April 2, 2007
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The Lowe's Senior CLASS Award will reveal its 2007 women's basketball recipients Tuesday night on ESPN during the network's coverage of the NCAA Championship game between Tennessee and Rutgers.
The announcement will include the naming of the program's Senior of the Year and the First and Second-Team All-Senior CLASS squads.
Navy's Kate Hobbs (Sr., Wexford, Pa.) is one of the 10 finalists vying for the awards.
The Senior CLASS Award was established in 2001 by sportscaster Dick Enberg to honor those senior basketball players for their achievements on the court, in the classroom and within their communities. CLASS in the award title is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School.
After initial nominations for the award were submitted at the start of the basketball season, a list of 30 semifinalists was established in January. A national panel of coaches and media then narrowed the semifinalists down to 10 finalists in February, at which point another round of voting was conducted by coaches, media, the sponsors and the general public to determine the final awards.
Hobbs placed second behind Purdue All-American Katie Gearlds in the month-long online balloting of the fans.
