In March 2020, the U.S. declared COVID-19 a pandemic, instituting safety measures that resulted in collegiate sports being canceled, shifting institutions of higher education to online learning, and upending the lives of 500,000 college athletes. During the summer of 2020, the U.S. also experienced a racial awakening, catalyzed by George Floyd’s murder. Although anecdotal accounts exist regarding how Black athletes were affected by, and responded to, these twin pandemics, empirical research directly addressing their experiences does not exist. In August/September 2020, as part of a national study, Black collegiate athletes (N = 156; 110 women) responded to two open-ended questions regarding how they had been coping and who their social supports were; they reflected on the timeframe of April/May to August/September 2020. We analyzed their written responses using reflective thematic analysis (RTA), applying a constructivist paradigm. We used the critical race theory as a theoretical framework and contextualized the athletes’ experiences and perspectives through the acknowledgment that they lived in uncertain times during which they had to navigate systemic racism that was exacerbated by the twin pandemics. We developed a thematic structure to represent their experiences: (a) My life has been affected across many domains; (b) I was present, kind, and human; (c) I developed my new normal; (d) I have been supported in so many different ways; and (e) social activism: from my team, to my school, to society at large. Analyses shed light on how athletic departments can engage with Black student-athletes to change the racist sports systems in which they exist.