Leadership Development

Student Athlete Advisory Committee Generation Gamecock SEC Leadership

Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.) is an organization made up of two to three student-athlete representatives from USC Athletic teams. SAAC is designed to be a means for student-athletes to share ideas and information on what’s going on with their team and to communicate with Athletics administration about issues that affect them. In addition, SAAC actively promotes student-athlete camaraderie and department-wide community service projects. Team representatives are responsible for sharing pertinent information with their teammates. SAAC meetings are held on Tuesday nights. Please contact the Executive Board if you are interested in becoming a member.

2024-25 SAAC Executive Board

Oby Anadi, President
- Volleyball
Taylor Fox, Vice President
- Women’s Soccer
Ella Zeigler, Secretary
- Women’s T&Field/XC
Blair Isenhour, Treasurer
- Women’s Swim & Dive

Generation Gamecock

A three-tiered mentor program that connects current student-athletes with former Gamecock athletes, senior administrators and/or middle-school youth in the Columbia community. Participants expand their professional network, gain valuable insight into careers of interest, and lead by example as mentors themselves. The structure of the tiers allows Gamecock athletes to be a part of Generation Gamecock for life. Each tier is built for maximum engagement and relationship building beyond the academic year. Meetings and communication vary based on discussions between the mentor and mentee.

SEC Leadership

Leadership 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.