Keep Voting Galloway for 2011 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
4/18/2011 11:51:06 AM | Men's Lacrosse
The race for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award is heating up and just three weeks of voting remain. Orange lacrosse fans have until Tuesday, May 10 to vote for Syracuse senior goalkeeper John Galloway. He is one of 10 finalists across the country for the award, which is presented to the nation's most outstanding Division I men's lacrosse student-athlete.
Galloway is currently in second place with 21.9% of the votes, just behind Brian Karalunas of Villanova, who has 23.9%. Fan balloting counts for one-third of the total and will be combined with media and coaches votes to determine the winner of the award. The winner will be announced at the 2011 NCAA Championships in Baltimore.
A 2011 team captain, Galloway is a public relations major in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He owns a 3.56 cumulative GPA ,and in 2010 became just the third men's lacrosse player in school history to receive national Academic All-America honors when he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team. Galloway is also a fixture in the community. He has donated his time to the Salvation Army Christmas Bureau, the Central New York Burn Foundation, Meals on Wheels and other local philanthropic organizations.
On the field, Galloway is the reigning national goalkeeper of the year. He currently holds the record for most wins in NCAA history (54) and is 54-7 overall in 61 starts, including a 10-1 record this season. He has 97 saves in 11 games and sports a .554 save percentage.
The acronym “CLASS” stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School. The award presented by Lowe's celebrates an outstanding senior's four-year commitment to their university and high academic achievement during competition.
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