2012 SEC BaSEB all M Edia Guid E - Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference sponsors championships in 20 sports – 11 women’s sports and nine men’s sports. They
include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s
golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and
women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball.
The SEC’s mission statement reflects the priorities of the league. “The purpose of the Southeastern Conference is to assist
its member institutions in the maintenance of programs of intercollegiate athletics which are compatible with the highest
standards of education and competitive sports.”
• The Southeastern Conference had 22 of its intercollegiate sport programs earn NCAA Public Recognition Awards for academic
success.
• In the 2009-10 academic year, a total of 2,425 student-athletes around the league earned SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition,
an all-time high.
• In the 2009-10 academic year, the SEC had 15 of its student-athletes earn first-team CoSIDA Academic All-America status,
more than any other Division I conference in the nation. The SEC had 36 total student-athletes earn either first, second
or third team mention. The total was second in the nation.
• During the last seven years, the SEC has had more student-athletes honored as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans than
any other conference. The league has had 288 student-athletes named CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including 124
named to the first-team.
• Since 2000, the SEC has had 19 winners of the NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award, which is given annually to eight outstanding
senior student-athletes. Since 2004, the SEC has had 10 student-athletes awarded this honor, more than any other
conference.
• The SEC also had 13 student-athletes receive NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships in 2009-10, more than any other conference
in the nation.
• In 2009-10, the SEC, in a statistical survey that is based on NCAA championships and rakings, placed first in both men’s
and women’s sports. The survey, compiled each year since 1986 by Bo Carter, takes into account final NCAA championship
standings in 10 men’s and 11 women’s sports and poll rankings in football.
• The SEC and its corporate partners host youth clinics each year in conjunction with several conference events, including
the football championship game, the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments and the baseball tournament. These
clinics provide children from host cities the opportunity to receive instruction from SEC and other area coaches.
• In 1992, the SEC became the first conference in the nation to assemble a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Two representatives
from each of the SEC member schools are selected to serve on the committee, which meets twice a year to
discuss issues of concern to the student-athlete.
• The SEC selects a Community Service Team in all of its sports. The Community Service Team features a representative
from each institution who has shown a commitment to community service.
SEC ACADEMIC CONSORTIUM
The member institutions of the
South eastern Conference, with a tradition
of excellence in intercollegiate athletics,
joined forces in 2005 to form the
SEC Academic Consortium (SECAC).
The SECAC was relocated to the SEC
Headquarters in the summer of 2011.
“Under the direction of our
Presidents and Chancellors, we are moving
into the second phase of the conference’s
Academic Consortium.” said SEC
and University of Florida President Dr.
Bernie Machen. “The SECAC will now
move forward with a renewed vision for
supporting the academic mission of the
SEC’s 12 universities.”
Created by the league’s Presidents,
Chancellors and Provosts, the SECAC
was established to provide a collaborative
structure in which the 12 universities
can promote learning, scholarship
and academic achievement.
“This organization provides an
opportunity for our schools to work
together to enhance and share academic
resources,” SEC Commissioner Mike
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Slive said. “This consortium operates
parallel to, but separate from, the athletic
side of the conference.”
SECAC’s core mission is to advance
academic excellence through the collaboration
of SEC universities. The
Consortium has focused on establishing
and operating an Academic Leadership
Development Program, enhanching
coordinated Study Abroad Programs,
engaging campus admissions offices in
cooperative student recruiting efforts
outside the geographic footprint of the
SEC, and building collaboration among
academic deans and department heads.
The SECAC will continue to support
existing programs under a new vision
established by the SEC Presidents and
Chancellors, which shall also include
the following new initiatives:
• Initiation of an academic conference
featuring distinguished faculty
from across the SEC and the nation
presenting and discussing areas of
research and scholarly topics; and
• Implementation of an Outstanding
Faculty Achievement Award to recognize
meritorious academic accomplishments
from those within the
SEC.
SECU
The SEC Academic Network was
relaunched as SECU in September 2010
as a component of the SEC Digital
Network. SECU is an online library
of institutionally produced videos featuring
academic initiatives and stories
from all 12 Southeastern Conference
institutions. Visit SECU at www.
SECdigitalnetwork.com.
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