The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award is an annual college athletic award in the NCAA Division I. Qualified competitors must be seniors who have remained within their NCAA Division I college for a four-year commitment and achieved excellence in one of nine sports.[1].
The award was established in 2001 in men's basketball, with Duke University's Shane Battier named the first-ever recipient. Announcer Dick Enberg had suggested the creation of the award based on Battier's decision to return to school for his senior season instead of declaring his eligibility for the NBA Draft[2].
Women's basketball was added the following year, in 2002. The award's was expanded in 2007 to name winners in baseball, men's ice hockey, men's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer and softball. The inaugural Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in football will be named at the conclusion of the 2008-09 season.
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