Thirty women's college volleyball players have been selected as candidates for the Senior CLASS Award. The annual award seeks to honor senior athletes who excel in four areas: community, classroom, character, and competition. Women's volleyball is one of 10 sports in which the Senior CLASS Awards is presented.

These 30 candidates will be narrowed down to 10 finalists later in the season, and the winner will be announced during the NCAA championship in December.

Last year, Minnesota's Paige Tapp won the award, and in 2015 Cassie Strickland of Washington was honored.

Here are this year's 30 candidates:

Name	Position	School
Rhamat Alhassan	Middle Blocker	Florida
Haley Barnes	Outside Hitter	High Point
Kelsey Bittinger	Outside Hitter	Kent State
Julia Brown	Outside Hitter	NC State
Alyssa Cavanaugh	Outside Hitter	Western Kentucky
Alexis Conaway	Middle Blocker	Iowa State
Sammy Condon	Middle Hitter	Oakland
Melanie Crow	Outside Hitter	Missouri
Lydia Dimke	Setter	Creighton
Ashley Dusek	Libero	Kentucky
Emily Hiebert	Setter	Wichita State
Kelly Hunter	Setter	Nebraska
Brittany Jessen	Setter	South Dakota
Lily Johnson	Outside Hitter	Missouri State
Crissy Jones	Outside Hitter	Washington
Jaelyn Keene	Middle Blocker	Illinois State
Sydney LeMay	Middle Blocker	Western Michigan
Simone Lee	Outside Hitter	Penn State
Abbie Lehman	Middle Blocker	Wichita State
Jessica Lucas	Setter	Western Kentucky
Merete Lutz	Opposite	Stanford
Mary-Kate Marshall	Outside Hitter	Oregon State
Ebony Nwanebu	Outside Hitter	Texas
Maddie Palmer	Outside Hitter	Radford
Kelsie Payne	Right Side Hitter	Kansas
Courtney Schwan	Outside Hitter	Washington
Katie Staiger	Outside Hitter	Baylor
Megan Theiller	Outside Hitter	Fairfield
Kori Waelbroeck	Right Side	IUPUI
Haleigh Washington	Middle Blocker	Penn State

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