Education and Resources

  Mental Health

• Hilinski’s Hope Unit3d Podcast, where sport psychologists and mental health professionals team up to hold conversations for student-athletes on mental health. 
• A comprehensive mental health Resource Guide for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). 
• The Reflect Organization, a national mental-wellness non-profit with college and university chapters, dedicated to empowering students to foster a culture of authenticity, self-love, and allyship on campus. 

                      Includes apps, books, podcasts, website, articles, mental health hotlines, and more. 

• Jordyn Wieber’s inspirational TedTalk on How One Olympian Turned Devastation Into Inspiration.

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• Victoria Garrick’s powerful TedTalk sharing her experience with mental health as a Division I athlete, and the need to normalize and de-stigmatize mental health in college athletics. 
• Olivia Lubarsky's important  TedTalk on how perfectionism can paralyze potential, and mental illness is just as valid and just as detrimental to performance as physical injury. "In order to optimize our potential, we must value and treat mental health just as we do physical health." -Olivia Lubarsky  
•  “Break the Stigma”, a video to increase awareness and resources to address student-athlete mental health

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Harvard’s Implicit bias test
• NCAA's LGBTQ Resources 
• Champions for Change: The RISE Podcast
• Kimberlé Crenshaw’s incredibly powerful and emotional TedTalk on the intersectionality of race and gender, and the everyday violence and oppression against black women 
• Alana Glass’s TedTalk on the value of investing in female athletes and women’s athletics, and the role media plays in perpetuating gender discrimination in sports
• Whitney Grinnage-Cassidy’s powerful TedTalk on Why Microagressions Aren’t So Micro, imposter syndrome, and mental health
• Melanie Funchess’s incredible TedTalk on Implicit Bias, how everyone has it, the importance of challenging and recognizing it, and the dangers of not acknowledging your own implicit bias. She discusses the value of intentionally and deliberately engaging in non-bias activity, and how to use your privilege to do good in society 
• Gayle Tzemach Lemmon’s TedTalk on Women Entrepreneurs, example not exception; the economic value for society when investing in women and women’s businesses
• Billie Jean King’s inspiring TedTalk interview on working towards inclusive leadership and workplace environments, the ability for everyone to be their authentic selves, the importance of matching hearts and minds to the powers of Title IX, and the power of millennials in helping address social injustices in the workforce 
• WOCA – Women of Color in Athletics, an Instagram page founded by Cornell student-athletes, working to enhance the voice of varsity female athletes of color across the country 
• Untold Athletes, an Instagram page that empowers athletes, and amplifies the voice of marginalized athletes and coaches by sharing untold stories 
• Book: How to Be an Antiracist: "The good news is that racist and anti-racist are not fixed identities. We can be racist one minute and anti-racist the next. What we say about race, what we do about race, in each moment, determines what - not who - we are." -Ibram X. Kendi, author
• Book: White Fragility - Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism

Miscellaneous Education and Resources

• Book: Gen Z Goes to College, discussing what motivates the current generation of college students, their general characteristics, skill sets, learning styles and varying world-views
• *UPDATED* Division I Recruiting Rules during Covid-19, page 9
• *UPDATED* Division II Recruiting Rules during Covid-19, page 3
• *UPDATED* Division III Recruiting Rules during Covid-19, page 6
• *UPDATED* NCAA Eligibility Covid-19 FAQ (includes information for international students)