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Markes Named Men's Soccer Candidate for Senior CLASS Award
9/2/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Soccer Senior CLASS Page | Markes Profile
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior Alex Markes (Valencia, Calif.) of the Brown men's soccer team has been named a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award, which is presented each year to the outstanding senior NCAA Division I Student-Athlete of the Year across ten different sports.
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. 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.
Markes, who holds a 3.79 grade point average, was an All-Ivy Honorable Mention selection as a junior after leading a backline that ranked third in the league in goals allowed last season. He was also given the Thomas Gertken Award after the season, awarded to the team's top defensive player. Markes has been a mainstay on the Brown defense since his freshman season, starting 51 games over the last three years, and helped the Bears to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances and the Ivy League title in 2011. He started all 19 games as a sophomore when the Bears tied the school record for shutouts in a single season, notching 11 for the third year in a row.
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 one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2014 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December.
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