The SAACs are composed of 75 NCAA student-athlete leaders who offer feedback to NCAA Management Councils and Association committees on legislation, rules and policies that affect student-athletes at the campus, conference and national levels. SAAC is considered the "voice of the student-athlete" within the NCAA's governance structure.

Gray, who represents the Big 12 Conference, will serve as Division I chair through January 2006, while Baldwin will chair the Division III SAAC through September. Division II does not have specified terms for chair appointments.

The SAACs also named vice-chairs for the respective groups. Michael Piscetelli, a track and field student-athlete at Wake Forest University who represents the Atlantic Coast Conference, will serve as vice-chair of the Division I SAAC. Marian Broderick, a volleyball student-athlete at Missouri Western State College in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, was named vice-chair of the Division II SAAC. Tanya Nesbitt, a track and field student-athlete at Smith College and a member of the New England Women's and Men's Athletics Conference, is the vice-chair of Division III SAAC.

The Divisions I, II and III SAACs meet as a group and hold divisional meetings in July, November and January. The summer meetings will be July 14-17 in Anaheim, California. The SAACs also will meet January 6-10 at the 2006 NCAA Convention in Indianapolis. The site and dates for this year's November meeting have not been determined.