NEWS & PRESS

Baltimore Sun News Coverage

Governor Moore Signing Day 2024

A newspaper headline about government requiring mental health training for high school and college coaches, with a photo of Maryland football coach Mike Locksley speaking at a podium, smiling, and flanked by two other individuals.

WBAL TV11 News Coverage

“Howard County Executive Calvin Ball and Alston for Athletes founder Marcus Alston discuss United Way Changemaker Challenge on WBAL-TV.”

Three people in a TV studio participating in a Changemaker Challenge, with a woman on the left wearing a red dress, a man in the middle wearing glasses and a black jacket, and another man on the right in a suit and tie. There is a large screen behind them displaying the event name and logo, and the WBALTV news logo in the corner.

Yahoo News Coverage

“As a college athlete, Marcus Alston realized that there wasn’t a support network for coaches and players to deal with mental health issues. So he started one…”

A male football player in a white shirt throwing a football on a grassy field, with a clear sky in the background.

WBAL TV11 News Coverage

“As Marcus Alston looks out onto the football field at Mount St. Joseph High School in Baltimore, he remembers his glory days as a student-athlete. He also remembers the moment an injury on the field changed life as he knew it.”

Marcus Alston, founder and executive director of Alston for Athletes, speaking outdoors on a football field during daylight

The Mount 2024: Issue 1

“There is a stigma attached to mental health issues in athletics, a world in which strength, toughness, and resiliency are all-important. But it is also a world with an abundance of factors that take a toll on one’s mental health”

Smiling man outdoors with trees in background, wearing a black collared shirt.

Baltimore Business Journal

“The Baltimore Business Journal has unveiled its 2024 class of 40 Under 40 honorees, spotlighting the very best of the next generation of local business leaders”

Design for Baltimore Business Journal's 40 Under 40 2024 event, featuring a gold and black abstract background.

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