Building the student - athlete for the 21st century
A joint venture between the...Department of Movement Studies and Exercise Science &The Department of Athletics
Mission Statement
The mission of the Student-Athlete Center for Excellence (SACE) is to provide all student-athletes with the guidance, counseling and instruction necessary to enhance academic and athletic performance. Further, the SACE will allow the student-athlete to strive towards their individual potential in order to achieve overall excellence.
Academic Services Offered:
- Assistance in acquiring tutorial services
- Academic Counseling
- Assistance in Major declaration
- CHAMPS/Life Skills programming
- Referral coordination for other university agencies
- Progress reports/Academic monitoring
Current Research Projects
- Dietary Knowledge of all Student-Athletes
- Wrestling Weight Certification Issues
- Nutritional Supplement Usage
- Body Composition and Performance
- Indices in Selected Athletic Teams
- Overtraining Markers in Selected Athletic Teams
Exercise Science Services Offered:
- Body Composition/Nutritional Analyses:
- Body Composition (% Body Fat) Analyses
- Dietary Analyses
- Nutritional: Psychological Assessment
Hydration or Body Water Status
- Nutritional Counseling
- Cardiopulmonary Analyses:
- Fitness/Fatigue Profile
- Aerobic Power Analyses
- Overtraining Analyses:
- psychological inventories,submaximal heart rate
In the Future...
- Aerobic Power Analyses
- Anaerobic Power Analyses
- Flexibility Analyses
- Muscular Strength Analyses
- Muscular Endurance Analyses
- Wellness Inventories
"I had a one-on-one meeting with Dr. Shala Davis (a professor of Exercise Science and a member of the SACE staff). She helped me understand which foods were good for me as an athlete and which weren't," Danielle Centurione, Cross Country and Track and Field Runner
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