A Look Back at the Student Advisory Council
Started in the 2006-07 school year, the Student Advisory Council annually gives feedback to MHSAA staff and helps out at MHSAA tournaments. This April 2025 article reviewed the group's history, while this PDF lists all students who have participated in the council.
MHSAA Student Advisory Council Names Members from Class of 2027
Eight student-athletes who will be juniors at their schools during the 2025-26 academic year have been selected to serve two-year terms on the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Student Advisory Council.
Student Advisory Council Belief Statement
Adopted Nov. 2007
As the voice of Michigan’s student-athletes, the Student Advisory Council’s role is to convey the message of how high school sports are supposed to be played. We are responsible for helping the MHSAA maintain a positive and healthy atmosphere in which interscholastic athletes can thrive.
We believe athletes should be competitive, sportsmanlike and excel academically. We believe students in the stands should have fun, but not take the focus away from the game. We believe coaches should act as teachers, helping student-athletes develop while still keeping high school sports in perspective. We believe that parents should always be positive role models and be supportive of their child’s decisions. We believe officials commit their own time to high school sports and respect should always be shown and given to them.
The most important goal for student-athletes is to enjoy high school sports while keeping a high level of respect between all those involved in the games.
- Written by the Student Advisory Council, adopted by MHSAA Representative Council in Nov. 2007
Online Captains Course Teaches Students Nationwide
The valuable lessons student leaders have received over the last decade during Captains Clinics presented statewide by Michigan High School Athletic Association staff are now available to students nationwide and beyond as part of an online Captains Course produced by the MHSAA and available from the National Federation of State High School Associations on its Learning Center website.
The Captains Course, created over two years with assistance from Michigan State University’s Institute for the Study of Youth Sports (ISYS), is broken into 10 segments providing instruction on leadership styles and skills to how to handle situations faced by leaders of teams in any sport. A total of 20 past members of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council speak during the program, providing peer-to-peer guidance that has proven effective in student leadership campaigns.
Student Advisory Council Featured on Fox Sports Detroit
The MHSAA Student Advisory Council was recently featured on STATE CHAMPS! Check it out!