Danielle McCray (Kansas), Ashley Sweat (Kansas State), Kelsey Griffin (Nebraska) and Amanda Thompson (Oklahoma) are among the 30 women's basketball candidates 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^TM, 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.

Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the Senior CLASS Award^TM winner for women's basketball at the 2010 NCAA Women's Final Four® in San Antonio in April.

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 winner.

Past recipients of the women's award include Big 12 standouts Kendra Wecker (Kansas State/2005) and Courtney Paris (Oklahoma /2009).