From MSU Today: Jim Pignataro is in his fifth year as the Associate Athletics Director and Director of Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) at Michigan State. He provides leadership to 13 full-time employees and three graduate assistants who are responsible for managing academic support programs for student-athletes in each of MSU’s 25 varsity sports.

The SASS mission is to offer an academic support program, integrated with the university that will assist all student-athletes with their transition into college. This all-encompassing support continues throughout each student-athlete’s collegiate career until the day he or she receives a diploma, lands a job or enters graduate school. The SASS program is integrated with the total university to assist student-athletes in all phases of college life.

Jim talks about keeping up with the NCAA guidelines on eligibility, multicultural initiatives within SASS and ten years of MSU being a national leader in helping its student-athletes thrive in all aspects of the college experience.

Hosted by Russ White.

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