Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award Names 2009-10 Men’s and Women’s Basketball Candidates
November 04, 2009
Download in PDF format(Overland Park, KS) – Sixty NCAA men’s and women’s basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were tabbed as candidates today for the 2009-10 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. 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 – classroom, character, community 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.
This year’s candidate class includes 25 players on the preseason watch lists for the men’s and women’s John R. Wooden Award, eight men’s players who are candidates for the AT&T Naismith Trophy, 11 women’s players who are preseason favorites for the State Farm Wade Trophy and three men’s and women’s players who finished their junior seasons as all-Americans. There are four players recognized last year as ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans. Eleven men’s players are from teams ranked in the preseason top 25 poll; while 11 women represent teams ranked in the top 25 women’s preseason poll. Of the 60 candidates, 13 have cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or higher and three have maintained perfect 4.0 GPAs during their collegiate academic careers.
Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award™ winner for men’s basketball at the 2010 NCAA Men’s Final Four® in Indianapolis in April and for women’s basketball at the 2010 NCAA Women’s Final Four® in San Antonio in April.
The two lists of 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists each 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 finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of classroom, character, community and competition.
“Lowe’s is proud to be associated with the nominees for the Senior CLASS Award™ in men’s and women’s basketball,” said Tom Lamb, Lowe’s senior vice president of marketing. “Each of the student-athletes has shown tremendous commitment to their studies during their college careers. They have also demonstrated great character and a passion for community service.”
This marks the ninth year for the basketball division of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. Previous winners of the men’s basketball award include Juan Dixon of Maryland (2002), David West of Xavier (2003), Jameer Nelson of St. Joseph’s (2004), Wayne Simien of Kansas (2005), J.J. Redick of Duke (2006), Alando Tucker of Wisconsin (2007), Shan Foster of Vanderbilt (2008) and Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina (2009). Past recipients of the women’s award include Sue Bird of Connecticut (2002), LaToya Thomas of Mississippi State (2003), Alana Beard of Duke (2004), Kendra Wecker of Kansas State (2005), Seimone Augustus of LSU (2006), Alison Bales of Duke (2007), Candice Wiggins of Stanford (2008) and Courtney Paris of Oklahoma (2009).
Men’s Basketball 2009-10 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Matt Bouldin | Guard | Gonzaga University |
Da'Sean Butler | Forward | West Virginia University |
Devan Downey | Guard | University of South Carolina |
Dodie Dunson | Guard | Bradley University |
Jason Duty | Guard | Duquesne University |
Patrick Foley | Guard | Columbia University |
Marcus Ginyard | Guard | University of North Carolina |
Marquis Hall | Guard | Lehigh University |
Luke Harangody | Forward | University of Notre Dame |
Damion James | Forward | University of Texas |
Adam Koch | Forward | University of Northern Iowa |
David Kool | Guard | Western Michigan University |
Chris Kramer | Guard | Purdue University |
Roman Martinez | Forward | University of New Mexico |
Michael McConathy | Guard | Northwestern State University |
Yves Mekongo | Forward | La Salle University |
Raymar Morgan | Forward | Michigan State University |
Matthew Mullery | Forward | Brown University |
Hamady Ndiaye | Center | Rutgers University |
Dexter Pittman | Center | University of Texas |
Jared Quayle | Guard | Utah State University |
Jerome Randle | Guard | University of California |
Scottie Reynolds | Guard | Villanova University |
Nate Rohnert | Guard/Forward | University of Denver |
Jon Scheyer | Guard | Duke University |
DeShawn Sims | Forward | University of Michigan |
J.T. Tiller | Guard | University of Missouri |
Ben Uzoh | Guard | University of Tulsa |
Josh Young | Guard | Drake University |
Women’s Basketball 2009-10 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Jayne Appel | Center | Stanford University |
Miranda Ayim | Forward/Center | Pepperdine University |
Amy Beggin | Guard | University of New Mexico |
Joy Cheek | Forward/Guard | Duke University |
Alysha Clark | Forward | Middle Tennessee State |
Allyssa DeHaan | Center | Michigan State University |
Claire Faucher | Guard | Portland State University |
Kristen Feemster | Forward | Western Carolina University |
Jordan Franey | Guard/Forward | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Tyra Grant | Guard | Penn State University |
Alexis Gray-Lawson | Guard | University of California |
Kelsey Griffin | Forward | University of Nebraska |
Lisa Helmers | Guard | Loyola Marymount University |
Allison Hightower | Guard | Louisiana State University |
Ashley Houts | Guard | University of Georgia |
May Kotsopoulos | Guard | University of Vermont |
Maggie Krick | Guard | Illinois State University |
Kelsey Luna | Guard | Indiana State University |
Joy McCorvey | Forward | St. John's University |
Danielle McCray | Guard/Forward | University of Kansas |
Jessica Mooney | Guard | Vanderbilt University |
Jené Morris | Guard | San Diego State University |
Deirdre Naughton | Guard | DePaul University |
Lauren Sims | Guard | Long Beach State University |
Jenna Smith | Center | University of Illinois |
Ashley Sweat | Forward | Kansas State University |
Bianca Thomas | Guard | University of Mississippi |
Amanda Thompson | Forward | University of Oklahoma |
Jenny Van Kirk | Forward | Bradley University |
Monica Wright | Guard | University of Virginia |