March 29, 2010
2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist Release (PDF Format) 
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern senior Nicole Pauly (Palatine, Ill./Palatine) has been named one of 10 finalists for the 2010 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for Softball. Nationwide balloting begins immediately to help determine the fourth-annual winner of the award, so VOTE NOW!
Pauly is the third Wildcat in the four-year history of the award to be named one of its top-10 finalists, following in the footsteps of Garland Cooper in 2007 and Tammy Williams in 2009. In 2010, Pauly was joined on the list of 30 candidates by classmate Lauren Delaney (Jefferson City, Mo./Helias).
Pauly's name will be placed on the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award softball ballot along with the nine other finalists for a nationwide vote beginning today and concluding May 17. Fan balloting is available on the award's official Web site, SeniorCLASSAward.com, as well as through text messaging. Fans can text SOFTBALL to 74567 to vote for the finalists. These votes will be combined with votes from coaches and media to determine the recipient of the award.
 Nicole Pauly is the third Wildcat in the last four years to be a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.  |
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An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in SchoolTM, the Lowe's 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. The finalists were chosen by a media committee from the list of 30 candidates who were announced in February.
Pauly is a three-time All-Big Ten and NFCA All-Region first-team selection who has started all 194 games the Wildcats have played during her career at second base. Pauly ranks third in program history with 47 home runs while ranking in the top 10 in six other offensive categories. So far in 2010, Pauly has 17 RBIs and is slugging .563. Of her 19 hits, 12 have been for extra bases and seven have been home runs.
Active in the community, Pauly has been coaching youth softball every summer dating to high school. She is very active in the Girls in the Game program in Chicago. She visits Children's Memorial Hospital and participates in food drives and other charitable ventures of the Northwestern athletic department.
In the classroom, Pauly is a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree as a human development and psychological services major. She already has accepted a graduate assistant coaching position at another school to further her education after graduating with a Northwestern degree.
For more information on the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, to view the ballot and to VOTE FOR PAULY, link to SeniorCLASSAward.com.