Embry-Riddle SAAC

Mission

The mission of the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Student Athlete Advisory Committee is to implement the Champions of Character 5 Core Values: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership; promote the voice of the scholar-athlete, provide community service opportunities, and maintain a standard of excellence academically, athletically, and personally for present and future scholar-athletes.

Embry-Riddle’s Athletic Department fully encompasses and represents the NAIA Champions of Character’s five core values: integrity, sportsmanship, respect, responsibility, and servant leadership. The athletes and administrators within this program establish integrity in all facets of life, on and off the court and field, by acting noble on our own accord rather than on that of those who are watching. We practice sportsmanship before, during, and after all competitions by being our best selves, physically and mentally, in order to reflect our positive and encouraging culture. We demonstrate the qualities by which, we ourselves, want to be treated by respecting everyone in any and all interactions on and off the field. We encompass responsibility in our daily actions by controlling our attitude as well as holding ourselves and our peers accountable. Also, as servant leaders, we take the initiative to serve our athletic program, our school, and our community by doing our best to lift them up and set an upstanding example everywhere we go.

This program acquires and builds upon a community of athletes and coaches that set an example of the people our university wants to see in society. We pride ourselves not only on our performance during competition, but also our performance in the classroom as scholar athletes. We donate our time and high spirits to outreach activities that will benefit our school and our community. We demonstrate unity as a program and work each and every day to implement that cohesion into all aspects of our lives. The Student Athlete Advisory Committee lifts the voices of our student athletes as they are the future of this program and the future leaders within our community. These characteristics outline the standard of excellence for our athletes today and those to join our program in the future.