Point guard Kiki Smith, one of the Gators' leaders on the court, to represent UF at SEC leadership event this weekend.
Smith Selected to Represent Gators on SEC Leadership Council
Thursday, June 27, 2019 | Women's Basketball
Women’s basketball’s Kiki Smith will be participating in a joint meeting of SEC Student-Athlete Leaders this weekend in Birmingham.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – University of Florida women's basketball guard Kiki Smith will be among the five Gator student-athletes to participate in a joint meeting of the Southeastern Conference Student-Athlete Leadership Councils and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Friday and Saturday at the conference's headquarters in Birmingham, Ala.
Smith joins Amara Wiggan (track and field), Tori Bindi (swimming and diving), Dontay Bassett (men's basketball) and Trey Dean (football) in the Gators' contingent at the summit.
A total of 68 Southeastern Conference student-athletes are expected to participate in the conference.
This marks the third joint meeting of these groups since they were introduced in 2016. Leadership councils for the sports of football and men's and women's basketball were created to provide student-athletes with additional opportunities to engage with campus leaders and conference office staff.
The two-day meeting will begin with an open discussion with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey on Friday followed by a presentation on leadership and perseverance by Thaddeus Bullard, WWE's Titus O'Neil (former Gator football player). Dr. Rob Bell, certified sports psychologist and SEC alum will meet with the group on Saturday, and the six Leadership Council chairs and vice chairs will provide an update from SEC Spring Meetings. These six student-athletes participated in various meetings and provided institutional leaders feedback on the student-athlete experience and offered input on proposed SEC and NCAA legislation at the Conference's annual meetings earlier this year.
In other agenda items, SEC Assistant Commissioner Matt Boyer will discuss SEC & NCAA approved legislation for the 2019-20 academic year, and SAAC representatives will present programming ideas from their respective campuses. The meeting will conclude on Saturday with a session on career development with best-selling author Will Baggett and a review of SEC & NCAA scholarship and personal development opportunities with SEC Director of Student-Athlete Engagement Misty Brown.
Former Gator forward and 1,000-point scorer, Haley Lorenzen was the last women's basketball player to represent the program at the event when she attended in 2017.
The rising redshirt-junior Smith, who completed her first season of eligibility with the Gators this past year, is one of three returning starters for the women's basketball team which released its non-conference schedule Wednesday morning.
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Smith joins Amara Wiggan (track and field), Tori Bindi (swimming and diving), Dontay Bassett (men's basketball) and Trey Dean (football) in the Gators' contingent at the summit.
A total of 68 Southeastern Conference student-athletes are expected to participate in the conference.
This marks the third joint meeting of these groups since they were introduced in 2016. Leadership councils for the sports of football and men's and women's basketball were created to provide student-athletes with additional opportunities to engage with campus leaders and conference office staff.
The two-day meeting will begin with an open discussion with SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey on Friday followed by a presentation on leadership and perseverance by Thaddeus Bullard, WWE's Titus O'Neil (former Gator football player). Dr. Rob Bell, certified sports psychologist and SEC alum will meet with the group on Saturday, and the six Leadership Council chairs and vice chairs will provide an update from SEC Spring Meetings. These six student-athletes participated in various meetings and provided institutional leaders feedback on the student-athlete experience and offered input on proposed SEC and NCAA legislation at the Conference's annual meetings earlier this year.
In other agenda items, SEC Assistant Commissioner Matt Boyer will discuss SEC & NCAA approved legislation for the 2019-20 academic year, and SAAC representatives will present programming ideas from their respective campuses. The meeting will conclude on Saturday with a session on career development with best-selling author Will Baggett and a review of SEC & NCAA scholarship and personal development opportunities with SEC Director of Student-Athlete Engagement Misty Brown.
Former Gator forward and 1,000-point scorer, Haley Lorenzen was the last women's basketball player to represent the program at the event when she attended in 2017.
The rising redshirt-junior Smith, who completed her first season of eligibility with the Gators this past year, is one of three returning starters for the women's basketball team which released its non-conference schedule Wednesday morning.
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