
Intercollegiate athletics places unusual demands on student-athletes. Athletic and academic interests compete for the student-athlete’s time, energy, and attention. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) of the University of Kentucky believes that colleges and universities can and must provide the opportunity for student-athletes to be both successful students and fulfilled athletes.
The University of Kentucky SAAC is the student-athlete organization that represents the student-athletes at the University of Kentucky. The SAAC seeks to ensure that the University of Kentucky Department of Athletics provides each sport and every student-athlete with a quality environment and the essentials to be competitive as a student-athlete and a team.
Further, the SAAC attempts to ensure that the UK Department of Athletics creates an honest and holistic environment that places the student-athletes’ welfare as the central focus of the process—a process that provides each student-athlete the opportunity to learn how to be successful athletically, academically and personally with the objective of each student-athlete improving his or her post-college quality of life.
The mission of the University of Kentucky Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is:
A. To provide support, leadership and direction to the student- athletes at the University of Kentucky.
B. To cultivate and improve the opportunities for athletic and academic achievement and personal growth for UK student-athletes.
C. To enhance communication between the student-athletes and the UK athletic administration and coaches.
D. To serve as an advisory source to the Director of Athletics regarding any student-athlete concerns.
2022-23 SAAC Members
Name | Team |
Alex Degen | BASE |
James McCoy | BASE |
Eli Cox | FB |
Izayah Cummings | FB |
Carrington Valentine | FB |
Raina Albores (President) | GYM |
Jillian Procasky | GYM |
Brennan Canada | MBB |
CJ Fredrick | MBB |
Amadou Thiero | MBB |
Andrew Clark | MGOLF |
Campbell Kremer | MGOLF |
Ben Damge (Vice President) | MSOC |
Martin Soereide | MSOC |
Sam Duncan | MSWIM / DIVE |
Jackson Mussler | MSWIM / DIVE |
Alex Leblanc | MTN |
Tate Sandman | MTN |
Langston Jackson | MTRK |
Beck O’Daniel | MTRK |
Aaron Withrow | MTRK |
Ali Buesseler | RIFLE |
Richard Clark | RIFLE |
Jaden Thompson | RIFLE |
Erin Coffel | SB |
Kayla Kowalik | SB |
Rachel Hammond | STUNT |
Hannah Hohn | STUNT |
Eleanor Beavin | VB |
Maddie Berezowitz | VB |
Elise Goetzinger | VB |
Blair Green | WBB |
Nyah Leveretter | WBB |
Laney Frye (Secretary) | WGOLF |
Marta Lopez Echevarria | WGOLF |
Tallulah Miller | WSOC |
Anna Young | WSOC |
Sofie Davis | WSWIM / DIVE |
Kaitlyn Wheeler (Historian) | WSWIM / DIVE |
Ellie Eades | WTN |
Elizabeth “Lizzy” Stevens | WTN |
Bryanna Lucas | WTRK |
DeAnna Martin | WTRK |
Phoebe McCowan | WTRK |