My name is Jordan Hawley and I am a member of the Men's Swimming and Diving program here at Mizzou. My hometown is Dallas, Texas but I have lived all over the country from Tampa Bay, to San Fransisco, to smack dab in the middle of the two, good ole’ St. Louis, Missouri. During my recruiting process my senior year of high school I looked at many schools but could not find a school that rivaled everything that Mizzou had to offer. With state of the art facilities, premier professors, and an amazing coaches and support staff its hard to want to go anywhere else.I am also in my third month as the acting SAAC president. Crazy acronym I know but it stands for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. So the next question may be “what is SAAC and what do they do?” The SAAC group is comprised of two student athletes from each NCAA team here at the University, along with some at large members. We work very closely with the athletic department and the University to act as a liaison between the 502 student athletes at Mizzou and those who work within the athletic department and the on campus faculty. Through our communications between these groups it is our goal to promote a better place for the student athletes. This includes improving our student athlete study hall, dining hall, weight room and other facilities. We also have an integral part in current and future policies within the athletic department. Also it should be noted that when concerns are expressed within the athletic department or on campus those concerns are communicated to SAAC. In turn the SAAC representatives will communicate to their teams the action steps that need to be taken in order to remediate the problem occurring.
SAAC is very involved in promoting community service opportunities to student athletes. Columbia shows us great support throughout all of our seasons and it seems only fitting to try to show our gratitude. Projects such as each team adopting a local family to help over the holiday season, to working the phones at the children's hospital radiothon, to even hosting a lemonade stand to help support big brother big sisters are all ways that we are trying to give back.SAAC comprises of many who are leaders on their team and throughout the community. As a result we feel as leaders it is our responsibility to act with respect and integrity in all situations. To help encompass what it means to be socially responsible the phrase “We Are Mizzou” was coined. “We Are Mizzou” m eans holding yourself and your teammates to a higher standard. It means being a leader in the classroom and on the field. It means being the best we can be and not compromising one bit. “We Are Mizzou” plays a major role in the entire athletic department and at SAAC we are leading by the “We Are Mizzou” standards.
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