REPORT OF THE

NCAA DIVISION I STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) submits the following report from its January 6-8, 2007, meeting. This report includes only those items that were not included in the SAAC's report that was distributed on site during the January NCAA Division I Management Council meeting.

ACTION ITEMS.

· None.

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS.

1. NCAA Office for Diversity and Inclusion. Charlotte Westerhaus, vice president for diversity and inclusion, provided an overview of diversity and inclusion’s mission and requested feedback related to the recently-created diversity and inclusion publication. Given the group’s commitment to diversity and inclusion within the national SAAC strategic plan, they welcome the continued opportunity to assist with diversity and inclusion’s efforts.

2. Corporate Partners and the NCAA. Greg Shaheen, senior vice president for basketball and business strategies, updated the group regarding efforts within the Association to further discuss and define the relationships with, and the role of corporate partners within intercollegiate athletics.

3. GOALS/SCORE Studies Update. Tom Paskus, NCAA principal research scientist, and Jack McArdle, University of Southern California professor of psychology, updated SAAC regarding the preliminary findings associated with the GOALS (Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations and Learning of Students in College) survey, and SCORE (Study of College Outcomes and Recent Experiences) study. SCORE focused on students who graduated from high school in 1994 and included more than 8,000 respondents, while GOALS focused on current student-athletes in all three divisions and across most sports and included more than 20,000 respondents. It was noted the research staff will continue to provide the membership and SAAC additional information from the data which will assist in evaluating and assessing issues involving the student-athlete experience and well-being.

4. Division I Subdivisions. Matt Burgemeister, NCAA intern, updated SAAC members regarding the implementation of new Division I subdivisions (Football Bowl Subdivision, Football Championship Subdivision and Division I Subdivision) to replace I-A, I-AA and I-AAA designations within Division I as of December 15, 2006.

5. Upcoming Teleconference. SAAC members were asked to hold Sunday, April 8 for spring teleconference. However, following the NCAA 2007 Convention, it was agreed that the teleconference should be held at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time March 25, 2007.

6. Attendance. As requested by the NCAA Division I Management Council, attendance for the January meeting was as follows:

Conference	School	Name	Sport	Present
America East Conference	University at Albany	Bradley Daniels*	Baseball	Yes
Atlantic 10 Conference	Xaiver University	Dana Hunter	Women's Swimming and Diving	No
Atlantic Coast Conference	Wake Forest University	Michael Piscetelli*	Men's Track and Field	Yes
Atlantic Sun Conference	Jacksonville University	Matthew Dobbins	Baseball	Yes
Big 12 Conference	University of Oklahoma	Brittney Schumann	Women’s Gymnastics	No
Big East Conference	University of Pittsburgh	Megan McGrane	Women’s Volleyball	Yes
Big South Conference	Winthrop University	Beth Waggoner	Women's Volleyball	Yes
Big Sky Conference	Northern Arizona University	Noel Larson	Women’s Golf	Yes
Big Ten Conference	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Benjamin Hanson	Men’s Cross Country/Track	Yes
Big West Conference	University of the Pacific	Danielle Neault	Field Hockey	Yes

Conference	School	Name	Sport	Present
Colonial Athletic Association	University of Delaware	Tyler Kupper	Men’s Golf	Yes
Conference USA	University of Tulsa	Brandon Diles	Football	Yes
Horizon League	University of Illinois at Chicago	Corey Steven	Women's Tennis	Yes
Ivy Group	Dartmouth College	Johnathan Ball	Men’s Basketball	No
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	Siena College	Patrick Henry II	Men's Soccer	Yes
Mid-American Conference	Bowling Green State University	Stephanie Swiger	Women’s Volleyball	Yes
Mid-Continent Conference	Western Illinois University	Jarrell Johnson	Football/Men’s Track	Yes
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	Morgan State University	Aidah Aliya Rasheed	Women’s Tennis	Yes
Missouri Valley Conference	Illinois State University	Ryan Brown	Men's Golf	Yes
Mountain West Conference	University of New Mexico	Kimilia Davis	Women’s Track and Field	Yes
Northeast Conference	Mount St. Mary's University	Lani Gholston	Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field	Yes
Ohio Valley Conference	Southeast Missouri State University	Matt Carter	Baseball	Yes
Pacific-10 Conference	University of Arizona	Anna Chappell	Women’s Basketball	Yes
The Patriot League	Lafayette College	Kerry Kenny	Men’s Basketball	No
Southeastern Conference	University of South Carolina, Columbia	William Brown	Football	Yes

Conference	School	Name	Sport	Present
Southern Conference	Western Carolina University	Emily Pierce	Women’s Soccer	Yes
Southland Conference	Southeastern Louisiana University	Jerren Pierce	Football	Yes
Southwestern Athletic Conference	Southern University, Baton Rouge	Brittany Jefferson	Softball	No
Sun Belt Conference	Florida Atlantic University	Megan Coyne	Women's Soccer	Yes
West Coast Conference	Santa Clara University	Blossom Marimpietri	Women’s Cross Country/Track	Yes
Western Athletic Conference	Boise State University	Katherine Street	Women’s Golf	Yes
Management Council Representatives
Management Council (FBS)	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Joel Maturi, Athletics Director	Big Ten Conference	No
Management Council (FCS)	Texas State University – San Marcos	Tracy Shoemake, Associate Athletic Director	Big South Conference	Yes
Management Council (Division I)	Belmont University	Betty Wiseman Assistant Athletic Director	Atlantic Sun Conference	Yes

Note: * indicates final meeting.

7. Future Meeting Dates.

a. July 13-15, 2007; Washington DC.

b. November 16-18, 2007; Indianapolis, Indiana.

c. January 10-14, 2008; NCAA Convention; Nashville, Tennessee.

Committee Chair: Michael Piscetelli, Wake Forest University, Atlantic Coast Conference

Committee Vice-Chair: Anna Chappell, University Arizona, PAC-10 Conference

Staff Liaisons: Vanessa Fuchs, NCAA Membership Services

Kelly Groddy, NCAA Membership Services

Curtis Hollomon, NCAA Education Services

Jeramy Michiaels, NCAA Corporate and Broadcast Alliances