Cornell SAAC Hosts Community Youth Day

Apologies for not posting this back in the spring. We got this information from Ben Jacobs, Cornell College SAAC:

"Last weekend [May 2011] Cornell's SAAC hosted a middle school sports day. We had 50 kids participate and over 30 student-athletes. The event was for 5th to 8th grade students and each student was able to pick three sports and attend a 30 minute mini-camp focused on skills and small games. Afterwards we had a grill-out for everyone that participated. It was a huge success and we hope to do an event like this next spring as well."

Coe's Recent SAAC Activities

Just wanted to keep you updated on some SAAC events we have had at Coe lately.

March 23rd- We had our annual Winter Awards Banquet where all winter athletes/teams were recognized for their accomplishments.  Coaches sum up their seasons and each varsity letter winner is announced and given their letter award.  Those honored included All-Conference, All-Academic and All-Americans performers.

March 26th- Polar Plunge at Pelo Lake for Special Olympics.  Several athletes and Coe students participated.  Each group that plunged raised money Coe raised about $500. 

BV SAAC Hosts "Take a Kid to the Game"

This post from Heather Noll, Head Volleyball Coach and SAAC Adviser at Buena Vista University:

"We had our 'Take a Kid to the Game Day' on Saturday (1.8.11) and it was a hit! We had around 102 kids come to the event! When they got here they got a free height chart, NCAA ruler, sport white board, pompom, a coupon for a free popcorn, and a tattoo! Then they could sign up to win door prizes, guess the how many gum balls were in a container, guess the half time score (both men's and women's), or sign up for the half time activities. During half time of the women's game, we had a classic game of "knockout" and for the men's we had a 35-second shootout (lay-up, free throw, three pointer). The winners received a candy bar and t-shirt, and all participants received a candy bar. It was a great day of basketball with all of the kids here!"

Luther Hits "Nothing But Net(s)"

This post from Luther SAAC Adviser and men's soccer assistant coach Will Maddox:

Attached are some pictures from an event Luther College's LASO (Luther Athletes Serving Others) has put on for a couple years. LASO is service arm of our SAAC, and puts on various events and connects our athletes with local service opportunities throughout the year. This event benefits "Nothing But Nets," a UN-run organization, which supplies malaria nets for sleeping to populations susceptible to the disease. The event involves ping-pong, pickle ball, and badminton tournaments where two people pay $10 to enter a tournament and spend a day playing net sports to raise money for malaria nets for those all over the world in need. The link for the organization is:

http://www.nothingbutnets.net/

Coe Students Conduct Sports Camp for Local Elementary School

Neglected to post this stuff we received from Coe in mid-November. These are photos of the SAAC-run sports camp for students from Polk Elementary School, near the Coe campus. Coe SAAC does a lot with this school. Thanks to Iowa Conference SAAC representative Kelsey Jipp for sending along the photos.

BV Hosts Faculty-Staff Appreciation Night

Another interesting activity from the SAAC at Buena Vista:

"BVU SAAC hosted Faculty Staff Appreciation Night at our home women's and men's basketball games. Each faculty/staff member could sign up for door prizes, compete to guess the half time score of the women's game, compete to guess the half time score of the men's game, and sign up for a 3-point shoot off. Athletics also put on a gathering for faculty staff between games to mingle and have assorted treats.  It was a great turnout and a way to build our relationships with our faculty/staff members across campus."

-- Heather Noll, SAAC Adviser, Buena Vista University

BV Conducts Alcohol Abuse Awareness Program

This came recently from Heather Noll, head volleyball coach and SAAC adviser at Buena Vista:

"Attached are pictures from Alcohol Awareness Week at BV. Student services was in charge of the week, and we teamed up with them for parts of it.  On Monday we brought a speaker in with the message, 'Courage to Care.'  She talked about how she used to be an alcoholic and how to help friends that you might see going down that path. Then, on Tuesday, we had a home women's basketball game. We rounded up two tricycles and two pairs of beer goggles and had beer goggle relay races. Two teams of four raced their tricycles from center court to the free throw line, weaving through cones, hoping off their trike and taking took three shots at the hoop. They then rode back to center court to hand off to the next person. The point was to show how alcohol can really inhibit your ability to do things."