East Texas A&M University Athletics

• To generate a student-athlete voice within the institution
• To solicit student-athlete response to proposed NCAA Division II legislation and to suggest potential legislation.
• To organize community engagement and service efforts
• To create a vehicle for student-athlete representation on campus, conference wide and nationally
• To provide members leadership opportunities by serving on various University, Lone Star Conference and NCAA Division II committees

Division II SAAC's philanthropy is The Make-A-Wish Foundation. It is Texas A&M University-Commerce SAAC's responsibility to raise money for this cause every year. The SAAC also competes on a yearly basis for the Lone Star Conference SAAC Cup. The Lions' SAAC won the LSC SAAC Cup for the first time in 2015 with a then-record 17,873 points. A&M-Commerce student-athletes stepped up their service in the 2015-16 academic year, running the total up to 22,549.82 points. The Lions won the SAAC Cup for the second time in three years in 2016-17 with 25,841.31 and the third time in four years in 2017-18 with 27,015.06 points! Lion SAAC continued its commitment to community service in 2018-19, winning the SAAC Cup for the third year in a row, and the fourth time in five years!

Student-athletes (scholarship or non-scholarship) are eligible to be members. Representatives are selected through a nomination and interview process. There are two voting members from each sport, athletic training and spirit squads. Each team should try and have at least one upperclassman and one underclassman as officers for their respective team. There is an Executive Board that consists of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Committee Chair.

 

2021-22 Executive Board LAUREN SHAW President Soccer CHANCE MULLIGAN Vice President Men's Golf JOE CRUZ Secretary Cross Country and Track and Field NATHAN JESTER Executive Committee Chair Football

2019-20 Representatives  Student-Athlete  Sport Bobbie Culberson  ATR  Talea Westbrook  ATR  Carius Key  MBB  Carson Tuttle  MBB  TBD WBB  TBD WBB  Katherine Duncan  Cheer  Hannah South  Cheer  Claire Beckelman  Dance  Peyton McClendon  Dance  Bryson Jenkins  FB  Solomon Ndukwe  FB  Simon Haas  MGOLF  Jovin Tan  MGOLF  Sophie-Charlott Hempel  WGOLF  Karlee Nichols  WGOLF  Kara Blasingame  SOC  Skylar Sorrell  SOC  Abby Gatlin  SBALL  Uxua Modrego  SBALL  Tim Carr     TF-M     Ushan Perera  TF-M  Destiny Skidmore  TF-W  Iniuto Ukpong  TF-W  Riley Davidson  VBALL  Nicki Gonelli  VBALL 2021-22 Interns  Student-Athlete  Sport  Kuea Angilau  SBALL  Luis Martinez  MGOLF  Hunter Miller  FB  Inma Ortiz Prieto  WGOLF  Christian Wise  FB  Sarah Wongsinth  WGOLF Advisors: Jessica Diaz and Luci Ponce   Tweets by TAMUC_SAAC