NCAA® Division I baseball candidates announced for 2012 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award
February 23, 2012
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Thirty NCAA® baseball student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates today for the 2012 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 – 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 2012 candidate class includes six CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-Americans from last season and 10 student-athletes with cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or higher. Three candidates were National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association first-team All-Americans in 2011, eight candidates are on teams ranked in the USA Today/ESPN preseason top 25 coaches pool, and three participated in last year’s NCAA College World Series®.
Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award® winner during the 2012 NCAA College World Series, which will be held June 15-26 in Omaha.
The 30 candidates 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, Division I head coaches and fans who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. ?
Baseball 2012 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Pablo Bermudez | Outfield | FIU |
Robbie Buller | Pitcher | Houston Baptist |
Pat Cantwell | Catcher | Stony Brook |
Scott Coffman | Pitcher | New Mexico State |
Bo Cuthbertson | Shortstop | Southern Utah |
Taylor Dugas | Center Field | Alabama |
Matt Hamann | Pitcher | Belmont |
Jake Hibberd | First Base | Wright State |
Todd Hornsby | Pitcher | Jacksonville State |
Mike Le Bel | Infield | Rhode Island |
David Lyon | Catcher | Kent State |
Thomas McCarthy | Third Base | Kentucky |
Charlie McCready | Pitcher | Charleston Southern |
Trenton Moses | Third Base | Southeast Missouri State |
Austin Nola | Shortstop | LSU |
Peter O’Brien | Catcher | Miami (Fla.) |
Nick Orvin | Outfield | The Citadel |
Phil Pohl | Catcher/First Base/Outfield | Clemson |
Zach Price | Infield | Army |
James Ramsey | Outfield | Florida State |
Brance Rivera | Outfield | TCU |
Michael Roth | Pitcher/First Base | South Carolina |
Cam Schiller | Second Base | Oral Roberts |
Joe Sclafani | Shortstop | Dartmouth |
Ronnie Shaeffer | Catcher | UC Irvine |
Tyler Sibley | Second Base | Texas State |
Ross Stripling | Pitcher | Texas A&M |
Brent Suter | Pitcher | Harvard |
Preston Tucker | Infield/Outfield | Florida |
Troy White | Third Base | Northern Illinois |