OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Senior Maddie Monahan (Silver Lake, Minn.) of the Drake University women's basketball team has been selected as a candidate for the 2020-21 Senior CLASS award.
 
Monahan is one of sixty NCAA® men's and women's basketball student-athletes who excel both on-and-off the court and were selected as candidates for the prestigious award. 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.
 
Monahan is a four-year starter with 111 career starts. Her 12.7 scoring average is a career-best while shooting 51.1 percent from the floor and a career-high 89.2 percent from the free throw line. Her 3.9 assists per game is fifth in the league.
 
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.
 
The men's and women's candidates will be narrowed to two fields of ten 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.
 
For more information on each of the candidates, please visit www.seniorclassaward.com.