EIU Student-Athlete Advisory Council

02/02/2023

01/22/2020

Next SAAC meeting is tomorrow, Wednesday January 22 at 8 pm in the Ike Kennard Club Room!! Come join us!

10/31/2019

Blue Madness was a great event last night! Congratulations to EIU Men’s Basketball on the W! Thanks to all SAAC members that came out and helped with the event. Go Panthers!

10/23/2019

Meet Taylor Steele!

She is a Junior on the women’s basketball team and is a Biological Sciences major from Highland, Indiana.

“Inclusion is such an important aspect of student-athletes because each team is made up of people from different ethnicities, countries, and states. This campaign allows students of different backgrounds to come together and recognize how important diversity is to athletics. Diversity allows teammates to learn new cultures, and languages and be inclusive to all."

10/22/2019

Meet Rade Kukobat! Rade is a Senior on the Men’s Basketball team from Lafayette, Indiana and is majoring in Finance

Inclusion and diversity mean a lot to me and always have meant a lot. I am from Serbia which is in the far eastern part of Europe. When I first came to this country I didn’t know English nor did I know how to act around people because of the differences in culture. I luckily met some kids playing basketball and they helped me with everything that would lead me to feeling less different. Still till this day they are some of my best friends and always will be. Regardless of the gender, race, ethnicity, or religion of a person at the end of the day we are all humans. We should always try to help one another and making people feel important by including them makes a huge difference in that person’s life. Diversity is also key so we can constantly learn from one another and see how other cultures live their lives. Personally I believe if we were all the same life would be kind of boring. There wouldn’t be a need to get to know anyone and you would never learn anything new. Therefore, I believe inclusion and diversity are a huge part in everyday human life. The more people that are around is that are different from you and the more people that we can include in life will only help us in the long run. Just show love to everyone and be happy!

10/22/2019

As Student-Athletes, we are more than just our sports.

Watch for SAAC’s involvement in this year’s NCAA Diversity and Inclusion Social Media Campaign as we feature athletes from each of our sports. We’ll have statements from athletes on Instagram and Facebook, so follow us on both!

For more information on the Campaign, please visit the NCAA Website on Diversity and Inclusion!
http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/inclusion/social-media-campaign

10/15/2019

Mental health awareness week-October 14-18! Thank you to Lifelinks for their support and sponsorship of our event!! More events planned for the week, stay tuned!!

10/09/2019

Mental health Awareness week is next week on EIU’s campus! See scheduled events below and come out and help support this great cause! 💚

09/11/2019

Hi all SAAC’rs! Next meeting will be Wednesday, October 2 at 8 pm in the Ike Kennard Room in Lantz. See you all then!!

12/09/2014

Thanks for coming to and helping make our student-athletes better leaders! Thanks for making it happen!

05/09/2014

Happy Graduation, Panther Student-Athletes!!

05/05/2014

Final Exams start today! Good Luck Panthers!