SAAC Meeting Minutes 10-5-08

October 10th, 2008

Downtown Meeting Minutes Here

ATTENDANCE

Baseball
Will Campbell    Yes
Jeff Lorick
    No
Basketball-Men
Jerome Meyinsse    Yes
Will Sherrill
    No
Basketball-Women
Jayna Hartig    Yes
Monica Wright
    No
Cross Country-Men
Alex Bowman    No
Trey Miller    No
Cross Country-Women
Susan Brooks    Yes
Lyndsay Harper (alt.) 
   No
Katie Read    Yes
Field Hockey
Lauren Elstein    Yes
Inge Kaars-Sijpesteijn    Yes
Lucy Meyers (alt)    Yes

Football
B.J. Cabbell    No
Pat Slebonick    No
Golf-Men
Will Collins    No
Kyle Stough    No
Golf-Women
Calle Nielson    No
Kristen Simpson    Yes
Lacrosse-Men
Danny Glading    Yes
Mark Wade  
 No
Lacrosse-Women
Ainsley Baker    Yes
Catherine Chambers    Yes

Rowing
Summers Nelson    Yes
Augusta Stratos    Yes

Norah Phillips (alt.)    No
Soccer-Men
Neil Barlow    No
Karter Smith    No
Soccer-Women
Nikki Krzysik    No
Jen Redmond    No
Softball
Nicole Koren    Yes
Karla Wilburn    Yes

Swimming & Diving-Men
Pat Reams    Yes
Lee Robertson    Yes

Swimming & Diving-Women
Mei Christensen    Yes
Megan Evo    Yes
Kristen Wallace    Yes

Tennis-Men
Houston Barrick    No
Reese Milner    No
Tennis-Women
Jenny Stevens    No
Neela Vaez    Yes
Track and Field-Men
Andy Fahringer    Yes
Ayeni Opeyemi    Yes

Track and Field-Women
Amy Bilmanis    Yes
Meghan Briggs    Yes

Billie-Jo Grant    No
Volleyball
Shannon Davis    Yes
Brittani Rendina    Yes

Wrestling
Nick Nelson    Yes
Mike Sewell  
 No

Minutes for SAAC Meeting 10-5-08

• Re-Introductions  of all members

• Sign Ban Policy Lifted- Jerome Meyinsse (men’s basketball)

• Next SAAC meeting November 9th - Trey Miller (men’s cross country)

• ACC SAAC Meeting Report- Catherine Chambers (women’s lacrosse):

I. Sportsmanship award - pick 1 male/female from each school,  ACC and NCAA  will each select a winner from the school and conference nominees.

II. ACC championships gift: a hooded-sweatshirt

III. ACC sports career internships available — Look for announcement later this month

IV. SAAC voted on NCAA proposed legislation for ACC SAAC contribution:

1. Amateurism. Let individual athletes accept prize money to cover transportation costs-passed

2. Prospective athletes can communicate with coaches after NLI or orientation or housing deposit- passed

3. Prearranged phone calls to prospects shouldnt be allowed- passed

4. Football prospects can not talk to scouts during spring evals- awaiting football advice

5. Recruiting and NLI- after this time coaches and players can contact each other as much as desired- pass

6. Meals can be provided on official visit in airport if flight is delayed or waiting on another recruit- pass, 2 against

7. During summer new athletes can use facilities- pass

8. Correspondence courses count toward graduation- pass

9. For tennis, swimming and diving, college enrollment can only be delay up to 1yr- pass

10. Non-traditional course can be used toward degree progression- pass

11. Tennis- transfers cannot compete in 2 schools in 1yr.- Oppose

• Trey Miller (men’s lacrosse) asks: Do we need a new bike-rack outside JPJ?  Please email Trey back with your answer: <mailto:w.o.miller3@gmail.com>w.o.miller3@gmail.com