW student-athletes meet to work together and support each other in a comfortable atmosphere during Eagles Let&amp;#8217;s Talk meetings.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1-300x251.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1.png\" class=\"wp-image-93982 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1-300x251.png\" alt=\"UMW student-athletes meet to work together and support each other in a comfortable atmosphere during Eagles Let's Talk meetings.\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1-300x251.png 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1-768x644.png 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Support-1.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-93982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW student-athletes meet to work together and support each other in a comfortable atmosphere during Eagles Let&#8217;s Talk meetings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She was inspired by a similar initiative at James Madison University, where she completed her graduate athletic training program. She launched Eagles Let\u2019s Talk in October 2022, just two months after taking her position at UMW. She hopes to grow the initiative, including a shift toward bi-weekly meetings and a more student-run atmosphere, and a push to bring in more resources, connecting athletes to sports psychologists, former athletes and others who can serve as guest speakers.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Carnaghi\u2019s pride in the program is palpable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIn this area in particular, being so close to a hospital, being a big part of the town, it could benefit a lot of people,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big step in athletics.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>If you want to be a part of the Eagles Let&#8217;s Talk initiative, please contact Associate Athletic Director <a href=\"mailto:ceric5ne@umw.edu\">Caitlin Moore<\/a> in the UMW Athletics Department. If you are a student seeking mental health support, the <\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/students.umw.edu\/counseling\/counseling-and-psychological-services\/34111-2\/\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Talley Center for Counseling Services has online resources,<\/em><\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em> contact information and 24\/7 support thanks to a telehealth partner. <\/em><em>Employees can access the <a href=\"https:\/\/adminfinance.umw.edu\/hr\/employee-relations\/employee-assistance-program\/\">Employee Assistance Program<\/a><\/em><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em> at any time.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When student-athletes sign up to compete at the collegiate level, they have a goal \u2013 to play the game and win. All too often, mental health takes a back seat. That\u2019s where Eagles Let\u2019s Talk comes in.\u00a0 The program aims to help the University of Mary Washington\u2019s more than 525 student-athletes \u2013 from soccer and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":93977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[704],"tags":[15190,15192,15191],"topics":[5146],"class_list":{"0":"post-93976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-eagles-lets-talk","9":"tag-kcarnagh","10":"tag-student-athletes","11":"topic-diversity-inclusion","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UMW Initiative Puts Student-Athletes\u2019 Mental and Physical Health on Same Playing Field\u00a0 - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/06\/08\/umw-initiative-puts-student-athletes-mental-and-physical-health-on-same-playing-field\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UMW Initiative Puts Student-Athletes\u2019 Mental and Physical Health on Same Playing Field\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"When student-athletes sign up to compete at the collegiate level, they have a goal \u2013 to play the game and win. 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