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University of Minnesota Athletics
Nohelty Named as Candidate for Senior Award
3/18/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Minnesota senior centerfielder Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) has been named as one of 30 candidate in the sport of baseball for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. The award honors seniors who have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: Classroom, Character, Community and Competition.
Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, expanded the award program in 2007 to include numerous NCAA Division I sports - men’s and women’s soccer, men’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, baseball, and softball in addition to men and women’s basketball. With the addition of football this year, the number of sports encompassed by the nation’s premier award for seniors reached nine.
These 30 student-athletes will be narrowed down to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will then be placed on the official ballot. The ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select the candidate that best exemplifies excellence in the “Four C’s” of Classroom, Character, Community, and Competition.
The 2009 candidate class has representatives from thirty different NCAA Division I schools, each of which has outstanding accomplishments on and off the field. The award winner will be announced and recognized at Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium during the 2009 College World Series.
Nohelty is currently tied for seventh on the Golden Gophers all-time batting average list and is third on school's stolen bases list. Last year, he became the first outfielder in the Big Ten to receive back-to-back First-Team honors since 2003-04. This year, he is batting .328 with 14 runs, seven RBI and nine stolen bases. He is also a two-time Academic All-American, and collected First-Team honors last year. Nohelty has also been named Academic All-Big Ten three times in his career.
Lowe’s, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, expanded the award program in 2007 to include numerous NCAA Division I sports - men’s and women’s soccer, men’s ice hockey, men’s lacrosse, baseball, and softball in addition to men and women’s basketball. With the addition of football this year, the number of sports encompassed by the nation’s premier award for seniors reached nine.
These 30 student-athletes will be narrowed down to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will then be placed on the official ballot. The ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select the candidate that best exemplifies excellence in the “Four C’s” of Classroom, Character, Community, and Competition.
The 2009 candidate class has representatives from thirty different NCAA Division I schools, each of which has outstanding accomplishments on and off the field. The award winner will be announced and recognized at Omaha's Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium during the 2009 College World Series.
Nohelty is currently tied for seventh on the Golden Gophers all-time batting average list and is third on school's stolen bases list. Last year, he became the first outfielder in the Big Ten to receive back-to-back First-Team honors since 2003-04. This year, he is batting .328 with 14 runs, seven RBI and nine stolen bases. He is also a two-time Academic All-American, and collected First-Team honors last year. Nohelty has also been named Academic All-Big Ten three times in his career.
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