Stephen Born, U.S. Naval Academy Jordan Powell, Rhode Island Nick Horvath, Florida Scott Schreiber, Nebraska Kyle Kasser , Oregon Troy Squires, Kentucky Seth Kinker, Ohio State John Valente, St. John's Mark Osis, George Washington Brooks Wilson, Stetson

Oregon senior second basemanhas been selected as one of 10 finalists for the 2018 Senior CLASS AWARD ®. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.Finalists were chosen by national media from the list of 30 candidates announced in March. Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to help select the winner. Fans are encouraged to vote on the Senior CLASS Award website through May 28. Fan votes will be combined with media and Division I head coaches' votes to determine the winner. This year's Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2018 College World Series® in June. For more information on all of the finalists, visit seniorCLASSaward.com Kasser is an accomplished student who graduated in less than four years. The three-year member and past co-director of the Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) graduated in April with a 3.17 GPA in economics. He claimed second-team Pac-12 all-academic accolades as a sophomore in 2016 and honorable mention recognition as a junior in 2017.Kasser is a team leader who is well respected by his teammates and the coaching staff. He started his career as a non-scholarship athlete who eventually earned a scholarship and then became an all-conference honoree. He's selfless, on and off the field, coachable, competitive and tough minded. A team-first guy as is evident by being asked to play every position in the infield during his four-year career. He's a team captain, a SAAC representative for two years, and a hardworking, self-made player.Kasser is the "go-to" guy on the Oregon Ducks' baseball team when it comes to being involved in the community. In addition to being a co-director of SAAC, he is the point man for Oregon baseball's involvement with Team Impact in pairing the team with James Dahl, a 15-year old living with Rasmussen's Encephalitis.His willingness to do community service outreach projects included team Thanksgiving baskets for families in need as part of SAAC. Kasser wants to make a difference and leave a legacy at Oregon and has guided more young players to being a part of the SAAC program resulting in the most baseball players being involved since the sport originated in 2009.Kasser has a .313 career batting average. As a junior, he batted a modern-era program record .352 and was named first-team All-Pac-12 Conference after hitting .381 in league games (third highest in the conference). The versatile infielder is Oregon's second baseman and has started 132 games split between the four infield positions during his career. He has 52 starts at first base, 38 starts at second base, 29 starts at shortstop and 13 starts at third base. At the four infield positions his career fielding percentage is .987, including .994 as a junior while splitting time between shortstop and first base. This season he is batting .318 with a .987 fielding percentage.