Bird is finalist for Senior CLASS Award

Bird has been named as one of the ten finalists for the 2016-17 Women's Basketball Senior CLASS Award — the award that is presented annually to an NCAA Division I female senior basketball player who has notable achievements in four areas of excellence – classroom, character, community and competition.

This is the one where your vote counts. Fan balloting counts for ⅓ of the total vote — the other ⅔ comes from Division I coaches and national media members.

We helped Nneka win the CLASS award in 2012 by giving her 9.6% of the fan vote. Let's do as much for Bird! Show your gratitude for Bird's leadership by helping her win the national recognition she has earned.

You can vote once a day from each device with which you access the internet — your personal computer, your work computer, your IPad, your IPhone. Voting begins today and continues though March 20th. That's 34 days, so you can cast at least 34 votes for Bird (or 68, or 102, or 136, or ... do the math).

Vote now: Click here

More information:

• The news release
• The list of finalists
• Bird's player card
• Details of the selection process
• About the award
• History of the award
• Stanford Athletics announcement