Four Bulldogs will represent Mississippi State this weekend at the SAAC, SEC Leadership Council Meetings.
Four Bulldogs to Represent MSU at SAAC, SEC Leadership Council Meeting
June 27, 2019 | Football, Men's Basketball, Soccer
by Taylor Shirey, Assistant Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – Four Mississippi State student-athletes will join 64 of their Southeastern Conference counterparts this weekend in a joint meeting of the SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Councils and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in Birmingham.
Football's Darryl Williams and Kody Schexnayder, soccer's MaKayla Waldner and men's basketball's Tate Clayton are set to attend the two-day event, during which representatives from each SEC institution come together to talk about their student-athlete experience, discuss ways the SEC can support student-athletes and collaborate on various programming ideas at the conference and campus level.
The meeting, which takes place Friday and Saturday is the third joint meeting of these groups since they were introduced in 2016 by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Leaderships councils for the sports of football and men's and women's basketball were created to provide student-athletes with additional opportunities to engage with campus leaders and conference office staff.
The two-day meeting will begin with an open discussion with Sankey on Friday followed by a presentation on leadership and perseverance by Thaddeus Bullard and WWE's Titus O'Neil. Dr. Rob Bell, certified sports psychologist and SEC alum, will meet with the group on Saturday.
In addition, the six Leadership Council chairs and vice chairs will provide an update from the SEC Spring Meetings. These six student-athletes participated in various meetings and provided institutional leaders feedback on the student-athlete experience while also offering input on proposed SEC and NCAA legislation at the Conference's annual meetings earlier this year.
In other agenda items, SEC Assistant Commissioner Matt Boyer will discuss approved SEC and NCAA legislation for the 2019-20 academic year, and SAAC representatives will present programming ideas from their respective campuses. The meeting will conclude on Saturday with a session on career development, led by best-selling author Will Baggett, and a review of SEC and NCAA scholarship and personal development opportunities with SEC Director of Student-Athlete Engagement Misty Brown.
For more information on MSU athletics, follow "HailState" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find all-access coverage of the Bulldogs on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
STARKVILLE – Four Mississippi State student-athletes will join 64 of their Southeastern Conference counterparts this weekend in a joint meeting of the SEC Student-Athlete Leadership Councils and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) in Birmingham.
Football's Darryl Williams and Kody Schexnayder, soccer's MaKayla Waldner and men's basketball's Tate Clayton are set to attend the two-day event, during which representatives from each SEC institution come together to talk about their student-athlete experience, discuss ways the SEC can support student-athletes and collaborate on various programming ideas at the conference and campus level.
The meeting, which takes place Friday and Saturday is the third joint meeting of these groups since they were introduced in 2016 by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. Leaderships councils for the sports of football and men's and women's basketball were created to provide student-athletes with additional opportunities to engage with campus leaders and conference office staff.
The two-day meeting will begin with an open discussion with Sankey on Friday followed by a presentation on leadership and perseverance by Thaddeus Bullard and WWE's Titus O'Neil. Dr. Rob Bell, certified sports psychologist and SEC alum, will meet with the group on Saturday.
In addition, the six Leadership Council chairs and vice chairs will provide an update from the SEC Spring Meetings. These six student-athletes participated in various meetings and provided institutional leaders feedback on the student-athlete experience while also offering input on proposed SEC and NCAA legislation at the Conference's annual meetings earlier this year.
In other agenda items, SEC Assistant Commissioner Matt Boyer will discuss approved SEC and NCAA legislation for the 2019-20 academic year, and SAAC representatives will present programming ideas from their respective campuses. The meeting will conclude on Saturday with a session on career development, led by best-selling author Will Baggett, and a review of SEC and NCAA scholarship and personal development opportunities with SEC Director of Student-Athlete Engagement Misty Brown.
For more information on MSU athletics, follow "HailState" on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. You can also find all-access coverage of the Bulldogs on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
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