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UNM's Roman Martinez Named Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Candidate
Lobo senior one of 30 candidates for national award
Nov. 4, 2009 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - New Mexico senior forward Roman Martinez is among 30 men's basketball student-athletes who excel both on and off the court and were tabbed as candidates today for the 2009-10 Lowe's 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: classroom, character, community and competition.An acronym for "Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School", the Lowe's 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. Martinez, a three-year letterwinner for the Lobos, received all-MWC honorable mention in 2008-09 after averaging 10.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. The El Paso, Texas, native is a three-time Academic All-MWC honoree and was named to the ESPN the Magainze Academic All-District VI team in 2009. An active member of the Albuquerque community, Martinez was accepted to the UNM Anderson School of Management a year ago and carries a 3.44 cumulative grade point average. The list of 30 candidates for the 2009-10 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award 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 finalist who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of classroom, character, community and competition. The winner will be announced at the 2010 NCAA Men's Final Four® in Indianapolis in April. This marks the ninth year for the basketball division of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Previous winners of the men's basketball award include Juan Dixon of Maryland (2002), David West of Xavier (2003), Jameer Nelson of St. Joseph's (2004), Wayne Simien of Kansas (2005), J.J. Redick of Duke (2006), Alando Tucker of Wisconsin (2007), Shan Foster of Vanderbilt (2008) and Tyler Hansbrough of North Carolina (2009).
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