
Rice Named Senior CLASS Award Finalist
4/8/2015 1:23:00 PM | Men's Lacrosse, Academics
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Orange attackman Kevin Rice is one of 10 finalists for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award for men's lacrosse. Finalists were selected from a list of 20 candidates based on personal qualities that define a complete student- athlete. While on-the-field performance thus far during the college lacrosse season was a factor in determining the finalists, the criteria also includes a high emphasis on classroom, character and community service.
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The other nine finalists are: Erik Adamson (Denver), Connor Buczek (Cornell), Ryan McGee (St. Joseph's), Terry McKenna (Holy Cross), Matt McMahon (Penn), Conrad Oberbeck (Yale), David Planning (Ohio State), Joey Sankey (North Carolina) and Sam Somers (Army).
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Lacrosse fans will play a role in determining this year's award winner. Nationwide voting begins immediately and continues until May 11. Fan balloting will be combined with votes from head coaches and media to determine the winner, which will be announced during the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.
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A 2015 team captain, Rice is a history major in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. He was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team and the All-ACC Academic Team in 2014. In addition, Rice has earned SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll recognition (min. 3.0 GPA) in his first seven semesters on campus, and won the 2013 NCAA Elite 89 Award for maintaining the highest cumulative GPA of any player at the Final Four.
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On the field, Rice is among the NCAA active leaders in assists (104), assists per game (2.04), points (183) and points per game (3.59). He currently leads the Orange in scoring with 45 points on 19 goals and 26 assists. He has three seven-point games this season.
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CLASS is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. The program was launched during the 2001-02 season in response to the trend of college basketball players leaving early to turn professional. The award was conceived by sportscaster Dick Enberg and inspired by the story of former Duke basketball star Shane Battier, who could have been an NBA lottery pick but elected to return to college, led the Blue Devils to the national championship, and earned his degree.
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Former SU lacrosse standout Mike Leveille won the award in 2008. Princeton's Tom Schreiber was last year's winner.
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The other nine finalists are: Erik Adamson (Denver), Connor Buczek (Cornell), Ryan McGee (St. Joseph's), Terry McKenna (Holy Cross), Matt McMahon (Penn), Conrad Oberbeck (Yale), David Planning (Ohio State), Joey Sankey (North Carolina) and Sam Somers (Army).
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Lacrosse fans will play a role in determining this year's award winner. Nationwide voting begins immediately and continues until May 11. Fan balloting will be combined with votes from head coaches and media to determine the winner, which will be announced during the NCAA Championships in Philadelphia.
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A 2015 team captain, Rice is a history major in Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. He was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team and the All-ACC Academic Team in 2014. In addition, Rice has earned SU Athletic Director's Honor Roll recognition (min. 3.0 GPA) in his first seven semesters on campus, and won the 2013 NCAA Elite 89 Award for maintaining the highest cumulative GPA of any player at the Final Four.
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On the field, Rice is among the NCAA active leaders in assists (104), assists per game (2.04), points (183) and points per game (3.59). He currently leads the Orange in scoring with 45 points on 19 goals and 26 assists. He has three seven-point games this season.
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CLASS is an acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. The program was launched during the 2001-02 season in response to the trend of college basketball players leaving early to turn professional. The award was conceived by sportscaster Dick Enberg and inspired by the story of former Duke basketball star Shane Battier, who could have been an NBA lottery pick but elected to return to college, led the Blue Devils to the national championship, and earned his degree.
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Former SU lacrosse standout Mike Leveille won the award in 2008. Princeton's Tom Schreiber was last year's winner.
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