The Detroit Free Press had an in-depth feature written on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020, about mental health and suicide in athletics and how it might affect schools in Michigan. Athletes Connected’s Will Heininger was featured prominently as were administrators from other Michigan colleges and the NCAA’s chief medical officer Brian …
Michigan gymnasts Sam Roy and Polina Shchennikova experienced the end of their careers sooner than expected, thus affecting their mental health. Now they’re student coaches in their senior years on campus. Ben Blevins featured the duo for MGoBlue.com. By Ben Blevins College gymnasts spend nearly their entire lives participating in …
By Julie Fielding, Assistant Director of the Michigan Athletics Career Center (MACC) Looking for a new job or applying for graduate school? You have the skills graduate programs want in their students and employers want in their employees. Below are skills you developed as a student-athlete that will help you …
By Ashley Korn, Academic Counselor, U-M Athletics Academic Success Program As an academic counselor, every four (or five) years you pat your seniors on the back, say goodbye, maybe shed a single tear and cross your fingers that at some point they actually took your advice and are in some …
Athletes Connected was prominently featured in a story by Global Sport Matters about current and former student-athletes bringing mental illness to the forefront of college athletics. AC’s Will Heininger is quoted in the story. By Jeff Burtka In August 2008, Will Heininger’s life was spiraling out of control. He was …
