https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/news/2024-25_News/SAAC_Special_Olympics On Sunday, March 2, the excitement was evident in the smiles on everyone's faces as the MASCAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee came together at Worcester State for a Special Olympics basketball clinic. Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2024-25_News/SAAC_Special_Olympics https://www.mascac.com/community/news/SAAC_Meeting_12-03 The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hosted a speaker to discuss the various areas surrounding mental health at their Annual Meeting on Sunday, December 3 at Worcester State. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/community/news/SAAC_Meeting_12-03 https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/SAAC_Comm._Service_Project One of the main tenants of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee or SAAC is to encourage community outreach. During the MASCAC SAAC project on Sunday, April 16 to cap off DIII Week, the group came together in an amazing way to give back to all eight communities around their institutions. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2022-23_News/SAAC_Comm._Service_Project https://www.mascac.com/news/2020-21_News/ReturnFall The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Presidents announced today a return to fall sports competition during the fall 2021 sports season. This includes the sports of men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. Fri, 07 May 2021 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2020-21_News/ReturnFall https://www.mascac.com/news/2020-21_News/SAAC_Meeting As part of the MASCAC's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Annual Meeting on December 6, the group hosted Ivy Watts as a speaker to discuss mental health and racial issues affecting student-athletes. Wed, 09 Dec 2020 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2020-21_News/SAAC_Meeting https://www.mascac.com/news/2019-20_News/yards_for_yeardley_results During D3 Week April 13-19, the MASCAC held a remote Yards for Yeardley event to bring awareness to the One Love Foundation and its mission of relationship education and awareness for signs of domestic violence. Wed, 29 Apr 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2019-20_News/yards_for_yeardley_results https://www.mascac.com/news/2019-20_News/Yards_for_Yeardley_D3_Week Throughout Division III Week April 13-19, the MASCAC will be hosting a remote Yards for Yeardley event to show support for the One Love Foundation. Wed, 08 Apr 2020 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2019-20_News/Yards_for_Yeardley_D3_Week https://www.mascac.com/news/2019-20_News/MASCAC_SAAC_Meeting At the annual meeting of the MASCAC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee on December 8, the group took part in the One Love Foundation training. Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2019-20_News/MASCAC_SAAC_Meeting https://www.mascac.com/news/2018-19_News/SAAC_Meeting During the December Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) meeting, the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference and Little East Conference hosted a joint speaker to discuss the topic of career preparedness. Tue, 04 Dec 2018 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2018-19_News/SAAC_Meeting https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2017-18/releases/Fra_SB_Team_Impact The Framingham State softball program signed 13 year old Lindsey Franco from Holliston, Mass. in partnership with Team IMPACT Friday afternoon on the FSU campus. Franco signed a letter of intent to join the Rams softball program and plans on joining the team during games, practices and other team events throughout the year. Tue, 10 Apr 2018 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/sball/2017-18/releases/Fra_SB_Team_Impact https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MCLA_NGWSD The MCLA Athletics Department held their annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day celebration on Saturday prior to the MASCAC basketball season finale. The Athletics department welcomed both adults and young girls to campus to participate in this year's popular event. This year's theme was "Play Fair, Play IX". Fri, 23 Feb 2018 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MCLA_NGWSD https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MMA_Childrens_Cove For the last several years, the Massachusetts Maritime Student-Athlete Advisory Committee has been collecting toys for Children's Cove. This year, they were able to collect 650 toys for the organization. Wed, 03 Jan 2018 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MMA_Childrens_Cove https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/SAAC_Meeting_2017 The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hosted a social media speaker at their Annual Meeting on Sunday, December 3 at Worcester State. Wed, 20 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/SAAC_Meeting_2017 https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MCLA_WBB_Christmas The MCLA women's basketball program was in the giving mood last week. The Trailblazers participated in the "Adopt a Family" program run by the Department of Children and Families (DCF). The Trailblazer players were each assigned a child and were responsible for gathering the gifts prior to the upcoming holiday. Mon, 18 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MCLA_WBB_Christmas https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/Salem_State_Beds_Boston_Globe The construction materials for each bed included a bag of bolts, a brief orientation, and the name of a child: Tara. Landon. Amie. The first bed, finished with a fresh coat of white paint, was built for a 12 year old named Grace, who lives with her family in Marlborough. Tue, 05 Dec 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/Salem_State_Beds_Boston_Globe https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/Goodwin_SAAC Massachusetts Maritime junior softball standout Emily Goodwin has been appointed to the NCAA Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference’s representative. The announcement was made by the NCAA and MASCAC Commissioner Angela Baumann last week. Fri, 03 Nov 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/Goodwin_SAAC https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MMA_SAAC_Riverview Members of the Buccaneer Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Department of Athletics staff welcomed students from the Riverview School in East Sandwich to campus on Monday afternoon for a special tour of the Academy’s simulator as a well as a cross country race that took place at Clean Harbors Stadium. Wed, 01 Nov 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MMA_SAAC_Riverview https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MitoAction_MMA Members of both the Massachusetts Maritime men’s soccer and men’s lacrosse teams joined together on September 17th to raise monies and awareness during the 13th Annual MitoAction Energy Walk & 5K presented by Stealth BioTherapeutics that took place at DCR’s Mother’s Rest in South Boston. Nearly $82,000 was raised at the event in support of continuing research in the battle against mitochondrial disease, an inherited chronic illness that can be present at birth or develop later in life and afflicts about 1 in every 4,000 people. Fri, 22 Sep 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2017-18_News/MitoAction_MMA https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Special_Olympics_MASCAC_Event Sounds of laughter filled the air with a little friendly competition on Sunday, April 23 as the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hosted a Special Olympics field day on the campus of Salem State University. Mon, 24 Apr 2017 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Special_Olympics_MASCAC_Event https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Salem_State_Special_Olympics On Sunday, February 12, the Salem State University Athletics & Recreation department hosted seven Special Olympics basketball teams in a half day tournament. Salem State was approached by Special Olympics of Massachusetts (SOMA) to host the event as their teams are preparing for their upcoming regional games. Fri, 17 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Salem_State_Special_Olympics https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_SO_Bball_Game The Massachusetts Maritime Student-Athlete Advisory Committee hosted its second Community Games basketball night of the 2017 Sea Term for Special Olympics of Cape Cod on Tuesday evening, as teams from Wareham, Hyannis, Freetown and New Bedford competed in four contests played inside the Clean Harbors Athletic Center. Wed, 15 Feb 2017 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_SO_Bball_Game https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_Toy_Drive Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the Academy’s cadets and staff, the Massachusetts Maritime Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and members of the Buccaneer Athletic Department staff delivered a record number 673 new and unwrapped toys on Monday morning as part of the annual Christmas toy drive to benefit Children’s Cove of Cape Cod. Tue, 20 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_Toy_Drive https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Westfield_Toy_Drive Westfield State University's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee partnered with Westfield's Volunteers in Public Schools for the 12th straight year to help deliver a merry Christmas for children in Westfield Schools. Tue, 20 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Westfield_Toy_Drive https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_Food_Pantry Members of the Buccaneer Student-Athlete Advisory Committee donated a large quantity of canned goods and other non-perishable items to the Bourne Friends Food Pantry on Thursday morning as part of the SAAC’s annual holiday food drive for the Upper Cape community. Thu, 01 Dec 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_Food_Pantry https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Wor_Pen_Pal The week of Nov. 14-18 the Worcester State University student-athletes in the Athlete Mentor Program (AMP) spent their lunch hours with the students of the May Street School and had a chance to setup a pen-pal exchange with the elementary school children. Tue, 22 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Wor_Pen_Pal https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_SAAC_Field_Day Members of the Buccaneer Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Department of Athletics staff participated in a field day event at the Riverview School in East Sandwich on Tuesday afternoon, as student-athletes at both institutions competed in a cross country race and soccer match at Riverview’s athletic facilities. Wed, 09 Nov 2016 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/MMA_SAAC_Field_Day https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Wor_WSOC_Games On a typical Saturday in September, the Worcester State University women's soccer team is out on the field scoring goals and seeking a victory. However, this past Saturday (Sep. 17) the women's soccer team's schedule allowed for them to spend their day volunteering at Haverhill's 36th Annual Special Field Games. Tue, 20 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Wor_WSOC_Games https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Sports_Doc Dr. Christopher Stankovich, a world-renowned sport psychologist and expert on athletic counseling, was a guest of the Massachusetts Maritime Department of Athletics on Monday evening for a presentation to Buccaneer student-athletes and staff entitled “Reach Your Full Potential: Sports Science Training For Maximum Productivity”. Tue, 13 Sep 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2016-17_News/Sports_Doc https://www.mascac.com/sports/wsoc/2016-17/releases/Callinan_Race Aoife Callinan has had a tremendous impact on the success of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy’s women’s soccer team during her first three seasons with the Buccaneers. But her impact on people in need over the past nine years has been even more substantial. Mon, 22 Aug 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/wsoc/2016-17/releases/Callinan_Race https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Bourne_Reading_Program_MMA Six members of the Massachusetts Maritime football team, along with Head Coach Jeremy Cameron and two of his assistants, welcomed children and parents from the surrounding community on Tuesday morning for this week’s “Books Around Bourne” reading program sponsored by the Bourne Public Library. Wed, 17 Aug 2016 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2015-16_News/Bourne_Reading_Program_MMA