Ellen Nystrom, a senior guard on the Colorado State women's basketball team, has been nominated for the Senior CLASS Award, it was announced Thursday.
The award recognizes Division I student-athletes in their senior year who show excellence in the community and classroom as well as display character in competition.
Nystrom is one of 30 national candidates and is the first from the Mountain West since Caroline Durbin of New Mexico in 2012-13. The list of candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists next month.
In addition to being the reining conference player of the year, Nystrom has earned Academic All-Mountain West honors each of the past three seasons.