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Do schools need to know when your last period was? Here’s what’s on student athlete forms and who sees it.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The forms are meant to stay in the provider’s office, as with other medical evaluation forms a patient might fill out during an exam, said David Bernhardt, a UW Health Kids general pediatrician, sports medicine physician at UW Health and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

“The form is not designed to go back to the school, so the history and the physical exam form are meant as a framework to guide the provider in getting information in an efficient way,” he said.

Why international Wisconsin athletes are on the outside looking in at NIL deals

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Wisconsin State Journal

Since a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2021, college athletes have been permitted to turn their local fame into real money by endorsing products, making paid posts on social media and even recording birthday videos for fans. NIL has exploded into a multi-million-dollar industry, providing a lucrative side hustle for some college athletes and delivering massive paydays to the biggest stars.

But international athletes, even elite performers like Orzol, are stuck on the free-market bench.

Student-athletes aren’t immune from suicide risk. Colleges are taking notice.

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Kaiser Health News

Noted: Before cross-country runner Sarah Shulze, 21, died by suicide at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in April 2022, the athletics department was expanding its professional mental health support from two staffers to six to help the school’s approximately 800 student-athletes, said David Lacocque, the department’s director of mental health and sport psychology. The department, known until eight months ago as “clinical & sport psychology,” changed its name in part because student-athletes were asking for mental health support.

In addition to scheduled appointments, the sports liaisons attend practices, team meetings, training sessions, and competitions to help normalize mental health concerns.

“Gone are the days when we sit in our office and wait for people to knock on the door and talk to us,” Lacocque said.

Wisconsin women’s hockey team makes history winning 7th national title, most of all time

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Wisconsin Public Radio

The University of Wisconsin Women’s Hockey team made history — again.

The team won its seventh national title on Sunday in a major upset, beating the Ohio State Buckeyes, the top ranked team of the season and the 2022 defending NCAA champions. The Badgers now lead Minnesota with the most national titles of all time in the Frozen Four.

2 Wisconsin swimmers earn medals on final day of NCAA championships

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Wisconsin State Journal

Junior Phoebe Bacon finished second in the 200-yard backstroke A finals in a time of 1 minute, 49.28 seconds. This secured her third All-American honor of the meet. She earned the No. 2 seed with a 1:50.03 time in the prelims. Sophomore Paige McKenna placed third in the 1,650 freestyle with a time of 15:48.71. 

Wisconsin wins 7th NCAA women’s hockey championship by blanking Ohio State

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Wisconsin State Journal

This 179-day journey began with an unusual splash of cold water thrown at the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team and at one point had a historic low point.

It ended Sunday with a more common sight: The Badgers piled onto the ice to celebrate a national championship and later splashed the cold water on coach Mark Johnson.

‘It’s more than hockey’ for Wisconsin fans celebrating title win

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NBC-15

Wisconsin Badgers Women’s Hockey is once again on top of the collegiate hockey world, winning their seventh title Sunday in a 1-0 title bout over the Ohio State Buckeyes. For a group of fans watching from Paul’s Neighborhood Bar in Middleton, it is a moment they will hold dear because of their special bond with the program.

NIL: The gap between blue-chip universities and HBCUs

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Axios

Zoom out: NIL payments can vary widely, Rob Master, executive chair of the Varsity Collective, a University of Wisconsin alumni organization helping student-athletes with their NIL sponsorships through partnerships and education, tells Axios.”People get a free sandwich or $25 or they’re getting like tens of thousands of dollars if not more for a deal, six figures,” said Master, who was previously vice president of integrated marketing and media at Unilever, a global consumer goods company. “It really depends on the athlete, the brand.”

From custom omelets to hibachi night, how Wisconsin football is changing how it feeds players

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Wisconsin State Journal

Training table refers to the meals and other food provided by the university to athletes outside of campus dining halls, including money added to athletes’ Red Card, which can be used at local restaurants and grocery stores. Athletic scholarships include a meal plan for campus dining halls and training table access, and UW also provides walk-on football players with training table meals. NCAA rule changes over the past 10 years eliminated restrictions on the number of meals a program can provide per day and the food available outside of scheduled meal times.

Wisconsin fires Tony Granato as men’s hockey coach

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Associated Press

“Coach Granato is a great Badger and no one is more passionate about Wisconsin hockey or the University of Wisconsin than he is,” athletic director Chris McIntosh said Monday in a statement. “I have great appreciation for the heart and soul that he has poured into the program during his time as head coach.