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FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Arkansas guard Jimmy Whitt Jr. plays against Vanderbilt in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. As thousands of college athletes and coaches across the country try to adjust after the sudden suspensions of entire seasons of competition and perhaps more so the camaraderie of daily practices, training sessions and team meals, communication specialists and mental health professionals are encouraging those involved to allow these young men and women to go through the stages of grieving as needed. At Arkansas, the athletic department is keeping tabs on every student-athlete at all times through a detailed spreadsheet, when someone is on the move, they all know. So, when men's basketball player Jimmy Whitt returns home to Columbia, Missouri, in the coming days, his coaches will monitor his movements by checking in until he reports he has safely made it. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - In this March 11, 2020, file photo, Arkansas guard Jimmy Whitt Jr. plays against Vanderbilt in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Southeastern Conference Tournament in Nashville, Tenn. As thousands of college athletes and coaches across the country try to adjust after the sudden suspensions of entire seasons of competition and perhaps more so the camaraderie of daily practices, training sessions and team meals, communication specialists and ment…

March 27, 2020

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Coaches find ways to support young athletes feeling adrift
March 27, 2020 12:44 p.m.

Coaches find ways to support young athletes feeling adrift

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Morgan Coppoc finds herself in a situation similar to so many other college athletes across the country, hundreds of miles away from campus and lost without her routine and her tennis teammates at Georgia.