{"id":74865,"date":"2025-08-20T10:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=74865"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:29:06","slug":"new-members-named-to-usopc-collegiate-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/new-members-named-to-usopc-collegiate-advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"New Members Named to USOPC Collegiate Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Robin<\/strong> <strong>Harris, Grace<\/strong> <strong>Latz<\/strong> and <strong>Sydney<\/strong> <strong>Barta<\/strong> will join the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee&#8217;s Collegiate Advisory Council \u00a0as new members.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>Related Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/new-members-named-to-usopc-collegiate-advisory-council\/\">New Members Named to USOPC Collegiate Advisory Council<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/la28-to-implement-naming-rights-at-competition-venues\/\">LA28 to Implement Naming Rights at Competition Venues<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/usopc-bars-transgender-women-from-competing-in-olympic-womens-sports\/\">USOPC Bars Transgender Women From Competing in Olympic Women\u2019s Sports<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/u-s-olympic-paralympic-medical-network-expands-partnership-with-uchealth\/\">U.S. Olympic &#038; Paralympic Medical Network Expands Partnership with UCHealth<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/northstar-meetings-group-extends-agreement-with-u-s-olympic-paralympic-committee\/\">Northstar Meetings Group Extends Agreement with U.S. Olympic &#038; Paralympic Committee<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harris, executive director at the Ivy League, joins the council after at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, the Ivy League had the fourth-most athletes on Team USA with 51 athletes across 12 sports.\u00a0As an Olympian, USRowing board member, chair of the USRowing Athlete Council, Team USA Athletes\u2019 Commission alternate and former collegiate rower at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Latz brings a wealth of experience from both the Team USA and collegiate systems.\u00a0Barta, the first Paralympian on the Stanford track and field roster and Paralympic representative on the Team USA Athletes\u2019 Commission, is a 2024 World Para Athletics Championships silver medalist and a six-time Parapan American Games medalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe connection between college athletics and the Olympic and Paralympic movements has never been more vital,\u201d said USOPC Chief Executive Officer <strong>Sarah<\/strong> <strong>Hirshland<\/strong>. \u201cMany of Team USA\u2019s most successful and promising athletes come from the collegiate sports system, and the guidance of collegiate leaders is essential to Team USA\u2019s growth and success. We\u2019re excited to welcome Robin, Grace and Sydney to the Collegiate Advisory Council \u2013 their deep commitment to student-athletes and Olympic and Paralympic sport will be invaluable as we continue to strengthen this important partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris, Latz and Barta will begin their appointments at the council\u2019s annual meeting at the Women Leaders in Sports national convention this fall.\u00a0 Harris will replace <strong>Scott<\/strong> <strong>Stricklin<\/strong>, Latz will replace <strong>Chaunt\u00e9<\/strong> <strong>Lowe<\/strong> and Barta will replace <strong>Jessica<\/strong> <strong>Heims<\/strong>, who have all completed their terms.\u202fThe 12-member council will be comprised of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bernard Muir (USOPC CAC chair)<\/li>\n<li>Sydney Barta (Stanford University)<\/li>\n<li>Greg Byrne (University of Alabama)<\/li>\n<li>Jen Cohen (University of Southern California)<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Crandall (Wake Forest University)<\/li>\n<li>Bubba Cunningham (University of North Carolina\/USOPC board representative)<\/li>\n<li>Mark Harlan (University of Utah)<\/li>\n<li>Robin Harris (The Ivy League)<\/li>\n<li>Grace Latz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)<\/li>\n<li>Rob Mullens (University of Oregon)<\/li>\n<li>Jamie Pollard (Iowa State University)<\/li>\n<li>Kendall Spencer (University of New Mexico)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robin Harris, Grace Latz and Sydney Barta will join the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee&#8217;s Collegiate Advisory Council \u00a0as new members. 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