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Meagan Cowher Named a Finalist for Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
December 04, 2007 | Women's Basketball
PRINCETON -- Princeton women's basketball senior Meagan Cowher has been named as one of 30 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, the award's organizers announced Tuesday.
Cowher leads the Tigers and the Ivy League with 18 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. She has twice been named a first-team All-Ivy League honoree and was chosen as the 2005 Ivy League Rookie of the Year.
The award focuses on what it calls the four Cs: character, community, competition and classroom. Cowher, a religion major, is the president of the Varsity Student-Athlete Advisory Committee at Princeton and is a tri-captain on the women's basketball team this season. Through the VSAAC, Cowher organizes projects that benefit her fellow students and the surrounding community.
The award, whose name stands for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, began during the 2001-02 school year. The list of 30, below, will be narrowed to 10 next month with a winner selected based on fan, media and coaches balloting during the NCAA Tournament in March and the award presented at the Final Four.
The 30 finalists are: Nicky Anosike, Tennessee; Tahnee Balerio, Missouri State; Essence Carson, Rutgers; Meagan Cowher, Princeton; Julie DeMuth, Ball State; Sarah Elliott, Kentucky; Cara Enright, Army; Allyson Fasnacht, Liberty; Emily Florence, Washington; Hope Foster, Bucknell; Sylvia Fowles, LSU; A'Quonesia Franklin, Texas A&M; Carlene Hightower, La Salle; Tasha Humphrey, Georgia; Tyeisha Jackson, Houston; Kyra Kaylor, William & Mary; Crystal Langhorne, Maryland; Sarah Jo Lawrence, George Washington; Karlyle Lim, Pittsburgh; Samantha Mahoney, Kentucky; Jackie McFarland, Colorado; Rebekah Parker, Evansville; Lindsey Pluimer, UCLA; Laura Rodophi, Indiana State, Sydney Scott, Dartmouth; Andrea Sitton, Nevada; Sara Stutz, Northwestern; Kristi Veltkamp, Maryland Eastern Shore, Lindsey Whorton, Drake; Candace Wiggins, Stanford.