Heart of a Champion Day

…where every undefeated season starts.

Heart of a Champion Day is a free sports-specific health screening and educational program for Charlotte-Mecklenburg student-athletes. The screenings include a review of the athlete’s medical history, a sports-specific medical and musculoskeletal exam, a heart exam, and a vision test.

The program is unique because of the heart screening, where all student-athletes receive an electrocardiogram (ECG), which traces the heart’s electrical activity. They also receive an echocardiogram, which is an ultrasound of the heart. A heart screening is necessary because traditional sports screenings may not reliably detect heart conditions that could affect an athlete’s ability to participate in sports.

The educational program provides information and intervention early when habits of healthy living can be set or modified and when young student-athletes are motivated to respond.

The primary participants are rising 10th, 11th and 12th grade student-athletes attending Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.

Heart of a Champion is a partnership between Carolinas Medical Center, Sanger Clinic, OrthoCarolina and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.