Courtesy Hartford Sports Information

WEST HARTFORD, CT - University of Hartford senior Alex Morley has been selected to represent the America East Conference as a member of the the NCAA's Division I Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Morley, a three-year letterwinner on the softball team, has been an active member of the Hartford SAAC and will serve as co-president for the 2007-08 academic year. She replaces Albany's Bradley Daniels as the conference's representative at the national level.

The Division I national SAAC consists of one student-athlete from each of the 31 Division I conferences. Members are selected by the Division I SAAC from a pool of three nominees from each of the represented conferences. The Division I Management Council ratifies the appointment.  Each student-athlete serves a two-year term and may be reappointed to a second two-year term.  However, the student-athlete may only serve up to one year after exhausting their eligibility.

The Division I SAAC reports directly to the Division I Management Council, and two SAAC members participate in each meeting of the Management Council as nonvoting members. It is through these two mechanisms that NCAA Division I student-athletes offer input and assist in shaping the proposed legislation and other policies by which their division is governed.

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