Official Site of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

October 1st, 2006

•  Called To Order By President Megan Young
   

•  Three Guests Were Present:
      --> Pat Howey, Mike Cappacio & Bill Bolduc
   

•  Mike Cappacio
      --> Looks forward to a great year of athletics for UNCW
      --> Spoke about the financial struggles of UNCW
      --> Constantly working to improve funds (UNCW is least funded in the CAA)
      --> Endowment Fund increase
      --> Currently has 40 endowment sponsors and wants 10 more within the next 5 years
      --> Current Problems Include:
              * Track & Field Permanent Bleachers
              * Baseball Locker Rooms
              * Soccer Facilities
              * Handicap accessibility in Trask Coliseum
      --> No teams will be added until the current sports are fully funded (FOOTBALL)
   

•  Bill Bolduc
      --> Faculty-Athletic Representative (Communication Studies Faculty)
      --> Serves as the liaison for between athletics and staff
      --> Wants to help eliminate the stereotype that teachers give to student-athletes
      --> Two Ideas to "Bridge The Gap"
              * Honorary Coach - This would be a one time special event for a staff, faculty, or community     
                  member to sit in with the team during a game, practice, etc. This could potentially bridge the
                  gap with faculty who don’t understand how hard the student athletes work each day.
              * Faculty Fellow - The team would vote and a faculty member would work as a connector with a
                  team per year or season. Athletes could go to them with academic questions or issues.
   

•  SAAC decided that both ideas were good but only one was needed.
   

•  Pat Howey
      --> Reminded SAAC executive officers about the Athletic Council meeting October 11th
      --> All officers are expected to be present
      --> Golden Hawk Room will be off-limits next week due to the Charlotte Bobcats training camp
   

•  First Event will be the Women's Soccer Game on October 13th
      --> Game starts at 7 PM
      --> At half-time there will be T-Shirts and food for all the athletes
      --> Midnight Madness follows and those events will go until 1 AM
   

•  BryErica Barnes will be in charge of promotions and marketing committee
   

•  Uri Robinson will be in charge of the SAAC website and with help of James Thor will take additional
      pictures for events.
   

•  Blood Drive
      --> A success with 50 more donations than last year
      --> Goal was 200. 177 donated but a lot of people turned away due to time constraint
   

•  CAA Voting for motions and rules will take place at next meeting
   

•  Majority Vote for Athlete Variety/Talent Show
      --> Each team must enter at least one act
      --> Money will go to SAAC Budget (Tickets - $5)
      --> More focus once other events pass
   

•  Athletic Game Wrap-Up