cultivating champions

Every day, driven students face unprecedented pressures — academically, socially, spiritually, financially, and competitively. Burdened with emotional fatigue, many suffer quietly, without the personal support or guidance they need to thrive. Many schools lack supplemental resources for development programs tailored to the unique needs of today’s leaders and achievers of African American heritage.

CHAMPS is a campus mission dedicated to empowering a strong network of leaders and achievers through values-based mentorship. With regenerative collaborations of alumni, executives, clergy, coaches, and community, CHAMPS bridges the mental health and leadership gaps to build up holistic health, competitive excellence, and sustainable success.

Our trademark layered mentoring model, spearheaded by influential student-athletes, specifically equips high-potential students with strategic tools and skills to thrive and excel - in competition and in life.

CHAMPS CORE VALUES & CURRICULUM:

  • CHARACTER

  • HOLISTIC HEALTH

  • AMBITION

  • MISSIONS

  • PREPARATION

  • STEWARDSHIP

the program:

layered mentoring model

  • One-to-one virtual mentoring focused on mental health and well being. Training and oversight provided by the licensed therapists of Agility Counseling Group.

    One of the best ways to learn is to do! Through an immersive learning experience, collegiate scholars grow as mental health mentors to High School scholars. Each mentor and mentee is enriched through the near-peer role modeling and shared wisdom through lived experience.

  • Group mentoring sessions, led by expert facilitators, provide a safe space for discussion and growth in CHAMPS values.

    • Mental health check-ins with Rya

    • Character & Executive Leadership with Coach Kenny

    • Mental Health and Peak Performance with Coach T

    • Spiritual Inspiration with Bishop K

    • Special Guest Speakers & Celebrity Friends

  • Empowerment emails promote cognitive and emotional reflection and nurture spiritual wellness.

  • Applied Mentoring - Scholars apply mentoring skills out in the field through mission-oriented camps, clinics, and workshops. These multi-generational collaborations (with Champs scholars, local youth, young professionals, and seasoned executives) amplify the impact of each applied mentorship experience.

  • FELLOWSHIP. MENTORSHIP. LEADERSHIP. DISCIPLESHIP. (TM)

champs REGISTRATION

BEGIN YOUR CHAMPS MENTORSHIP EXPERIENCE: Fall ‘26 Cohort

FALL COHORT: Sept 29 - Nov 8, 2026

Registration Open Until Limited Spots are filled

Female athletes are strongly encouraged to apply.

Wittenberg * Cincinnati * Wittenberg * Xavier * Dayton * Wittenberg * West Virginia State * NKU * Wilberforce *

Wittenberg * Cincinnati * Wittenberg * Xavier * Dayton * Wittenberg * West Virginia State * NKU * Wilberforce *

* Cornell * Memphis * North Texas * Oklahoma State * Mt Aloysius * Amherst * Columbia

* Cornell * Memphis * North Texas * Oklahoma State * Mt Aloysius * Amherst * Columbia

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