Georgia Southern Athletics Partners With Hilinski’s Hope For College Football Mental Health Awareness Week
9/27/2021 12:15:00 PM | Football, General
STATESBORO – This week, Georgia Southern Athletics is partnering with the Hilinski's Hope Foundation (H3H) to support the inaugural College Football Mental Health Awareness Week. H3H will host College Football Mental Health Awareness Week October 2-9.
Georgia Southern football players Logan Langemeier and Dillon Springer are spearheading the initiative for Georgia Southern Athletics.
"For the next week, you'll see our initiatives to break down the stigmas around mental health issues," Springer said. "Together we are honored to bring awareness to this issue that many student-athletes are impacted by."
As part of the events, Georgia Southern coaches will be donning lapel pins at Saturday's game against Arkansas State while players will have helmet stickers. There will also be content devoted to mental health awareness across Georgia Southern social media platforms (@GSAthletics) over the course of the week. In addition, the athletics department will continue to partner with H3H on programming dedicated to the betterment of its student athletes
"Georgia Southern is honored to be participating in talking about the stigma around college athletes and mental health," Langemeier said. "We thank you for all of your support around Georgia Southern and our student-athletes.
More information on the week can be found at www.hilinskishope.org.
Students of Georgia Southern can reach out to the Counseling Center for free mental health services, and everyone has access to the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 and the Georgia Crisis and Access Line at 1-800-715-4225
