Overland Park, Kan. - Carly Kan of Missouri and Jazzmin Babers of Texas A&M are among the 30 NCAA? womens volleyball student-athletes who were selected as candidates for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award? in collegiate volleyball.An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School?, the 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. 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.Kan, an outside hitter for the Tigers, is a finance major who was on both the 2014 and 2015 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll. She also was named 2014 SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year and a 2014 CoSIDA Academic All-District selection. One of four seniors on the squad, Kan has completed numerous community service hours with her teammates throughout the year. One of the most popular community events involves running respective Youth Leagues at local Columbia elementary schools, where Kan and the Tigers teach the fundamentals of volleyball to kids grades K-5. Other community service events she has participated in over the past four years include Partner in Education, Early Childhood Academy Tiger Tuesdays, the Special Olympics, Adopt-A-Spot maintenance program, Columbia Twilight Festival and Elementary School Open Houses. Kan also has been heavily involved with Mizzou faculty and new student open houses, as well as volunteering at Mizzou Childrens Hospital, the Safe Kids Amazing Camp and Going Bonkers Night in Columbia. Kans competition honors for 2015 include AVCA All-Southeast Region, All-SEC Team and being a member on the USA Volleyball World University Games. In 2014, she was named an honorable mention AVCA All-American and earned a spot on the AVCA All-Southeast Region Team. As a freshman, Kan was named an honorable mention AVCA All-American, the AVCA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year, the SEC Freshman of the Year and was a part of the All-SEC Team. She recently became the fifth Tiger in program history to accumulate 1,000 career kills, digs and points. Her 491 kills in 2015 were seventh-most in single-season in program history, and she tied the school record for most double-doubles in a season (19) in 2014.Babers, a middle block for the Aggies, is majoring in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in elementary education. She has been a member of the fall SEC Academic Honor Roll each of the last two years and has career ambitions to become an elementary school teacher upon her graduation in May 2017. Despite a history of five orthopedic knee and shoulder surgeries, the team captain has managed to start every match (103 as of Sept. 22) of her collegiate career. Babers engages in numerous philanthropic activities. A member of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes leadership team, she is responsible for community outreach and also serves as a speaker, sharing testimonies at local schools and churches. In May, Babers and several teammates went on a mission trip to Haiti to spread the gospel and do manual labor. She has been involved in numerous volunteer activities during her career at Texas A&M, including spending time at the Bryan Adult Learning Center, where she volunteered in an adult ESL class, taught lessons and helped with one-on-one work. A nationally decorated middle blocker, Babers has led Texas A&M to the NCAA Tournament ever year of her career, and in 2015 she helped the Aggies win the SEC Championship, the first conference title in program history. Last season, she became the eighth player in Texas A&M history to be selected to an AVCA All-America Team, garnering second-team honors after hitting a school season-record .412, smashing the previous record of .400, which had stood since 1984. Babers was named AVCA Honorable Mention All-America as a sophomore, and she earned AVCA All-South Region Honorable Mention as a freshman.The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists later in the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. The Senior CLASS Award winner will be announced during the 2016 NCAA Division I Womens Volleyball Championship in December. Throwback Wizards Jerseys . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Issuf Sanon Jersey . 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When he doesnt give too many free passes and hes able to throw strikes in good locations, hes a tough at-bat." The right-hander struck out four, walked one and hit a batter. "(The) hitters he did get behind, because he got behind six or seven hitters, he got them out," manager Clint Hurdle said. "He was able to pitch with good stuff tonight and thats why he got through seven in such an efficient manner." Coles effort eased the burden on a bullpen that will have to make do -- at least for now -- without Grilli, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with a right forearm strain and went back to Pittsburgh to be examined by team doctors. Wilson Ramos homered for Washington, which had just three hits. The Nationals have lost five straight and 10 of 12. "Really, the thing about us right now is were a little snake bit," Washingtons Jayson Werth said. "Things arent going our way and were not winning games. We need to find a way to win a game." After allowing the homer to Ramos in the third, Cole retired 15 of the last 16 hitters he faced against a Washington team playing its first game in front of new hitting coach Rick Schu. "I fell behind some guys and was still able to make pitches," Cole said. "You always kind of keep telling yourself youre only one pitch away. Never let yourself out of the at-bat." Cole accumulated as many hits at the plate -- going 2 for 3 -- as he allowed. Bryan Morris pitched the eighth and interim closer Mark Melancon the ninth, retiring Washingtons number 2, 3 and 4 hitters. "Its the middle part of their order. Lets just go ahead and put our best on it and see if we can put the game away," Hurdle said of using Melancon with a four-run lead. Washhingtons Taylor Jordan (0-3) allowed five runs, four earned, in 7 2-3 innings in his fifth career start.dddddddddddd Through seven innings hed given up two earned runs on seven hits, all singles. Pittsburgh broke on top 3-0 in the second. After Alvarez and Martin singled, Garrett Jones walked to load the bases with no outs. Neil Walker, in his first game back from the disabled list, grounded into a fielders choice. Jones was out at second while Alvarez scored. Jordy Mercer then hit a potential double-play grounder to third, but Ryan Zimmermans throw was dropped by Anthony Rendon at second. All runners were safe as Martin scored. Cole then hit with runners on first and second and, after showing bunt, swung and grounded a single between third and short to score Walker. "I feel for my guy because he should have only gave up one run," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "We made the error that gave them two more runs. He had pitched so good in the seventh. I was going take him out for the left-hander. But I thought he deserved the chance to win that ballgame." Washington got a run back when Ramos led off the third with his fifth home run of the year, a shot to centre just beyond the reach of a leaping Andrew McCutcheon. The Pirates added some insurance with two outs in the eighth. After Alvarez homered to make it 4-1, Martin singled. He stole second, took third on a throwing error by catcher Ramos, and scored on a double by pinch-hitter Gaby Sanchez. "Thats who we are. Thats what we are," Hurdle said. "Weve got to get production from the top all the way down and do little things. We were able to do some good little things tonight." NOTES: To make room for Walker, who had been on the disabled list since July 7 with right side soreness, Pittsburgh designated veteran infielder Brandon Inge for assignment. Inge appeared in 50 games, hitting .181 with a homer and seven RBIs. . To take Grillis roster spot, the Pirates will recall right-hander Vic Black from Triple-A Indianapolis, where hes 1-2 with 15 saves and a 2.31 ERA. . Johnson said LHP Ross Detwiler, on the DL since July 7, will meet with a back specialist in Los Angeles Wednesday regarding his strained lower-back muscle. . Schu had been serving as minor league hitting co-ordinator before being tabbed Monday to replace Rick Eckstein, who was fired. . Pittsburgh LHP Francisco Liriano (9-4, 2.44) opposes Stephen Strasburg (5-7, 2.97) Wednesday night. ' ' '