University of Tennessee Athletics
Gilroy and Magnoli to Represent Vols at SEC SAAC Meeting
February 13, 2020 | Rowing, Soccer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Seniors Erin Gilroy (soccer) and Jessica Magnoli (rowing) will be representing Tennessee at the Southeastern Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) meeting this Friday and Saturday at the conference offices in Alabama.
The purpose of the SEC SAAC is to provide student-athletes with additional opportunities to engage with campus leaders and conference office staff. Additional councils with similar purposes were introduced by the Conference in 2016 for football and men's and women's basketball. Each council convenes annually, and a joint meeting is held during the summer. The SEC Football Leadership Council conducted its two-day meeting last weekend, and the basketball councils meet during the fall.
Some agenda items for the meeting include a presentation on social justice education by Jen Fry and a chance for the student-athletes to have a discussion with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey. The group will also have a review of NCAA and SEC legislative items and an open discussion on SAAC programs. The meeting concludes with the selection of a new vice chair as current SEC SAACÂ chair Jake Gibbons (Texas A&M) will provide an update from the NCAA Division I SAAC meeting from the NCAA Convention.
Gilroy appeared in five soccer matches during the 2019 campaign before her season was cut short due to injury. The Bellmore, New York, native scored the game-winning goal in Tennessee's 3-1 season-opening victory over Fordham on Aug. 22 and logged a season-high of 47 minutes as the Vols made a trip to her home state to face Columbia on Sept. 1. A two-time All-SEC player for the Vols, Gilroy is also a current member of the VOLeaders Academy and recently traveled to Miami to work behind the scenes at Super Bowl LIV as part of the Big Orange Combine.
Magnoli most recently competed at the Secret City Head Race in the Women's Collegiate 1x race and placed fourth with a time of 24:38.0. During 2019, she was named to the Big 12 Academic All-Conference Second Team and the SEC Honor Roll. The rowing team opens up the spring schedule on March 14-15 at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invite.
Student-athletes scheduled to attend the meeting include: Taylor Morgan (Alabama soccer), Ben Fuller (Alabama men's golf), Lauren Evans (Arkansas volleyball), Jacob Quattlebaum (Auburn football), Chesney McClellan (Auburn volleyball), Trey Freeman (Florida men's swimming and diving), Kristine Akervold (Florida women's track and field), Katie Jackson (Georgia women's track and field), Josh Horne (Georgia men's swimming and diving), Jacob Cook (Kentucky men's golf), Kendyl Paris (Kentucky volleyball), Courtney Henderson (LSU soccer), Aubrey Sultemeier (Ole Miss volleyball), Cade Bethmann (Ole Miss men's track and field), Kanani Price (Mississippi State volleyball), Danny Kovack (Missouri men's swimming and diving), Sarah Thompson (Missouri women's swimming and diving), Parker White (South Carolina football), Courtney Weber (South Carolina volleyball), Jessica Magnoli (Tennessee rowing), Erin Gilroy (Tennessee soccer), Daria Britton (Texas A&M soccer) and Jake Gibbons (Texas A&M men's swimming and diving).
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