University Southern California Trojans
SC says "Same Here"
January 18, 2019 | Sport Psychology, USC Ripsit Blog, Features
In 2017, former sports executive Eric Kussin founded the organization 'We're all A Little "Crazy"' and the #SameHere movement to engage celebrities and athletes in meaningful conversations about mental health.
This year, the organization is touring the country on the #SameHere Sit-Down College Campus Tour, with the aim of helping student-athletes de-stigmatize mental health. USC was selected as one of 15 universities to host a panel.
Last night, USC's student-athletes heard from celebrity speakers including former WNBA No. 1 pick Chamique Holdsclaw, former NBA player and coach Tracy Murray and former USC and NFL player Randall Telfer.
For decades, USC has been ahead of the game in terms of providing mental health services to its student-athletes. USC's head sports psychologist, Robin Scholefield, was hired in 1999 and immediately began building a culture and a team to help Trojans deal with mental health issues. Now, USC has five full-time clinical sports psychologists who meet, at some point, every single student-athlete on campus. Forty-five percent of USC's 650 student-athletes come in for individual sessions as well.
At last night's event, influential speakers shared their battles with mental health with USC's student-athletes.
Murray discussed how he struggled with injuries and not feeling wanted by certain teams. Holdsclaw explained that she wished she had been more open about her mental health struggles and willing to accept support early in her career. Telfer divulged that after injuries affected his performance on the field, he suffered a dip in mental health that felt like his brain wasn't recognizing the desire for certain things.
The event gave hundreds of USC student-athletes the confidence to break down the stigma surrounding mental health in athletics.
This year, the organization is touring the country on the #SameHere Sit-Down College Campus Tour, with the aim of helping student-athletes de-stigmatize mental health. USC was selected as one of 15 universities to host a panel.
Last night, USC's student-athletes heard from celebrity speakers including former WNBA No. 1 pick Chamique Holdsclaw, former NBA player and coach Tracy Murray and former USC and NFL player Randall Telfer.
For decades, USC has been ahead of the game in terms of providing mental health services to its student-athletes. USC's head sports psychologist, Robin Scholefield, was hired in 1999 and immediately began building a culture and a team to help Trojans deal with mental health issues. Now, USC has five full-time clinical sports psychologists who meet, at some point, every single student-athlete on campus. Forty-five percent of USC's 650 student-athletes come in for individual sessions as well.
At last night's event, influential speakers shared their battles with mental health with USC's student-athletes.
Murray discussed how he struggled with injuries and not feeling wanted by certain teams. Holdsclaw explained that she wished she had been more open about her mental health struggles and willing to accept support early in her career. Telfer divulged that after injuries affected his performance on the field, he suffered a dip in mental health that felt like his brain wasn't recognizing the desire for certain things.
The event gave hundreds of USC student-athletes the confidence to break down the stigma surrounding mental health in athletics.
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