SAVE Mission
Student Athlete Volunteer Educators (SAVE) is a group of Gustie athletes who are devoted to educating their fellow athletes on healthy lifestyle choices. SAVE members:
- Create, design, and implement programs that encourage academic achievement, healthy promotion, social responsibility and general life skills among student-athletes.
- Act as a resource and help athletes make connections with other departments and organizations on campus.
- Raise awareness of healthy lifestyles among the Gustavus athletic community through a variety of media campaigns
- Act as a resource and provide social opportunities for all first year athletes to help with the adjustment of being a college student-athlete.
- Serve as a liaison between the athletic department and campus departments to promote wellbeing events.
Organization and Responsibilities
SAVE is made up of 13-15 sophomore, junior, and senior student-athletes from a variety of sports.
Responsibilities of SAVE members include:
- Educate student athletes about healthy lifestyles through presentations and speakers and model this behavior to others
- Attend once a week meetings (program and/or training meetings)
- Actively communicate with the advisor and other peer group members
- Assist in the evaluation of program efforts, goals and outcomes and offer input into future directions for the program
- Assist in mentoring first-year student-athletes .
Meetings are held bi monthly on Monday nights at 8pm in Lund Center.
2024-2025 SAVE Members
Margot Bettman, Junior - Women’s Hockey
Cody Bonk, 5th Year - Football
Kate Carlson, Senior - Track & Field'
Dylan Ehlers, Junior - Soccer
Abby Elliott, Senior - Women’s Hockey
Olivia Guggenberger, Junior - Softball
Rachel Kawiecki, Senior - Basketball
Brady Kienitz, Senior - Basketball
Lauren Lambert, Junior - Softball
Callie Patraw, Senior - Soccer
Izzy Quick, 5th Year - Basketball
Tylor Stroh, 5th Year - Football
Alaina Syverson, Senior - Gymnastics
Allison Szalay, Junior - Tennis
Eli Wolff, Junior - Basketball
