KANSAS CITY (7/31/12) - A pair of Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) SIDs will represent the conference on the NAIA Sports Information Directors Association (NAIA-SIDA) for the upcoming year. NAIA-SIDA is comprised of each sports information directors from NAIA institutions and workds to develop agendas and policies within the NAIA.

Aaron Sagraves of Davenport was elected as an At-Large member of the board at the association's annual meeting in June. Patrick Moore of Madonna was appointed to replace the At-Large void left when Columbia's (Mo.) Cindy Fotti-Potter moved up to the vice president position. Sagraves is the board liaison to the Publications Committee while Moore is assigned to the Branding Committee.

Sagraves spent last year as a member of the NAIA-SIDA Workshop Committee and the chair of the NAIA-SIDA Publications Contests. He has also served on CoSIDA's Academic All-America Committee and was a judge for one of its publications contest.

Moore was a publications contest coordinator for the Football Brochure contest last year, was part of the Statistical Committee, and has been a voter for national players of the week since 2010. In addition to his NAIA-SIDA activity, Moore also sits on the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Commitee and is a member of its Publications Committee.

NAIA-SIDA has seven committes on which member SIDs can serve:
History, Records & Honors - works with national office to gather historical information for national records.
Branding - assists in the development of strategic communication plans to help execute the branding and marketing strategies of the NAIA.
Workshop - plans and implements programming for the annual NAIA-SIDA workshop
Publications - orchestrates the NAIA-SIDA Publications Contests and facilities the Gary Spitler Award for Excellence in Publications.
Technology - provides resources in areas of publication design software, website content management, and statistical software.
Staistical - focuses on monitoring statistical updates and advancements for accurate and timely stats.

NAIA-SIDA Board

President - Jay Stancil, Union (Ky.)
Vice President - Cindy Potter, Columbia (Mo.)
Past President - Sam Ghrist, Cascade Conference
At-Large 2014 - Steve Wilson, Park (Mo.)
At-Large 2014 - Adam Ledyard, Judson (Ill.)
At-Large 2013 - Aaron Sagraves, Davenport (Mich.)
At-Large 2013 - Patrick Moore, Madonna (Mich.)
Secretary (Ex-Officio) - Katie Tooley, Ottawa (Kan.)