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Senior Leadership Vital Now, Maybe More Than Ever

by Frank Lombardo July 12, 2022 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

The Senior CLASS Award has wrapped up another year with terrific student-athletes being honored for the contributions they made to their teammates, communities, and universities.

2021-22 was a year that stacks up as one of the very best in the award’s history. Each sport had an incredibly deep and well-rounded list of student-athletes, for a multitude of reasons, that were extremely deserving of their nomination.

Leadership has always been instrumental in the world of collegiate… Continue Reading

Back to School! Nominations for 2021-22 Are Now Open

by Frank Lombardo September 01, 2021 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

With summer coming to an end, there are plenty of reasons to be excited about the upcoming school year. Yes, it’s that time of the year again! The Senior CLASS Award has now opened nominations for fall sports in 2021-22!

It’s shaping up to be an incredibly memorable year and we can’t wait to get started. We anticipate even more honorable acts of service in the community, outstanding achievements in the classroom, and record-breaking performances on the field.

We hope you’ll… Continue Reading

Looking Back on the 2020-21 Senior CLASS Award®

by Frank Lombardo July 02, 2021 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

In an extremely challenging year for most, it meant so much for us to honor all of the special seniors during the 2020-21 academic school year - even more so because last year was incomplete. We knew there would need to be a change to our program with student-athletes being granted the option of an additional year of eligibility, and we welcomed the opportunity to be proactive. We encouraged all senior student-athletes, who would have normally exhausted their eligibility at the conclusion of this… Continue Reading

Nominations for Seniors in 2020-21 Will Proceed

by Matt Gasper December 07, 2020 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

As the Senior CLASS Award continues to evolve and maneuver through the COVID-19 pandemic, it has always been our goal to recognize and honor the well-deserving senior student-athletes who represent their prestigious universities during the 2020-21 academic school year.

Nominations for the various Senior CLASS Award sports are beginning to open up and we wanted to take this opportunity to clarify how the award process will be conducted during this ever-changing time and address a frequently… Continue Reading

We’re Honoring Seniors in 2020-21 - Just on a Revised Timeline

by Gary Heise October 16, 2020 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

The Senior CLASS Award has proudly honored the nation’s top senior student-athletes for 18 years. We’ve presented awards to many amazing young stars, some of which have gone on to professional sports careers and others who have been just as successful pursuing other paths in life.

The award launched in 2002 with the inspiring story of Shane Battier, the urging of the late, great Dick Enberg and a group of executives who moved forward with the idea. It has grown immensely into… Continue Reading

2017-18 Senior CLASS Award Highlights

by Jill Lee June 14, 2018 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

Another year. Another 10 outstanding student-athletes honored as Senior CLASS Award winners. We love it! From fall to spring, the 2017-18 academic year gave us some incredibly memorable winners. So, to recap this season, we’d like to recount three of our internal highlights from this Senior CLASS Award year. Take a look!

1. Okay, let’s be honest here. Football winner Shaquem Griffin had one of the most amazing stories in all of sports this year, and we were thrilled to be able to honor… Continue Reading

Senior CLASS Award Year in Review

by Jill Lee June 29, 2017 in Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer,

Every spring when the academic year comes to a close, we get a chance to look back on the “year that was” in the world of the Senior CLASS Award (SCA). It’s always inspiring to remember the student-athletes who were honored and recall what they’d done to deserve the honor.

This year was certainly one to remember for the SCA staff, as it featured several firsts in award history. We saw our first set of twins make it to the round of finalists when Minnesota volleyball stars Paige… Continue Reading

Amber Brooks pays it forward with soccer tournament

by Michael Lewis November 19, 2012 in Women’s Soccer,

At an age where most soccer players are more concerned about playing in tournaments, Amber Brooks was organizing one as a senior at Pennington High School.

In 2009, Brooks and teammate Heidi Sabatura helped found “Score for a Cure” tournament in New Hope, Pa. It is a 3 v 3 tourney for Under-9 to U-13 girls in honor of Charlotte Moran. Moran, a long-time beloved and respected Olympic Development Program administrator who impacted many lives, including Brooks, passed away… Continue Reading

Simonin reaps the rewards of doing the right thing

by Michael Lewis December 11, 2011 in Women’s Soccer,

Let this be a lesson for every soccer player or every athlete that is asked to move to another position.

Prior to the University of Memphis women’s 2010 soccer season, Lizzy Simonin was asked to move from forward to backline. Many players would balk. Simonin, on the other hand, has thrived and has been just rewarded

It should not be surprising that Simonin was named the winner of the Lowe’s CLASS award for women’s soccer for 2011 because she exemplified… Continue Reading

Student-athlete advisory committees are a great way for Senior CLASS Award candidates to be involved

by Laurie Bollig September 12, 2011 in Women’s Soccer,

Being involved on campus when you are a student-athlete can be a bit tricky. With precious little free time after classes, practices, travel and games, today’s college athletes have to be choosy when they select the extracurricular activities in which they want to be involved.

Since the inception of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) at the NCAA level and later at the campus and conference levels, involvement on this committee allows student-athletes to combine their interest… Continue Reading