Hamilton County Reporter

Fishers junior Brynn Urban is among the 18 high school student-athletes from across the Hoosier State will begin next school year as members of the 2019-20 IHSAA Student Advisory Committee (SAC).

Urban, a cross country, track and field athlete for the Tigers, is one of nine juniors who will join nine seniors that are beginning their second year with the group, which will receive hands-on leadership experience in various areas via several IHSAA-sponsored events as well as serve as a voice to the IHSAA staff.

Each year, the IHSAA receives nominations from school principals on behalf of student-athletes from IHSAA member schools. From that group of nominations, 20 are selected for interviews by members of the IHSAA Executive Committee and returning members of the
SAC. From those interviews, nine incoming juniors are invited to join the group of nine
returning seniors.

The other incoming juniors on the SAC will be Brookelyn Brown, North Vermillion;
Brooke Comer, North Harrison; Leyton Czarnecki, LaVille; Ethan Keehn, Lake
Station Edison; Gracie Madison, BarrReeve; Claire Shide, Mishawaka; Graham
Siefker, La Porte and Elizabeth Steinhart, Mount Vernon Posey. The seniors on next
year’s committee will be Silas Allred, Shenandoah; Abby Bannon, Crawfordsville;
Clay Campbell, Jimtown; Lydia Laker, Franklin Central; Grant McAtee, Castle;
Emma-Kate Moore, Knightstown; Tom Newton, Harrison; Edreece Redmond,
Bishop Chatard; Savannah Strieter, Evansville North.

The SAC, which began in 2001-02, represents the entire IHSAA membership of
410 schools, and its structure reflects that of the IHSAA Board of Directors in terms of
classification and districts.

The SAC meets four times annually – twice each semester – and is responsible for
hosting meetings with student peers at the Fall Area Principals Meetings; assisting with
the awards ceremonies at IHSAA state championship events throughout the school
year, planning and administering the annual IHSAA Student Leadership Conference in
June and; to engage in and support the activities of Special Olympics Indiana including the Unified Track & Field and Unified Flag Football State Tournaments.

Other SAC functions include the development of an IHSAA Captain’s Handbook which is posted to IHSAA.org as well as assisting in the creation of multiple public service announcements addressing good sporting behavior which will be utilized during 2019-20 state championships events.