AUGUSTA, Ga.- Sophomore Mark McDonald (Auburn, Ala./Auburn) and freshman Zackery Walsh (Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville) of the University of Montevallo men's cross country team were recently elected as the Chair and Vice Chair of the Peach Belt Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), respectively.

A student-athlete advisory committee is a committee made up of student-athletes assembled to provide insight on the student-athlete experience. The SAAC also offers input on the rules, regulations and polices that affect student-athletes' lives on NCAA member institution campuses. Presently, there are separate national SAACs for NCAA Divisions I, II and III. NCAA legislation mandates that all member institutions have SAACs on their respective campuses. Further, NCAA legislation requires that all member conferences have SAACs.

McDonald and Walsh replace Edlin Veras of Clayton State and Lauren Matheny of Columbus State who served as Chair and Vice Chair for the 2010-11 school year.