Northwestern University Athletics
Crawford Named Candidate for Senior CLASS Award
10/31/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 31, 2012
EVANSTON, Ill. - Northwestern senior forward Drew Crawford (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) has been named one of 30 national candidates for the Senior CLASS Award.
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.
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.
An economics major, Crawford was named a CoSIDA second-team Academic-All-American as a junior. He is also a two-time Academic All-Big Ten and CoSIDA Academic All-District selection. On the court, Crawford earned third-team All-Big Ten recognition a year ago while ranking sixth in the conference with an average of 16.1 points per game. He enters his senior year ranked 16th in school history with 1,283 career points.
Crawford has also been heavily involved in community service, including working with Special Olympics, Misericordia, Northwestern's Dance Marathon and Relay For Life, as well as making numerous visits to area schools as well as the Illinois Youth Center.
He is one of five Big Ten players named nominees for the award, joining Wisconsin's Jared Berggren, Indiana's Jordan Hulls, Penn State's Tim Frazier and Illinois' Brandon Paul.
The candidate class will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, 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 select one finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2013 NCAA Final Four® in Atlanta April 6 and 8.
For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
2012-13 Senior CLASS Award Nominees
God'sgift Achiuwa, St. John's (N.Y.)
O.D. Anosike, Siena
Ben Averkamp, Loyola (Chicago)
Brian Barbour, Columbia
Jared Berggren, Wisconsin
Isaiah Canaan, Murray State
Drew Crawford, Northwestern
Matthew Dellavedova, Saint Mary's
Tim Frazier, Penn State
Mike Groselle, The Citadel
C.J. Harris, Wake Forest
Jordan Hulls, Indiana
Gabe Knutson, Lehigh
JP Kuhlman, Davidson
Andrew Lawrence, Charleston
Jonathan Lee, Northeastern
Scott Martin, Notre Dame
C.J. McCollum, Lehigh
Brock Motum, Washington State
Mike Muscala, Bucknell
Robert Olson, Loyola (Md.)
Brandon Paul, Illinois
Mason Plumlee, Duke
Colt Ryan, Evansville
Peyton Siva, Louisville
Andrew Smith, Butler
Michael Snaer, Florida State
Marc Trasolini, Santa Clara
Jeff Withey, Kansas
Nate Wolters, South Dakota State
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