Hawkeye senior leads Big Ten in scoring
LINCOLN, Neb. -- University of Iowa senior Peter Jok
is one of 30 NCAA men’s basketball student-athletes selected as
candidates today for the 2016-17 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate
basketball. 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.
Jok leads the Big Ten in
scoring (22.1 ppg) and free throw accuracy (.920). He ranks 22nd in
career scoring at Iowa with 1,204 points. Jok and his teammates have
assisted each spring in the Iowa Day of Caring and is on pace to
graduate
this spring.
The list will be narrowed
to 10 finalists in February, 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 male candidate
and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs
of community, classroom, character and competition.
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