Wichita State’s Fred VanVleet and Kansas’ Perry Ellis are among the 30 male selected as candidates for the collegiate basketball Senior CLASS award for 2015-16.
The award is open to NCAA Division I seniors with “notable achievements in community, classroom, character and competition.” The list of 30 will be narrowed to 10 finalists in February for nationwide voting. The winners, male and female, will be announced during the Final Four for both sports.
Evansville’s Egidijus Mockevicius and Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield are also on the list.
VanVleet, from Rockford, Ill., spoke at his high school graduation in 2014.