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WRAL Sports' Louis Fernandez shows you what it looks like when a family comes together to help one of their own. This story does mention and deal with suicide.

<p>2 YEARS AGO. HE WAS SENT TO THE HOSPITAL WITH AN INFECTION. &gt;&gt; WHEN YOU GROW UP PLAYING SOFTBALL IN NORMALLY MEANS PLAYING FOR MORE THAN ONE TEAM PLAYING AT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL MAY BE PLAYING TRAVEL BALL. YOU GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS, PARENTS AND COACHES WRL'S LUIS FERNANDEZ SHOWS US WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN. &gt;&gt; THAT TYPE OF FAMILY COMES TOGETHER TO HELP ONE OF THEIR OWN. AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS STORY DOES MENTION AND DEAL WITH SUICIDE. &gt;&gt; TEAMS NORMALLY EXCHANGE LINEUP CARDS BEFORE A SOFTBALL GAME. PREJUDGE COMING OUT TO THE PARENTS TO MOVE NOT BUT THIS EVENING, NORTH JOHNSTON AND SPRING CREEK, ONE OF THE TREAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT. A STICKER. IN HONOR OF A PLAYER, A PART OF THIS SOFTBALL FAMILY. IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY LIKED IT NUTS. EVERY BUYS 5 FAMILY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING THIS FOR AUBREY FOR A 14 YEAR-OLD AT TRITON HIGH SCHOOL DIED BY SUICIDE IN FEBRUARY. &gt;&gt; THE YOUNGEST OF 4 SISTERS WHO ALL PLAYED SOFTBALL GROWING UP. AND COACH DAVID HORNE SAYS SHE WAS RAISED ON THE THAT USED TO CALL HER AND THE LITTLE KIDS TO RUN AROUND THE SANDBOX KIDS WHAT THEY CALL THEM CAN. THEY WERE ALWAYS. &gt;&gt; THEY COME UP TO YOU AND THEY WOULD BE SO DIRTY. SO MUDDY. &gt;&gt; IT'S REALLY HARD TO BE HONEST WITH WE JUST MAY ALLOW FOR JUST TAKE IT DAY BY DAY. YOU KNOW, I'M ASHLEY BEING THE BABY. YOU KNOW. &gt;&gt; HORN SAYS AUBREY HEAD EXPERIENCE MENTAL HEALTH RELATED PROBLEMS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, WHICH HAS BECOME MORE COMMON IN YOUNG PEOPLE. A RECENT STUDY, THE CDC SAYS THE SUICIDE RATE IN PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 TO 24 INCREASED BY 62% FROM 2007 TO 2021, WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, HELP KIDS WITH THAT HELP PARENTS AT THE DIA. WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW. &gt;&gt; WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO SOFTBALL. THERE WAS A TOURNAMENT HELD IN AUBREY'S NAME IN MARCH AND THE STICKERS MEANT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FAMILY AND SPREAD AWARENESS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION RHONDA SCOTT IN NORTH JOHNSTON, MOM HELPED TO ORGANIZE THE MOMENT. WELL, WE JUST GOT A GREAT TO ME. IT BALL COMMUNITY, NO MATTER. IT IS NO JOHNSTON HOSPITAL OR SPRING CREEK PASCO. &gt;&gt; HIS THIS SIMPLE AS THAT. IT IS REALLY FAMILY. MY THING IS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SOMEBODY. NO, JUST CHECK ON PEOPLE. YOU LOVE AND JOY, THE SAME KIND OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE AFTER ALL. &gt;&gt; THAT'S WHAT FAMILIES FOR. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE A LIVE. AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KEEP. YOU KNOW, HER NAME ALIVE JUST HER PASSION ALIVE. LUIS FERNANDES, WRAL, SPORTS. &gt;&gt; IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS IN NEED OF HELP, YOU CAN DOLLARS SUICIDE AND CRISIS LIFELINE AT 9, 8, 8 FOR FREE</p>

Softball family honors one of their own, focusing on suicide prevention

Softball family honoes one of their own, focusing on suicide prevention

After the death of a Harnett County teenager, the softball community in Eastern North Carolina remembers her through stickers and fighting the stigma around mental health.

A North Carolina softball family is honoring one of their own, focusing on suicide prevention

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Five and a half years ago Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski died by suicide. Now his mother and father travel the country and speak with student-athletes.

COME HOME. BULLS GO UP. 5, NOTHING. THEY GOING TO WIN THIS 1, 7, TO 3. 5 AND A HALF YEARS AGO. WASHINGTON STATE QUARTERBACK TYLER HILINSKI DIED BY SUICIDE. NOW HIS MOTHER AND FATHER TRAVEL THE COUNTRY. >> AND SPEAK WITH STUDENT ATHLETES ON SATURDAY. THE LINSKEY SPOKE WITH THE HOLLY SPRINGS SALAMANDERS. HERE'S A LOOK AT THEIR JOURNEY TO END THE MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA IN SPORTS. THE HOLLY SPRINGS SALAMANDERS SEE IN THE LOCKER ROOM WAITING FOR VISITORS. THIS IS A TIME WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE VULNERABLE. MARK AND KYM HILINSKI. THEY'VE BEEN TRAVELING THE COUNTRY FOR A FEW YEARS NOW TALKING ABOUT TYLER. >> THEIR SON. >> WE WANTED WE WANTED TO SHARE HIS STORY AND OUR WITH HIS MANY STUDENT ATHLETES AS WE COULD. >> THESE TYLER TALKS GO BACK TO 2018. >> I THINK IT ALL STARTED THAT THAT NIGHT. AND IN THE LOCKER ROOM AT WASHINGTON STATE, TYLER HILINSKI, A QUARTERBACK FOR THE WASHINGTON STATE. COUGARS DIED BY SUICIDE. >> THE FIRST TYLER TALK WAS A CONVERSATION WITH HIS TEAMMATES PROCESSING THE GRIEF. HE WAS SWEET. >> AND HE WAS GOOD AND HE WAS KIND AND HE WAS LOVED. HE NEVER SHARED HIS GRIEF OR A STRUGGLE. ALINSKY IS CHANNEL. THERE'S TOWARDS ENDING THE STIGMA, ESPECIALLY IN SPORTS, TALKING ABOUT YOUR MENTAL HEALTH OR PLACING BLAME ON THOSE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION. IF YOU TEAR YOUR ACL MCL, YOU NEED TOMMY, JOHN SURGERY. YOU CAN GRIND THROUGH THAT. THE SAME THING HOLDS TRUE FOR MENTAL HEALTH STRUGGLE. YOU HAVE TO REACH OUT TO A COUNSELOR. >> OR SOME COLLEGES ARE A TRUSTED FAMILY OR FRIEND. SO THEY GO 200 TALKS SO FAR. JUST STORY SHARED. >> WHEN YOU WHEN YOU GET THAT INTIMATE WAS WITH A GROUP LIKE THAT. IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO HAVE. TY WAS STAY SORT OF TRANSPOSE OVER ONE OF THEM. AND HE GIVES, YOU KNOW, GIVES YOU COURAGE AND PURPOSE, I SUPPOSE. BUT IT'S MAKES IT DIFFICULT >> SO THERE'S GRIEF. AND THERE'S DARKNESS. BUT THERE'S ALSO HOPE. LINDSAY'S HOPE WHEN SOMEONE DIES, YOU DON'T STOP LOVING THEM. RIGHT? AND I I LOVE TYLER MOORE TODAY THAN I DID WHEN HE PASSED AWAY 5 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S THAT LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR MY SON. >> THAT LOVE THAT I HAVE FOR OUR STUDENT-ATHLETES THAT THAT KEEPS PUSHING US SHARING HIS STORY AND HOPING THAT WE'RE PUTTING SOME GOOD INTO THIS WORLD. WHENEVER WE AIR STORY LIKE THIS, WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE. IF THERE'S EVER A CRISIS. >> THAT NUMBER IS 9, 8, 8, SO GLAD YOU DID NOT RUSH TO THAT NUMBER. APPRECIATE YOU, LEWIS

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Simone Biles' decision to withdraw from the women's gymnastics team competition at the Olympics because she was under too much pressure to excel was roundly applauded by other athletes and mental health experts.

BUT JAPAN HAS MORE GOLD MEDAL THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY WITH 10. >>> OF COURSE, THE BIG OLYMPIC HEADLINE OF THE DAY IS SIMONE BILES EXIT FROM TEAM COMPETITION AFTER THE FIRST ROTATION. THE GYMNAST ACKNOWLEDGED FEELING THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON HER SHOULDERS, OPENING THE DOOR FOR FURTHER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH. WRAL'S KEELY ARTHUR SPENT THE DAY SPEAKING WITH ATHLETES AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THEY'RE FACING OUTSIDE OF COMPETITION. SHE IS LIVE AT NC STATE. KEELY? >> Reporter: DEBRA, IT IS SUCH AN INTERESTING TOPIC. I SPOKE WITH AN EXPERT FROM NC STATE WHO DEALS WITH SPORTS AND MENTAL HEALTH. HE SAYS THE CASE LOADS FOR SPORTS PSYCHOLOGISTS AT COLLEGES ARE HUGE RIGHT NOW. ATHLETES ARE DEALING WITH IMMENSED PRESSURE. COUPLE THAT WITH THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THE SOCIAL UNREST THAT'S STRESSING US ALL OUT. EXPERTS TELL ME THEY ARE SADDEN, BUT NOT SURPRISED BY WHAT SIMONE BILES DID. >> THE NEWS WAS SHOCKING. >> Reporter: TODAY THE WORLD IS REACTING TO THE FACT ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED GYMNASTS IN THE WORLD WALKED AWAY FROM THE OLYMPICS. >> IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE EXPECTING FROM HER. YOU WOULD EXPECT HER TO BE ON, YOU EXPECT HER TO BE READY. >> Reporter: IT MAY HAVE BEEN A SETBACK IN PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TERMS. HEALTH EXPERTS AND COACHES SAY WHAT SIMONE BILES DID IS A BIG STEP FORWARD IN THE DISCUSSION OF MENTAL HEALTH. >> VERY SAD FOR SOMEONE AT HER STATURE TO HAVE TO BE SUFFERING WITH THIS. ON THE OTHER HAND I THOUGHT IT WAS INCREDIBLY BRAVE. >> Reporter: AND NOT ONLY DO WE WISH THE BEST FOR HER, BUT YOU REALLY HOPE OTHER ATHLETES ARE LISTENING TOO AND UNDERSTAND IT IS OKAY TO TAKE THE BREAKS THAT YOU NEED ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU NEED THEM. >> Reporter: DR. SAMANTHA BRODY, THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY AT UNC SAYS WHILE MANY PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO BILES SITUATION. >> THIS IS SOMEONE WHO IS USED TO BEING ON THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL STAGE AND COMPETING AT THE VERY HIGHEST LEVELS. >> Reporter: WE CAN ALL RELATE TO FEELING OVERSTRESSED AT TIMES. AND THE KEY IS TO ASK FOR HELP. >> AND THAT'S WHAT SHE DID TODAY. SHE JUST SAID I CAN'T DO THIS. >> Reporter: INSTEAD OF SUFFERING IN SILENCE, SOMETHING WE'VE SEEN OTHER ATHLETES AND OTHER PEOPLE DO. >> AND SO THE IDEA IS FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FEELING MYSELF OR I'M STRUGGLING ENOUGH WHERE I NEED TO GET HELP. TO BE ABLE TO GET HELP AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES IN THEIR LIFE TO FOSTER THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS. >> Reporter: AND THE BIG QUESTION IS WHY ARE ATHLETES AT THIS LEVEL MORE AFFECTED NOW THAN EVER BEFORE? IF SPORTS HAVE BEEN A THING IN OUR WORLD. THE ANSWER COMES DOWN TO SOCIAL MEDIA, GIVING THEM A PLATFORM TO SPEAK ABOUT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT ATHLETES AND GIVE THEM A LOT MORE SCRUTINY. FOR EXAMPLE AS YOU WOULD GUESS SIMONE BILES IS TRENDING ON TWITTER RIGHT NOW AND THINKING ABOUT THAT MUCH SCRUTINY ON YOUR OWN LIFE, I WOULD BE REALLY STRESSED OUT TOO. DEBRA?

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Joanne P. McCallie's intensity and competitiveness were evident on the court in her 13 years as the head coach of the Duke University women's basketball team.



THE >>> YOU MIGHT KNOW HER FOR HER SUCCESSFUL CAREER ON THE HARDWOOD AS THE HEAD COACH OF THE DUKE'S WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM. SINCE LEAVING DUKE LAST YEAR, JOANN MCCULLEY SPENT HER TIME COACHING A DIFFERENT TOPIC, MENTAL HEALTH. AHEAD OF HER BOOK RELEASE, SHE SPOKE TO ME ABOUT HER OWN BATTLES. JOANN, WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR MANY YEARS. I'VE WATCHED YOU COACH. I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE FIGHTING MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. WHAT'S BEEN THE REACTION SINCE YOU'VE OPENED UP ABOUT IT? >> OH, IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL. SHOULD BE ABLE TO TALK TO FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND OTHER PEOPLE, FANS AS WELL, MY STUDENT ATHLETES. IT'S BEEN A BIT QUIET BECAUSE THE BOOK IS OUT FEBRUARY 16. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE FULL STORY. BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY AN INCREDIBLE TIME WE'RE LIVING RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE STORIES CAN TRUMP STATEMENTS ATTACHED TO MENTAL HEALTH. >> PEOPLE HERE IN THE TRIANGLE KNOW YOU MOST AS THE COACH OF THE DUKE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM, BUT THE BOOK YOU'RE WRITING IS MORE THAN JUST A SPORTS BOOK FOR SPORTS FANS, RIGHT? >> YES, IT REALLY IS. I MEAN I HOPE IT REACHES FAR AND WIDE. THERE MIGHT BE 2.5% OF US DIAGNOSED WITH BIPOLAR, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PEOPLE AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THROUGH FAMILY AND FRIENDSHIPS AND OTHERWISE, IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER. MENTAL HEALTH IS SOMETHING TO BE UNDERSTOOD MORE. TALKING TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND RECOGNIZING THAT THE BRAIN IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING TO BE CHERISHED. IT'S OKAY IF THERE ARE BRAIN ISSUES JUST LIKE THERE ARE HEART ISSUES, OTHER ISSUES IN OUR LIVES. DURING MY TWO EPISODES THEY WERE SO, I HAD TO LEARN SO MUCH FROM EACH ONE OF THEM AND TRUST MY DOCTORS AND TAKE MY MEDICATION AND DO MY FOLLOW- UPS. ONCE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOUR LIFE WILL BE FULL AND RICH AND ACTUALLY HAD A DOCTOR TELL ME ONE TIME WHEN YOU GET THERE THIS YOU WILL BE BETTER THAN MOST PEOPLE EVER IN YOUR LIVES. AND WITH DOCTORS, THAT THEY WILL NEED TO WORK ON THEMSELVES A LOT AND SHE SAID YOUR BALANCE WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER THAN ANYONE'S BALANCE. IF I HAD ANY ISSUES, THAT IT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO COACH THE FOLKS ON IN A LITTLE BIT, THINGS TO DO. IF YOU DO, YOU'LL BE JUST FINE. >> REALLY INSPIRATIONAL. SECRET WARRIOR OF COACH AND A FIGHTER ON AND OFF THE COURT.

Coach P opens up about internal battle with mental illness in new book 

Joanne P. McCallie's intensity and competitiveness were evident on the court in her 13 years as the head coach of the Duke University women's basketball team. What was not so apparent was her internal battle with mental illness. McCallie was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.