Undergraduate
Aaron Rocha (left) is shown at Babson with athletic trainer Matt Piantedosi during the first lacrosse game to promote and raise funds for concussion awareness. Aaron emails, “My lacrosse career was sidelined after two severe concussions. When I met Mike Santee, a hockey player at Army with a similar story, we discovered there was no effective support for student-athletes suffering post-concussion syndrome. So we founded CAN (Concussion Awareness Network) Recover Foundation, which provides a peer-to-peer network. Studies have shown that student-athletes are more likely to find a peer who has experienced a prolonged recovery to be trustworthy, effective, and empathetic when discussing emotional challenges.”