BOSTON, Mass. -- Simmons junior Nafeesa Connolly (Natick, Mass.) authored an article titled Connecting the Sports Information Director and the Student-Athlete, which was published on the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III website Thursday morning.

Connolly, an outside hitter on the Sharks Volleyball team, is a member of the NCAA Division III National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In June, she traveled to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) convention to present on the first-ever student panel entitled "Serving Student-Athletes: Are we getting it right?" The panel consisted of students from across Division I, II, III and the NAIA to address communications challenges from the student perspective, and how sports communications professionals can work with student-athletes to promote their sport programs.

In the article, Connolly further explores her own experience at Simmons as a student-athlete and SAAC member, and her ideas to continue promoting the sports information department within the student-athlete community.

Please click here to view her article on ncaa.org.