Men’s and women’s soccer candidates announced for 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
August 18, 2010
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Sixty NCAA® men’s and women’s soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates today for the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in the two soccer divisions. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
The 2010 candidate class includes seven National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Americans from last season. Half of the 60 have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better, while two have recorded perfect 4.00 GPAs. Seven of the candidates were recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America as 2009 academic All-Americans. Five student-athletes participated in the NCAA Men’s or Women’s College Cups® in 2009. And 20 of the 60 candidates are on the 2010 preseason watch list for the Hermann Trophy, awarded annually by the Missouri Athletic Club to the top male and female Division I soccer players in the country at the end of the season. Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award® winners during the 2010 NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Cup championships in early December.
Each of the 30 candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplify excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
“The nominations for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award for soccer are traditionally strong in community service and academic excellence,” said Tom Lamb, Lowe’s senior vice president of marketing. “This year’s candidate class reflects the strong sense of obligation these student-athletes have to their communities, their universities and their teammates and we are proud to recognize them for their excellence.”
Men’s Soccer 2010 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Anthony Ampaipitakwong | Midfielder | University of Akron |
Jeff Attinella | Goalkeeper | University of South Florida |
Phil Bannister | Forward | Loyola (Maryland) |
Michael Boxall | Defender | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Jeb Brovsky | Forward | University of Notre Dame |
Andres Casais | Defender | Pennsylvania State University |
Matt Eliason | Forward | Northwestern University |
Akira Fitzgerald | Goalkeeper | Wake Forest University |
Matt Gold | Midfielder | Ohio State University |
Sam Hayden | Goalkeeper | UCSB |
Jason Herrick | Forward | University of Maryland |
Clint Irwin | Goalkeeper | Elon University |
Zach Johnson | Goalkeeper | West Virginia University |
Daniel Keat | Midfielder | Dartmouth College |
Ryan Kinne | Midfielder/Forward | Monmouth University |
Kyle Knotek | Defender | Northern Illinois University |
Dylan Leslie | Midfielder | Saint Mary's College of California |
Robby Lynch | Midfielder/Defender | University of Evansville |
Samson Malijani | Forward | Fairleigh Dickinson University |
Alex Mangan | Forward | DePaul University |
Jimmy Maurer | Goalkeeper | University of South Carolina |
Ashley McInnes | Forward | University of Tulsa |
Michael Perry | Defender | University of Denver |
Indy Smith | Defender | University of North Carolina, Wilmington |
John Bayron Sosa | Midfielder | University of Missouri, Kansas City |
Jeremy Vuolo | Goalkeeper | Syracuse University |
Josh Walburn | Defender/Midfielder | Princeton University |
Bobby Warshaw | Defense | Stanford University |
Tommy Watkins | Defender | University of Dayton |
Alex Wood | Midfielder | University of Michigan |
Women’s Soccer 2010 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Kristi Andreassen | Defender | Northern Arizona University |
Kelly Blumenschein | Forward | University of Dayton |
Becky Brown | Forward | Yale University |
Erica Campanelli | Defender | University of Texas |
Amanda DaCosta | Midfielder | Florida State University |
Alyssa Dávila | Midfielder | University of Southern California |
Alexandra Elston | Midfielder | Arizona State University |
Callan Elswick | Forward | Davidson College |
Friederike Engel | Defender | American University |
Lauren Fowlkes | Defender/Midfielder | University of Notre Dame |
Katie Fraine | Goalkeeper | University of Florida |
Jenny Green | Defender | Western Illinois University |
Ali Hawkins | Midfielder | University of North Carolina |
Molly Kinsella | Forward | Vanderbilt University |
Ali Kliment | Defender | Monmouth University |
Shay Mannino | Goalkeeper | Central Michigan University |
Katie McDermott | Midfielder | Fordham University |
Megan Minnix | Defender/Midfielder | University of Charlotte |
Alex Morgan | Forward | University of California, Berkeley |
Annika Niemeier | Midfielder | Oklahoma State University |
Whitney Palmer | Forward | University of Oklahoma |
Nicole Pasciolla | Midfielder | St. John's University |
Mollie Patton | Goalkeeper | University of South Carolina |
Christen Press | Forward | Stanford University |
Katherine Sheeleigh | Forward | Harvard University |
Rachel Shipley | Midfielder | Texas A&M University |
Lina Staropoli | Midfielder | Loyola University Maryland |
Vendula Strnadova | Midfielder | University of Memphis |
Danielle Toney | Forward | Pennsylvania State University |
Jessica Tsao | Defender | University of Portland |