Methodist University Athletics

Letter to Fans

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2025-26 SAAC Officers

	Rachel Blanchard President Softball		Vincent Edmunds Vice President Community Service Committee Men's Basketball
	Carolina Simpkins Treasurer Mental Health Committee Women's Soccer		Paul Blue Co-Treasurer Football
	Taylor Culver Secretary Athletics Senator Cheerleading		Julia Mundy Community Service Committee Women's Lacrosse
	Brooke Murrell Mental Health Committee Women's Lacrosse		Jeremiah Sansbury Special Events Committee Football
	Cameron Seagroves Special Events Committee Baseball		Katie Sechrist Social Media Committee Women's Tennis
	Arriana White Social Media Committee Women's Basketball

Advisors: DeeDee Jarman (Deputy Director of Athletics/SWA), William Helms (Head Cross Country/Assistant Track & Field Coach), Angela Culver (Head Cheerleading Coach),
Matthew Shealy (Assistant Sports Information Director), Maddy Winch (Assistant Women's Lacrosse Coach)

Team Representatives (*indicates designated team representative)
Baseball	Ethan Gryziec, Michael Heis, Colton Ide, Cameron Seagroves*, Bronson Shaikh
Basketball - Women	Kenya Atterbury, Giavonna Dunlap, Jehari Jacobs*, Taylor Watford, Arriana White
Basketball - Men	Vincent Edmunds*, Eli Osborne, Ron Jones
Cheer	Jaida Calzado, Taylor Culver*, Lacey Kimbrell, Ce'Airee Watkins, Daria Whitaker
Cross Country	Yamile Lopez Dominguez, Kamiya McNeill, Vondre Nelson*, Abigail Rowe
Football	Darnell Alexander, Evan Batts, Kadin Beaver, Jamari Bennett, Paul Blue, Anthony Castillo, Kairo Lee, Jeremiah Sansbury, Michael Morrison*, Cam'ron Webster
Golf - Women	Julia Hashem, Anna Wicklum*, Paige Wilkinson
Golf - Men	Hank Adams*, Davis Linhardt
Lacrosse - Women	Allye Carter, Julia Mundy, Brooke Murrell*
Lacrosse - Men	LJ Oby, Gavyn Sandlin, Christian Thompson*
Soccer - Women	Allye Carter, Kaylea Carter*, Emily Hoyt, Alex Hyde, Rocky Wixson, Carolina Simpkins
Soccer - Men	Lucas Bender, Carson Stretz, David (Sam) Wiggins*
Softball	Rachel Blanchard, Lynsey Plunkett*, Dakota Putman, Alyssa Rivas
Tennis - Women	Addison Haden, Emma Hulicki, Madelyn Parker, Wilette Rivera Morales, Katie Sechrist*
Tennis - Men	Caio Lira, Shea McCarthy, Cameron Roth*, Andrew Waddill
Track & Field	Carmin Davis*, D'Zariya Parran, Treazure Rosario Watson, Josiyah Woods
Volleyball	Jessie Gober*, Charleigh Anne Hewett, Mary Miller, Carlyn Tanis, Addison Yates

SAAC Constitution (PDF)

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.
 

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