Fredette Named a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Candidate

OVERLAND PARK -- BYU guard Jimmer Fredette is among the 60 NCAA men’s and women’s student-athletes who were selected as candidates today for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award in 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 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.

Fredette averaged 22.1 points and 4.7 assists last season while leading the Cougars to a 30-6 record and a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He has been named to five preseason All-America teams (AP, Blue Ribbon, Athlon Sports, Sporting News and Dick Vitale) and the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Top 50.

The 2011 men’s candidate class includes three CoSIDA Academic All-Americans from a year ago, nine student-athletes on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award, 16 players with grade point averages of 3.0 and above and eight from teams ranked in the Associated Press preseason top 25. The 2011 women’s candidate class includes five players who were CoSIDA Academic All-Americans last year, 22 student-athletes with grade point averages of 3.0 or better, four players who participated in the 2010 Women’s Final Four and 15 players on the preseason watch list for the John R. Wooden Award. Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the men’s basketball Senior CLASS Award winner at the NCAA Men’s Final Four in Houston and the women’s basketball Senior CLASS Award winner at the NCAA Women’s Final Four in Indianapolis.

The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 men’s and 10 women’s finalists midway through the regular season, and those 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 community, classroom, character and competition.

“The young men and women who have been selected as candidates for the basketball award are shining examples of student-athletes who exercise time management every day, juggling class work and community service with practice and games,” said Tom Lamb, Lowe’s senior vice president of marketing. “The ability to balance things that are important to them will be a skill they will use throughout their lives.”


For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.

2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award 
Men’s Basketball Candidates

Name, Position, School


Kevin Anderson, Guard, Richmond

John Ashworth, Guard, IUPUI

Devon Beitzel, Guard, Northern Colorado

Noah Dahlman, Forward, Wofford

Malcolm Delaney, Guard, Virginia Tech

Dodie Dunson, Guard, Bradley

Kenneth Faried, Center, Morehead State

Jimmer Fredette, Guard, BYU

Dairese Gary, Guard, New Mexico

Devin Gibson, Guard, Texas San Antonio

Jeremy Hazell, Guard, Seton Hall

Blake Hoffarber, Guard, Minnesota

Matt Howard, Forward, Butler

Gary Johnson, Forward, Texas

Cameron Jones, Guard, Northern Arizona

Rob Keefer, Guard, Lehigh

Andrew Keister, Forward/Center, Holy Cross

Kenny Lawson, Jr., Center, Creighton

Jon Leuer, Forward, Wisconsin

David Lighty, Guard, Ohio State

Mickey McConnell, Guard, St. Mary’s (Calif.)

Brendan McKillop, Guard, Davidson

E’Twaun Moore, Guard, Purdue

Jacob Pullen, Guard, Kansas State

Tyrel Reed, Guard, Kansas

Damian Saunders, Forward, Duquesne

Xavier Silas, Guard, Northern Illinois

Kyle Singler, Forward, Duke

Chris Warren, Guard, Mississippi

Chris Wright, Forward, Dayton

2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award 
Women’s Basketball Candidates

Name, Position, School


Kachine Alexander, Guard, Iowa

Erin Anthony, Forward, Army

Angie Bjorklund, Guard/Forward, Tennessee

Jessica Breland, Forward, North Carolina

Victoria Dunlap, Forward, Kentucky

Dawn Evans, Guard, James Madison

Amber Harris, Forward, Xavier

Ify Ibekwe, Forward, Arizona

Amy Jaeschke, Center, Northwestern

Alyssa Karel, Guard, Wisconsin

Michelle Kirk, Forward, American

Jantel Lavender, Center, Ohio State

Maya Moore, Forward, Connecticut

Kayla Pedersen, Forward, Stanford

Ta’Shia Phillips, Center, Xavier

Julie Piper, Forward, Eastern Washington

Jeanette Pohlen, Guard, Stanford

Lauren Prochaska, Forward, Bowling Green

Erica Prosser, Guard, Lehigh

Sam Quigley, Guard, DePaul

Liz Repella, Guard, West Virginia

Jence Rhoads, Guard, Vanderbilt

Danielle Robinson, Guard, Oklahoma

Jaleesa Ross, Guard, Fresno State

Sam Schuett, Forward, Creighton

Brittney Smith, Forward, Dartmouth

Helena Sverrisdottir, Guard/Forward, TCU

Kayla Tetschlag, Guard/Forward, Green Bay

Jasmine Thomas, Guard, Duke

Courtney Vandersloot, Guard, Gonzaga

ABOUT THE AWARD

An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in four areas: community, classroom, character and competition. The award program is designed exclusively for college seniors who are utilizing their complete athletic eligibility, remaining committed to their university and pursuing the many rewards a senior season can bring. Sportscaster Dick Enberg, honorary chair of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, first conceived the idea of an award for seniors in 2001 in response to the growing trend of men's basketball players leaving school early for the NBA. The award program has expanded from men's and women's basketball to include 10 NCAA Division I sports. The award is sponsored by Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, and is managed by Premier Sports Management.

ABOUT LOWE'S

With fiscal year 2009 sales of $47.2 billion, Lowe's Companies, Inc. is a FORTUNE 50 company that serves approximately 15 million customers a week at more than 1,725 home improvement stores in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Founded in 1946 and based in Mooresville, NC, Lowe's is the second largest home improvement retailer in the world.

Lowe's is an Official Corporate Partner of the NCAA.

ABOUT THE NCAA

The NCAA is a membership-led nonprofit association of colleges and universities committed to supporting academic and athletics opportunities for more than 400,000 student-athletes at more than 1,000 member colleges and universities. Each year, more than 54,000 student-athletes compete in NCAA championships in Divisions I, II and III sports. Visit NCAA.org and NCAA.com for more details about the Association, its goals and members and corporate partnerships that help support programs for student-athletes.