The Lacrosse Captain

Kylee Walker was like a lot of high school athletes feeling pressure to appear mentally tough but Walker was struggling with depression, anxiety and an eating disorder. “I would have to pretend to be okay,” she said.

Now a lacrosse player and psychology major at college in Spokane, Washington, Walker started an annual "Mental Health Matters Week" for the lacrosse team that included a daily discussion in the locker room.

"We're hoping to create awareness that mental health is something that should be prioritized for all people, including athletes," Rusconi told Whitworth University’s Today Magazine in an interview. "We're all human before we're students, athletes or whatever other roles we fill."

Walker has become an amabassador for Morgan's Message, an advocacy organization that seeks to destigmatize mental health.

Her story by clicking here.