University of North Carolina Athletics
Campbell Selected A Candidate For Senior CLASS Award
September 3, 2015 | Men's Soccer
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Representing the North Carolina men's soccer program, defender Jonathan Campbell is among sixty NCAA® men's and women's soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates Thursday for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate soccer.
From Greensboro, N.C., Campbell is a four-year starter for the fourth-ranked Tar Heels. In 2014, the business administration major was named a first team Academic All-America and also earned All-ACC honors for the third-straight year.
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. The complete list of candidates is listed below.
Included on the women's soccer list is Tar Heel senior defender Paige Nielsen.
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.
Of the 60 candidates, 25 have grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher, four are returning All-Americas and eight are on the preseason watch list for the Missouri Athletic Club's Hermann Trophy, which recognizes the top player in collegiate soccer. Outside of academics and athletics, all candidates also have been consistently involved in community service on their campus or in their communities.
Each of the two candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 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 male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2015 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December.
For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
