Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC)

2009-2010 Officers and Members

President: Kathryn Andrade	Vice-President: Meghan Foehl
Secretary: Sara Rutan	Treasurer/Advisor: Jessica Adams

Members:

Jeffrey Ackerstein, Kathryn Andrade, Evan Chapman, Zachary Cole, Bridget Farago, Kristine Firkins, Meghan Foehl, Brandon Fox, Katherine Franzeo, Geoffrey Lopes, Kelly McCarthy, Garrett Mercer, Thomas Messinger, Laura Miley, Christina Naramore, Michael Nourie, Kendal Peiguss, Allie Rosenberg, Maeghan Ross, Sara Rutan, Janine Seidel, Stephen Selnick, Casey Shane, Phillip Shore, Nicholas Strauss, Kristina Ten, Lisa Viccione, Jared Wyso and Lauren Zaniboni.

2009-2010 Emerson College SAAC Officers

Division III SAAC Mission Statement

The mission of the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity for all student-athletes; protecting student-athlete welfare; and fostering a positive student-athlete image, while maintaining the tenants of the Division III philosophy.

Visit the NCAA SAAC site for information.

Emerson SAAC Mission Statement

The Student-Athlete Advisory Council aims to increase athletic awareness and better the communication among the student-athletes, athletic department, administration, faculty, and student body. SAAC commits itself to service opportunities on campus and in the greater community.

The SAAC is an NCAA mandated representative body of the student-athlete population on campus. This council is charged with representing the needs of their teams and the student-athletes in general, to the administration. The SAAC should be a proactive group of student-athletes who are willing and eager to come up with, plan, and implement activities and materials that will benefit all student-athletes and the image of varsity sports at Emerson.

Finally, it is each representative's responsibility to communicate with his/her respective team about what SAAC is doing and also find out what his/her team may want to bring forth to the SAAC for discussion.

SAAC's Message to All Emerson Student-athletes

It is essential for all teams to be represented, and for at least one person from each team to attend meetings. Ideally, all teams will have a minimum of two representatives and more who are interested are certainly welcome.

Also, ideally, every team has at least one representative that is NOT a senior (for the sake of continuity year to year).