College is a new chapter in a student's life. It can be difficult for students to adjust at first. Adding new and difficult school and sports tasks to this adjustment only makes things worse. An article published by the National Alliance on Mental Illness states: “More than 40% of college students have felt a higher-than-average amount of stress in the past 12 months. Over 80% of college students felt overwhelmed by everything they had to do in the past year, and 45% felt things were hopeless” (nami.org). College students have enormous pressure placed on them to succeed in their academic journey; therefore, adding athletics to the mix adds additional stress which leads to depression. School and depression go hand in hand; one influences the other or vice versa. Students are affected mentally, physically and even emotionally due to the pressure to do well in school and the excessive amount of schoolwork they receive. A college student who does not participate in a sport or activity will have less stress than an athlete trying to juggle school and sports. There have been some experiences in the past where people have gone over the edge due to overloading school work, doing too much school work, and playing a sport. Madison Holleran and Paige Aiello are examples of these experiences. Students put pressure on themselves to succeed in school. When they fail to reach these expectations, they begin to fail not only in school, but also in sports or activities. Studies say that students who have good mental health perform better in school. If you are setting goals that are impossible to achieve, your mental health will be poor, which will lead to your performance in class… middle of paper… RS Foundation, 01 November 2011. Web . 04 March 2014. Mayo Clinic staff. “Preadolescent and Adolescent Health.” College depression: What parents need to know. Mayo Clinic, September 5, 2013. Web. May 27, 2014."NAMI - National Alliance on Mental Illness." NAMI. Np, nd Web. May 22, 2014. Raiford, Tiffany. "Parental pressure on children". Daily life. Np, nd Web. May 22, 2014. Reporter, Daily Mail. “A distraught father sobs as he begs his missing 'perfectionist' tennis captain daughter to come home three days after she disappeared.” Post online. Associated Newspapers, April 12, 2013. Web. May 27, 2014. Skaldic, Anastasia K. and Marta J. Smith. “Responding to Mental Health.” Nasponline.org.NP, September 2006. Web. May 27, 2014. Tennis captain's daughter returns home three days after disappearing." Mail Online.Associated Newspapers, April 12, 2013. Web. May 21 2014.