WEST POINT, N.Y. – Army defenseman Craig Massie was one of 20 men’s lacrosse players from around the country nominated for the 2008 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award last week.
The senior from Port Jefferson Station, N.Y. is in the running for the second-annual award that recognizes student-athletes for their achievement in the “Four C’s” of classroom, character, community and competition.
Selected a Patriot League Second-Team All-Conference honoree last spring, Massie is a Life Science major with a Systems Engineering tract that is a two-time Patriot League Honor Roll recipient and has made the Dean’s List for six of his seven semesters at the Academy.
A member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Massie serves as a Section Leader, Academic Officer and Squad Leader within the Corps of Cadets. He is also a Close Quarters Combat Training Sergeant responsible for training over 2,000 Cadets combat moves.
A former Congressional Intern for Representative Paul Gillmor from the 5th District of Ohio, Massie was responsible for doing research, providing Capitol Tours and dealing with constituent concerns. He also interned in a Microbiology Research Laboratory at Stony Brook University for three years, helping to develop a new kit which aids in the administering of drugs to patients through an epidural without harming their spinal cord.
Massie also spent three summers as a mate on a charter fishing boat that fished the Long Island Sound.
Massie started all 15 games for the Black Knights a season ago, ranking in the top-10 on the team in ground balls. He was a big reason why Army finished 10th in the country in scoring defense, only allowing 7.8 goals per game in 2007. For his efforts, he was named the team's “Most Improved Player” at the end of the season.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School, the award was launched in 2001 to honor the attributes of college basketball seniors who fulfill their entire athletic eligibility and pursue the many rewards of a senior season and complete college education. Since that time, Lowe's, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, has expanded the award to include other NCAA sports and the award has developed into the nation's premier tribute to college seniors.
This marks the second year for the men's lacrosse division of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. Cornell goaltender Matt McMonagle was the inaugural winner in 2007.
From the list of 20 nominees, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award in late March 2008. Those ten names will be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote that will include coaches, media and fans. The award winner will be announced and recognized at the 2008 NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
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