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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Athletes, mental health professionals, coaches, and families all huddled together at the\u00a0Boys & Girls Club on Fox Road in Raleigh Saturday to offer student athletes guidance.<\/p>\n

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From football and basketball to track and field, and daily life, the students from all over the Triangle teamed up at the mentoring event called Level Up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201dI played last year on a varsity team,\u201d said Anthony Evans.<\/p>\n

The winning goal was to score something bigger than trophies \u2014 creating stronger athletes by building stronger people physically, financially, spiritually, and mentally.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important that our youth are educated,\u201d Level Up founder Ryan Ray said. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we raise the awareness around mental health and then provide them with the outlets and the resources and the information to be able to meet them where they are.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One recent student athlete told people to be patient.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was speaking to a wise man,\u201d Anthony Evans added. \u201cHe told me, like, what do you do when God doesn\u2019t answer your questions immediately, you know, he told me, just remember, stand still and wait for him. And don\u2019t be impatient.\u201d<\/p>\n

Organizers say the gathering wasn\u2019t a typical locker-room lecture. It\u2019s more like a playbook for life with real talk \u2014questions and answers \u2014about the pressures facing today\u2019s athletes as they tackle the world of sports, school, recruiting, social media, and NIL \u2014 name, image, likeness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we look nationally, about 20 percent of our youth experienced some sort of mental health or anxiety disorders,\u201d Ray added. \u201cIf we look a little more myopic in North Carolina, over 128,000, about 40 percent of our youth report having some type of stress, anxiety, mental health challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Discussions on performance anxiety kicked off one Level Up session, coaching the athletes on how to stay cool when the pressure cooker hits overtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know the two things that cause people anxiety are their finance and their mental health,\u201d Level Up organizer Tammy Ziglar said. \u201cYou bring these two together and maybe we can make a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Organizers say today\u2019s athletes are carrying more than equipment bags. They\u2019re carrying expectations, online scrutiny, and life-changing decisions at younger ages than ever before.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo, today is really all about empowering our youth, educating our youth as well as the parents around some of these challenges related to finances,\u201d Ray said. \u201cAnd how do we ease some of that stress and anxiety so that they can live really successful lives?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I learned today is that you can\u2019t measure up to anybody else\u2019s expectations but your own,\u201d student athlete Ethan Macklin added.<\/p>\n

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