The University of Akron Athletics
Akron's King Named Candidate for Senior CLASS Award
January 23 | Women's Basketball
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — University of Akron senior Sina King (Waterford, Ohio) has been named one of 30 women's basketball candidates for the 2015 Senior CLASS 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.
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.
This season King owns a team-leading nine double-doubles. Over her five-year Akron career, she has registered 1,351 points and 750 rebounds to become only the fifth player in program history to notch at least 1,200 points and 700 rebounds as a Zip. King is among the Top 10 in the career record book in free throws made (328), free throws attempted (416), rebounds (750), field-goal percentage (.476) and field goals made (479).
The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2015 NCAA Women's Final Four®.
Each of the 30 candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists later in 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.
Akron (14-3, 4-2 MAC) travels to Central Michigan (9-7, 4-1 MAC) on Saturday, Jan. 24, for a key Mid-American Conference showdown at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.
