Women’s Basketball Candidates Announced for the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award

January 05, 2017

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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (January 5, 2017) – Sixty NCAA® men’s and women’s basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court were selected as candidates today for the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate basketball. 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 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.

Among the 60 candidates, all are in excellent academic standing with 10 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher. Five of this year’s candidates were 2015-16 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-Americans®, and 20 returned to the court this season after receiving All-America honors for their performances a year ago. Each of the candidates also volunteers his or her time with charitable organizations and causes while upholding a reputation for positive character on campus and in the community.

Each of the 30 candidate classes will be narrowed to fields of 10 finalists in February, 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 exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.

The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four® and NCAA Women’s Final Four® this spring. For more information on each of the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.

Women’s Basketball 2016-17 Candidates

Name	Position	School
Evelyn Akhator	Forward	University of Kentucky
Lindsay Allen	Guard	Notre Dame
Sophie Brunner	Forward	Arizona State University
Nina Davis	Forward	Baylor University
Jessica Jackson	Forward	University of Arkansas
Marissa Janning	Guard	Creighton University
Jessica January	guard	DePaul
Seanna Johnson	Guard	Iowa State University
Brionna Jones	Center	Maryland
Sigi Koizar	Guard	Maine
Kari Korver	Guard	UCLA
Kelsey Lang	Center	University of Texas
Breanna Lewis	Center	Kansas State
Marina Lizarazu	Guard	Iona College
Erica McCall	Forward	Stanford
Taylor McCarley	Guard	UMBC
Lanay Montgomery	Center	West Virginia University
Adrienne Motley	Guard	University of Miami
Kendall Noble	Guard	Western Kentucky
Ellen Nystrom	Guard	Colorado State University
Kelsey Plum	Guard	University of Washington
Rosanna Reynolds	Guard	University of Detroit Mercy
Leticia Romero	Point Guard	Florida State University
Elle Tinkle	Guard	Gonzaga University
Shatori Walker-Kimbrough	Guard	Maryland
Madison Weekly	Guard	University of Northern Iowa
Lizzy Wendell	Forward	Drake University
Kindred Wesemann	Guard	Kansas State
Sydney Wiese	Guard	Oregon State
Ronni Williams Publicado en:	Forward	University of Florida

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