For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 17, 2019
NSIC Media Relations
NSIC SAAC Facebook Page

BURNSVILLE, Minn. - The NSIC will hold the seventh annual "It’s A Slam Dunk, Don’t Drive Drunk" campaign. Started in 2013, the campaign commemorates Drake Bigler, the five month old son of Southwest Minnesota State University’s Men’s Basketball Coach Brad Bigler, who was killed by a drunk driver. 

During designated basketball weekends in the months of January and February, NSIC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) members will be collecting signatures from fans pledging not to drive drunk.  Brand pens and wristbands will be handed out to fans that pledge to join in this initiative.

Over the past six years, NSIC SAAC members have collected over 50,000 signatures from fans pledging not to drive drunk. The NSIC encourages fans to support this effort and to always drive responsibly.
 

2018-19 Dates of Participation
University of Minnesota Crookston	1/18-19/19
University of Sioux Falls	1/18-19/19
St. Cloud State University	1/25-26/19
Upper Iowa University	1/25-26/19
Minot State University	1/26/2019
Wayne State College	1/26/2019
Concordia University- St. Paul	2/1/2019
Minnesota State University, Mankato	2/1/2019
University of Mary	2/1-2/19
University of Minnesota Duluth	2/1-2/19
Augustana University	2/8/2019
Northern State University	2/8/2019
Bemidji State University	2/8-9/19
Winona State University	2/8-9/19
Minnesota State University Moorhead	2/16/2019
Southwest Minnesota State University	2/16/2019

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with teams located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.  The mission of the NSIC is to promote, conduct and regulate competitive sports programs which will assist student-athletes in their successful athletic, academic and personal development. 

About SAAC
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) serves as the primary governance arm representing student-athlete interests in Division II affairs. SAAC members serve as student-athlete liaisons that monitor and discuss happenings on campuses, within their conference and at the national level.

Representatives are responsible for gathering feedback and reporting on behalf of their conference, as well as relaying important events, hot topics and educational information to both the campus and conference levels. In addition to relaying information across campuses and conferences, the committee speaks on behalf of the entire Division II student-athlete body throughout the NCAA governance structure.

Division II SAAC members serve as voting members on a number of Division II committees, including the Management Council. The SAAC also has voting authority during the Division II Business Session at the annual NCAA Convention.