BUFFALO — University at Buffalo men’s basketball senior Willie Conner has been named one of 30 men’s basketball players nationwide as a candidate for the 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: community, classroom, character and competition.
Conner, a senior from Chicago IL, has been one of UB’s leaders during his two years with the Bulls. On the court he is currently third on the team in scoring at 13.5 points per game, and he is just one of two UB players to start in all 14 games this season. Conner had a career-high eight three pointers against Coppin State earlier this year, tied for the most by a player in the MAC this year. In his first season, he was named to the MAC All-Defensive Team and was named the MAC Tournament Most Valuable Player.
Off the court, Conner is one of the most active UB players in the community and he serves as UB’s player representative during their current partnership with Team IMPACT, a non-profit organization that helps children forget about their illness and become part of something bigger, a team of friends.
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.
Each of the 30 candidate classes will be narrowed to fields of 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.
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2017 NCAA Men’s Final Four® and NCAA Women’s Final Four® this spring. For more information on each of the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com.
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