Alumnus Puts College Athletes’ Mental Health Top of Mind

At 45, Vince Sonson made his fortune in the software industry and walked away. Now, the Carnegie Mellon University alumnus and former Tartan football player is paying it forward, focusing on the mental wellbeing of student-athletes everywhere.

Sonson is the founder of Balance Position, a startup that is developing a mobile app, mindfulness training programs and an educational outreach speaker series to help college athletes maintain a healthy balance.......

Balance Position is working with a focus group of about 40 student-athletes from NCAA Division I schools to design and test the app along with former University of Michigan football star Will Heininger. They recently added two key team members: Kara Stroup, a two-time captain of the Temple University women’s lacrosse team and prominent advocate for student-athlete mental health, and Kat Longshore, a mental performance coach who has worked with England’s national teams in lacrosse and softball, and Temple’s women’s lacrosse squad.

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Notes: A new app is being tested by student athletes across the country to help track the behaviors of student athletes including diet, sleep, behavioral trends and also the ability to use mindfulness techniques.