INDIANAPOLIS – Southern New Hampshire University field hockey senior Kate Pigsley (E. Kingston, N.H.) was re-elected to the NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Executive Board and will continue on in her role as the committee's Internal Operations Coordinator.
Pigsley, who is in her fourth year on the SNHU SAAC and currently serves as its President, is the University's Female Liaison on the Northeast-10 SAAC and serves on the NCAA DII Student-Athlete Reinstatement Committee.
In her role as Internal Operations Coordinator, Pigsley serves as chair of the nominations subcommittee, where she is responsible for scheduling and leading the conference calls, oversees the orientation process of new committee members and assists with assigning mentors, assists with preparation of the SAAC agenda for the four in-person meetings and annual legislation teleconference call, participates on executive subcommittee teleconference calls, serves as de facto Joint SAAC rep, as she maintains open lines of communications with the issues pertaining to Division II amongst all three divisional SAACs, ensures all Year End Reports are submitted on time, and fills in for the vice-chair as needed.
The Division II SAAC consists of one student-athlete representative from each of the Division II multi-sport voting conferences, one student-athlete representative of Division II independent institutions, and two student-athlete at-large positions.
The Division II SAAC affects the legislative process via an annual summit held each July with the Division II Management Council, during which members of the SAAC have an opportunity to interact with members of the Management Council on proposed NCAA legislation and current Division II issues. Also, committee members participate in the NCAA Convention each January where they express the student-athlete voice on collective concerns regarding proposed Division II legislation.
Division II national SAAC members actively take the lead in addressing issues facing Division II student-athletes such as the development of campus and conference SAACs, Title IX education, faculty/student-athlete relations and championships enhancements.
Learn more about Division II SAAC, its members and the work they do at their page on ncaa.org.
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