KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seimone Augustus received yet another national honor on Saturday, receiving the Bayer Advantage Senior C.L.A.S.S. Award which is presented annually to the outstanding men’s and women’s senior NCAA Division I basketball player.
The announcement of the winners was made by CBS sportscaster Dick Enberg to a live national television audience viewing the network’s telecast of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship in Indianapolis.
The Senior C.L.A.S.S. Award ? an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ? was launched during the 2001-02 season in response to the recent trend of college basketball players leaving college early to turn professional.
Augustus was impressive during her senior year, averaging 23.0 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.9
assists and 1.6 steals. She led the SEC in scoring, was fifth in field goal percentage (.568) and ninth in free throw percentage (.794) while leading the Lady Tigers to a third straight Final Four.
National balloting was conducted during the month of March by three separate voting entities ? a National Media Committee that covers college basketball, Division I college basketball coaches, and nationwide fan balloting. The names of ten Finalists, which were selected from a list of 30 nominees by the media committee, appeared on the ballot.
A points system combined the votes for these groups and determined the national winner of the Bayer Advantage? Senior C.L.A.S.S. Award. Augustus finished first place in all three voting groups, overtaking Monique Currie to gain the overall first place spot.
The SCA Organizing Committee also announced today the men’s and women’s All-Senior All-American Teams for 2005-06.
The women’s All-Senior All-America First Team is Augustus, Monique Currie of Duke, Cappie Pondexter of Rutgers, Sophia Young of Baylor, and Ann Strother of Connecticut. The Second Team includes Notre Dame’s Megan Duffy, Connecticut’s Barbara Turner, Liz Shimek of Michigan State, Candice Dupree of Temple, and LaToya Davis of Texas Tech.
Duke’s J.J. Redick received the men’s honor.
Augustus Presented Senior C.L.A.S.S. Award