By Casey Shillabeer ’22, staff writer 

Going on a tour of the athletic facilities is one of the main features of a prospective student athlete’s tour.  

Nicole Guadagnino, a senior on the women’s soccer team and president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), sat down on a panel with other student athletes and head athletics personnel. They discussed future amenities that can be added to LVC’s athletic facilities and ways to make the student-athlete experience better. 

SAAC consists of three to four representatives of each team. They come together once a month to talk about how to better the athlete and non-athlete experience at LVC.  

LVC athletes and staff have an idea of how the athletics facilities could be improved. Some of the ideas mentioned were adding locker rooms for soccer and baseball by their respective fields, resurfacing or separating the track from the football field and having ice hockey equipment to use on campus.  

“The main take away from our meeting was not to change the athlete experience, but how to make it better for future athletes to come,” Guadagnino said.  

The student panel also talked about their why for coming to LVC and what made their experience great.  

“LVC was the friendliest environment that I had experienced, especially coming from northern New Jersey,” Guadagnino said. 

Tim Ervey, a junior football player and SAAC representative, also gave his reasoning for choosing LVC over other schools.  

“I came to LVC because of the Physical Therapy program as it is one of the best DPT programs around here,” Ervey said. “I also was very welcomed on my visits by the football team and other students around campus.” 

The exciting additions discussed by SAAC members could be made in the next year or close future.