D3 Faculty BreakfastSpeakers: Joseph Weber and Lauren McLeod

SAAC

What is SAAC? Student Athlete Advisory Committee 28 Members from 13 different Teams Represent the voice of over 300 SA.

What do we do?

National SAAC

• Joe serves as our National SAAC Rep for the American Southwest Conference (ASC) and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC)

• This is a 23 person committee that represents the voice of all DIII athletes. • We go over...

• Upcoming Legislations in the NCAA as a whole and DIII specific • Student Athlete Issues • Coordinating and maintaining our nationwide partnership with Special

Olympic

Facts about NCAA Division III

Largest Division in all of the NCAA with 450 Member Institutions Over 180,000 Student Athletes DI: 350 Member Institutions D2: 300 Member Institutions

3 D's of Division III Discover Develop Dedicate

Non Scholarship Student Athletes

2014-2015 Athletic Highlights

uASC Champions – Women’s BasketballuASC Runners Up – Women’s Cross Country, Men’s Soccer, Volleyball, BaseballuTournaments Hosted – NCAA DIII Men’s Soccer 1st & 2nd Rounds, NCAA DIII Women’s Basketball 1st & 2nd Rounds u1 – All-Americanu10 – All-Regionu44 - All-ASCu3 – ASC Player of the Yearu1 – ASC Freshman of the Yearu1 – ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athleteu32 – ASC Players of the Week

2014 – 2015 Academic Highlights

u1 – Scholar All-American u1 – Academic All-American u3 – Academic All-District u97 – Academic All-ASC

2015 Fall Athletic Highlights

uASC Champions – Men’s Soccer, VolleyballuASC Runners Up – Women’s Cross CountryuTournaments Hosted – ASC Volleyballu1 – All-Americanu9 – All-Regionu26 – All-ASCu3 – ASC Player of the Yearu17 – ASC Players of the Week

2015 Fall Academic Highlights

u2 – Academic All-American u2 – Academic All-District u40 – Academic All-ASC u1 – ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete

Student Athlete GPA: 3.18 90% of our Student Athletes work either on or off campus

Athletic Performance Center

The crown jewel of UTD's athletic facilities is the new Athletics Performance Center, opened in the Summer of 2015. The $400,000 facility, which was built inside the Synergy Park North building, will house UTD's strength and conditioning program, as well as facilities that may be used by UTD faculty/staff at designated hours.

What is it like to be a Student-Athlete at UT

Dallas?

Life of a Student Athlete at UTD"Men's Soccer"

Fall Season Monday / Wednesday:

7:30am – 8:30am Weight Room Session 9:00am – 11:00am Practice 11:30am – 2:15pm Class 2:30pm – 6:00pm Work 6:30pm – 7:30pm Dinner 8:30pm – 11:00pm Study / HW

Tuesday: 9:00am – 11:00am Practice 1:00pm – 3:45pm Class 4:00pm – 6:00pm Work 6:30pm – 7:30pm Dinner 8:30pm – 11:30pm Study / HW

Thursday: 9:00am – 12:00pm Work 1:00pm – 3:45pm Class 4:00pm – 5:30pm Study / HW 6:00pm – 10:00pm Game

Friday: 9:00am – 11:00am Practice 12:00pm – 3:00pm Work 3:30pm – 5:00pm Online Class Notes

Saturday: 1:00pm – 5:00pm Game

Sunday: OFF Study / HW Day

Life of a Student Athlete at UTD"Softball"

Spring Schedule: Monday/Wednesday:

8am Strength and Conditioning Training 11:30-12:45 Class 1-1:30 Lunch/Training Room for

treatment 1:45-2:30 Hitting 2:30-5:30 Practice 5:30-6:45 Class Dinner & Studying till midnight

Tuesday: Practice OFF Class 11:30-2:15 2-6 Math Lab/Studying in Library 6pm Dinner 7-10 Class

• Thursday• 10am Hitting• 11:30-2:15 Class • 2:30-4pm Practice• 4-5 Class• 5-6 Dinner• 6-7 Bible Study Group• 7-12 studying, packing,

and relaxing before games

• Friday/Saturday • If Away 3-8 hours of

travel time both days • Three Game Series

• Sunday• Practice OFF• Study day

On Top of Weekly Competitions, Practice and class, members of the softball team are also:

-PLTL Leaders(1) -First Year Leaders teaching UNIV 1100 (1)

-Campus Outreach Members -Members of the Davison Management Honors Program

-Professional Program for Accountants Members -SAAC Members

-Resident Housing Association Members (2) -Public Health Initiative Organization Members (2)

NSSHLA Club Member Diversity Club Member

Molding Doctors Member -Top 10% of High School class (6)

-Dean's List (3) Off-Campus Job Holders (7)

Community Involvement within the Athletic Department

Donation Drive for the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center

"Comet baseball team announced the signing of nine-year-old left-hander Hamilton Grant as the newest and youngest-ever member of the program."

The Comets symbolically adopted two pediatric cancer survivors in 2015 through team IMPACT and the Friends of Jacklyn Foundation

"UTD Hosted its soon-to-be-annual "Gold Out" game in support of pediatric cancer"

Hamilton throws out the 1st Pitch at the UT Dallas Baseball Game

UT Dallas Men’s and Women's Basketball teams, Letourneau Men’s Basketball team and the Texas Special Olympics Basketball teams

partner for a basketball clinic hosted at UTD

Special Olympics Athletes were announced along side student-athletes

before Saturdays competition

Individual Team Participation in Community Service

The Student-Athlete body took a pledge

to be proactive against sexual

assault at UT Dallas by joining the "It's On Us" campaign

New News/ Upcoming Events within Athletics

Thank you for your attendance and continued support! WHOOSH!

Any Questions?