Senior Colin Welmon is one of 30 NCAA baseball student-athletes selected as candidates for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award®, it was announced on Tuesday.

Welmon, listed on the Golden Spikes Award Watch list which will eventually name the nation's top amateur baseball player, carries 3-3 overall record and a 2.58 ERA over six starts this year.

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.

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.

Of the 30 candidates, eight have cumulative grade-point averages of 3.4 or higher and two have been finalists for CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American honors. Four began their careers as Freshman All-Americans in 2012, two earned All-American status midway through their careers, and two more began 2015 as Preseason All-Americans. Twelve of the candidates on this year's high-achieving list of nominees play for teams currently ranked in the NCBWA Top 25 poll.

The 30 candidates will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through 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 2015 College World Series® in June.

For more information on all the candidates, visit seniorCLASSaward.com

2015 Senior CLASS Award Candidates
Trever Allen, Arizona State
Robert Baldwin, Yale
David Berg, UCLA
Logan Brown, Baylor
Bryant Burleson, Texas Tech
Josh Delph, Florida State
Aaron Fossas, Wake Forest
Parker French, Texas
Ronnie Glenn, Penn
Gage Green, Oklahoma State
Andrew Guillotte, McNeese State
Conner Hale, LSU
Jason Inghram, William & Mary
Kevin Kaczmarski, Evansville
Dimitri Kourtis, Mercer
Will Krug, Illinois
Zach Lauricella, St. John's
Brennan Leitao, Sacramento State
Nick Lombardi, Dartmouth
Alex Miklos, Kent State
Ross Mitchell, Mississippi State
Benton Moss, North Carolina
Jon Perrin, Oklahoma State
Cory Spera, Lafayette
Devin Stanton, Georgia Tech
Michael Timm, Wright State
Josh Tobias, Florida
Mike Vigliarolo, Saint Louis
Grant Watson, UCLA
Colin Welmon, Loyola Marymount