Army West Point Athletics
Minato Named Candidate for Senior CLASS Award
January 19, 2016 | Women's Basketball
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Army West Point women's basketball senior guard Kelsey Minato was one of 30 NCAA women's basketball student-athletes named as a candidate for the 2015-16 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate basketball.
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.
One of four team captains this season, Minato has played and started in all 111 games since arriving at the Academy prior to the 2012-13 season. She is a three-time All-Patriot League first-team selection and has twice collected Patriot League Player of the Year honors.
This season, she leads the conference with 23.3 points per game and ranks seventh nationally in scoring. She broke the program's career points record earlier this year and became just the fourth player in Patriot League women's history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. Minato currently has 2,185 points for her career.
A native of Huntington Beach, Calif., Minato is one of only six active players in the NCAA Division I ranks to have at least 2,000 points for her career. Along with scoring, she is also Army's career leader in three-pointers (267) and free-throws (514) and is five field goals shy (currently at 702) of becoming the team's all-time leader in that category.
From the list of 30 candidates, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the 2015-16 Senior Class Award in Men's and Women's Basketball. Those 10 names will then be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote. Fan balloting will be coupled with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award.
Of the 60 total candidates in men's and women's basketball, 25 have grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher, four are returning All-Americans 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.
For more information on all the candidates, visit www.seniorclassaward.com.
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.
One of four team captains this season, Minato has played and started in all 111 games since arriving at the Academy prior to the 2012-13 season. She is a three-time All-Patriot League first-team selection and has twice collected Patriot League Player of the Year honors.
This season, she leads the conference with 23.3 points per game and ranks seventh nationally in scoring. She broke the program's career points record earlier this year and became just the fourth player in Patriot League women's history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. Minato currently has 2,185 points for her career.
A native of Huntington Beach, Calif., Minato is one of only six active players in the NCAA Division I ranks to have at least 2,000 points for her career. Along with scoring, she is also Army's career leader in three-pointers (267) and free-throws (514) and is five field goals shy (currently at 702) of becoming the team's all-time leader in that category.
From the list of 30 candidates, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the 2015-16 Senior Class Award in Men's and Women's Basketball. Those 10 names will then be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote. Fan balloting will be coupled with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award.
Of the 60 total candidates in men's and women's basketball, 25 have grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher, four are returning All-Americans 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.
For more information on all the candidates, visit www.seniorclassaward.com.
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