Tebow Named To 2009 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Candidate List
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | Football
Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (Jacksonville, Fla.) is one of 30 football student-athletes tabbed as candidates for the 2009 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, as announced on Wednesday.
To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior in the Football Bowl Subdivision and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – classroom, character, community and competition. 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 2009 candidates include student-athletes from 13 teams ranked in the Associated Press preseason top-25 poll. There are five AP All-Americans, one American Football Coaches Association All-American, one member from the AFCA's Allstate Good Works Team and one former Heisman Trophy winner. In addition, three candidates were named to last year's CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American team and five student-athletes have maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 or better, including two who have recorded perfect 4.0 GPAs in their careers.
Last year, the University of Florida made history becoming the only school to claim winners in two sports. Brandon McArthur (baseball) and Stacey Nelson (softball) each took home the award in 2008.
This marks the second year for the football division of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. In 2008, Ohio State University linebacker James Laurinaitis took home the inaugural football award.
Lowe's will announce the Senior CLASS Award winner in early January. 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, coaches and fans, who will select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of classroom, character, community and competition.
2009 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Football Candidates
Name Pos. School
Mike Anello CB University of Notre Dame
Javier Arenas CB University of Alabama
Zane Beadles OT University of Utah
Richie Brockel FB Boise State University
Antonio Coleman DE Auburn University
Eric Decker WR University of Minnesota
Auston English DE University of Oklahoma
Kurtis Gregory OL University of Missouri
Nnamdi Gwacham WR Utah State University
Moses Harris S Fresno State University
Tim Hiller QB Western Michigan University
Jerry Hughes DE TCU
Jammie Kirlew DE Indiana University
Sean Lee LB Pennsylvania State University
Dan LeFevour QB Central Michigan University
Andrew Lewis OL Oklahoma State University
Trevard Lindley CB University of Kentucky
Taylor Mays S University of Southern California
Colt McCoy QB University of Texas
Zoltan Mesko P University of Michigan
Mike Nixon LB Arizona State University
Eric Norwood LB University of South Carolina
Joe Pawelek LB Baylor University
George Selvie DE University of South Florida
Andrew Sendejo S Rice University
Darrell Stuckey S University of Kansas
Tim Tebow QB University of Florida
Syd'Quan Thompson CB University of California, Berkeley
Reed Williams LB West Virginia University
Ryan Wolfe WR University of Nevada-Las Vegas
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