Stellar Former Student-Athlete Joins NCAA Board of Governors

Former UT Dallas student-athlete Isaiah Swann BS’20 was selected as one of 16 members on the reorganized NCAA Board of Governors.

In January 2022, the NCAA adopted a new constitution, and Swann’s selection makes him one of only three graduated student-athletes on the board — one each from a Division I, II or III institution. They are the first former student-athletes to serve on the board.

Swann, while at UTD, was an infielder for the Comets baseball team and a Collegium V Honors graduate in neuroscience. He is now in the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, where he is working toward an MD/PhD.

“The opportunity to represent the voice of student-athletes at the highest level of governance is a privilege I do not take lightly,” Swann said. “I look forward to working my hardest on behalf of student-athletes at all levels, but particularly on behalf of Division III student-athletes.”

While at UTD, Swann served on the University’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), the NCAA Division III SAAC, the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, and the NCAA COVID-19 Advisory Panel.

He also served on a mental health panel at the 2020 NCAA Convention, which he said, “reinforced my desire to advocate for mental health resources for all student-athletes — and people generally.”

“In short, UTD and UTD athletics are responsible for forging me into the citizen I am today,” he said.

– Stephen Fontenot