Women's Basketball

UNI's Kalin Named Senior CLASS Award Candidate

One Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball student-athlete has been named a candidate for the 2012 Senior CLASS Award, announced Wednesday, as UNI's Jacqui Kalin is listed amongst 30 candidates for this honor.

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.

The list of 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 the candidate and one who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.

JACQUI KALIN, UNI
Kalin will be making her return to the court this season after redshirting during the 2011-12 season due to injury. Before her injury, Kalin was the 2010-11 Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the year. She averaged 15.3 points per game and is on track to become UNI’s all-time leading scorer.
 
Kalin also excels off the court with her work in the community and in the classroom.
 
She graduated with her undergraduate degree “Summa Cum Laude” in Sport Psychology in 2010 and is currently working on defending her thesis for her masters in Kinesiology and Sport Psychology.
 
She is an active member and the MVC representative for the NCAA Division I National Student Athlete Advisory Committee and is an active member of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Issues Committee. Kalin was the UNI Co-President of the SAAC from the spring of 2010 to the spring of 2012 and is a member of the UNI Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Council.
 
Kalin has volunteered as a Big Sister for the Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northeast Iowa program along with the Global Forum for Physical Education. She has also been a part of Relay for Like, Habitat for Humanity, House of Hope, CharacterCounts, the Special Olympics and Just Read.