USA for Athletes advances early heart screening through medical partnerships, school districts, and community-based chapters across the country.
Empowering communities through educational seminars, and workshops.
Organizing heart screening events to safeguard student athletes.
Championing to have the heart screening a part of annual physical.
Spreading the message through podcasts, social media campaigns, and storytelling.
USA for Athletes raises awareness of the critical need for early heart screening in student athletes through community-based screenings, advocacy, and scalable national programs.
Heart of the Game reflects that mission in action. In partnership with Position Sports, USA for Athletes participated in a collegiate basketball event at T-Mobile Arena, delivering on-site cardiac screenings within a live sports environment.
By meeting athletes and families where they already gather, the program highlights the importance of early detection and preventative heart care, reinforcing USA for Athletes’ commitment to ensuring no young athlete is missed.
REAL IMPACT. REAL NUMBERS.
This data comes from youth athlete heart screenings conducted in Las Vegas, Nevada, one of USA for Athletes’ active pilot communities.
From screening just over 1,300 athletes, 45 heart abnormalities were identified, reflecting a detection rate of approximately 3 percent.
If applied at scale, this same rate suggests that thousands of youth athletes across communities nationwide may be competing with undetected cardiac conditions.
This is why USA for Athletes is focused on scalable screening programs, school partnerships, and community-led implementation.
Las Vegas is one city. The risk is nationwide.
Screening 1,231 athletes identified 45 heart abnormalities, a detection rate of approximately 3.1 percent. Applying this same rate to all 50,000 CCSD student athletes would result in an estimated 1,500 abnormalities identified.
By supporting USA for Athletes, you help build the infrastructure to protect every youth athletes in America.
Each episode of this documentary tells the story of a young athlete whose life was cut short by an undetected heart condition, transforming tragedy into prevention.
Through powerful storytelling, community screenings, and partnerships with professional teams and medical experts, these stories fund heart screenings and inspire national change.
VEGAS FOR ATHLETES
Vegas for Athletes serves as the flagship and pilot chapter for USA for Athletes. Launched in Nevada, this chapter was intentionally built to test, refine, and prove a scalable model for early heart screening in youth sports.
Through established medical partnerships, a formal MOU with Clark County School District, league and community engagement, and large-scale public activations like the VFA Summer Games, the Nevada chapter has demonstrated how local leadership can drive measurable impact.
The systems, playbooks, and partnerships developed in Las Vegas now serve as the blueprint for expanding USA for Athletes into new communities nationwide, ensuring each future chapter launches with structure, credibility, and proven effectiveness.l.
USA for Athletes is built on a proven, repeatable model that delivers early heart screening through trusted local partnerships, allowing the same impact to scale safely from one community to the next.
Community screening, easy scheduling, fast results
Chapters adopt a proven playbook and tools.
Medical oversight and school partnerships.
Parents, coaches, and volunteer's drive impact.