The StFX Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is a committee made up of student-athletes from every varsity team assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. SAAC offers input on the regulations and policies that affect student-athletes’ lives at StFX University and works to enhance the student-athlete experience.

The mission statement of the StFX SAAC is to enhance the total student-athlete experience by promoting opportunity, protecting student-athlete welfare, and fostering a positive student-athlete image. The focus of the committee is leadership and production: in the classroom, on their teams, across campus and in the community.

The purpose of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) is:

1. To promote communication between athletics administration and student-athletes and provide feedback and insight into athletic department issues.
2. To provide equal and representative input of StFX student-athletes.
3. To build a sense of community within the athletic program involving all varsity athletic teams.
4. To create relationships between student-athletes and the community by organizing community service efforts and raising funds for various causes.
5. To promote a positive student-athlete image on campus.
6. To disseminate information.

CLICK HERE to read the SAAC Handbook which outlines our membership criteria, selection process, duties of members and our executive board. The SAAC executive consists of a male and female Co-Chair, along with pairs of student-athletes in the following Chair positions: Communications, Community Service, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, X-Out Sexual Violence and SAMHI. Members of SAAC meet monthly along with the SAAC Advisor, who is a member of the Athletic Department administration.

Nominations for SAAC membership shall be submitted by coaches, teammates or administrators, and interested student-athletes may submit an application for membership to the SAAC Advisor. Nominations/applications are be accepted on an annual basis between April and mid-September. Diversity of gender and ethnicity will be taken into consideration. All SAAC members must be in good academic standing with the university and be officially eligible for athletic competition and appear on their respective team’s active roster. Any StFX student-athletes interested in joining SAAC can do so by completing the APPLICATION FORM and sending it to SAAC Advisor, Krista McKenna. 

SAAC EXECUTIVE BOARD 2021-22

Emerson Elliott X-Women Hockey Co-Chair	Josh Read X-Men Soccer Co-Chair	Maddie Harroun X-Women Rugby Communications	AJ Hewish X-Men Soccer Communications
Bailey Wasdal X-Men Football Community Service	Bailey Webster X-Men Hockey Community Service	Conner Bruggen-Cate X-Men Hockey Community Service	Che Morales X-Men Football Diversity, Equity & Inclusion	Aliyah Fraser X-Women Basketball Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Alyssa Spridgeon X-Women Soccer X-Out Sexual Violence	Kyle Barnes X-Men Football X-Out Sexual Violence	Chloe Oleksiuk X-Women Hockey SAMHI	Luc Gallant X-Men Cross Country Track SAMHI	Liam Wilde X-Men Football SAMHI

SAAC Team Representatives 2021-22

JJ Sedore X-Men Basketball	Jamie White X-Men Basketball	Aliyah Fraser X-Women Basketball	Grace Rheault X-Women Basketball
Kyle Barnes X-Men Football	Liam Wilde X-Men Football	Maddy Ross X-Women Rugby	Maddie Harroun X-Women Rugby
Chloe Walker X-Women Cross Country Track	Lauren Liem X-Women Cross Country Track	Luc Gallant X-Men Cross Country Track	Joel Gallant X-Men Cross Country Track
Tehya Blake X-Women Soccer	Christina Gentile X-Women Soccer	Josh Read X-Men Soccer	AJ Hewish X-Men Soccer
Bailey Webster X-Men Hockey	Conner Bruggen-Cate X-Men Hockey	Emerson Elliott X-Women Hockey	Josie Chisholm X-Women Hockey