URI Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
The URI Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) provides a forum for leadership, communication, event planning, and community service for Rhode Island's student-athletes.
As a URI Student Senate Recognized Group, URI SAAC functions to:
- Promote communication between student-athletes and athletics administration.
- Disseminate information.
- Provide feedback and insight into athletics department issues.
- Generate a student-athlete voice within the campus athletics department formulation of policies.
- Build a sense of community within athletics, involving all teams through SAAC events and programming
- Solicit student-athlete responses to proposed conference and NCAA legislation.
- Organize community service efforts.
| URI SAAC Leadership Team | ||||
| Title | Name | Sport | ||
| President | Ashley Tennant | Women's Volleyball | ||
| Vice President | Erika Szymanski | Softball | ||
| Secretary | Franki Brillante | Women's Track & Field/Cross Country |
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| Treasurer | Kasey Lefebvre | Women's Swimming and Diving |
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| Member At-Large | Emma Aspell | Women's Rowing | ||
| Member At-Large | Maragaret MacDonald | Women's Soccer | ||
| Member At-Large | Siobhan Norton | Women's Rowing |
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| Member At-Large | Cassie Olson | Women's Track & Field/Cross Country | ||
| Member At-Large | Mike Pezzullo | Men's Track & Field/Cross Country | ||
| Member At-Large | Elizabeth Swain | Women's Rowing |
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Athletic Advisory Board Member: Ashley Tennant
Atlantic 10 SAAC Representative: Franki Brillante







