Women’s basketball player candidate for national award, BDN reports
The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine women’s basketball forward Liz Wood has been named one of 30 candidates among a national pool for the 2015–16 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, according to the article. Wood, a senior from Catlett, Virginia, is the reigning America East Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She is a two-time America East Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, two-time member of the America East All-Academic Team, three-time member of the America East Commissioner’s Honor Roll, and the recipient of the Maine Scholar-Athlete Silver Medal, the article states. Wood also is a three-time UMaine Presidential Scholar, the Maine Dean Smith Award Winner for the top female student-athlete and the recipient of the School of Biology and Ecology Academic Award for the highest GPA in the class within the department.