OREM, Utah — Utah Valley director of athletics Dr. Jared Sumsion has announced the hiring of Kaylee Wasco as a Mental Health Specialist for student-athletes within the athletics department.

Wasco is a fully licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) and joined the Mental Health and Performance (MHAP) team with UVU athletics in January 2025. Wasco meets with teams, coaches and individual athletes to provide support around mental health and sport performance needs within athletics. She works closely alongside Clint Norseth, the director of the MHAP team.

Previously, Wasco worked with teens and families doing individual therapy, family therapy, resource management, and crisis work. Kaylee made the professional transition to working in athletics because she wanted to support athletes in a way she wished she had access to while playing Division I collegiate basketball. During her time playing ball at Binghamton University in New York, Kaylee received her bachelor's degree in human development and a master's degree in public administration. She then went on to get her master's in social work at the University of Michigan where she also worked as an academic mentor for student athletes.

Wasco is originally from Midland, Michigan though has resided with her spouse in Utah since 2023. Kaylee currently enjoys playing pickleball, going on picnics, reading, finding random activities to do in town, pining over her two cats (Penelope Garcia and Prince) and binge watching television series of various genres.