The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, or SAAC, is a committee assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience, meets separately on each of the 12 campuses throughout the year to plan, participate in and facilitate events for the student-athlete community. SAAC also offers input on the policies, rules and regulations that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses.

Each year, the group meets to discuss the individual campus goals for the upcoming year as well as to strategize and collaborate on conference-wide community service initiatives through #BigWestCares. 

SAAC meets monthly throughout the academic year to help develop and execute each of the designated initiatives.

2025-26 Featured Initiatives:
Headstrong, Ride Smart

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2026-27 Big West Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Student-Athlete	Institution	Sport
Jalen Dollar	California Baptist	Men's Basketball
Maddison Arnchi	California Baptist	Stunt
Aspen Chung	Cal Poly	Women's Tennis
Saul Bolivar	Cal State Bakersfield	Baseball
Skye Odom	Cal State Bakersfield	Women's Track & Field
Davis White	Cal State Fullerton	Men's Basketball
Grace Paton	Cal State Fullerton	Women's Soccer
Marin Byars	CSUN	Women's Water Polo
Eli Kaltrieder	Sacramento State	Men's Track & Field
Breija Stredic	Sacramento State	Women's Track & Field
Jaden Dasher	Long Beach State	Men's Track & Field
Abigail Gavrilovic	Long Beach State	Women's Track & Field
Max Fardanesh	UC Irvine	Men's Tennis
Bella Pitchford	UC Irvine	Women's Tennis
Amaury McKinney	UC Riverside	Men's Basketball
Genevieve Megow	UC Riverside	Women's Track & Field
Kyla Bruhn (DI SAAC Rep)	UC San Diego	Women's Water Polo