{"id":127476,"date":"2025-09-10T08:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/?p=127476"},"modified":"2025-09-06T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T19:04:00","slug":"sept-20-21-field-hockey-program-dedicates-weekend-to-morgans-message-student-athlete-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/sept-20-21-field-hockey-program-dedicates-weekend-to-morgans-message-student-athlete-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Sept. 20-21 &#8211; Field Hockey Program Dedicates Weekend to &#8216;Morgan&#8217;s Message,&#8217; Student-Athlete Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">The Ohio Wesleyan Field Hockey program is proud to announce that we will be dedicating the weekend of Sept. 20-21 to honor Morgan\u2019s Message, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health in the student-athlete community.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan\u2019s Message was founded in memory of Morgan Rodgers, a Duke lacrosse player who tragically died by suicide in 2019 after silently struggling with her mental health. Her story has inspired a movement to create a safe space for student-athletes to share their struggles and to remind all of us that no one should ever have to battle mental health challenges alone.<\/p>\n<p>As part of this dedication:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m. \u2013 The OWU Field Hockey team will host a raffle during the men\u2019s football game against Wittenberg. All proceeds will go directly to support Morgan\u2019s Message and its mission.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. \u2013 The OWU Field Hockey team will take its shot at mental health awareness as we face Mary Washington at Selby Stadium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This special weekend will be focused on raising awareness of mental health struggles faced by athletes and ensuring that Morgan\u2019s story continues to make a difference. We hope you will join us in standing together for this important cause and supporting Morgan\u2019s Message.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Source: OWU Field Hockey Team<br \/>\nContact: Brogan Heilig @ biheilig@owu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ohio Wesleyan Field Hockey program is proud to announce that we will be dedicating the weekend of Sept. 20-21 to honor Morgan\u2019s Message, a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating the stigma surrounding mental health in the student-athlete community. Morgan\u2019s Message was founded in memory of Morgan Rodgers, a Duke lacrosse player who tragically died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2057,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campuswide-news-events"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2057"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127477,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127476\/revisions\/127477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/daily\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}