Indiana University Athletics
Dustin DeMuth Up For Senior CLASS Award
3/19/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
March 19, 2014
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Senior third baseman Dustin DeMuth has been selected as one of 30 baseball candidates nationally for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award. The candidates are selected based on 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.
Of the 30 candidates, 11 have cumulative grade point averages of 3.5 or higher with three of those having a perfect 4.0 GPA. There are six CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-Americans and three Baseball America and Louisville Slugger All-Americans from last season. Five candidates play for teams currently ranked in the USA Today top 25 coaches poll.
The 30 candidates 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 candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2014 College World Series® in June.
BASEBALL SENIOR CLASS AWARD CANDIDATES
Cody Apthorpe, Bowling Green State
Joshua McAlister, Arizona State
Garrett Bayliff, Wichita State
Andrew Morales, UC Irvine
Tim Colwell, North Dakota State
Josh Nethaway, Albany
Kevin Courtney, Stony Brook
Steven Patterson, UC Davis
Dustin DeMuth, Indiana
Mark Payton, Texas
Nick Favatella, Rutgers
Jordan Piche', Kansas
Clinton Freeman, East Tennessee State
Chase Raffield, Georgia State
Jeff Gardner, Louisville
AJ Salcines, Miami (Fla.)
Matt Hicks, Louisiana
Oscar Sanay, Cal State Bakersfield
Jeff Keller, Dartmouth
Aaron Silbar, Columbia
Jesse Kelso, Canisius
Collin Slaybaugh, Washington State
Ross Kivett, Kansas State
Gage Smith, Florida State
Ryan LaGrange, UNC-Wilmington
Kevin Swick, Southern California
T.J. Losby, Bowling Green State
Ryan Thompson, Campbell
Whit Mayberry, Virginia
Derrick Workman, Mercer
