Hassan Akmal and Tod Oliviere from the UC San Diego Career Center co-host this exciting episode on the topic, "Resilience, Optimism, and Self-Efficacy through the Lens of Scholar Athletes," with Mariel Ruiz Stasiuk. According to the NCAA Student-Athlete Well-Being Study in spring 2020, in most instances, the rates of reported mental health concerns experienced by scholar-athletes were 1.5 to two times higher than have been historically reported by NCAA student-athletes in pre-pandemic studies.

Respondents noted academic worries (43%), lack of access to sports (33%), COVID-19 health concerns (31%), and financial worries (24%) as the top factors negatively impacting their mental health. The word that comes to mind is resilience.

Dive into this episode and learn how identity and the mental game are crucial to the success of scholar-athletes.