Riverdale, NY - Manhattan College senior guard Luis Flores in among the 30 candidates for the Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award, presented annually to the top senior make NCAA Division I Player of the Year. The CLASS Award (Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School) was developed to honor seniors for completing their collegiate athletic eligibility.

In early February, a national media committee that covers Division I college basketball will select ten Finalists from the list of candidates. The names of these Finalists will appear on the official ballot during the national voting process in March. The selection of the men's and women's award winner will be based on the cumulative ballots of the national media committee, college basketball coaches and nationwide fan balloting.

The men?™s winner will be announced on CBS television by Enberg during the NCAA Men?™s Final Four in San Antonio. The female winner will be announced during the NCAA Women?™s Final Four in New Orleans.

At the same time, the Bayer Advantage Senior CLASS Award will also announce First-Team and Second-Team All-Senior All-America teams, based on results from the balloting.

The winners will be presented with their awards during the CLASS Tribute Gala hosted by the Pride of Kansas City Foundation on April 30, 2004, three weeks following the Final Four.

Flores is one of just four players nominated from Mid-Major conferences, joining Gonzaga?™s Blake Stepp and Cory Violette, and UMKC?™s Michael Watson.