Ellis to Represent Pac-12 at NCAA Autonomy Conference

Oregon State senior volleyball player Kayla Ellis is among 15 student-athletes participating in the Autonomy governance process that gives the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC the ability to enact NCAA rule changes in specific legislative areas. The conference will take place in Orlando, Fla. on Thursday.

Ellis, who exhausted her athletic eligibility in the fall and majors in kinesiology, is one of three Pac-12 representatives including Malcolm Holland (Arizona football) and Khadejah Jackson (Oregon track & field). Ellis, a native of Pocatello, Idaho, finished her OSU career ranked third on the school's all-time list with 1,487 digs.

Eighty voting members will consider a series of proposals as part of the Autonomy governance process that gives the five conferences the ability to enact NCAA rule changes in specific legislative areas.

Many of the 11 proposals under consideration were submitted this past fall, including mental health services and resources, and the role of agents in assisting student-athletes with career planning and decision making.

The meeting will include representatives from each of the 65 member schools of the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC conferences and 15 student-athlete representatives, each of whom will have a full vote and has been included in the ongoing discussions at the conference level.

In the previous four Autonomy sessions, representatives have enacted significant reforms to help student-athletes succeed in college and in life, in areas including time balance, scholarship protections, cost of attendance, concussion protocol and student-athlete welfare.

About the Autonomy Session
The autonomy proposals will be reviewed and voting on the proposals will occur during the Autonomy Discussion Forum and Business Session on Thursday, January 24, beginning at noon (ET).

Proposals can be approved by one of the following methods:

60 percent of all votes (48 votes) and a simple majority support from schools in three of the five conferences, or;
A majority of all votes (at least 41) and simple majority support from the schools in four of the five conferences.

In addition to representatives from the 65 universities, 15 student-athletes will give a voice for the tens of thousands of current student-athletes in the five conferences.

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