Mulkey Named Senior CLASS Award Candidate
2/8/2021 4:19:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Recognizes 30 student-athletes
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Rice women's basketball senior Nancy Mulkey has been named a candidate for the 2021 Senior CLASS Award as a top basketball student-athlete who excels both on and off the court.
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 followed this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the 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.
Mulkey, who most recently was named a Top-10 candidate for the Lisa Leslie Award honoring the nation's top center, leads the Owls in scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounding (7.8 rpg), and blocked shots (3.09 bpg-9th in NCAA). In addition, Mulkey ranks fifth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (61.0).
Mulkey posted a 3.47 GPA as an undergrad and was twice named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. She is currently in the post baccalaureate program at Rice after receiving her degree in kinesiology. The C-USA Preseason Player of the Year has volunteered her time at Reliant Pediatric Therapy Services, where she assists therapists and has also assisted at the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital.
The women's candidates will be narrowed to two fields of 10 finalists in late February, 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 then select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four C's of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2021 NCAA Men's Final Four® and NCAA Women's Final Four® this spring.
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 followed this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the 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.
Mulkey, who most recently was named a Top-10 candidate for the Lisa Leslie Award honoring the nation's top center, leads the Owls in scoring (16.2 ppg), rebounding (7.8 rpg), and blocked shots (3.09 bpg-9th in NCAA). In addition, Mulkey ranks fifth in the NCAA in field goal percentage (61.0).
Mulkey posted a 3.47 GPA as an undergrad and was twice named to the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. She is currently in the post baccalaureate program at Rice after receiving her degree in kinesiology. The C-USA Preseason Player of the Year has volunteered her time at Reliant Pediatric Therapy Services, where she assists therapists and has also assisted at the Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital.
The women's candidates will be narrowed to two fields of 10 finalists in late February, 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 then select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four C's of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2021 NCAA Men's Final Four® and NCAA Women's Final Four® this spring.
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