Athletes for Athletes (AFA) Program

The purpose of this program is to give athletes the opportunity to support each other and learn more about the various sports through attendance at competition. One AFA event is scheduled for each team during a home competition each season, and all athletes who are not traveling or in class are asked to attend.

AFA Spotlight Athlete Award Description: 

The AFA Spotlight Athlete is a peer-nominated award that recognizes the outstanding performances by a student-athlete who did not receive any national, conference, of school recognition. The award is given to at least one male and female student-athlete at each AFA, based on nominations submitted. The student-athletes who receive this award will receive a certificate signed by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Executive Board and a handwritten note from their coach. The award was created by the SAAC Executive Board to recognize more of the outstanding performances by their peers.

AFA Spotlight Athlete Recipients:

Women’s Volleyball AFA

• Brittney Kuras, Women’s Swimming and Diving
• Lightweight Four, Katherine Evely, Julia Hahn, Cornelia Willis, Maggie Lawn, Katie Coffin
• Damien David, Men’s Tennis
• Matt Pollock, Baseball

Women’s Soccer AFA

• Shelby Janutol, Women’s Cross Country
• Brooklynn Ventura, Women’s Track and Field

Cross Country AFA

• Lukas Fedler, Men’s Soccer
• Hanna Victor, Rowing

Men’s Soccer AFA

• Akeila Lain, Volleyball
• Kara Patrick, Women’s Cross Country

Women’s Basketball AFA

• Ava Giachino, Women’s Swimming and Diving
• Tony Daniel, Football

Football AFA

• Jessica Powers, Women’s Swimming and Diving
• Sarah Moore, Women’s Soccer