What is a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee? (SAAC)
The SAAC is a primary avenue of communication between student-athletes, the College and Athletics Administration. The SAAC provides a forum in which student-athletes and Athletics Department leadership can discuss openly issues relevant to intercollegiate athletics including student-athlete welfare. The SAAC group consists of representatives from Clinton College 5 intercollegiate athletic teams. 

What are the FUNCTIONS of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee? (SAAC)
• Promote communications between athletics administration and student-athletes.
• Disseminate information.
• Provide Feedback and insight into athletics department issues.
• Generate a student-athlete voice within the campus athletics department formulation of policies.
• Build a sense of community within the athletics program involving all athletics teams.
• Solicit student-athlete responses to proposed conference and NCCAA legislation.
• Create a vehicle for student-athlete representation on campus-wide committees (e.g. student government).
• Promote a positive student-athlete image on campus.

History of NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
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-athlete from membership division for the purpose of ensuring that the student-athlete voice was one that accounted for the myriad of educational and athletics experience of both female and male student-athlete at all NCAA member institutions. In August 1997, the NCAA federated along divisional lines. The federation caused SAAC to expand to three SAACs representing NCCAA 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.

The input of the respective division 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 NCCAA Management Councils, and the Division II and III SAACs continue to speak to legislative issues on the NCCAA convention floor.