July 2019–Present
NCAA, Division I National SAAC Representative
- Represent DI SAAC on the NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee as well as the Legislative Relief Committee.
- Represent student-athletes at the institutional, conference, and national level by providing insight, voicing concerns, and proposing solutions relevant to rules and policies that affect student-athletes.
- Promote personal and professional growth as well as education through purposeful and active sports participation.
- Recommend legislative proposals to enhance the student-athlete experience.
December 2019-Present
National SAAC Social Media Co-chair
- Foster better communication, cohesive design, and new media campaigns for media and communication subcommittee.
- Collaborate on social media and educational campaigns with other national SAACs.
- Create content to increase student-athlete engagement across all social media platforms.
- Changed social media account from personal to business in order to track impressions, interactions, and followers.
- Increased Instagram followers by 275% over the course of a year.
January 2017–December 2019
Chicago State Volleyball, Team Captain
- Organized open gyms, team lifts, laundry schedules, team bonding activities, clothing itinerary for travel weekends, food orders, and travel forms.
- Broke down different stats on Volleymetrics to increase improvement and facilitate tailored practice plans.
- Helped provide insight and information for prospective student-athletes and recruits during official visits and campus tours.
- Liaison between coaches and players to hold teammates accountable for coaches' expectations, schedule changes, and consequences in addition to voicing players' needs and ideas.
May 2018 -May 2020
Chicago State University, SAAC President
- Responsible for coordinating the annual athletics banquet including a business proposal, ordering awards, catering, creating slideshows, and script planning.
- Fundraised and created the foundation to establish an on-campus food pantry for the greater SouthSide Chicago community through a SAAC can food drive.
- Amended SAAC constitution and bylaws to improve transparency, turnover, and best practices for future SAAC leaders.
- Assessed athletic director candidates in Parker Executive Search Committee.
- Created additional funding for SAAC budget by establishing SAAC as an on-campus club.
- Collaborated with athletic consultants to enhance student-athlete experience.
January 2018-March 2019
Western Athletic Conference, SAAC President & Vice President
- Helped create agenda items and led monthly conference calls as well as in-person meetings.
- Represented WAC SAAC on additional FAR, Council, and other administrative committee calls.
- Voted on issues and proposals on behalf of WAC SAAC and WAC student-athletes.
- Passed recommendations to enhance the communication between campuses and athletic departments to provide student-athletes mental resources as well as provide annual education and training for athletic administrators and coaches on student-athlete mental health.
- Updated the WAC Council on WAC SAAC yearly overview and future initiatives at the council meetings in PHX, AZ.
