Waalkes, Deanna M.Yukelson, David P.Hale, Bruce D.Wheeler, Toni M.2023-04-212023-04-211999https://hdl.handle.net/2097/43119Intercollegiate student-athletes face a variety of unique responsibilities and stressors. Balancing practice, training, traveling, and academics can be overwhelming. To assist student-athletes with these issues, the peer helper program called the Student Peer Athlete Network (SPAN) was developed. SPAN was designed to train specific student-athletes in peer helper skills so they, in turn, can assist other student-athletes who need support or assistance for certain personal, academic, or athletic concerns. Empowering student-athletes promotes a sense a self-responsibility and benefits the entire student-athlete population.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/peer programsPeer Helping in an Intercollegiate Athletic EnvironmentText