Mitchell Treend and Lindsey Montgomery, Chair and Vice-Chair
LA GRANDE, Ore. - Mitchell Treend and Lindsey Montgomery has been selected by their peers as the Chair and Vice Chair for the newly formed Cascade Conference Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). The Conference office announced today.
Treend, a senior at The Evergreen State College has been elected Chair. He participates on the men’s soccer team and is from Vancouver, Washington. Montgomery, a junior from Salem, Oregon plays volleyball for the Concordia Cavaliers and was elected Vice-Chair.
Montgomery and Treend will lead a group of twenty CCC student athletes as the inaugural year of the SAAC gets underway. Committee members met on September 15
th in conjunction with the fall Council of Athletic Directors meetings and a compliance seminar.
The CCC- SAAC serves the following functions:
- Discuss and provide feedback on conference issues affecting student-athlete welfare
- Assist in educating student athletes about CCC/NAIA issues on their home campus
- Increase and improve student-athletes' understanding of the CCC and NAIA Legislative process
- Promote student-athlete participation in department wide Champions of Character programs
- Provide a forum for addressing student-athlete concerns
SAAC Committee