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Fall of 2013 - TBA

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President Andrea Collén Women's Soccer	Vice President Paul Freeman Men's Soccer	Secretary Janae Aiken Women's Soccer

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Men's Basketball   Blair Broom James McGhee Tyler Thayer	Men's Cross Country   Jeremy Judd Zach Millsaps	Women's Basketball   Jasmine Hairston Kamille Horne Jazmine Kemp	Women's Cross Country Livia Mahaffie Savannah Fornshell
Football Dan Atkins Phillip Bowles Wes Carter Ben DeCelle Michael Doss Ricky Greene	Baseball Jack Slavin	Volleyball Marissa Baker Danielle Brown	Softball Megan Hillard Natalie Klemann Kellie Van Dyke Karlee Wilson Kaytee Wilson
Wrestling Chris Gidden Stuart Nadeau	Men's Soccer Paul Freeman Matt MacDougall Ryan Nadeau	Women's Tennis Madeline DiNunzio Ally Johnson Mia Winterbottom	Women's Soccer Janae Aiken Andrea Collen
Men's Golf  Phillip Parrish Zach Sallinger Bryce Young	Men's Track & Field Brandon Bulla Malcom Jones Shaquille Ray	Women's Golf Laura Bird Lizzie Bundy Kelly Sumner	Women's Track & Field Jazmiene Brown Janivette Perez Detria Smith

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WHAT IS A STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SAAC)?
A student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and polices that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.

Presently, there are separate national SAACs for NCAA Divisions I, II and III. NCAA legislation mandates that all member institutions have SAACs on their respective campuses. Further, NCAA legislation requires that all member conferences have SAACs.

The information that follows will assist you in understanding how the network of SAACs, from individual campus committees to the conference and/or national committees, interact and support one another to shape intercollegiate athletics policy and enhance the student-athlete experience.

HISTORY OF THE NCAA STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
An Association-wide SAAC was adopted at the 1989 NCAA Convention and was formed primarily to review and offer student-athlete input on NCAA activities and proposed legislation that affected student-athlete welfare.

The initial national committee was comprised of student-athletes from all membership divisions for the purpose of ensuring that the student-athlete voice was one that accounted for the myriad of educational and athletics experiences of both female and male student-athletes at all NCAA member institutions. In August 1997, the NCAA federated along divisional lines. The federation caused the SAAC to expand to three SAACs representing NCAA Divisions I, II and III.

Each national divisional committee is comprised of both female and male student-athletes charged with the responsibility of assisting in the review of NCAA proposed legislation and representing the voice of the student-athlete in the NCAA governance structure. This is accomplished by providing student-athlete input on issues related to student-athlete welfare that are division-specific. (Federation has increased student-athlete participation in the governance process of intercollegiate athletics by increasing the number of SAAC members from the former Association-wide committee of 28 student-athletes to a sum total of 79 members serving on the national Divisions I, II, and III committees).

The input of the respective Divisions I, II and III SAACs continues to be sought by a variety of constituencies within the Association. Student-athlete committee members have the opportunity to speak with their respective NCAA Management Councils, and the Divisions II and III SAACs continue to speak to legislative issues on the NCAA Convention floor.

National SAACs (Divisions I, II and III) at a glance:

• Generate a student-athlete voice within the NCAA structure.
• Solicit student-athlete response to proposed NCAA legislation.                                  
• Recommend potential NCAA legislation.                                  
• Review, react and comment to the governance structure on legislation, activities and subjects of interest.                                  
• Actively participate in the administrative process of athletics programs and the NCAA.                                  
• Promote a positive student-athlete image. 
  
  

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL SAACs
"The mission of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student-athlete welfare and fostering a positive student-athlete image."

UNCP SAAC COORDINATOR
For more information about UNCP's chapter of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, please contact:
Jenna Davisson
Senior Woman Administrator
Assistant Director for Athletic Media Relations
(910) 775-4353
jenna.davisson@uncp.edu