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NCAA DI Women's Basketball Student-Athlete Engagement Group formed
POSTED: September 21, 2020 -- 10:49 a.m. CT
NCAA Division I women's basketball has announced the formation of an NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Student-Athlete Engagement Group that will serve as an amplifying voice for women's basketball on key initiatives, legislation and various issues.
The group, which was formed in collaboration with the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), is the first of its kind at the NCAA and will have a direct connection to the NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and will also serve as a conduit of information from and to the WBCA.
The group consists of current NCAA Division I women's basketball student-athletes from all 32 conferences who were nominated through the WBCA NCAA Division I Conference Captains program that includes a head coach or "captain" in each conference with whom the WBCA communicates regularly on important issues. Each captain submitted the name of a player from their team or conference who they believed would be a good representative for all women's basketball players in their conference. The term of service for each student-athlete will coincide with athletics eligibility for competition. In addition, the two women's basketball student-athlete representatives who serve on the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Oversight Committee, Zipporah (Zippy) Broughton of Rutgers and Liz Wood of Chattanooga, will also serve as ex officio members. The group will meet monthly via teleconference / videoconference.
"This is such an important time for us to provide a forum for women's basketball student-athletes across the country to talk to one another and for us to listen," said Lynn Holzman, vice president of women's basketball at the NCAA. "In support of women's basketball strategic plan, we will listen to what is important and happening with our student-athletes, and we will listen to their advice about the ongoing growth and development of our sport."
NCAA Division I Student-Athlete Engagement Group — 2020-21 Roster
Conference |
Student-Athlete |
Eligibility Year |
School |
|---|---|---|---|
| America East Conference | Jordan McLemore | Junior | Hartford |
| American Athletic Conference | Seraphine Bastin | Junior | Wichita State |
| Atlantic 10 Conference | Livija (Livy) Kaktaite | Junior | George Mason |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | Mikayla Hayes | Junior | Clemson |
| Atlantic Sun Conference | Alexis Pierce | Senior | Jacksonville |
| Big 12 Conference | Madison Williams | Junior | Oklahoma State |
| Big East Conference | Rachael Saunders | Junior | Creighton |
| Big Sky Conference | Daylani Ballena | Freshman | Southern Utah |
| Big South Conference | Lauren McNamara-Clement | Senior | Campbell |
| Big Ten conference | Lauryn Satterwhite | Junior | Northwestern |
| Big West Conference | Danae Miller | Senior | UC Santa Barbara |
| Colonial Athletic Association | Ty Battle | Junior | Delaware |
| Conference USA | Raizel Guinto | Senior | Louisiana Tech |
| Horizon League | Maxine Moore | Junior | Detroit Mercy |
| Ivy League | Christina DiCindio | Senior | Penn |
| Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Emily LaPointe | Sophomore | Manhattan |
| Mid-American Conference | Paulina Castro | Senior | Northern Illinois |
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | Amanda Carney | Senior | Maryland-Eastern Shore (UMES) |
| Missouri Valley Conference | Alyssa Robben | Senior | Indiana State |
| Mountain West Conference | Brooke Walling | Sophomore | Fresno State |
| Northeast Conference | Adrianne Hagood | Senior | Sacred Heart |
| Ohio Valley Conference | Taelour Pruitt | Junior | Southeast Missouri State |
| Pac-12 Conference | Aubrey Knight | Junior | Colorado |
| Patriot League | Katlyn Ghavidel | Junior | Colgate |
| Southeastern Conference | Shakira Austin | Junior | Ole Miss |
| Southern Conference | Aja Boyd | Senior | UNC Greensboro |
| Southland Conference | Anna Maguire | Junior | Houston Baptist |
| Southwestern Athletic Conference | Armani Smith | Junior | Alabama State |
| Summit League | Kennedy Flanagan | Sophomore | Western Illinois |
| Sun Belt Conference | Lauryn Thompson | Junior | Texas State |
| West Coast Conference | Sydney Hunter | Senior | San Diego |
| Western Athletic Conference | Caitlyn Harper | Sophomore | California Baptist |
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