2024-2025 SAAC Representatives


 

Gabe Balch - Track & Field	Reese Beaudoin - Golf	Victoria Briones - Volleyball	Logan Brown - Basketball	Kyle Clairmont - Soccer	Alexis Cowan - T&F	Kolbyn Dunphe - Basketball	Connor Finn - Baseball
Griffin Forbes - Soccer	Anna Gilbert - Softball	Ashlyn Guerette - Soccer	Sydney Lacombe - FH/Softball	Brianna Letourneau - Swim	Kim McLaughlin - Field Hockey	Celia Melanson - Lacrosse	Ava Molineaux - Lacrosse
Jacob Pelletier - T&F/XC	Owen Pethic - Ski	Makayla Quintal - Softball	Katelynn Reynolds - T&F	Mike Richards - Baseball	Derek Salvatore - Basketball	Nadia Sixto - Volleyball	Elise Soucy - Swim
Elisabeth Stapelfeld - Basketball	Noah Tibbetts - Golf	Lelia Weir - Soccer	Breya Whitman - T&F	Kevin Wood - Lacrosse	Alexia Young - T&F/XC

    

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."

What is 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.

Past SAAC Initiatives:
12/5/2024
11/14/2024- Operation Christmas Child 2024

10/5/2024-Monks Gather to Walk For Suicide Prevention - Saint Joseph's College of Maine 

12/12/2022 - Student Athlete Advisory Commitee (SAAC) fills 81 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child

11/16/2021 - Saint Joseph's SAAC Fills 78 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child

11/10/2020 - Saint Joesph's SAAC Fills 72 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child

5/18/2020 - SAAC Appoints Twelve New Committee Members

11/12/2019 - Saint Joseph’s SAAC Contributes to Operation Christmas Child

3/25/2019 - SJC Students Chip in at Windham Primary 

11/26/2018 - Saint Joseph's SAAC Gives to Opperation Christmas Child

12/4/2017- Saint Joseph's SAAC Contributes to Operation Christmas Child 

3/22/2016 - Saint Joseph's SAAC Chips in at Windham Primary School

11/24/2015 - St. Joe's SAAC Members Contribute to 'Operation Christmas Child'

12/4/2014 - Saint Joseph's SAAC Creates 21 Boxes for Operation Christmas Child

3/18/2014 - 2014 National Girls & Women in Sport Day a Success

2/16/2014 - SJC Athletes Participate in Cycle4Care Fundraiser

12/12/2013 - SJC SAAC Participates in Operation Christmas Child

4/5/2011 - SJC SAAC Members Attend GNAC Retreat in Boston

10/12/2011 - ECAC And GNAC Team Up For Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Retreat