DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 2014-15 3 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS CONTENTS

A Letter from the Director ……………………………………………… 2 Individual Honors ………………………………………………………… 48 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee ……………………………………… 3 Academic Excellence ……………………………………………………… 54 National and SEC Team Titles ………………………………………… 4-5 Academic Honors ………………………………………………………… 57 Individual National Championships …………………………………… 6-7 Student Welfare …………………………………………………………… 62 2014-15 National Awards ……………………………………………… 8-9 Community Outreach ……………………………………………………… 64

Individual Sport Highlights ………………………………………… 10-47 Facilities …………………………………………………………………… 66 Baseball ………………………………………………………………10 Attendance ………………………………………………………………… 70 Men’s ……………………………………………………12 Marketing and Licensing ………………………………………………… 71 Women’s Basketball …………………………………………………14 Athletics Communications ………………………………………………… 72 The 2014 SEC Football Champions ………………………………… 16 RollTide.com ……………………………………………………………… 74 Football ………………………………………………………………18 The Total Program: All Sports Rankings ………………………………… 75 Men’s ……………………………………………………………20 Equity ……………………………………………………………………… 76 Women’s Golf ………………………………………………………22 Compliance ………………………………………………………………… 78 The 2015 SEC Champions …………………………… 24 Staffing …………………………………………………………………… 79 Gymnastics ……………………………………………………………26 Crimson Tide Foundation ………………………………………………… 80 Rowing ………………………………………………………………28 A-Club Alumni Association ……………………………………………… 82 Soccer …………………………………………………………………30 2015-16 Head Coaches …………………………………………………… 84 ………………………………………………………………32 and ……………………………………………… 34 Men’s …………………………………………………………36 Women’s Tennis ………………………………………………………38 Track and Field/Cross Country …………………………………… 40 ……………………………………………………………46

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 1 TO ALL WHO FOLLOW AND CHEER ON THE ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE, Welcome to the latest edition of The University of Alabama Athletics Annual Report. We experienced another extraordinary year in all aspects of the collegiate experience in 2014-15, from the classroom to everywhere our students competed to everywhere they made a difference in the world around them.

Nick Saban and the football team continued our championship tradition in the fall, winning our 24th Southeastern Conference championship on the gridiron and becoming the No. 1 seed in the inaugural College Football Playoff. The gymnastics team continued its winning ways under fi rst-year head coach Dana Duckworth, who was herself a national champion gymnast for the Crimson Tide during her collegiate career. Coach Duckworth led Alabama to its ninth SEC title in the spring, becoming the fi rst in league history to lead a team to an SEC Gymnastics championship in her initial season as a head coach.

Nationally, we again produced tremendous results at the highest levels. Four of our teams fi nished in the top 10 nationally, including football (4th), gymnastics (4th), softball (6th) and men’s swimming and diving (10th). Five more teams – women’s golf (14th), women’s tennis (14th), women’s indoor track and fi eld (17th), men’s golf (19th) and women’s indoor track and fi eld (20th) – fi nished in the top 20 nationally, while our volleyball, women’s swimming and diving and men’s indoor and outdoor track and fi eld teams also advanced to NCAA competition in 2014-15.

Individually, our students brought home some of the nation’s highest honors and six athletes earned fi ve NCAA championships over the past year.

The Crimson Tide was just as impressive, if not more so, in the classroom. We once again led the nation in Capital One Academic All-Americans with a dozen honors. If you have any question on how important such honors are to our students, you have only to look to Levi Randolph, who stated on his initial visit to Alabama that one of his goals was to become the fi rst Academic All-American for our men’s basketball program. When he was informed in the locker room during this past season that he had accomplished that goal, he was immediately mobbed by his jubilant teammates while shedding a few tears of pure joy.

Gymnast Lauren Beers and softball player Haylie McCleney continued to shine academically and athletically. Both earned All-America and Academic All- America honors while Beers earned her second NCAA Elite 89 Award in a row and McCleney was named the Academic All-America of the Year for the sport of softball. Lauren’s honor is the Tide’s 14th, which ties us with Stanford for the most in the six-year history of the award, while Haylie’s accolade marks the sixth year in a row that an Alabama student has earned Academic All-America of the Year for their sport.

All in all, it was another amazing year for the Crimson Tide, one that continues what has to be considered a golden age for our department, an era that includes nine national team championships in fi ve sports and 20 SEC team titles in seven different sports since 2008.

The Crimson Tide’s continuing tradition of excellence and our legacy of champions is built on the foundation of our ongoing mission: • We will recruit and develop student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in intercollegiate athletics; • We will educate and prepare our student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation; • We will accomplish all this with honor and integrity.

The determination, pride and drive of our students, coaches and support staff is what makes all this possible, but the importance of our fans cannot be overstated. The pride that Crimson Tide fans have in our teams is legendary, which is why you can shout “Roll Tide!” anywhere in the world and expect “Go BAMA!” to come back your way in a heartbeat. As we continue on our path of success, we need that fervor to continue and grow!

As we move into the next year and beyond, we also need the fi nancial support of our fans as we continue to build championship-level facilities for our teams, such as the new Sewell-Thomas Baseball Stadium that is set to open for the 2016 season. Facility improvements have been a key factor in our championship success over the past decade and, while we are proud of all we have accomplished, we know that our opponents aren’t sitting still and neither can we. Our ongoing goal is to provide our coaches and student-athletes with all the resources they need to compete at the highest level for the biggest titles, all the while building our students into champions on and off the fi eld for life.

I can’t tell you what an honor and a joy it is to be a part of the Crimson Tide at this moment in time. Our students are the very best and are striving every day to get better and better with our coaches and staff working tirelessly right alongside them to make that happen. Our University as a whole is in the midst of a period of great growth and impressive achievement that refl ects outstanding leadership from top to bottom.

And to our fans - our loyal, amazing and always, always loud and proud fans - you make all our efforts, all the sweat and the grit that it takes to compete at this level, worth it! A rising tide lifts all boats, and you keep the Tide rising!

Roll TTide,idide,e,

BiBillll BBattleattle Director of Athletics University of Alabama 2 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE

DUTIES THE 2014-15 ICA COMMITTEE Assist the President in the formulation of policy for intercollegiate REPORTING CHANNEL: Dr. Judy Bonner, President athletics. In carrying out its duties, the committee provides Membership oversight for all aspects of the intercollegiate athletics program. Kevin Whitaker, Chair Associate Provost, Offi ce for Academic Affairs 2017 Oversight includes but is not limited to: the Athletics Department’s Michele Montgomery Associate Professor, Nursing 2017 mission statement; periodic review of Student-Athletes Handbook, Rona Donahoe Professor, Geological Sciences 2016 Compliance Manual; compliance with NCAA and SEC rules and Lance Kinney Associate Professor, Advertising & Public Relations 2015 regulations; academic services, admissions profi les and graduation Robert McLeod Professor, C&BA 2016 rates; fi nancial affairs; gender equity and equal opportunity policies Faculty Senate Representative and practices; coach/student-athlete relationships and discipline; Donna Meester Associate Professor, Theatre & Dance competitive event scheduling; student-athlete exit interviews; and Professional Staff Assembly Representative general reputation of the athletics program. Darrell Hargreaves Coordinator of Intramural Sports, University Recreation OCT Staff Assembly Representative COMPOSITION Dianne Gilbert Assistant Registrar, C&BA This committee, appointed by the President, consists of 18 voting members: a total of six faculty, including the Faculty Senate Retired Faculty/Staff Member Representative and the Faculty Athletics Representative (who serves Sharon Shelton as chair), a Professional Staff Assembly representative, an OCT Student Athlete Representatives Staff Assembly representative, a retired faculty/staff representative, Laura Lee Smith President, Student-Athlete Advisory Board two student-athlete representatives and eight ex offi cio members: Emily Zabor Student-Athlete Advisory Board Director of Alumni Affairs, Member of the Board of Trustees, Community Member President of the Faculty Senate, President of the SGA, Vice Tommy Moore President for Student Affairs, Associate Provost, member of the Ex Offi cio Tuscaloosa community, and Vice President for Financial Affairs. Hamilton Bloom President, SGA The four non-designated faculty positions nominated by the CUC Calvin Brown Director, Alumni Affairs and serve three-year terms. The Athletic Director and the Associate John England Member, Board of Trustees Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator serve as liaison Michael George University Registrar members. Jennifer Greer Associate Provost, Academic Affairs Steven Hood Interim Vice President, Student Affairs Dana Keith Associate Vice President for Finance Steve Miller President, Faculty Senate Liaison Members Bill Battle Athletics Director Marie Robbins Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator Shane Lyons Deputy Director of Athletics/COO Kevin Almond Senior Associate Athletics Director

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 3 ALABAMA’S NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS ALABAMA’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION | 1925-2015 - 25 TITLES BY FIVE TEAMS

FOOTBALL (15) GYMNASTICS (6) WOMEN’S GOLF (1) SOFTBALL (1) MEN’S GOLF (2) 2012 2011 2012 2012 2012 2014 2009 1992 2011 2013 1979 1978 2002 1973 1965 1996 1964 1961 1991 1941 1934 1988 1930 1926 1925

4 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ALABAMA’S SEC CHAMPIONS THE CRIMSON TIDE’S SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION | 1933-2015 - 97 TITLES BY 15 SPORTS

GYMNASTICS (9) SOFTBALL (8) MEN’S GOLF (5) WOMEN’S TENNIS (1) 2015 2014 2011 2014 2012 2011 2014 2013 2012 2014 2009 2003 2000 2010 2006 2005 2008 1979 1995 1990 1988 2003 1998

BASEBALL (19) MEN’S MEN’S CROSS FOOTBALL (24) WOMEN’S 2006 2003 2002 BASKETBALL (11) COUNTRY (3) 2014 2012 2009 GOLF (2) 1999 1997 1996 2002 1991 1990 2009 2008 1973 1999 1992 1989 2013 1995 1983 1968 1989 1987 1982 1981 1979 1978 2010 1955 1950 1947 1976 1975 1974 WOMEN’S CROSS 1977 1975 1974 1942 1941 1940 1956 1934 COUNTRY (2) 1973 1972 1971 1938 1936 1935 1987 1966 1965 1964 1934 1986 1961 1953 1945 1937 1934 1933

MEN’S WOMEN’S MEN’S MEN’S TRACK WOMEN’S TRACK SWIMMING AND SWIMMING AND TENNIS (1) AND FIELD (6) AND FIELD (3) OUTDOOR DIVING (2) DIVING (1) 1976 OUTDOOR 1987 1985 1980 1952 1950 1994 1982 INDOOR 1986 1972 1959 1958 INDOOR 1994

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 5 QQUANESHAUANESHA BURKSBURKS KKRISTIANRISTIAN GGKOLOMEEVKOLOMEEV EEMMAMMA TALLEYTALLEY ALABAMA’S 2015 INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONS

RREMONAEMONA BURCHELLBURCHELL EERINRIN ROUTLIFFEROUTLIFFE AANDND MMAYAAYA JJANSENANSEN

6 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ALABAMA’S INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ALABAMA’S NCAA & AIAW CHAMPIONS | 1972-2015 - 92 TITLES BY 65 DIFFERENT STUDENTS

Student Sport Title Year Ron Bramlett M. Track & Field 100 Meter Hurdles 2002 William Wuyke M. Track & Field 1,000 Meters 1984 Quanesha Burks W. Track & Field Long Jump 2015 Ron Bramlett M. Track & Field 60 Meter Hurdles 2002 Iris Gronfeldt W. Track & Field Javelin 1984 W. Golf Medalist 2015 Ron Bramlett M. Track & Field 110 Meter Hurdles 2001 Glenn Mills M. Swim/Dive 200 Breaststroke 1983 Erin Routliffe W. Tennis Doubles 2015 David Kimani M. Track & Field 5000 Meters 2001 Angelika Knipping W. Swim/Dive 50 Breaststroke 1983 Maya Jansen W. Tennis Doubles 2015 David Kimani M. Track & Field 5000 Meters 2001 Emmit King M. Track & Field 100 Meters 1983 Kristian Gkolomeev M. Swim/Dive 100 Freestyle 2015 David Kimani M. Track & Field 3000 Meters 2001 Disa Gisladottir W. Track & Field High Jump 1983 Remona Burchell W. Track & Field 60 Meters 2015 Tim Broe M. Track & Field 3000 Steeplechase 2000 Disa Gisladottir W. Track & Field High Jump 1983 Kim Jacob Gymnastics All-Around 2014 Andreé Pickens Gymnastics 1999 Arne Borgstrom M. Swim/Dive 1,650 Freestyle 1982 Kristian Gkolomeev M. Swim/Dive 50 Freestyle 2014 Brent Roberts M. Swim/Dive Platform Diving 1998 Disa Gisladottir W. Track & Field High Jump 1982 Erin Routliffe W. Tennis Doubles 2014 Mats Nilsson M. Track & Field Javelin 1997 Jeff Woodard M. Track & Field High Jump 1980 Maya Jansen W. Tennis Doubles 2014 Kim Kelly Gymnastics Exercise 1996 Carlos Berrocal M. Swim/Dive 100 Backstroke 1979 Hayden Reed M. Track & Field Discus 2014 Stephanie Woods Gymnastics 1996 Wayne Chester M. Swim/Dive 1-meter Diving 1978 Diondre Batson M. Track & Field 200 Meters 2014 Meredith Willard Gymnastics All-Around 1996 Tony Husbands M. Track & Field Mile Relay 1978 Remona Burchell W. Track & Field 60 Meter 2014 Mats Nilsson M. Track & Field Javelin 1996 Joe Coombs M. Track & Field Mile Relay 1978 Remona Burchell W. Track & Field 100 Meters 2014 Andrew Owusu M. Track & Field Long Jump 1996 Darroll Gatson M. Track & Field Mile Relay 1978 Diandra Milliner Gymnastics 2013 Dana Dobransky Gymnastics Balance Beam 1993 Ike Levine M. Track & Field Mile Relay 1978 Geralen Stack-Eaton Gymnastics Balance Beam 2012 Dana Dobransky Gymnastics Balance Beam 1992 Christina Jarvis W. Swim/Dive 50 Breaststroke* 1977 Geralen Stack-Eaton Gymnastics Floor Exercise 2011 Gina Basile Gymnastics Balance Beam 1991 Christina Jarvis W. Swim/Dive 100 Breaststroke* 1977 Kirani James M. Track & Field 400 Meters 2011 Dee Foster Gymnastics All-Around 1990 Christina Jarvis W. Swim/Dive 200 Breaststroke* 1977 Fred Samoei M. Track & Field 800 Meters 2011 Brad McCuaig M. Track & Field 4x100 Meter Relay 1990 Gary England M. Track & Field Shot Put 1977 Kirani James M. Track & Field 400 Meters 2010 Eduardo Nava M. Track & Field 4x100 Meter Relay 1990 Christina Jarvis W. Swim/Dive 100 Breaststroke* 1976 Morgan Dennis Gymnastics Floor Exercise 2007 Clive Wright M. Track & Field 4x100 Meter Relay 1990 Christina Jarvis W. Swim/Dive 200 Breaststroke* 1976 Terin Humphrey Gymnastics Uneven Bars 2007 Richard Beattie M. Track & Field 4x100 Meter Relay 1990 Vicky Stanley W. Swim/Dive 50 Freestyle* 1976 Vlad Polyakov M. Swim/Dive 200 Breaststroke 2007 Flora Hyacinth W. Track & Field Triple Jump 1989 Jonty Skinner M. Swim/Dive 100 Freestyle 1975 Gymnastics Vault 2006 Pauline Davis W. Track & Field 400 Meters 1989 Jan Johnson M. Track & Field Pole Vault 1972 Terin Humphrey Gymnastics Uneven Bars 2005 Pauline Davis W. Track & Field 200 Meters 1988 Vlad Polyakov M. Swim/Dive 200 Breaststroke 2005 Keith Talley M. Track & Field 55 Meter Hurdles 1987 * = AIAW Titles Beth Mallory W. Track & Field Discus 2005 W. Track & Field 400 Meters 1987 Ashley Miles Gymnastics Vault 2004 Penney Hauschild Gymnastics All-Around 1986 Ashley Miles Gymnastics Floor Exercise 2004 Penney Hauschild Gymnastics Floor Exercise 1986 Jeana Rice Gymnastics All-Around 2004 Keith Talley M. Track & Field 110 Meter Hurdles 1986 Lane Bassham W. Swim/Dive 3-meter Diving 2004 Lillie Leatherwood W. Track & Field 400 Meters 1986 Ashley Miles Gymnastics Vault 2003 Liz Lynch W. Track & Field Mile Run 1986 Stefan Gherghel M. Swim/Dive 200 Butterfl y 2003 Penney Hauschild Gymnastics All-Around 1985 Andreé Pickens Gymnastics Uneven Bars 2002 Penney Hauschild Gymnastics Uneven Bars 1985 Stefan Gherghel M. Swim/Dive 200 Butterfl y 2002 Lillie Leatherwood W. Track & Field 400 Meters 1985 Miguel Pate M. Track & Field Long Jump 2002 Iris Gronfeldt W. Track & Field Javelin 1985

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 7 ALABAMA’S 2014-15 NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT - Wide receiver Amari Cooper was presented the 2014 Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s outstanding college receiver on December 11, 2014, at the ESPN Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. He is the fi rst Crimson Tide player to receive the prestigious award.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced on June 17, 2015, that the tandem of Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe was the National Women’s Doubles Team of the Year for the second consecutive season. The Crimson Tide duo is the fi rst doubles pairing in history to win the award in back-to-back seasons.

On April 15, 2015, Lauren Beers was named the NCAA Elite 89 Award winner for the sport of gymnastics for the second year in a row at the NCAA Championship Banquet held at The Stockyard in Ft. Worth, Texas. It was the Crimson Tide gymnastics program’s sixth in a row.

Emma Talley, the 2015 NCAA women’s golf champion, was named the winner for golf - given annually to the national player of the year - by The Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards (CWSA) on June 26, 2015.

8 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Kim Jacob and the late John Servati were honored during the NCAA Honors Celebration in the Potomac Ballroom of the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Washington D.C. on January 16, 2015. It was a night of great class, dignity and glamour tinged with sadness.

During the night, Jacob became the 13th Alabama student and the fi fth Crimson Tide gymnast to earn the NCAA Top 10 Award that recognizes current student-athletes who have completed their athletic eligibility for their success in competition, in the classroom and in the community.

One of the most decorated student-athletes in Alabama’s storied history, during the 2013-14 academic year, Jacob became the Crimson Tide’s fi rst Honda Cup winner as the National Woman Collegiate Athlete of the Year and its third Capital One Division I Academic All-American of the Year as the top scholar in all of NCAA Division I athletics, regardless of sport or gender.

Servati, who died in April 2014 while saving the life of another University of Alabama student during a night when severe storms swept through Tuscaloosa, was honored with the NCAA Award of Valor. His parents, Janet Gaston and Al Servati, accepted the award on his behalf from Alabama President Dr. Judy Bonner with head coach Dennis Pursley looking on.

The NCAA Award of Valor is given to a coach or administrator currently associated with intercollegiate athletics, or to a current or former varsity letter-winner at an NCAA institution who, when confronted with a situation involving personal danger, averted or minimized potential disaster by courageous action or noteworthy bravery. The award is NCAA HONORS CELEBRATION not presented annually, but in the event of an outstanding act of valor.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 9 BASEBALL

32-28 OVERALL; 12-18 SEC 2015 HIGHLIGHTS INDOOR HITTING FACILITY OPENS On Jan. 14, 2015, the team’s hitting facility was offi cially opened. 6TH IN SEC WEST • Alabama fi nished the 2015 season with a 32-28 overall record, The brand-new training facility provides the team with an indoor which included a 19-15 record at home, an 11-10 mark on the 11TH OVERALL IN SEC road and a 2-3 record in neutral site games. area for use by those involved with the program, past and present. The building features four retractable, 20-foot high hitting bays • The 32 wins marked the fi fth time in six seasons under Mitch Gaspard that the Crimson Tide reached the 30-win plateau. that are accompanied by a state-of-the-art LED lighting system, HEAD COACH air conditioning and sound equipment to provide players with all • UA posted a 12-18 Southeastern Conference record, fi nishing Mitch Gaspard sixth in the Western Division standings and 11th overall. the tools necessary for year-round preparations. The building also features a fi tness area complete with weights, benches and cardio • The Crimson Tide made the 12-team fi eld for the SEC Baseball ASSISTANT COACHES equipment for pre- and post-practice workouts. The hitting facility Tournament, its 32nd appearance in the conference’s postseason Dax Norris tournament. is the fi rst step of Alabama baseball’s structural transformation and renovations of Sewell-Thomas Stadium. Andy Phillips • Alabama fi nished the season with a .275 batting average that Nathan Kilcrease included 105 doubles, 20 triples and 27 home runs. The offense also stole 61 bases in 83 attempts for a 74 percent success rate. ALABAMA SPENDS THE SEASON IN HOOVER • The 20 triples were the most by a Tide team since 21 in 2006. The Crimson Tide moved into a new home for the 2015 season, Alabama’s stolen bases and times attempted were the most a UA playing 30 home games inside Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in offense has put together since 2010 when the team produced 67 Hoover, Ala. The city of Hoover welcomed Alabama baseball to stolen bases across 91 attempts. The Met and hosted the team at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham - • The Tide pitching staff had 479 strikeouts. The punchout total The Wynfrey Hotel each home weekend. The year in Hoover began was Alabama’s highest since 2010. with three scrimmages per weekend in three consecutive weekends • UA was 8-7 on the road in SEC play, including a pair of wins at leading up to the regular season and ended with the Tide’s 1-0 No. 15 Mississippi State and a sweep of No. 24 Auburn, the fi rst shutout win over seventh-ranked Vanderbilt. road sweep of the rival Tigers on the Plains in 32 years.

PROGRAM RECORDS 2,500TH WIN Alabama entered the season looking to become one of only 14 programs all-time to have claimed 2,500 total wins. With its 19-0 shutout win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Feb. 15, the team reached the 2,500 win plateau across its storied 122 total seasons.

10 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS OVERSTREET NAMED TO SEC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM Junior Kyle Overstreet was named to the 2015 SEC All-Defensive Team as a second baseman. The conference award was the second of Overstreet’s career, as he was also named to the SEC All-Freshman Team in 2013. The reliable infi elder committed only three errors - the team low by an infi elder - and ranked second on the team in assists with 133 to wrap up the regular season. Across his 183 career starts, Overstreet collected 541 assists to rank third all-time and committed only 15 errors for a .985 fi elding percentage. His good hands earned him the ABCA’s NCAA Division I Rawlings Gold Glove Award at second base during his freshman season in 2013.

2015 ALABAMA BASEBALL RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Feb. 13 Maryland Eastern Shore W, 6-0 April 7 at Samford W, 12-1 Feb. 14 Maryland Eastern Shore W, 11-0 April 10 Georgia * W, 7-6 (11) Feb. 15 Maryland Eastern Shore W, 19-0 April 11 Georgia * L, 1-8 The fi rst win in program history came by a score of 6-3 on July 1, Feb. 20 at No. 3 Houston L, 1-3 April 12 Georgia * W, 5-2 1892, against Sewanee at Birmingham’s Lakeview Park. Feb. 21 at No. 3 Houston L, 9-14 April 14 UAB W, 5-1 Feb. 22 at No. 3 Houston W, 8-3 April 17 at No. 14 Missouri * L, 3-4 GASPARD REACHES 200 WINS AT ALABAMA Feb. 24 Savannah State (DH) W, 7-2 April 18 at No. 14 Missouri (DH) * W, 6-0 Feb. 24 Savannah State (DH) W, 4-2 April 18 at No. 14 Missouri (DH) * L, 3-5 Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard took control as the head man Feb. 27 Louisiana-Lafayette W, 6-4 April 21 Mississippi Valley State (DH) W, 3-1 of the Crimson Tide program in 2010 and has excelled ever since. Feb. 28 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 5-6 April 21 Mississippi Valley State (DH) W, 16-5 With the 1-0 shutout of seventh-ranked Vanderbilt on May 16, March 1 Louisiana-Lafayette L, 2-14 April 25 at Ole Miss (DH)* L, 2-10 Gaspard collected his 200th win as head coach at the Capstone. March 3 vs. Auburn 1 L, 3-5 April 25 at Ole Miss (DH) * L, 0-4 The win over Vandy also helped Gaspard reach the 30-win mark for March 6 Lipscomb 2 W, 5-1 April 26 at Ole Miss* W, 13-4 the fi fth time in his six seasons in charge, and wrapped up his sixth March 7 Lipscomb 2 L, 3-7 April 28 Southern Miss L, 6-2 (7) season at the helm averaging 34 wins per season. In his fi rst year March 8 Lipscomb 2 W, 3-0 April 30 No. 23 Arkansas * L, 1-5 as head coach, the former Alabama assistant claimed 42 wins to tie March 14 at No. 15 Mississippi State (DH) * W, 3-0 May 1 No. 23 Arkansas * L, 4-8 legendary head coach Jim Wells for the most wins in a fi rst season March 14 at No. 15 Mississippi State (DH) * W, 10-5 May 2 No. 23 Arkansas * L, 0-4 by a Crimson Tide head coach. March 15 at No. 15 Mississippi State * L, 1-4 May 5 Alabama A&M (DH) W, 7-2 March 17 Samford W, 8-4 May 5 Alabama A&M (DH) W, 7-2 TIDE SWEEPS AUBURN ON THE PLAINS March 20 No. 5 Texas A&M * L, 2-4 May 8 at No. 24 Auburn * W, 4-2 The Crimson Tide headed to Auburn for a three-game series with March 21 No. 5 Texas A&M (DH) * L, 5-10 May 9 at No. 24 Auburn * W, 7-6 the rival Tigers from May 8-10. Alabama would return home from March 21 No. 5 Texas A&M (DH) * W, 6-2 May 10 at No. 24 Auburn * W, 14-4 4 the weekend on the Plains with a fi ve-game win streak overall and a March 24 at South Alabama L, 0-3 May 12 Mercer W, 5-3 sweep over the then-ranked No. 24 Tigers. Alabama started off the March 27 at No. 4 Florida (DH) * W, 12-9 (10) May 14 No. 7 Vanderbilt * L, 1-2 May 15 No. 7 Vanderbilt * L, 5-7 weekend with a 4-2 win on the power of back-to-back solo home March 27 at No. 4 Florida (DH) * L, 1-8 March 28 at No. 4 Florida * L, 4-7 May 16 No. 7 Vanderbilt * W, 1-0 runs in the eighth inning before recording a 7-6 win in Saturday’s March 31 at UAB 3 W, 7-2 May 19 vs. Ole Miss 5 W, 6-1 contest on the back of 17 hits. In the series fi nale, the Crimson Tide April 2 No. 3 LSU * L, 5-8 (16) May 20 vs. No. 6 Texas A&M 5 L, 3-4 claimed the sweep thanks to a 14-4 blowout victory that included April 3 No. 3 LSU * L, 2-6 May 21 vs. No. 7 Missouri 5 W, 4-3 an eight-run ninth inning. The sweep in Auburn territory was April 4 No. 3 LSU * L, 4-6 (13) May 22 vs. No. 7 Vanderbilt 5 L, 1-16 (7) Alabama’s fi rst in 32 years, dating back to May 7-8, 1983. Rankings based on Baseball America Poll 3 – Regions Field (Birmingham, Ala.) * – Southeastern Conference game 4 – Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium (Huntsville, Ala.) 1 – MAX Capital City Classic (Montgomery, Ala.) 5 – SEC Tournament (Hoover Metropolitan Stadium, Hoover, Ala.) 2 – Hank Aaron Stadium (Mobile, Ala.) ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 11 MEN’S BASKETBALL

19-15 OVERALL; 8-10 SEC 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS RANDOLPH BECOMES FIRST ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN Senior guard Levi Randolph was selected to the 2014-15 Capital • Alabama made its 13th NIT appearance and 32nd postseason T-8TH IN SEC One Academic All-America Second Team, becoming the fi rst showing when it earned an at-large berth to the 2015 National Invitation Tournament. The Tide went 1-1 in this year’s event, Alabama men’s basketball player to ever earn the honor. For HEAD COACH and has a 24-16 (.600) all-time record in postseason NIT play. Randolph, who was the only player from the Southeastern Conference to earn the honor in the sport of men’s basketball, Anthony Grant • Injuries were a major factor for the Crimson Tide throughout the season. Alabama played the fi nal six-plus games of the year it was a goal he had been working toward since the moment ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH without two of its top four scorers in Ricky Tarrant (13.1 ppg – he walked on campus as a freshman. Randolph earned his ruptured plantar fascia in left foot) and Shannon Hale (8.2 ppg undergraduate degree in marketing in August of 2014, completing John Brannen - broken left foot). Together, the duo contributed 23.3 points per the requirements for graduation in only three years while earning a game to the Alabama offense. In fact, Alabama players missed a 3.45 grade point average. He continued working towards a master’s ASSISTANT COACHES total of 26.5 games due to injuries (Tarrant - 14, Hale - 6.5, Retin degree in marketing throughout the 2014-15 season and maintained Antoine Pettway Obasohan - 3, Michael Kessens - 2, Cooper - 1). a 3.75 GPA. In addition, the senior captain led the Tide in points Reggie Witherspoon • Senior guard Levi Randolph was named a second team Academic All-American. In achieving the feat, Randolph became the fi rst (15.4), assists (2.5), steals (1.5) and minutes (35.3) per game. player in Alabama men’s basketball program history to earn the honor. He also became the fi rst UA player to be named to three RANDOLPH EARNS SEC SCHOLAR ATHLETE OF THE YEAR consecutive CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District First In addition to becoming the program’s fi rst Academic All- Teams. American, Randolph also was named the 2015 SEC Scholar Athlete • Randolph was named the 2015 SEC Scholar Athlete of the of the Year. The Madison, Ala., native earned his fi rst career Year, becoming the second Alabama player to earn the honor all-conference accolade, as he was tabbed second team All-SEC in program history (Justin Knox won the award in 2009). In honoree. Randolph became the second men’s basketball player in addition to the Scholar Athlete of the Year, the Madison, Ala., native earned second team All-SEC honors – the fi rst all- program history to earn the league’s Scholar Athlete of the Year conference accolade of his stellar career. award, joining former standout Justin Knox who claimed the • Alabama was arguably four points away from being an NCAA recognition in 2009. tournament team. UA lost at No. 11 Wichita State by one point, 53-52, on Dec. 16, at No. 19 Arkansas by two points in overtime, 93-91, on Jan. 22 and to Georgia in overtime, 66-65, on Jan. 21. . All three teams made the 2015 NCAA Tournament.

12 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS RANDOLPH/TARRANT EARN SEC WEEKLY HONORS BASKETBALL PROGRAM REACHES 1,600 WINS Senior guard Levi Randolph and junior guard Ricky Tarrant were As a program, Alabama became the 34th program in NCAA each tabbed as SEC Players of the Week during the 2014-15 Division I to reach the 1,600-win plateau with a 79-58 win vs. season. Randolph earned the honor for the week of Nov. 24 and Illinois on March 17 in the opening round of the 2015 NIT. The Tarrant for the week of Dec. 29. The duo’s awards marked the fi rst Tide owns an overall record of 1,600-984 (.619). Alabama joins time since the 2003-04 season - when Earnest Shelton (one) and Missouri State, Georgetown, Ohio State, Arkansas and Michigan Kennedy Winston (three) claimed the accolade - that multiple UA State as programs who achieved the feat in 2014-15. players earned SEC Player of the Week honors in the same season.

2014-15 ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT RESULT Nov. 14 Towson W, 82-54 Nov. 17 Western Carolina W, 80-74 Nov. 20 Southern Miss W, 81-67 Nov. 24 vs. No. 13/13 Iowa State 1 L, 74-84

1 AVERY JOHNSON NAMED ALABAMA HEAD COACH Nov. 25 vs. Arizona State W, 76-71 Dec. 2 South Florida W, 82-71 On April 8, 2015, Alabama athletics director Bill Battle formally Dec. 6 at Xavier L, 84-97 introduced Avery Johnson as the Crimson Tide’s new head men’s Dec. 13 Tennessee Tech W, 65-53 basketball coach at a press conference. Johnson, who replaced Dec. 16 at No. 11/11 Wichita State L, 52-53 former head coach Anthony Grant, was named the 20th head Dec. 19 Stillman W, 69-49 coach in the program’s 102-year history. As a player, Johnson won Dec. 21 Appalachian State W, 60-59 an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 1999. As Dec. 28 UCLA W, 56-50 a head coach, he was named the 2006 NBA Coach of the Year Jan. 2 North Florida W, 76-61 after his fi rst full season as head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. Jan. 6 Texas A&M * W, 65-44 Johnson brings a 254-186 (.577) career coaching record to the Jan. 10 at Tennessee * W, 56-38 Crimson Tide after spending four seasons with the Mavericks and Jan. 13 at South Carolina * L, 66-68 two-plus seasons with the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets. A New Orleans Jan. 17 No. 1/1 Kentucky * L, 48-70 native, Johnson played his fi nal two collegiate seasons at Southern Jan. 22 at Arkansas * L, 91-93 (OT) University, leading the NCAA in assists both years. He still owns Jan. 24 Auburn * W, 57-55 several NCAA Division I records, including most assists in a single Jan. 27 Florida * L, 50-52 game (22 - shared with two other players), most games with 20 or Jan. 31 at No. 1/1 Kentucky * L, 55-70 more assists (4), the highest single-season assists average (13.3) and Feb. 4 Missouri * W, 62-49 the highest career assists average (12.0). Feb. 7 at LSU * L, 60-71 Feb. 10 at Mississippi State * W, 55-51 OH, SO CLOSE Feb. 14 Vanderbilt * L, 68-76 Feb. 17 at Auburn * W, 79-68 Five of Alabama’s 15 losses came down to a fi nal possession (for Feb. 21 Georgia * L, 65-66 (OT) a total of eight points), four of which occurred during SEC play. Feb. 24 South Carolina * W, 59-51 Alabama lost at No. 11 Wichita State by one point (53-52) on Feb. 28 at Vanderbilt * L, 66-73 Dec. 16, which was the only non-conference one-possession loss. March 3 Ole Miss * L, 74-82 The defeats included 68-66 at South Carolina, 93-91 in overtime March 7 at Texas A&M * W, 61-60 at Arkansas, 52-50 to Florida and 66-65 in overtime to Georgia. March 12 vs. Florida 2 L, 61-69 For the season, the Tide was 3-5 in games decided by a single March 17 Illinois 3 W, 79-58 possession. March 21 at Miami 4 L, 66-73 Rankings listed are Associated Press/USA Today Coaches Polls | * – Southeastern Conference game | 1 – CBE Hall of Fame Classic (Kansas City, Mo.) 2 – SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) | 3 – NIT First Round (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) | 4 – NIT Second Round (Miami, Fla.) ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 13 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

13-19 OVERALL; 2-14 SEC 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS and Business Administration, as selected by the entire college faculty. In addition, she received the James Larry Carmichael • Alabama’s 11 non-conference wins were four more than it had 14TH IN SEC Department of Marketing Outstanding Student Service Award, last season and the most since 2010, when the Crimson Tide also had 11. which is given to the student with the most distinguished reputation HEAD COACH for service to the entire University community. • Forward Ashley Williams led the Southeastern Conference and Kristy Curry ranked 17th nationally in fi eld goal percentage with an average of TIDE PLACES SEVEN ON SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL ASSISTANT COACHES 54.7 percent of her shots made. • The Crimson Tide was one of the most successful teams in The women’s basketball squad had the second most SEC Academic Kelly Curry getting to the free throw line, as Alabama fi nished the regular Honor Roll members this season with seven, led by Briana Hutchen Terry Nooner season ranked third in the nation in free throw attempts with who was pursuing a master’s degree in sport management. Oceana 723. Shereka Wright Hamilton (advertising), Breanna Hayden (exercise science), Nikki Hegstetter (marketing), Karyla Middlebrook (management), Sharin YOUTH LEADS TIDE IN NUMBERS Rivers (exercise science) and Ashley Williams (criminal justice) also The future looks bright for Alabama as it was led statistically by its earned the honor. youth throughout the 2014-15 season. The Crimson Tide freshmen and sophomores accounted for 76.1 percent (1,453 of 1,909) of its KNIGHT NAMED TEAM’S MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER AT scoring and 56.4 percent (680 of 1,205) of its rebounding, led by HALL OF FAME WOMEN’S CHALLENGE sophomore Ashley Williams, who had team-high averages of 13.7 Guard Meoshonti Knight scored a season-high 16 points, including points and 6.1 rebounds per game. 7-7 from the free throw line, in addition to fi ve rebounds and three assists off the bench against Quinnipiac. For her efforts, she was NIKKI HEGSTETTER HONORED BY CULVERHOUSE COLLEGE named Alabama’s Most Outstanding Player at the Hall of Fame OF COMMERCE AS TOP UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT Women’s Challenge, which was played at Mohegan Sun Arena in Forward Nikki Hegstetter earned a pair of prestigious awards Uncasville, Conn. from Alabama’s Culverhouse College of Commerce as part of the University’s Honors Day celebration. Hegstetter was named the WILLIAMS HONORED AS SEC PLAYER OF THE WEEK Austin Scholar for Outstanding Senior in the Culverhouse College Forward Ashley Williams was named the Southeastern Conference of Commerce, which is presented annually to the outstanding Women’s Basketball Player of the Week on Nov. 24. The forward undergraduate student in the Culverhouse College of Commerce from Covington, Ga., averaged 21.3 points and 8.3 rebounds per

14 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS game for the Crimson Tide during the week and Auditorium drew a crowd of 2,678 for its win was instrumental in Alabama going undefeated over Georgia on Jan. 26, 2014, setting a new 2014-15 ALABAMA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS at the Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge in record attendance for women’s basketball in Lawrence, Kan., picking up wins against Kansas, the historic building. Fans then answered the DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Georgetown and Temple. Williams scored 20 call to top that number the next week against Nov. 14 Florida A&M 1 W, 60-44 or more points in three of the four contests, Tennessee, and would set another record as Nov. 16 No. 7/7 Duke L, 40-90 including a career-high 26 against Jacksonville 3,002 packed into Foster to watch the Tide and Nov. 18 Jacksonville State L, 62-64 State earlier in the week and added her second Lady Vols. The record was broken, yet again, Nov. 21 at Kansas 2 W, 85-80 double-double of the season and seventh of her when 3,133 were on hand for the Mississippi Nov. 22 vs. Georgetown 2 W, 72-58 career with 20 points and 11 rebounds versus State game. Alabama’s average attendance has Nov. 23 vs. Temple 2 W, 58-51 the Owls. She was 72.1 percent from the fl oor, continued to grow and is up an average of 1,405 Nov. 26 Alabama A&M W, 75-44 hitting 31 of 43 shots and averaged a team-best per game since Curry’s arrival (1,145 in 2012-13; Nov. 30 vs. Quinnipiac 3 L, 66-73 31.8 minutes of action per game. 1,992 in 2013-14; 2,550 in 2014-15). Dec. 2 USC Upstate W, 74-65 Dec. 4 UT Martin W, 68-55 Dec. 7 No. 12/15 Nebraska W, 53-51 WILLIAMS NAMED TO NCAA.COM’S MORE THAN JUST BASKETBALL Dec. 14 Mercer L, 39-46 The Alabama women’s basketball team started STARTING FIVE Dec. 16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 1 W, 71-27 its inaugural Community Caravan during the Forward Ashley Williams notched a spot on Dec. 21 New Orleans W, 87-58 NCAA.com’s Starting Five for her performances fall of 2014. In an effort to give back to the Dec. 28 Mississippi Valley State W, 71-40 during the week of Nov. 17-23. Joining her on local community, the team volunteered at local Jan. 2 No. 11/11 Kentucky * L, 66-78 the team was Western Kentucky forward Chastity schools, hospitals and non-profi t organizations Jan. 4 at No. 19/19 Georgia * L, 47-64 Gooch, St. John’s guard Danaejah Grant, as well as attended events on campus. Some of Jan. 8 No. 1/1 South Carolina * L, 59-102 Washington guard and Stanford the activities included Habitat for Humanity, Jan. 11 at Ole Miss * L, 63-77 guard Lili Thompson. Williams averaged 21.3 The Miracle League of Tuscaloosa, assisting at Jan. 18 at No. 15/18 Mississippi State * L, 50-66 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for the week, The Rise School in Tuscaloosa and honoring Jan. 22 Auburn * W, 51-50 shooting 72.1 percent from the fl oor. veterans in town upon their return from an Jan. 25 Vanderbilt * L, 52-55 honor fl ight to Washington, D.C. Jan. 29 at No. 1/1 South Carolina * L, 54-85 Feb. 1 Arkansas * L, 42-53 RECORD-BREAKING ATTENDANCE Feb. 8 at LSU * L, 39-51 Season ticket sales increased 53 percent since Feb. 12 Missouri * W, 67-64 Kristy Curry took over at the Capstone. Foster Feb. 16 at No. 15/16 Texas A&M * L, 49-70 Feb. 19 at No. 6/6 Tennessee * L, 56-77 Feb. 22 No. 14/16 Mississippi State * L, 55-57 Feb. 26 Florida * L, 49-53 March 1 at Auburn * L, 73-80 March 4 vs. Vanderbilt 4 L, 56-66 Rankings listed are Associated Press/USA Today Coaches Polls * – Southeastern Conference game 1 – Played at Coleman Coliseum 2 – Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge (Lawrence, Kan.) 3 – Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge (Uncasville, Conn.) 4 – SEC Tournament (North Little Rock, Ark.)

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16 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS TIDE WINS 24TH SEC TITLE Quarterback Blake Sims completed 23 of 27 passes for 262 yards and two touchdowns on the way to earning game Most Valuable Player honors and Crimson Tide wide receiver Amari Cooper had a game-record 12 catches for 83 yards to lead the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide to a 42-13 victory over Missouri in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game, giving the Crimson Tide its league-best 24th SEC title. Sims produced the most accurate passing performance in SEC Championship Game history by completing 85.1 percent of his passes without an interception. Meanwhile, the Alabama defense limited Missouri to 313 yards and 10 fi rst downs. Noseguard A’Shawn Robinson led the Tide’s effort with nine tackles, including three for losses and a quarterback hurry. Safety Landon Collins had seven stops, a tackle for a loss, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble. Four Tide players set individual highs for an SEC title game as Blake Sims set overall game records for total offense (281 yards) and completion percentage (85.1 percent); Amari Cooper set the mark for catches (12); Christion Jones set a game record for average yards per kickoff return (28.3 yards per return on 3 returns); and A’Shawn Robinson set a Tide record for tackles for loss in an SEC title game (3).

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SEC CHAMPIONS

SEC WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONS

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SEMIFINALISTS

12-2 OVERALL; 7-1 SEC 2014 HIGHLIGHTS HEAD COACH NICK SABAN FINAL NATIONAL RANK: 4TH/4TH Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) completed his eighth season as the • Alabama fi nished the 2014 season with a 12-2 record and an Crimson Tide’s head coach in 2014. Named the school’s 27th head appearance in the fi rst College Football Playoff. coach on Jan. 3, 2007, Saban has compiled an 86-17 (.835) record HEAD COACH • The Crimson Tide was the No. 1 seed in the CFP standings and (91-17 (.843) before fi ve vacated wins in 2007) at Alabama while faced No. 4 Ohio State in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, falling 42-35. Nick Saban leading the Tide to fi ve SEC Western Division championships, three • The Tide posted a 7-1 mark in the SEC’s Western Division conference titles and three national championships. He is the only ASSISTANT COACHES capture the division before dismantling Missouri, 42-13, to win coach to win back-to-back BCS national championships and has Burton Burns the program’s 24th SEC Championship. won four titles in his last nine years of coaching college football. • Alabama began the year 4-0 before falling, 23-17, at No. 11 Ole Mario Cristobal Saban is one of three college coaches in the poll era (since 1936) to Miss. The Tide then reeled off eight-straight wins to reach the Bo Davis CFP Playoff, including wins over then-No. 1 Mississippi State, at win three national championships in four years, joining Frank Leahy Lane Kiffi n No. 16 LSU and a 55-44 Iron Bowl triumph over No. 14 Auburn. of Notre Dame (1946-47, 1949) and Tom Osborne of Nebraska (1994-95, 1997). He is also the fourth coach in the poll era to win Billy Napier • The Crimson Tide was 5-2 against top 25 opponents in 2014 and 7-0 inside Bryant-Denny Stadium and has won 16 straight on its four national championships (Paul “Bear” Bryant, John McKay Kirby Smart home turf. of Southern California and Leahy). Saban holds a career record Kevin Steele • The Crimson Tide produced Biletnikoff Award winner Amari of 177-59-1 (.749) as a collegiate head coach, serving at Toledo, Lance Thompson Cooper, who was also a fi nalist for the Heisman Trophy. Safety Michigan State and LSU. He won his fi rst national championship Bobby Williams Landon Collins was a fi nalist for the Thorpe Award, Nagurski as head coach at LSU in 2003, guiding the Tigers to a 13-1 record. Award and Lott Trophy, while punter JK Scott earned fi nalist Saban has coached six conference championship teams (1990 Mid- accolades as the nation’s top punter. Five players earned fi rst American and SEC titles in 2001, 2003, 2009, 2012 and 2014) and team All-America honors with linebacker Trey DePriest and offensive guard Arie Kouandjio joining Cooper, Collins and 16 of his 19 teams have played in postseason bowl games with the Scott. Tide appearing in a bowl game all eight years under Saban, including • With a 12-2 record in 2014, Alabama won at least 10 games for six BCS/New Year’s Six Bowl games. Saban was also the fi rst head the seventh straight season and fi nished as SEC Champions for coach to win BCS national championships at two different schools the 24th time. The Tide fi nished the season ranked fourth in the and is the only coach in SEC history to win multiple conference Associated Press and USA Today coaches polls. titles at more than one school.

18 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ALL-AMERICANS Alabama had fi ve players garner fi rst-team All-America honors in 2014, including Amari Cooper and Landon Collins who both earned unanimous honors. True freshman punter JK Scott also garnered fi rst-team honors from Sporting News, while linebacker Trey DePriest and offensive guard Arie Kounadjio were selected fi rst team by the AFCA. Outside of the fi ve offi cial selectors, both USA Today and ESPN recognized Cooper, Collins and Scott on their fi rst team. Cam Robinson also garnered Freshman All-America honors from Sporting News and the AFCA. Kouandjio was also named to the fi rst team by USA Today while garnering second-team honors from Walter Camp and Sporting News.

NO. 1 FOR SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS The 2014 season marked the seventh straight year for the Crimson Tide to make an appearance at No. 1. The Tide is only the second team in the Associated Press poll era to appear at No. 1 for seven in school history to lead his team to a 10-win season and is the COOPER WINS BILETNIKOFF; HEISMAN FINALIST consecutive seasons. Alabama’s streak began in 2008 and has seen fi fth coach in school history to have more than one 10-win season. Junior receiver Amari Cooper was named the winner of the the Crimson Tide fi nish fi rst in the fi nal AP poll in three of the past Bryant had a school-record 12 10-win seasons at Alabama, while Biletnikoff Award, which is awarded annually to the nation’s most fi ve years. Alabama now shares the record for consecutive seasons Saban is second with seven. Other coaches to reach the milestone outstanding college receiver. Cooper was also named the SEC with at least one week at No. 1 with Miami (Fla.), who did it seven include Gene Stallings (4), Wallace Wade (2), Frank Thomas (2), Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press and the league straight years from 1986-92. Harold “Red” Drew (1), Ray Perkins (1), Bill Curry (1), Mike coaches. He was one of three fi nalists for the Heisman Trophy, DuBose (1), Dennis Franchione (1) and Mike Shula (1). fi nishing third behind Oregon’s Marcus Mariota and Wisconsin’s ALABAMA WINS 24TH SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Melvin Gordon. Cooper was Alabama’s fourth fi nalist since 2009 Alabama won its SEC-leading 24th SEC football championship HISTORIC OFFENSE and the fi rst receiver since 2003 to go to New York. with a 42-13 win over Missouri in the 2014 championship game. The Alabama offense produced four games of at least 600 yards of The Crimson Tide has more SEC championships than any other total offense in 2014 under the direction of offensive coordinator 2014-15 FOOTBALL RESULTS school, winning its third title since 2009 and third under head coach Lane Kiffi n and eight games over 500 yards. You have to go back Nick Saban. Alabama won its fi rst SEC championship during the 307 games and 24 years prior to the 2014 season to fi nd four games DATE OPPONENT RESULT 1 1933 season and Paul Bryant directed the Crimson Tide to 13 SEC in which Alabama gained 600 yards of total offense. UA fi nished Aug. 30 vs. West Virginia W, 33-23 Sept. 6 Florida Atlantic W, 41-0 titles during his 25-year run in Tuscaloosa. In addition to its 24 with a school-record 484.5 yards of total offense per game in 2014. Sept. 13 Southern Miss W, 52-12 SEC championships, Alabama also won four Southern Conference The Tide had one 600-yard game in 2013, one in 2011 and one in Sept. 20 Florida * W, 42-21 titles (1924, 1925, 1926 and 1930), giving the school 28 conference 2010 at Duke. Prior to the 2010 Duke game on Sept. 18, the last Oct. 4 at No. 11/11 Ole Miss * L, 17-23 football championships. time Alabama had cracked the 600-yard mark in total offense was Oct. 11 at Arkansas * W, 14-13 Nov. 11, 1989, at LSU (644 yards). Alabama surpassed 600 yards of Oct. 18 No. 21/21 Texas A&M * W, 59-0 10-WIN SEASONS total offense four times in the fi rst 11 games of the 2014 season. Oct. 25 at Tennessee * W, 34-20 With a win over Western Carolina on Nov. 22, Alabama reached the Nov. 8 at No. 16/14/15 LSU * W, 20-13 (OT) 10-win milestone for the seventh consecutive season. The seven BEATING THE BEST Nov. 15 No. 1/1/1 Mississippi State * W, 25-20 straight years with 10 wins extends the school record that was set Alabama is 31-11 (.738) against the Associated Press top 25, Nov. 22 Western Carolina W, 48-14 by the Tide last season. Prior to fi nishing 2013 with 11 wins, the including a 17-6 (.739) mark against AP top-10 teams since the start Nov. 29 No. 14/15/16 Auburn * W, 55-44 previous total for most consecutive 10-win seasons was fi ve, set by of 2008. The Crimson Tide fi nished 5-2 in 2014 against the AP top Dec. 6 vs. 16/14/13 Missouri 2 W, 42-13 coach Paul “Bear” Bryant’s teams from 1971-75. In 119 seasons, the 25. Alabama’s win over top-ranked Mississippi State on Nov. 15 was Jan. 1 vs. 4/5/4 Ohio State 3 L, 35-42 Tide has won 10 or more games 34 times, one back of Oklahoma the program’s seventh victory over the nation’s No. 1 team. The Rankings listed are College Football Playoff/Associated Press/USA Today Coaches Polls (35) for the most 10-win seasons in college football history. Crimson Tide own a 7-4 record in 11 all-time games against top- * – Southeastern Conference game Alabama has produced nine 10-win seasons since 2002 (2002, 2005, 1 – Chick-fi l-A Kickoff Game (Atlanta, Ga.) ranked teams, which equates to a winning percentage of 63.6, which 2 – SEC Championship Game (Atlanta, Ga.) 2008-2014). Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban is the 11th coach is the best in college football history. 3 – Allstate Sugar Bowl/College Football Playoff Semifi nal (New Orleans, La.) ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 19 MEN’S GOLF

FINAL NATIONAL RANKING: 18TH 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS CRIMSON TIDE FINISH IN SEVENTH AT NCAA REGIONAL The Alabama men’s golf team fi nished in seventh place at the 2015 7TH AT NCAA NOBLESVILLE REGIONAL • Alabama reached the NCAA championship for the 24th time in NCAA Men’s Golf Noblesville (Ind.) Regional with a team total program history in 2015. The Crimson Tide was selected to its 4TH AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 11th consecutive NCAA regional, where Alabama placed seventh of 882 (298-299-285). As a result, the two-time defending national overall. champions did not advance to NCAA nationals for the fi rst time • For the second consecutive year, Robby Shelton was named a since 2010. The Crimson Tide, which made its 11th consecutive HEAD COACH PING First Team All-America honoree. Shelton becomes the NCAA regional appearance in 2015, did make a late charge during Jay Seawell fourth golfer in program history to earn back-to-back fi rst team Saturday’s fi nal round, rising all the way to sixth position before All-America accolades, joining Bud Cauley (2009, 2010, 2011), stumbling down the stretch. Alabama recorded its lowest round ASSISTANT COACH Justin Thomas (2012, 2013) and Bobby Wyatt (2013, 2014). of the three-day, 54-hole event with a 3-under par 288, but it was Jon Howell • Robby Shelton was named to the Southeastern Conference First not enough to fi nish among the top fi ve teams which earned a Team, while Jonathan Hardee earned a spot on the league’s all- spot among the 30 teams from six regionals (fi ve teams from each freshman team, after a vote by the league’s head coaches. region) to make nationals. • Alabama won the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate for the third consecutive season with a team total of 10-under par 830 MEN’S GOLF TEAM FINISHES SEASON RANKED NATIONALLY (268-285-277). Three Tide golfers fi nished among the top-10 The Alabama men’s golf team fi nished the 2014-15 season individuals en route to leading UA to its seventh win in the ranked No. 18 in the nation, according to the Golfweek/Sagarin tournament’s 29-year history – all of which came over the last nine seasons. Performance Index, and No. 24 nationally in the Golfstat.com head-to-head team rankings. • The Tide carded a season-low round of 268 in the opening round of the 2014 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. That number tied for the second-lowest round in program history. SHELTON NAMED TO U.S. PALMER CUP TEAM • Robby Shelton had a remarkable season for the Crimson Tide. Robby Shelton was selected to represent the at The sophomore fi nished ranked No. 7 in the nation according to the 2015 Palmer Cup. It marked the second consecutive year the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Moreover, his stroke Shelton earned the right to compete at the event. The Palmer Cup average of 70.61 ranked as the third-lowest in program history, teams pits the United States against Europe in a Ryder Cup-style while he became the fi rst men’s golfer to have 100 percent of his competition. Europe defeated the United States to claim the 2014 rounds count toward the team total (33-of-33). Cup 18.5-11.5. Both Shelton and former Alabama golfer Trey Mullinax were among the U.S. lineup in that event. Shelton, a

20 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS sophomore from Wilmer, Ala., was a force throughout the season (2005, 07-09, 11-14). Along with winning the national title by for the nationally ranked Crimson Tide men’s golf team. Shelton defeating Oklahoma State in the NCAA Match Play Finals last fi nished the season ranked No. 7 in the nation according to the season, Alabama won the SEC Championship and NCAA Regional Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. He led the Tide in scoring Championship for the third straight time and fourth overall under average (70.61), which includes nine top-10 fi nishes and a combined the guidance of Seawell. His 2012 team fi nished runner-up to Texas 25-under par on the season. Furthermore, Shelton had six top-six at the 2012 NCAA Championships. The Tide also fi nished fi rst in fi nishes, including winning the Southern Highlands Masters in mid- the stroke-play portion of the NCAAs in 2012. His teams have won March. Alabama had at least one player represented on the team in 43 tournament titles over the last 13 years, including 28 wins in the each of the past four years. last fi ve seasons (49 events). UA won a then-school-record eight times in 2012-13 and then upped the ante in 2013-14 with nine wins SHELTON SEMIFINALIST FOR BEN HOGAN AWARD in 12 events. The Crimson Tide also set the school record with 11 Collegiate Masters with a 15-under 201 (67-69-65). Shelton was Robby Shelton was one of 24 collegiate golfers named to the 2015 straight wins before fi nishing second at the SMU Querencia Cabo fantastic throughout the three-day, 54-hole event. The Wilmer, Ala., Ben Hogan Award Watch List. It marked the second consecutive Collegiate. season he earned a spot among the semifi nalists. The most native dominated the fi eld on his way to his fourth career victory. prestigious award in men’s college golf, The Ben Hogan Award is Shelton won the individual title by six strokes over Arizona State’s presented annually to the top men’s NCAA Division I, II or III, Jon Rahm (ranked No. 9) and Texas’ Beau Hossler (ranked No. 19), NAIA or NJCAA college golfer taking into account all collegiate who both carded scores of 9-under par 207. Shelton’s 15-under par and amateur competitions during the past 12-month period. The was the lowest below-par score he’s had during his Alabama career, Ben Hogan Award Selection Committee, which votes during each topping the 12-under par 204 he recorded at last year’s Puerto stage of the process, is comprised of leaders in professional, Rico Classic. Shelton fi nished just one stroke shy of his career- amateur and collegiate golf. best 54-hole score of 200 (-10), which was set at the 2014 SEC Championship. SHELTON AND HARDEE EARN ALL-SEC HONORS Robby Shelton was named to the Southeastern Conference First CRIMSON TIDE UNDER JAY SEAWELL Team, while Jonathan Hardee earned a spot on the league’s All- Head coach Jay Seawell has transformed Alabama into perennial Freshman team, after a vote by the league’s head coaches. For contenders in his 13 years at the Capstone. He solidifi ed that with Shelton, it marked the second consecutive season the sophomore the program’s fi rst NCAA Championship in 2013 and followed with from Wilmer, Ala., has been named as a First Team All-SEC the 2014 title. He has won four SEC Coach of the Year honors honoree. In addition to last year’s honor, Shelton was also selected and has guided the Tide to four SEC titles during his tenure. The as the 2014 SEC Golfer of the Year and SEC Freshman of the 2015 season marked the 12th regional appearance in 13 years, Year. This year, those honors went to Vanderbilt’s Hunter Stewart including 10 straight, and eight NCAA championship appearances and Auburn’s Ben Schlottman, respectively. Hardee becomes the eighth Alabama golfer over the past six years to earn a spot on the 2014-15 ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF RESULTS SEC All-Freshman squad. DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT TWO ALABAMA GOLFERS EARN MEDALIST HONORS Sept. 5-7 Carpet Capital Collegiate (Dalton, Ga.) 5th (-11, 853) Sophomores Robby Shelton and Dru Love each earned medalist Sept. 12-14 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (Olympia Fields, Ill.) 9th (+57, 897) honors in spring tournaments in 2015. Love was the fi rst to claim Sept. 29-30 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate (Birmingham, Ala.) 2nd (-2, 862) medalist honors when he was the co-medalist at the 2015 Puerto Oct. 6-7 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate (Vestavia Hills, Ala.) 1st (-10, 830) Rico Classic. Love fi nished the three-day, 54-hole event with a score Feb. 22-24 Puerto Rico Classic (Rio Grande, Puerto Rico) T-3rd (+1, 865) of 7-under par 209 (71-69-69). His total of 209 marked the second- Feb. 27-March 1 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational (Jacksonville, Fla.) 5th (+29, 893) lowest 54-hole score of his career (shot a 207 at the 2014 Jerry March 9-11 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (Las Vegas, Nev.) 14th (+18, 882) Pate Intercollegiate). Love earned his fi rst collegiate tournament March 21-22 Linger Longer Invitational (Greensboro, Ga.) 7th (-4, 860) April 3-5 Mason Rudolph Championship (Franklin, Tenn.) T-2nd (+5, 857) victory on the same day that his father, Davis Love III, was named April 17-19 SEC Championship (St. Simons Island, Ga.) T-4th (-7, 833) the United States Ryder Cup captain. Shelton claimed his fi rst May 14-16 NCAA Regional Championships (Noblesville, Ind.) 7th (+18, 882) medalist honor of the 2014-15 campaign at the Southern Highlands

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14TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS EMMA TALLEY WINS NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP Emma Talley became the fi rst NCAA individual champion in • The Alabama Crimson Tide fi nished 14th at the NCAA 4TH AT NCAA RALEIGH REGIONAL Alabama women’s golf history by shooting 3-under 285 at the Championships at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. par-72, 6,468-yard Concession Golf Club at the 2015 NCAA 5TH AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS The Tide made the 15-team cut following the third round, but was unable to qualify inside the top eight to make match play. Championships. Her bogey-free fi nal round of 3-under 69 sealed • Emma Talley became the fi rst Alabama golfer – men’s or the one-shot victory over Duke’s Leona Maguire and Arkansas’ HEAD COACH women’s – to capture an individual NCAA Championship, Gaby Lopez. Talley entered the fi nal round with a one-stroke earning medalist honors at The Concession Club with a one-shot lead. She would cap off the win with a birdie on the par-4 ninth, Mic Potter victory. She was one of three golfers to shoot under par with her fi nal hole of the round. Her tee shot would fi nd the fairway ASSISTANT COACH a 72-hole total of 3-under 285, which included a bogey-free 69 bunker at No. 9 from where she would hit a seven-iron from the in the fi nal round. She is only the fi fth player in the history of sand from 148 yards out and land it on the green, fi ve feet off Susan Rosenstiel women’s golf to win both an NCAA Championship (2015) and a U.S. Amateur Championship (2013). the hole. Lining up her birdie putt, the horns sounded and play was suspended for 52 minutes for lightning in the area. After the • Emma Talley also earned fi rst team All-America honors following her win at Concession. She is now a three time All-American delay, Talley would sink the putt, to close the fi rst, and one of only after garnering second team honors as a freshman and honorable two, bogey-free rounds of the championships. On a course that mention accolades as a sophomore. averaged 77.82 strokes per round and penalized golfers with 685 • Alabama is one of only three teams, joining UCLA and USC, to double bogeys and higher, Talley did not have a score over bogey. have qualifi ed for the NCAA championships over the past 10 She played the par-4s best in the fi eld at 1-under, 3.98 shots per years. The Tide has posted eight consecutive top-15 fi nishes at hole. With the title, Talley adds to a long list of accomplishments. the NCAA championships, including the 2012 NCAA title. She became the fi fth player in history to win a U.S. Amateur and an • The 2015 season was head coach Mic Potter’s 10th trip to the NCAA championship individual crown, and the fi rst since Virada NCAAs in 10 years at Alabama and the National Golf Coaches Nirapathpongporn (2002/2003). Talley was also a part of the 2014 Association Hall of Famer’s 25th NCAA appearance. U.S. Curtis Cup win, and was the low amateur at the 2014 British Open. As a team, Alabama fi nished 14th at 74-over 1,226.

22 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ALABAMA MAKES NCAAS FOR 10TH STRAIGHT YEAR The Alabama women’s golf team under Coach Mic Potter’s direction has qualifi ed for 10 straight NCAA championships, joining UCLA and Southern California as the only three teams to qualify in each of the last 10 years. The longest consecutive streak of NCAA appearances came to an end this year, as Arizona State missed the championships for the fi rst time in 23 tries (1991). USC has made the last 18 NCAA championships (1997) with UCLA currently appearing in 15 straight (2000). Miami (Fla.) also had a streak of 23 straight nationals appearances (AIAW & NCAA) from 1970-92.

TALLEY GARNERS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA HONORS Emma Talley was named First Team All-American by the Women’s Golf Coaches Association after capturing the 2015 NCAA Individual National Championship. Talley, a junior from Princeton, Ky., shot 3-under 285 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla., to edge National Player of the Year Leona Maguire (Duke) and Gabby Lopez (Arkansas) by one stroke. She is now a three-time All-American after garnering second-team honors as a freshman TALLEY AND ABE EARN SEC HONORS Texas, fi nished with a 75.03 scoring average. During the 2014-15 and honorable mention accolades as a sophomore. Talley fi nished Junior Emma Talley was tabbed second team All-SEC for the third campaign, Abe accumulated fi ve top-20 fi nishes, along with one her junior season with a 72.50 stroke average with seven top-10 consecutive year, which was selected by the league’s 14 coaches. It top-fi ve performance. fi nishes and three top-fi ve showings. She averaged only .69 strokes marked the 10th straight year a UA golfer has been represented on per round over par and counted towards the team score in 31 of 32 the all-conference team. Lakareber Abe became only the seventh YOUTHFUL ROSTER CONTRIBUTES FOR TIDE rounds. Alabama has won 24 Women’s Golf Coaches Association women’s golfer in Crimson Tide history to be named to the Throughout the 2014-15 season, Alabama continuously used a All-America honors by 10 different players in Potter’s 10-year Southeastern Conference’s All-Freshman Team. She joined a list young starting lineup. The Crimson Tide started freshmen 16 times tenure with the Crimson Tide. That list includes eight fi rst-team of UA greats including Camilla Lennarth (2008), Courtney Harter in 11 tournaments played and did not have a senior presence after selections by fi ve different players, three second-team picks and 12 (2008), (2009), Jennifer Kirby (2010), Stephanie Daniela Lendl went down for the season with an injury at the end honorable mentions. Meadow (2011) and Talley (2013). Abe, who hails from Angleton, of the fall. In all, the roster was made up of one senior, two juniors, two sophomores and two freshmen, with 37 of 55 starts coming from underclassmen. 2014-15 ALABAMA WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS CRIMSON TIDE UNDER POTTER DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Alabama head coach Mic Potter completed his 10th season Sept. 19-21 Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship (Franklin, Tenn.) 10th (+40, 904) Sept. 28-30 ANNIKA Intercollegiate (Kissimmee, Fla.) 8th (+8, 872) heading the program at the Capstone. Under his leadership, the Oct. 10-12 Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 11th (+30, 894) Tide has captured 24 tournament titles, including the 2012 NCAA Oct. 24-26 The Landfall Tradition (Wilmington, N.C.) 2nd (+4, 868) Championship, the 2010 and 2013 SEC titles and the 2011 and Feb. 8-10 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.) 8th (+38, 890) 2013 NCAA East Regional Championships. Under his direction, the March 6-8 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (Hilton Head Island, S.C.) 11th (+51, 903) Crimson Tide has produced 20 medalists, including 2015 NCAA March 27-29 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (, Ga.) 11th (+32, 320); match play: 1-1-1 Champion Emma Talley. Overall, Alabama has competed in 120 April 10-12 PING ASU Invitational (Tempe, Ariz.) T-12th (+20, 884) events with Potter at the helm and fi nished in the top fi ve on 71 April 17-19 SEC Championship (Birmingham, Ala.) 5th (+20, 884) occasions and top three 52 times. With the top-fi ve team fi nish May 7-9 NCAA Regional Championship (Raleigh, N.C.) T-4th (+24, 888) at the 2015 SEC Championship and NCAA Raleigh Regional, his May 22-26 NCAA Championships (Bradenton, Fla.) 14th (+74, 1,226) teams have placed in the top-fi ve seven straight years at both the conference and regional tournaments.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 23 THE 2015 SEC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONS

24 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS SEC CHAMPIONSHIP NO. 9 The circumstances were familiar. Just the year before, Alabama had been in the very same spot, heading to the uneven bars for its last rotation of the Southeastern Conference Championships. In 2014, it came down to the very last competitor for both Alabama and Florida with the Crimson Tide coming out on top to win its eighth SEC title, and as it turned out, its last under legendary coaches Sarah and David Patterson, who retired the following summer. In 2015, with Dana Duckworth, who had won SEC and NCAA titles as a member of the Crimson Tide in the 1990s, as their head coach, Alabama was headed to the uneven bars, once again for its last rotation of the SEC Championships. This time, Alabama, Florida and LSU were all vying for the top spot in the rambunctious and loud confi nes of The Arena at Gwinnett Center. This time, Alabama didn’t have to wait until the very end to see if their efforts had been enough. When junior Lauren Beers landed her routine and scored a 9.9, it was over, the Tide had won its second league title in a row and its ninth overall. Duckworth became the fi rst Alabama women’s coach to win an SEC title in her inaugural season as a head coach. She was also the fi rst SEC gymnastics coach to win a league title in her initial season as head coach. Beers, senior Kaitlyn Clark, junior Carley Sims and sophomore Keely McNeer earned All-SEC honors.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 25 GYMNASTICS

SEC CHAMPIONS 2015 HIGHLIGHTS ALABAMA AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The gymnastics team made its 33rd consecutive appearance at NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS • Alabama fi nished fourth at the 2015 NCAA Championships, held the NCAA Championships in 2015, taking fourth place. Only in Ft. Worth, Texas, with a fi nal score of 197.275. 4TH PLACE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Utah, with 34 bids, has been to more and only Florida has been • The Crimson Tide is the only program to fi nish in the top four to as many, though the Gators’ total is not consecutive. The Tide nationally in each of the last seven years. 8-3-0 OVERALL; 5-2-0 SEC is one of only six teams to win an NCAA title, earning national • Overall, gymnastics has fi nished in the top four nationally 28 championships in 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2012. In 33 times out of 33 NCAA championship appearances. championship appearances, Alabama has fi nished fi rst six times, HEAD COACH • Alabama has advanced to the NCAA Super Six Team Finals a second seven times, third nine times and in the top six 31 times. Dana Duckworth record 21 times since the format’s inception. Alabama has won 25 individual NCAA titles, including six all- • A total of six gymnasts – Kayla Williams, Katie Bailey, Lauren around crowns. Tide gymnasts have earned 312 All-America honors. ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH Beers, Carley Sims, Keely McNeer and Mackenzie Brannan – Bryan Raschilla combined to earn 10 All-America honors in 2015. 2015 ALL-AMERICANS • Alabama won its NCAA-best 30th regional title on April 4 with a ASSISTANT COACH 197.575, more than a half point ahead of second place Auburn. On the way to posting the program’s seventh consecutive top-four NCAA Championship fi nish, the 2015 Southeastern Conference Bill Lorenz It was Alabama’s 11th consecutive regional title, the longest streak in Tide history. and NCAA Auburn Regional champion Alabama gymnastics team • The Crimson Tide swept the 2015 individual NCAA Auburn saw six gymnasts collect 10 All-America honors at this year’s Regional titles. Junior Lauren Beers won the all-around title with championships. The Tide’s 2015 total pushes the program to 312 a 39.575 as well as the balance beam and fl oor exercise. Beers honors all time by 69 different gymnasts. Senior Kayla Williams, shared the fl oor exercise title with junior Carley Sims, while sidelined as a junior after tearing her Achilles tendon during freshman Mackenzie Brannan won the vault. Senior Kaitlyn Clark warm-ups prior to the fi rst meet of the 2014 season, earned her got the Tide’s sweep started, taking fi rst off the uneven bars. third First Team All-America nod on the balance beam and added • On the way to the Crimson Tide’s ninth Southeastern Conference fi rst team honors on the vault, for a career total of four. She also team title, senior Kaitlyn Clark won the vault with a 9.95. fi nished third on the vault during the NCAA individual event fi nals. • Senior Kaitlyn Clark, juniors Carley Sims and Lauren Beers as Sophomore Katie Bailey earned fi rst team honors on the uneven well as sophomore Keely McNeer were all named All-SEC. bars, adding to her second team honor in the all-around and on the • Each of Alabama’s 2015 regular-season opponents were ranked uneven bars last season. Bailey also fi nished fi fth on the uneven bars in the top 25 and seven were in the top 12. during the NCAA Individual Event Finals. Junior Lauren Beers,

26 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner as the student- NEW KID AT THE TOP athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average, earned a On July 15, 2014, Dana Duckworth became Alabama’s fi rst new trio of second team honors - vault, fl oor exercise and all-around head coach in 36 years following the retirement of Sarah and - to bump her career total to six. Junior Carley Sims, sophomore David Patterson. In her 20th year as a member of the Crimson Keely McNeer and freshman Mackenzie Brannan all earned the fi rst Tide program - including four years as a gymnast, nine years as a accolades of their respective careers. Sims was second team on the volunteer assistant and six as an assistant coach - Duckworth led vault and fl oor exercise, McNeer was second team on the balance Alabama to both the 2015 Southeastern Conference and NCAA beam and Brannan was second team on the fl oor exercise. Auburn Regional Championships. She was the only fi rst-year head coach in the nation to lead their team to the NCAA Championships NCAA ELITE 89 AWARD DOMINANCE in 2015, and is one of only two fi rst-year collegiate head coaches Sophomore Lauren Beers was announced as the NCAA Elite 89 to lead their inaugural team to the national championships over Award winner for the sport of gymnastics at the 2015 NCAA the last dozen years. Duckworth also became the fi rst head coach Gymnastics Championship Banquet. Alabama is now a perfect in SEC gymnastics history to win a conference championship in 6-for-6 in the award that made its debut in 2010. The Elite 89 their fi rst year and the fi rst UA women’s coach to win an SEC goes to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point title in their initial season as head coach. During her inaugural average at the fi nal site of each of the NCAA’s 89 championships. season, Duckworth was named a Key Infl uencer in the Tuscaloosa The Tide is also the only program across all sports to sweep community due to her work in the area of childhood literacy the award. Kassi Price won the inaugural award in 2010 and was through her ReadBAMARead foundation and was honored with a followed by Rachel Terry, who earned the honor in back-to-back VIP fl ight with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels. years in 2011 and 2012. Kim Jacob earned the award in 2013. A native of Warren Center, Pa., Beers carries a perfect 4.0 GPA in PACKING THEM IN exercise science. A six-time All-American, Beers also won the all- Alabama gymnastics averaged 12,086 fans per home meet in 2015, around, balance beam and fl oor exercise titles at the 2015 NCAA marking the eighth time in program history that the Crimson Auburn Regional Championships. Tide has averaged more than 12,000 fans per meet. Alabama stood alongside Utah gymnastics, South Carolina basketball and THE 2015 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Tennessee basketball as the only collegiate women’s programs to In 2015, for the fi rst time in its storied history, the Alabama average more than 10,000 fans per contest at home in 2015. gymnastics team won back-to-back Southeastern Conference Championships after posting a 197.525 to edge LSU by less than a tenth of a point in Duluth, Ga. Using the same rotation it did 2015 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS RESULTS to win the 2014 title, the No. 3 seeded Crimson Tide fi nished on DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT uneven bars, posting a 49.275 to earn the win, though both No. 2 Jan. 9 No. 21 Arizona W, 196.225-194.375 seed LSU and No. 1 seed Florida kept things tight throughout the Jan. 16 at No. 12 Arkansas L, 196.175-196.325 last rotation. In 2014, it came down to Alabama’s last competitor on Jan. 23 No. 1 Florida W, 197.400-196.800 the uneven bars and Florida’s fi nal fl oor exercise routine. The 2015 Jan. 30 at No. 24 Kentucky W, 196.700-195.625 victory was a little different as Alabama’s fi fth competitor on the Feb. 6 No. 11 Auburn W, 197.325-196.825 uneven bars, junior Lauren Beers, closed out the Tigers and Gators, Feb. 13 No. 12 Boise State W, 197.800-195.450 clinching an Alabama win with a 9.9. There were, of course, other Feb. 20 at No. 11 Georgia W, 197.675-196.825 differences between the two championship runs, the biggest being Feb. 27 No. 2 LSU L, 197.225-197.350 that this was the fi rst Alabama postseason title without legendary March 6 at No. 24 Missouri W, 197.350-195.275 coaches Sarah and David Patterson - who retired in July 2014 - at March 8 vs. No. 9 Auburn (Elevate Meet/Birmingham, Ala.) W, 197.200-197.025 the helm and the fi rst under head coach Dana Duckworth. Beers March 13 No. 1 Oklahoma L, 197.500-197.725 led the way for the Tide, posting a 39.500 to take third place in the March 22 SEC Championships (Duluth, Ga.) 1st of 8 - 197.525 all-around. Senior Kaitlyn Clark won the vault, posting a 9.95 while April 4 NCAA Regional Championships (Auburn, Ala.) 1st of 6 - 197.575 she and sophomore Keely McNeer took second on the balance April 17 NCAA Championships - Semifi nals (Ft. Worth, Texas) 2nd of 6 - 197.100 beam with matching scores of 9.9. April 18 NCAA Championships – Super Six Team Finals (Ft. Worth, Texas) 4th of 6 - 197.275

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 27 ROWING

5TH PLACE IN BIG 12 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS ROWING PLACES FIFTH AT BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS, MAUREEN PURCELL NAMED TO ALL-BIG 12 TEAM • Alabama rowing completed its ninth season as an NCAA HEAD COACH Division I program in 2014-15. It also marked the Crimson Tide’s Competing in fi ve Grand Final races, Alabama closed out its fi rst season as an affi liate member of the Big 12 Conference. inaugural Big 12 Championship with 22 points, good for a fi fth- Larry Davis place fi nish which is the highest conference fi nish in program • All fi ve of the Crimson Tide’s boats qualifi ed for Grand Final ASSISTANT COACHES rounds at the Big 12 Championships, with Alabama earning a history. Texas claimed the league title with 48 points, earning the program-best fi fth-place fi nish. Big 12’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. For her efforts Derek Tuten • Alabama’s Varsity 4+ took second place at the prestigious Knecht over the weekend, Tide senior Maureen Purcell was named to the Megan Patrick Cup Regatta in Camden, N.J., marking the fi rst time a Crimson All-Big 12 Rowing team. She competed all season as a member of GRADUATE ASSISTANT Tide boat earned a top-three fi nish at the event. Alabama’s First Varsity 8 boat. • 25 Alabama rowers were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Tabitha Coleman team, including 18 on the fi rst team and seven on the second 12 EARN CRCA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD team. Jacklin Byers and Alexandra Smith were two of 11 Big 12 Ashley Allison, Jacklin Byers, Alyssa Drevenak, Melissa Etter, Nura students on the list to boast a perfect 4.0 GPA. Husein, Caitlin O’Neil, Logan O’Neil, Jennifer Parker, Haleigh • Alabama opened its brand new facilities in the fall of 2014, Robinson, Katherine Scott, Ali Smith and Gabby Sprio were all including a boathouse at Manderson Landing and various team named Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athletes, rooms at the Student Activity Center at the Presidential Village, which requires a rower to maintain a 3.5 grade point average for her including an ergometer room, training space, locker room, career, be at least a sophomore in eligibility, and have competed in meeting room and coaches’ offi ces. 75 percent of the team’s spring races.

28 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 25 ROWERS QUALIFY TO ACADEMIC ALL-BIG 12 TEAM The Crimson Tide qualifi ed a total of 25 rowers to the Academic All-Big 12 list, including 18 on the fi rst team and seven on the second team. A total of 172 rowers from the conference’s eight member institutions were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Rowing Team. Eleven student-athletes who made the list boasted a 4.0 GPA, including Alabama juniors Jacklin Byers and Alexandra Smith. First team members consisted of those who maintained a 3.20 GPA or better, while second team members held a GPA between 3.00 and 3.19. To qualify for the list, members must have maintained at least a 3.00 GPA and also competed in at least 60 percent of a team’s meets throughout the spring season. Freshmen and transfers are not eligible.

ALABAMA OPENS NEW FACILITIES Alabama Rowing offi cially opened its brand-new facilities in the fall of 2014, hosting an offi cial ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 23 at Manderson Landing on the banks of the Black Warrior River. The rowing program’s new facilities, designed by Ellis Architects and built by Harrison Construction, includes both The Boathouse at Manderson Landing as well as space at the Student Activity Center at the Presidential Village. The boathouse includes a fl oating dock and storage space for up to 54 shells of varying length. The Student Activity Center includes a 2,200-square-foot ergometer room, a 1,700-square-foot training space, locker rooms, athletic training room, meeting room and coaches’ offi ces.

2014-15 ALABAMA ROWING RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT RESULT Sept. 27 UAH (Scrimmage) No Team Results Oct. 11 Chattanooga Head Race (Chattanooga, Tenn.) No Team Results Oct. 18-19 Head of the Charles Regatta (Cambridge, Mass.) No Team Results Nov. 1-2 Head of the Hooch Regatta (Chattanooga, Tenn.) No Team Results March 14-15 Cardinal Invitational Regatta (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) No Team Results March 21 Drake No Team Results March 28 Jacksonville No Team Results April 11-12 Knecht Cup Regatta (Camden, N.J.) No Team Results April 25 at SMU No Team Results May 16-17 Big 12 Championships (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) 5th - 22 points

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 29 SOCCER

10-7-3 OVERALL; 5-4-2 SEC 2014 HIGHLIGHTS Tide produced 352 shots, including 154 on-goal, across the team’s 20 games. The 352 shots ranks as the second highest total in the 7TH IN SEC • The Crimson Tide fi nished the 2014 campaign with a 10-7-3 history of Alabama soccer. Senior Laura Lee Smith led the team overall record and returned to the SEC Tournament for the with 20 points, collecting a team-leading seven goals and six total second time in the past four years. assists on the season. Fellow senior Theresa Diederich scored six HEAD COACH • Alabama’s stout back line paired with elite goalie play combined goals and tallied six assists to rank second on the team with 18 total Todd Bramble to produce nine shutouts in 2014 – tied for second most all-time with the 2002 team. points in her fi nal season in Tuscaloosa. Alabama’s stout back line paired with elite goalie play combined to produce nine shutouts ASSISTANT COACHES • Senior Laura Lee Smith capped her Crimson Tide career by in 2014 - tied for second most all-time with the 2002 team. The Jerrod Roh earning SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors. On the fi eld, Smith led the team with 20 points, collecting a team-leading Tide defense also maintained a strong 0.96 goals against average, Erwin van Bennekom seven goals and six total assists on the season. the second-lowest percentage in UA history, just short of tying the record set by the 1994 squad (0.89). CRIMSON TIDE ADVANCES TO SEC TOURNAMENT FOR SECOND TIME IN FOUR YEARS LAURA LEE SMITH NAMED SEC SOCCER SCHOLAR ATHLETE Alabama fi nished the 2014 campaign with a 10-7-3 overall record OF THE YEAR including a 5-4-2 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The Tide Senior forward Laura Lee Smith was named the SEC Scholar fi nished in seventh place in the conference standings and advanced Athlete of the Year, making her only the second player in the to the SEC Tournament for the second time in the last four years. history of the Alabama soccer program to earn the award (Libby Despite jumping out to an early 2-0 lead in the opening round Probst, 1995). Smith maintained a 3.98 grade point average as a contest against the , the Tide surrendered double-major in English and pre-med, and was accepted to medical three unanswered goals and was eliminated from the conference school at Ole Miss before the fall semester of her senior year tournament by a fi nal score of 3-2. ended.

MAKING STRIDES MEREL VAN DONGEN AND LAURA LEE SMITH EARN CAPITAL The Crimson Tide scored 38 goals in 2014, tied for eighth-most ONE/ COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA ACCOLADES all-time by an Alabama team, and a 14-goal improvement over its Seniors Merel van Dongen and Laura Lee Smith were selected to total of 24 in 2013. The aggressive offensive attack by the Crimson the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America team, with van

30 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Dongen earning fi rst team honors and Smith being named second team. The honors marked the fi rst time the Tide had two players earn CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America honors in the same season. Van Dongen’s fi rst-team honors made her only the second athlete in Alabama soccer history to earn the recognition, joining Kim Zarzour (2001, 02). Smith was also just the second athlete in program history to earn second team honors, joining Katie Holtzapfel in the all-time records.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE The Alabama soccer program excelled in the classroom in 2014, earning a 3.69 team GPA, with all 24 students earning a 3.0 or higher. Twelve students landed on the Dean’s List, including four who were named to the President’s List. Six of the 24 students on the soccer team earned a perfect 4.0 for the fall. Alabama also placed 14 students on the 2014 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll, including nine starters. In recognition of their academic achievements, while also taking note of on-fi eld play, Alabama claimed the goal in two separate weekend series, including three CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District blanking the Vols in Knoxville for the fi rst time in First Team honors. Abby Lutzenkirchen, Laura Lee program history. 2014 ALABAMA WOMEN’S SOCCER RESULTS Smith and Merel van Dongen all earned the honor in 2014, the fi rst time since 2003 that Alabama has had WES HART NAMED HEAD COACH DATE OPPONENT RESULT three students named to the team, while also marking On April 9, 2015, University of Alabama Director of Aug. 22 Kennesaw State W, 5-1 the fi rst time in program history that the Crimson Athletics Bill Battle offi cially announced the hiring Aug. 24 Memphis L, 1-2 Aug. 29 at Austin Peay W, 5-0 Tide has had three players earn fi rst team recognition. of Wes Hart as the Crimson Tide’s new head soccer Aug. 31 at Middle Tennessee State T, 2-2 coach. Hart joins the Tide from Florida State where Sept. 5 No. 3 Virginia L, 0-3 SEC HONORS THREE TIDE STANDOUTS he spent two seasons as an assistant coach, including Sept. 7 Jacksonville State W, 2-0 Along with Laura Lee Smith earning SEC Scholar the Seminoles’ fi rst national championship season in Sept. 12 UAB W, 2-0 Athlete of the Year honors, the conference also 2014. Hart was instrumental in leading the Florida Sept. 19 No. 7 Florida * L, 1-2 awarded Merel van Dongen and goalie Emily Rusk State Seminoles to their fi rst national championship Sept. 21 Alabama State W, 8-0 second team All-SEC honors. Van Dongen was one in 2014, his second season on the staff. Hart’s Sept. 26 at Tennessee * W, 1-0 (2OT) of the Tide’s top contributors, starting 19 matches primary responsibilities with the Seminoles included Sept. 28 at Vanderbilt * W, 1-0 and ranking among team leaders in minutes played. planning the offensive attack, assisting with player Oct. 3 South Carolina * T, 1-1 (2OT) She produced an Alabama program record 10 assists development and video analysis, along with other Oct. 5 Ole Miss * L, 0-1 and added three goals to rank third on the team in recruiting and scouting duties. In only two seasons Oct. 9 at LSU * W, 3-2 (2OT) points with 16. Rusk emerged as a record-setting at Florida State, Hart helped develop a balanced Oct. 17 Arkansas * T, 0-0 (2OT) goalie in her second season at Alabama, ranking third offensive attack that resulted in 407 points on 129 Oct. 19 at Missouri * W, 1-0 in the SEC in save percentage (.800), and helped goals and 149 assists. The Seminoles won back-to- Oct. 24 No. 22 Georgia * W, 2-0 the Tide to nine shutouts – tied for second-most in back ACC championships, made two College Cup Oct. 26 at Auburn * L, 0-1 (OT) Alabama history. The junior keeper became the fi rst appearances and posted a national runner-up fi nish Oct. 30 at Kentucky * L, 1-2 Nov. 3 vs. Tennessee 1 L, 2-3 student in Tide history to earn two SEC Defensive and a national title. Rankings based on NSCAA Coaches Poll | * – Southeastern Conference match | 1 – SEC Tournament (Orange Beach, Ala.) Player of the Week accolades for her efforts in

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 31 SOFTBALL

48-15 OVERALL; 17-7 SEC 2015 HIGHLIGHTS GRAND SLAM GIVES TIDE HISTORIC GAME THREE WIN IN SUPER REGIONAL 3RD IN SEC • Alabama made its 10th appearance at the Women’s College World Series and its 17th straight in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to this season, only 13 times in 80 Super Regional rounds has NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS Alabama is one of only eight teams in the nation with an NCAA a team come back from a game one loss to win the series. Facing Tournament appearance streak of at least 17 years. tall odds after a game-one loss to Oklahoma, Alabama rallied to NCAA SUPER REGIONAL CHAMPIONS • Four Tide students were named NFCA All-Americans, including win game two, 2-0, and force a deciding game three. Trailing 3-1 in junior outfi elder Haylie McCleney, who earned fi rst-team honors. the bottom of the sixth inning with two outs and the bases loaded, WCWS PARTICIPANTS • Pitcher Alexis Osorio was named the SEC Freshman of the Year Marisa Runyon broke a 13 at-bat hitless streak on the fi rst pitch, blasting a go-ahead grand slam into right fi eld to give the Tide a 5-3 FINAL RANKING: 5TH and was one of three fi nalists for the NFCA Freshman of the Year award. lead, which ultimately proved fi nal as Alexis Osorio shut down the • Alexis Osorio was one of four Alabama players named All-SEC, Sooners in order in the top of the seventh to secure Alabama’s 10th HEAD COACH along with Haylie McCleney (fi rst team), Marisa Runyon (second trip to the Women’s College World Series. team) and Demi Turner (second team). Patrick Murphy • Haylie McCleney was named the Academic All-America Team RUNYON SETS SINGLE SEASON RBI RECORD Member of the Year for softball and was also the SEC Scholar- ASSISTANT COACHES With a scorching second half of the season, Marisa Runyon set a Athlete of the Year. Alyson Habetz new single season RBI record at Alabama, driving in her record- Stephanie VanBrakle setting 80th RBI against LSU at the Women’s College World Series ALABAMA MADE 10TH WCWS APPEARANCE after tying the record with her go-ahead grand slam in game three Molly Fichtner For the 10th time in program history, Alabama ended its season in against Oklahoma in the super regional round. Charlotte Morgan’s Oklahoma City as the Crimson Tide was one of fi ve SEC teams previous record of 79 was originally set in 2008. in the fi nal fi eld of eight. Alabama entered the WCWS as the No. 6 seed, facing third-seeded Michigan in the opening game. SOFTBALL BOASTS FOUR NFCA ALL-AMERICANS Alabama fell, 5-0, marking the fi rst time since 2009 that the Tide For the fourth time in the last fi ve years, four Alabama students lost its opening game at the WCWS. That set up Alabama for an were named NFCA All-Americans, as Haylie McCleney was named elimination game with Oregon two days later, which the Tide won to the fi rst team, Alexis Osorio was named to the second team while 2-0 to stave off elimination before falling to LSU, 5-3, later that Demi Turner and Marisa Runyon were named to the third team. The night, ending its latest run in Oklahoma City. four All-America honors ties the single-season record at Alabama, which happened fi ve times previously, including three straight years

32 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS from 2011-13. McCleney has been named an All-American in each of her three seasons at Alabama, including fi rst team honors as 2015 ALABAMA SOFTBALL RESULTS both a sophomore and junior. She is the eighth player in program DATE OPPONENT RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULTS history to be named an All-American at least three times and, if she Feb. 5 at No. 23 South Alabama W, 2-1 April 1 Southern Miss W, 12-1 (5) were to be named an All-American next season, would become only Feb. 6 vs. Eastern Kentucky 1 W, 8-0 (5) April 4 at No. 13 Kentucky (DH) * L, 1-2 the sixth four-time All-American at Alabama. Feb. 6 vs. Houston 1 W, 6-2 April 4 at No. 13 Kentucky (DH) * W, 7-3 Feb. 7 vs. Florida Gulf Coast 1 W, 13-1 (5) April 5 at No. 13 Kentucky (DH) * W, 2-0 McCLENEY NAMED THE SOFTBALL CAPITAL ONE/COSIDA Feb. 7 vs. Florida International 1 W, 11-2 (5) April 7 at UAB W, 10-0 (5) ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA OF THE YEAR Feb. 8 vs. McNeese 1 W, 4-0 April 8 vs. Middle Tennessee State W, 11-0 (5) Junior Haylie McCleney was selected as the 2015 Capital One Feb. 11 at Samford W, 7-1 April 14 UAB W, 14-1 (5) Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for Division I Feb. 13 vs. Pacifi c 2 W, 13-0 (5) April 15 NC STATE W, 2-0 Softball, marking the fi rst such honor for Alabama softball and the Feb. 13 at Stanford 2 W, 15-6 April 17 at No. 6 Auburn * W, 6-0 seventh overall for any Alabama student-athlete. Alabama has had Feb. 14 vs. Cal Poly 2 W, 1-0 (8) April 18 at No. 6 Auburn (DH) * W, 13-3 2 a student-athlete named the Academic All-American of the Year in Feb. 14 at Stanford L, 1-4 April 18 at No. 6 Auburn (DH) * L, 12-13 (8) 2 their respective sport in six straight seasons (2010-15). The previous Feb. 15 vs. Pacifi c W, 10-0 (5) April 21 TROY W, 5-2 Feb. 20 No. 5 Michigan 3 L, 2-8 April 23 No. 11 Tennessee * L, 2-3 three all went on to be named the Academic All-American of the Feb. 21 No. 5 Michigan 3 L, 1-4 April 24 No. 11 Tennessee * W, 3-1 Year across all sports. Feb. 21 James Madison 3 W, 6-4 April 25 No. 11 Tennessee * W, 10-3 Feb. 22 Lipscomb 3 W, 6-1 May 1 at Arkansas * W, 9-1 LITTLEJOHN THROWS TWO PERFECT GAMES IN 2015 Feb. 28 No. 5 Louisiana (DH) 4 W, 5-1 May 2 at Arkansas * W, 14-2 Sydney Littlejohn threw two perfect games in 2015, making her the Feb. 28 No. 5 Louisiana (DH) 4 L, 1-2 May 3 at Arkansas * W, 1-0 only pitcher in program history to throw multiple perfect games in March 1 No. 5 Louisiana 4 W, 3-2 May 7 vs. No. 14 Georgia 5 W, 2-1 the same season. Stephanie VanBrakle’s perfect game at Kentucky March 6 Ole Miss * W, 6-0 May 8 vs. No. 7 Auburn 5 L, 1-7 on April 1, 2006, was the only one in program history prior to this March 7 Ole Miss * W, 7-0 May 15 Fairfi eld 6 W, 8-0 (6) season. Littlejohn’s fi rst of the season came in only the second March 8 Ole Miss * W, 10-0 (5) May 16 No. 20 Washington 6 W, 9-0 (5) game of the year, facing Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 6 to open action March 14 at No. 8 Georgia (DH) * W, 7-4 (9) May 17 No. 20 Washington 6 W, 11-1 at the Sand Dollar Classic in Gulf Shores. Just over a month later March 14 at No. 8 Georgia (DH) * L, 6-7 May 22 No. 6 Oklahoma 7 L, 2-5 on March 8 in Tuscaloosa, Littlejohn secured a series sweep over March 15 at No. 8 Georgia * W, 4-2 May 23 No. 6 Oklahoma (DH) 7 W, 2-0 Ole Miss to open SEC play with her second perfect game of the March 18 Georgia State W, 9-1 May 23 No. 6 Oklahoma (DH) 7 W, 5-3 season. March 21 No. 2 Florida (DH) * L, 0-1 May 28 vs. No. 3 Michigan 8 L, 0-5 March 21 No. 2 Florida (DH) * L, 1-4 May 30 vs. No. 2 Oregon 8 W, 2-1 May 30 vs. No. 5 LSU 8 L, 3-5 MURPHY EARNS 900TH CAREER WIN March 23 No. 2 Florida * W, 5-1 March 25 Georgia Tech W, 11-0 (6) Alabama’s April 7, 2015 win at UAB gave head coach Patrick March 27 No. 23 Texas A&M * W, 13-0 (5) Murphy his 900th career victory. He now owns a 918-261 (.780) March 28 No. 23 Texas A&M * W, 8-5 career record. He went 28-20 as the interim head coach at March 29 No. 23 Texas A&M * L, 5-11 Northwest Missouri State in 1995 and has since earned an 890-241 March 31 Mississippi Valley State W, 17-0 (5) (.787) record in 17 seasons at the helm of the Crimson Tide. Since Rankings based on USA Today/NFCA Coaches Poll taking over as the head coach at Alabama in 1999, he has lead the * – Southeastern Conference game Crimson Tide to 17 straight NCAA Tournament appearances and 1 – Sand Dollar Classic (Gulf Shores, Ala.) 10 Women’s College World Series appearances, including a national 2 – Stanford Nike Invitational (Stanford, Calif.) championship in 2012 and runner-up fi nish in 2014. 3 – Easton Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 4 – Easton Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 5 – SEC Softball Tournament (Baton Rouge, La.) 6 – NCAA Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 7 – NCAA Super Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 8 – Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 33 SWIMMING AND DIVING

MEN: 5TH IN SEC; 10TH IN NCAA 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS KEEPING ON MOVING ON UP The Crimson Tide men climbed back into the top 10 at the NCAA • Crimson Tide swimmers picked up 23 All-America honors in WOMEN: 9TH IN SEC; 29TH IN championships for the fi rst time since 1994, taking 10th, while the NCAA the 2015 season, the most since 2005 when the men and women combined for 28 All-America honors. women moved back into the top-30, fi nishing 29th, for the fi rst time since 2005. • The UA men posted a 10th-place fi nish at the NCAA HEAD COACH Championships, their highest fi nish since 1994 when they Dennis Pursley fi nished 10th as well. RECORD SMASHERS SEASON II • Individually, the Crimson Tide captured seven SEC titles and one For the second year in a row, the Alabama men’s and women’s ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH NCAA crown in 2015. swimming and diving teams broke school records in droves. The Jonty Skinner • Kristian Gkolomeev, the 2015 NCAA 100 freestyle and 2014 Crimson Tide replaced 21 slots on its record board during the NCAA 50 freestyle champion, is the fi rst UA swimmer to 2014-15 season - 11 on the women’s side and 10 on the men’s - ASSISTANT COACHES win individual NCAA titles in back-to-back years since Stefan including eight relay and 13 individual marks. Over the past three Gherghel in 2002 and 2003. Pat Greenwell years, Alabama has broken 29 of the 44 school records and set two • Kaylin Burchell’s pair of SEC titles in 2015 marked the fi rst time James Barber Southeastern Conference records in the process. a member of the women’s team won two league championships Lisa Ebeling in a single season since Lane Bassham won the 1-meter and SEC SWIMMERS OF THE MEET Bradley Manning 3-meter diving titles in 2004. Senior Kaylin Burchell and sophomore Kristian Gkolomeev gave Will Leonhart • The Crimson Tide men won fi ve SEC titles this season, the most Alabama a clean sweep of the SEC Championships Swimmer since 1991 when Jon Olsen and Mark Rourke combined to win fi ve individual titles. of the Meet honors in 2015. Burchell won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes at the SEC Championships, while Gkolomeev won • With victories in the 200 free relay and 400 medley relay in 2015, the Tide men claimed their fi rst SEC relay titles since a 1994 the 50 and 100 freestyle and was part of the winning 200 freestyle victory in the 200 medley relay. and 400 medley relays. It was the fi rst time Alabama swimmers had won either the men’s or women’s honor. • Six men earned fi rst team All-SEC honors, tying Tennessee for the most in the conference on the men’s side in 2015. All six are slated to return next season. SEC SWIMMER OF THE YEAR Sophomore Kristian Gkolomeev was named the 2015 Southeastern Conference Male Swimmer of the Year. Gkolomeev enjoyed one of the most dominating seasons a sprinter could have in 2014-15. The

34 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2014-15 ALABAMA SWIMMING & DIVING RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT/EVENT RESULT Sept. 12 Delta State M-W, 199-98; W-W, 216-79 Oct. 10 at Georgia M-L, 164-128; W-L, 164-130 Nov. 1 LSU M-W, 220-80; W-L, 155-145 Nov. 1 Auburn M-L, 167-133; W-L, 174-126 Nov. 20-22 H2Okie Invitational (Blacksburg, Va.) M-2nd, 1153 pts; W-2nd 821 pts Dec. 14-18 LSU Diving Invitational (Baton Rouge, La.) No Team Scoring Jan. 2-5 Tennessee Diving Invitational (Knoxville, Tenn.) No Team Scoring Jan. 9 at Texas A&M M-W, 162-138; W-L, 178-120 Feb. 23 Cincinnati M-W, 201-94; W-W, 189-103 Feb. 17-21 SEC Championships (Auburn, Ala.) M 5th, 911.5; W 9th, 535 Feb. 28 - March 1 Bulldog Invitational (Athens, Ga.) No Team Scoring March 10-12 NCAA Zone B Championships (Athens, Ga.) No Team Scoring March 19-21 Women’s NCAA Championships (Greensboro, N.C.) 29th, 31 pts March 26-28 Men’s NCAA Championships (Iowa City, Iowa) 10th, 176 pts

2015 NCAA 100 freestyle champion won two individual SEC titles one honorable-mention honor (400 freestyle relay). Sophomore TEAM USA (50 and 100 freestyle) and was part of two SEC champion relays Connor Oslin earned three fi rst-team honors (100 backstroke Kaylin Burchell, the NCAA silver medalist in the 100 breaststroke, (200 freestyle and 400 medley), one of which set a new SEC record. and 200 and 400 medley relay) and one honorable mention (200 the SEC 100 and 200 breaststroke champion and the SEC Swimmer At the 2015 NCAA Championships, only four swimmers posted a backstroke). Junior Brett Walsh swam on all four of Alabama’s All- of the Meet in 2015, earned a place on the United States National fl at start 50 freestyle under 19 seconds and only Gkolomeev did it America relays, including three that earned fi rst team recognition Team prior to her senior season, becoming the fi rst active Crimson four times. Overall, there were 15 collegiate swims under 19 seconds (200 and 400 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay) and one that was Tide swimmer since the 1990s to earn a place on Team USA. in the 50 freestyle during the 2014-15 season with Gkolomeev honorable mention (400 freestyle relay). Sophomore Anton McKee The Richmond, Ky., native also earned a place on the USA Pan collecting seven of those, including four of the fastest fi ve. His earned three fi rst team honors (200 breaststroke and 200 and 400 American Games roster. school-record 19.64 at the SEC Championships was the fastest medley relay). Freshman Luke Kaliszak and sophomore Alex Gray collegiate 50 in the nation in 2014-15. Gkolomeev’s school-record earned two All-America honors each, swimming legs on the Tide’s NCAA AWARD OF VALOR 41.58 to win the NCAA 100 freestyle title was the fastest collegiate fi rst team 200 freestyle relay and honorable mention 400 freestyle John Servati was named the 2015 Award of Valor recipient at the 100 of the season, while his 41.68 to win the SEC 100 freestyle relay. Since the arrival of head coach Dennis Pursley and his staff NCAA Convention Honors celebration. The NCAA Award of title was the second fastest of the season. He posted the fastest 50 prior to the 2013 season, a total of 10 UA students have earned All- Valor is given to a coach or administrator currently associated with freestyle relay split at the NCAA Championships, going 18.24 to America recognition 33 times. intercollegiate athletics, or to a current or former varsity letter- anchor the Tide’s runner-up 200 medley relay. His 40.94 400 medley winner at an NCAA institution who, when confronted with a relay anchor leg was the nation’s best. In addition to bettering the ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS situation involving personal danger, averted or minimized potential school records in the 50 and 100 freestyle multiple times in 2015, All-Americans Anton McKee and Connor Oslin earned a place disaster by courageous action or noteworthy bravery. The award Gkolomeev also swam legs on all fi ve school-record relays during on the 2015 Men’s Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America is not presented annually, but in the event of an outstanding act the season. Gkolomeev is the fi rst UA swimmer to earn SEC At-Large Team. The Crimson Tide swimming and diving program of valor. In April 2014, Servati endured an EF-3 tornado in the Swimmer of the Year honors since Arne Borgstrom in 1982. has now earned 12 Academic All-America honors since 2005. basement of a Tuscaloosa home. The swimmer shielded another McKee and Oslin’s honors also mark the fourth time since 2005 University of Alabama student from a collapsing retaining wall, ALL-AMERICANS that two members of the swimming and diving team have earned sacrifi cing his own life for theirs. The Tupelo, Miss., native is A total of seven swimmers earned 23 All-America honors for the the honor in the same year. The men’s at-large team spans the remembered by family, friends and teammates as an everyday hero Crimson Tide in 2015. Senior Kaylin Burchell earned fi rst-team sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, , rifl e, skiing, who worked tirelessly to make the world around him a better place, recognition in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, fi nishing her career swimming and diving, tennis, water polo, volleyball and wrestling. including volunteering with the Boys & Girls Club of America and with a trio of honors. On the men’s side of the slate, sophomore Of the 45 student-athletes who earned a place on either the fi rst, other service organizations. Kristian Gkolomeev led the way with fi ve fi rst team (50 and 100 second or third team this year, only four were sophomores, with freestyle, 200 and 400 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay) and McKee and Oslin making up half that list.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 35 MEN’S TENNIS

17-17 OVERALL; 3-9 SEC 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS CRIMSON TIDE REPRESENTED IN NCAA DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIPS 9TH IN SEC • Alabama played one of the toughest schedules in the nation, taking on 19 opponents in the national rankings, including seven Korey Lovett and Becker O’Shaughnessey earned an at-large bid FINAL ITA RANKING: 72ND in the top 25. into the 2015 NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championship, marking • For the fourth year in a row, the Crimson Tide was represented the fourth consecutive season Alabama has been represented in in the NCAA Doubles Championships with Korey Lovett and the doubles tournament, and 17th time overall. The pair played HEAD COACH Becker O’Shaughnessey being selected to the fi eld of 32. the majority of the dual match season together at No. 1 for George Husack • Alabama had two singles and a pair of doubles teams the Crimson Tide where they won 11 matches, including four ranked during the season, led by Korey Lovett and Becker against nationally ranked opponents. Lovett and O’Shaughnessey ASSISTANT COACHES O’Shaughnessey. Lovett ranked as high as No. 88 in singles, while entered the ITA rankings in late February following victories over Ryler DeHeart O’Shaughnessey began the season at No. 48. Together, they Oklahoma State’s 12th-ranked duo of Jakob Sude and Arjun Kadhe reached as high as No. 25 in doubles. Jarryd Botha and Florida State’s No. 24 team of Marco Nunez and Benjamin • For the second consecutive year the tennis team earned the Lock. Daniil Proskura highest GPA of all men’s programs at Alabama with a combined 3.34 average. KOREY LOVETT RECOGNIZED BY ITA AND SEC Korey Lovett collected several postseason accolades including the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s Rookie of the Year Award for the Southern region as well as a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team. Lovett, from Brevard, N.C., played primarily at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Crimson Tide throughout the dual match season and held national rankings in both categories. From the top of the lineup, he beat three nationally ranked opponents in singles including then-No. 59 Lukas Ollert of Auburn (6-4, 6-2), No. 60 Nik Scholtz of Ole Miss (6-2, 6-2) and No. 90 Hunter Harrington of Clemson (6-4, 6-1). Partnered with O’Shaughnessey, the duo beat

36 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2015 ALABAMA MEN’S TENNIS RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Jan. 19 Samford W, 6-1 Jan. 19 UAB W, 7-0 Jan. 23 vs. No. 38 Virginia Tech 1 L, 1-4 Jan. 24 vs. No. 44 Oregon 1 L, 0-4 Jan. 31 No. 33 Florida State L, 2-4 Feb. 7 at No. 31 Oklahoma State L, 1-4 Feb. 8 at No. 2 Oklahoma L, 0-7 Feb. 20 vs. No. 35 Clemson 2 L, 1-4 Feb. 21 vs. No. 30 Mississippi State 2 L, 3-4 Feb. 27 No. 41 Mississippi State * L, 0-4 March 1 Jackson State W, 4-0 March 1 Jackson State W, 4-0 March 1 Jackson State W, 4-0 March 1 Jackson State W, 4-0 March 1 Jacksonville State W, 5-0 March 1 Jacksonville State W, 4-0 March 5 at No. 55 Arkansas * L, 3-4 March 7 No. 9 Ole Miss * W, 4-2 March 7 Alabama State W, 4-1 four nationally ranked opponents in doubles UNDERCLASSMEN COLLECT BIG WINS March 7 Alabama State W, 5-0 including then-No. 12 Jakob Sude and Arjun OVER WINTER BREAK March 13 at No. 39 Auburn * W, 4-1 Kadhe of Oklahoma State (7-6(4)), No. 18 Although the spring season did not offi cially March 15 at No. 18 Florida * L, 2-4 Jordan Daigle and Boris Arias of LSU (6-4), No. begin for the Crimson Tide men’s tennis team March 20 No. 23 LSU * L, 3-4 24 Marco Nunez and Benjamin Lock of Florida until late January, members of the squad were March 22 No. 7 Texas A&M * L, 1-4 State (6-4) and No. 31 Kyle Koch and Thiago in action over the winter break competing on March 22 Mercer W, 5-1 Pinheiro of South Carolina (6-3). Lovett won 12 their own which resulted in big victories for March 27 at No. 52 Tennessee * L, 0-4 total doubles decisions in dual match play and sophomore Nikko Madregallejo and freshman March 29 at Kentucky * L, 0-4 clinched three doubles points at the top spot, Korey Lovett. First, Madregallejo defended his March 29 vs. Morehead State W, 4-1 April 3 No. 45 South Carolina * W, 4-1 while helping Alabama win three others. doubles title at the Costa Mesa Intercollegiate April 5 No. 6 Georgia * L, 1-4 Classic where he teamed up with UNLV’s Ace April 12 at No. 21 Vanderbilt * L, 1-4 THREE HONORED WITH POSTSEASON Matias. The duo beat out Garrett Auproux and April 12 vs. Tennessee State W, 5-0 TEAM AWARDS Devin Barber, who both play at Cal Poly, 6-2, April 12 vs. Tennessee State W, 4-0 The men’s tennis team presented its annual 6-2. Lovett, competing with signee Spencer April 16 vs. No. 42 Tennessee 3 L, 3-4 team awards on April 24 at the Chancellor’s Richey, then won a gold ball at the USTA House. Southeastern Conference All-Freshman National Winter Championships, beating fi fth- Rankings based on Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Poll Team member Korey Lovett was named Most seeded Henry Gordan (Texas A&M signee) and * – Southeastern Conference match Valuable Player, while Andrew Goodwin earned Reese Stalder (TCU signee), 6-2, 6-0. Lovett 1 – ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Chapel Hill, N.C.) the Tenacity Award. The fi nal award, which went also reached the quarterfi nals in the singles 2 – Blue Gray National Tennis Classic (Montgomery, Ala.) to the most improved player, was given to Sam championship. 3 – SEC Tournament (College Station, Texas) Edwards.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 37 WOMEN’S TENNIS

18-8 OVERALL; 8-5 SEC 2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS: MAYA JANSEN AND ERIN ROUTLIFFE WIN SECOND CONSECUTIVE NCAA DOUBLES TITLE FINAL ITA RANKING: 14TH • The Crimson Tide fi nished the 2015 campaign with an overall record of 18-8 (8-5 SEC), its fi fth consecutive winning season On May 25, 2015, reigning NCAA Doubles Champions, Maya and sixth over the last seven years. Jansen and Erin Routliffe, stamped their names in the collegiate HEAD COACH • Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe won their second consecutive tennis record books, defeating Cal’s Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi by a fi nal score of 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3 to become only the third Jenny Mainz NCAA Doubles National Championship defeating Cal’s Klara Fabikova and Zsofi Susanyi in three sets. doubles team in the history of NCAA women’s tennis to win back- ASSISTANT COACH • The Tide returned to the NCAA Team Championships and to-back national titles. The Crimson Tide’s No. 1 duo for the entire Ricky Doverspike hosted the fi rst and second rounds for the fourth consecutive 2014-15 campaign, Jansen and Routliffe defeated doubles pairings season. from Texas-Arlington, UCLA, Baylor and Stanford to reach their Keith Swindoll • Alabama was anchored all season by convincing doubles play, as second title match in as many seasons. A highly competitive fi nal the Tide took the opening point in all but fi ve matches on the set in the championship match saw the Tide jump out to an early season. Jansen and Routliffe fi nished the season ranked as the 3-0 lead, before the Bears would rally back to knot the score at 3-3. top doubles team in the nation, while Luice Perez and Danielle With the score deadlocked and a national title on the line, it was the Spielmann ranked No. 57. reigning champions who rallied for three consecutive games and • Senior Emily Zabor capped her career at Alabama by earning inked a 6-3 winning decision in the third and fi nal set. SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors. Zabor was also named to the Academic All-America Second Team. TIDE RETURNS TO NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS After fi nishing the dual match regular season with an overall record MORE OF THE SAME of 17-7 – including a pair of SEC Tournament matches (1-1) – the The Alabama women’s tennis team turned in another historic season Alabama women’s tennis team was selected as the No. 13 seed in 2014-15, returning to the NCAA Team Championships for the in the 2015 NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship, playing host fi fth consecutive season and winning its second straight NCAA to the fi rst and second rounds of the tournament for the fourth Doubles National Championship. Under the leadership of head consecutive year. After defeating the Samford Bulldogs by a fi nal coach Jenny Mainz, who recently completed her 18th season at the score of 4-0 in the opening round, the Tide lost to No. 21 Clemson, helm of the Crimson Tide, the women’s tennis program has strung 4-2, falling short of the Sweet 16 for the fi rst time in three seasons. together fi ve consecutive winning seasons, collecting over 90 wins since the start of the 2011 campaign.

38 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS TIDE WINS SECOND STRAIGHT BLUE GRAY MAINZ TABS FORMER UA STANDOUT CHAMPIONSHIP SHELLEY GODWIN AS ASSISTANT COACH The Crimson Tide became the fi rst women’s Following the completion of the 2014-15 program in the history of the Blue Gray National campaign in early June, head coach Jenny Mainz Tennis Classic to win the tournament in back-to- announced the hiring of Shelley Godwin as the back seasons when it defeated Boise State, DePaul program’s new assistant coach. Godwin spent four and Texas Tech in three consecutive matches from seasons as a player for Mainz from 2005-09, and Feb. 20-22 in Montgomery, Ala. Maya Jansen was returns to her alma mater from Middle Tennessee named the Blue Gray MVP, marking the second State where she spent the last four seasons as the consecutive year a member of the Tide won the Blue Raiders head coach. award. Mary Anne Daines was named the MVP of the 2014 Blue Gray Classic.

JANSEN/ROUTLIFFE EARN NO. 1 SEED IN TIDE LANDS TWO ON ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM 2015 ALABAMA WOMEN’S TENNIS RESULTS NCAA DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP For the second straight season, sophomore DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe were selected Erin Routliffe was named to the All-SEC First Jan. 24 No. 57 Syracuse 1 W, 4-0 as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Doubles Team, joined in 2015 by junior Maya Jansen – Jan. 25 No. 56 Virginia Tech 1 W, 4-0 Championship, automatically giving the duo her fi rst career appearance on the team. Jansen Jan. 31 No. 20 TCU W, 6-1 All-America honors from the Intercollegiate was an SEC All-Freshman selection in 2013 Feb. 6 vs. No. 12 Miami 2 L, 1-4 Tennis Association for the second straight and was named to the All-SEC Second Team Feb. 7 vs. No. 16 Oklahoma State 2 W, 4-0 season. Alabama has had an All-American duo a season ago. The Crimson Tide’s No. 1 duo Feb. 8 vs. No. 4 Duke 2 W, 4-1 for the entire 2014-15 season, Routliffe and in each of the last three seasons, as Mary Anne Feb. 20 vs. Boise State 3 W, 4-0 Jansen ended the dual match season with a Daines and Alexa Guarachi earned the honor in Feb. 21 vs. DePaul 3 W, 4-0 commanding 19-2 (9-1 SEC) record and ranked 2013. Jansen and Routliffe are the third team in Feb. 22 vs. Texas Tech 3 W, 4-1 program history to achieve the feat. atop the ITA Division I Doubles Rankings. The Feb. 27 at No. 3 Florida * L, 1-4 pairing defeated three top-10 teams throughout March 1 at No. 42 South Carolina * W, 4-2 EMILY ZABOR EARNS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE the campaign and carried a perfect 15-0 record March 6 No. 6 Georgia * W, 5-2 into week nine of the conference season. HONORS; CLOSES DECORATED CAREER March 8 Tennessee * W, 4-0 Back-to-back national champions, Jansen and March 13 at No. 16 Ole Miss * W, 4-1 Following the regular season the Southeastern Routliffe fi nished the 2014-15 season with an March 15 at No. 41 Mississippi State * L, 3-4 Conference announced that Emily Zabor overall record of 32-4. March 20 at No. 49 LSU * W, 5-2 was honored with the Crimson Tide’s fi fth March 22 at No. 30 Texas A&M * L, 3-4 consecutive Scholar-Athlete of the Year March 27 No. 18 Kentucky * L, 3-4 Award. In one of the most decorated careers DOMINANT DOUBLES March 29 No. 10 Vanderbilt * L, 3-4 Anchored all season by convincing doubles play, in the history of the Alabama women’s tennis April 4 No. 42 Auburn * W, 4-0 the Crimson Tide dropped only fi ve doubles program, Zabor epitomized the consummate April 10 No. 38 Arkansas * W, 5-2 points, claiming the opening point in 22 of 27 student-athlete in her four-year career at the April 12 Missouri * W, 6-1 matches. In support of Jansen and Routliffe’s Capstone. The Marietta, Ga., native twice won April 16 vs. No. 44 Auburn 4 W, 4-0 consistently dominant play on court one, senior the NCAA Elite 89 Award – the fi rst repeat April 17 vs. No. 9 Vanderbilt 4 L, 0-4 Luice Perez and sophomore Danielle Spielmann winner in women’s tennis – appeared four May 8 Samford 5 W, 4-0 times on the SEC Academic Honor Roll, was a reeled off an impressive 12-2 record on court May 9 No. 21 Clemson 5 L, 2-4 two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete and was named three. The Tide had its entire doubles lineup Rankings based on Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Poll | * – Southeastern Conference match the 2014 Southern Region ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr. ranked for a majority of the dual-match season, 1 – ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) | 2 – ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Charlottesville, Va.) Sportsmanship & Leadership Award winner. ending the campaign with Routliffe and Jansen 3 – Blue Gray National Tennis Classic (Montgomery, Ala.) | 4 – SEC Tournament (Columbia, S.C.) at No. 1 and Perez and Spielmann at No. 57. 5 – NCAA Championship First and Second Rounds (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

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MEN: 9TH IN SEC/T-31ST IN NCAA 2015 HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN 20TH/MEN 31ST AT NCAA OUTDOOR MEET The Crimson Tide women fi nished 20th at the 2015 NCAA • In four years under Dan Waters, the Alabama track and fi eld team WOMEN: 7TH IN SEC/T-20TH IN NCAA Outdoor Championships with 10 points. On the men’s side of has produced four individual NCAA outdoor champions to go with four top-20 outdoor team fi nishes. the slate, Alabama took 31st with eight points. It was the women’s second consecutive top-20 fi nish, marking the fi rst time since 2005 HEAD COACH • The Tide men and women have combined to score 27 points better over the past four years at the NCAA Outdoor and 2006 that the Tide has posted back-to-back top-20 national Dan Waters Championships than in the four years prior (2008-11). fi nishes. It was the Tide men’s eighth year in a row to score at the ASSISTANT COACHES • Sophomore Quanesha Burks won Alabama’s fi rst NCAA women’s NCAA Championships and the 40th time since 1972. long jump title with a leap of 22 feet, eight inches at the 2015 Dick Booth NCAA Championships held in Eugene, Ore. ALABAMA’S FIRST NCAA WOMEN’S LONG JUMP CHAMPION Matt Kane • Alabama’s women posted their second consecutive top-20 NCAA Sophomore Quanesha Burks posted a personal best by more than Doug Reynolds Outdoor fi nish, taking 20th place, marking the fi rst time since two inches on the way to winning the 2015 NCAA women’s long Miguel Pate 2005 and 2006 that the Tide has fi nished in the top 20 at the jump championship with a leap of 22 feet, eight inches. The top NCAA Outdoor Championships in back-to-back seasons. Adam Tribble seed coming into the championships, Burks is Alabama’s fi rst • The Tide men have scored at the NCAA Outdoor women’s NCAA long jump champion and the Tide’s fi rst women’s Championships each of the last eight years. champ in a fi eld event since Beth Mallory won the discus at the • When Quanesha Burks won the 2015 NCAA long jump title, 2005 outdoor championships. She is also the fi rst Alabama NCAA assistant coach Miguel Pate became the fi rst person in Alabama women’s champion in the jumps since 1989, when Flora Hyacinth track and fi eld history to win both an individual NCAA title (in won the NCAA indoor triple jump. the long jump no less) and coach an NCAA champion. • A total of 18 members of the track and fi eld team earned 18 EARN OUTDOOR ALL-AMERICA CITATIONS outdoor All-America honors, including six who came away with fi rst-team accolades. Eighteen University of Alabama track and fi eld students who competed at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships earned All-America honors based on their performances, per the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Quanesha Burks, Ahmed Ali, Tony Brown, Steven Gayle, Jeremiah Green and Tadashi Pinder combined for seven fi rst-team honors. Burks won the women’s

40 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS long jump title, while Gayle and Green scored 2014 senior Alexis Paine, to earn the honor leap of 22-1 1/2 (6.74m) on her fi fth jump of the record of 10:00.77 in the quarterfi nals, qualifying individual points in the 400 meters and triple twice during a career. Barnes and junior Katelyn competition. Burks’ mark, which led all collegiate on time for the NCAA Championships after jump, respectively. Ali, Brown, Gayle and Pinder Greenleaf both earned a place on the 2015 jumpers in 2015, ranks ninth on the all-time fi nishing 12th overall. In 2015, Greenleaf shaved earned fi rst-team honors by scoring in the men’s Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV collegiate list in the women’s outdoor long jump 21.25 seconds off the school record she set at 4x100-meter relay. The men’s 4x400m relay of Ali, Track & Field/Cross Country Team earlier. and tied the SEC meet record. 10:22.02 during the 2014 season. Alex Amankwah, Gayle and Marlon Humphrey, along with the women’s 4x100 relay of Burks, BURKS NAMED BOWERMAN TROPHY STEEPLECHASE RECORD GOES TUMBLING, SEC SILVER MEDALIST Sarah Thomas, Dominique Kimpel and Alex SEMIFINALIST AGAIN AND AGAIN During the men’s 2015 SEC Outdoor Gholston, earned Second Team All-America. Sophomore Quanesha Burks was named one of Junior Katelyn Greenleaf improved her personal Championships, junior Justin Fondren tied for Justin Fondren (high jump), Hayden Reed (discus) 10 semifi nalists for the women’s 2015 Bowerman best in the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase second in the high jump with a clearance of 6 and Gholston (400) earned second-team honors Trophy, collegiate track and fi eld’s highest in the fi rst three meets she ran it in 2015. At feet, 10 1/4 inches (2.09m) on his fi rst attempt as individuals. Nia Barnes (hammer), Filippa individual honor. Burks earned her spot on the the SEC Championships, Greenleaf broke her while sophomore Hayden Reed took second in Fotopoulou (long jump), Katelyn Greenleaf list after winning the Crimson Tide’s fi rst NCAA own school record, set during the 2014 season, the discus with a best throw of 198 feet, 4 inches, (3,000-meter steeplechase), Danielle McConnell long jump title at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor running 10:14.43 to fi nish fourth overall. She (60.47 meters) which came on his third throw. (hammer) and Ali Ahmed (200 meters) all earned Championships. Burks is the second consecutive shaved another 13-plus seconds off that mark at Honorable Mention All-America accolades. Alabama track and fi eld standout to make the the NCAA East Preliminary, posting a new school elite list, following three-time NCAA champion TIDE DUO EARNS CAPITAL ONE/COSIDA Remona Burchell who was a semifi nalist for the 2015 ALABAMA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD ACADEMIC HONORS award in 2014. DATE OPPONENT RESULT Senior Nia Barnes was named to the 2015 Capital March 19-21 John Mitchell Alabama Relays (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) No Team Scoring One/CoSIDA Academic All-America Track & AN SEC CHAMPIONSHIP AND SCHOOL March 27-28 Crimson Tide Invitational (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Men 1st/Women 1st Field/Cross Country First Team. A two-time RECORD IN ONE LEAP April 2-4 Florida Relays (Gainesville, Fla.) No Team Scoring Academic All-American after earning second- Sophomore Quanesha Burks won the women’s April 10 Border Clash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) No Team Scoring team honors as a junior in 2014, Barnes owns a long jump while breaking the school record at April 18 Mt. SAC Relays (Walnut, Calif.) No Team Scoring 4.0 cumulative grade point average while studying the 2015 Southeastern Conference Outdoor April 18 John Jacobs Invitational (Norman, Okla.) Men 3rd/Women 3rd telecommunications and fi lm/media production. Championships. Burks leaped 22 feet, 5 1/4 May 2 LSU Invitational (Baton Rouge, La.) Men 2nd/Women 2nd Barnes is the fourth member of the Alabama inches (6.84 meters) on her sixth and fi nal attempt May 14-16 SEC Championships (Starkville, Miss.) Men 9th/Women 7th women’s track and fi eld team to earn Academic of the day to clinch the victory after also breaking May 30-31 NCAA East Regional (Jacksonville, Fla.) No Team Scoring All-America honors and just the second, joining her previous school record of 21-9 (6.63m) with a June 10-13 NCAA Outdoor Championships (Eugene, Ore.) Men T-31st/Women T-20th

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MEN: 6TH IN SEC/38TH IN NCAA 2015 HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN PLACE 17TH, MEN 38TH AT NCAA INDOOR MEET Alabama’s women scored 13 points to fi nish 17th in the team • The Crimson Tide women fi nished 17th at the NCAA Indoor WOMEN: 8TH IN SEC/17TH IN NCAA standings at the 2015 NCAA Track and Field Championships at Championships, moving up two places from the year before, marking the fi rst time since 1994 and 1995 that Alabama has Fayetteville, Ark. The women’s fi nish marked the fi rst time since HEAD COACH posted back-to-back top-20 fi nishes nationally indoors. 1994 and 1995 that Alabama has fi nished in the top 20 indoors in back-to-back seasons. It also marked the 14th time Alabama has Dan Waters • Senior Remona Burchell repeated as the NCAA 60-meter champion, becoming the fi rst Alabama woman to earn more than fi nished in the top 20 on the women’s side of the NCAA Indoor ASSISTANT COACHES one individual NCAA indoor title. She is also the fi rst Alabama Championships. The Tide men fi nished 38th with fi ve points, student, man or woman, to win the same NCAA track and fi eld marking the 30th time Alabama has scored at the NCAA Indoor Dick Booth title twice in a career. Championships since 1977. Matt Kane • Sophomore Lakan Taylor earned All-America honors by taking Doug Reynolds sixth in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor Championships by BURCHELL WINS NCAA 60-METER DASH TITLE, AGAIN clearing a height of 14 feet, one 1/4 inches. Miguel Pate Senior sprinter Remona Burchell blazed to her second NCAA • Junior Cameron Hudson fi nished seventh in the long jump at Adam Tribble 60-meter championship on March 14 at the 2015 NCAA Indoor the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning All-America honors Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., after posting a time of 7.12. and two points for the Tide in the team standings. Hudson’s best mark was a 24-foot, 11 3/4-inch (7.61 meters) effort. With the win, she became Alabama’s fi rst repeat NCAA individual indoor champion. Burchell bettered the rest of the fi eld by • Senior Alex Amankwah took sixth in the NCAA Indoor 800-meter fi nals with a time of 1:48.03, earning All-America 9/100ths of a second. Her 7.12 in the fi nals marks the third fastest honors. 60 time in school history and gave her the six fastest times in • At the 2015 SEC Indoor Championships the Crimson Tide Crimson Tide history and eight of the top 10. women fi nished eighth with 34 points, their highest team fi nish in fi ve years, as well as their highest points total over that span. The BURCHELL SHARES SEC TOP RUNNER HONORS; STANDS Alabama men fi nished sixth in the team standings with 49 points, ALONE AT THE TOP IN THE SOUTH REGION marking the third time since 2002 that the Tide has posted a top- six fi nish. Sprinter Remona Burchell and Arkansas distance runner Dominique Scott were named co-recipients of the 2015 SEC Runner of the Year honor for indoor track and fi eld following a vote of the conference’s head coaches. Burchell set a collegiate record in the 60-meter dash (7.08 seconds) on Feb. 28 at the 2015 SEC Indoor

42 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Championships. Burchell is the fi rst Alabama distance medley relay received honorable mention: 2010 when the Tide was also eighth and the most Hudson, Marlon Humphrey and Alex Amankwah student to earn SEC Runner of the Year honors Matt Airola, Robbie Farnham-Rose, Steven Gayle points scored by an Alabama women’s squad at broke a nine-year-old school record by more than since the award was instituted in 2004. Burchell and Andrew Harris. Amankwah and Hudson the SEC indoor meet since that same season. a full second, running 3:06.05, a time that ranked was also named the NCAA South Region earned both fi rst team and second team honors Alabama’s sixth place men’s team fi nish marks fourth at the time on the world list. Amankwah’s Women’s Track Athlete of the Year by the United in different events. Sprinter Steven Gayle earned only the third time since 2002 that the Tide has 45.5-second anchor leg on the relay pushed the States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches second team honors and honorable mention in posted a fi nish in the top six at the SEC indoor Tide to the record after Gayle ran the fi rst leg in Association (USTFCCCA). two different relays. meet. 46.9 with Hudson going 46.3 on the second leg and Humphrey clocking a 46.9 on the third leg. 12 EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS BURCHELL SETS COLLEGIATE RECORD RECORD RELAYS FOR TIDE MEN Twelve Alabama track and fi eld students earned Senior sprinter Remona Burchell set a collegiate On Feb. 21, 2015, the Crimson Tide men’s FONDREN LEADS MEN WITH SILVER indoor All-America honors, including four record in the women’s 60-meter dash on Feb. distance medley relay of Robbie Farnham-Rose, Junior Justin Fondren led the way for the that earned fi rst team accolades, based on their 28 on the way to winning the event at the 2015 Steven Gayle, Jacopo Lahbi and Matt Airola set Crimson Tide men at the 2015 SEC Indoor performances at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Track Southeastern Conference Indoor Track & a new school record in the DMR with a clocking Championships, earning a silver medal in the & Field Championships per the U.S. Track & Field Championships at Nutter Fieldhouse in of 9 minutes, 29.93 seconds at the Alex Wilson high jump after clearing 7 feet, 2 1/4 inches Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Lexington, Ky. Burchell dominated a world-class Invitational in South Bend, Ind., on the University (2.19-meters) on his second attempt. His 2015 (USTFCCCA). Tide students combined for a total fi eld in the 60 on the campus of the University of of Notre Dame campus, breaking a school best placing was one better than he fi nished in 2014, of 16 All-America citations overall, including Kentucky, running a time of 7.08 seconds. That that had stood for 15 years. A week earlier, on when he took third. four fi rst-team honors by four athletes led by mark edged the old record of 7.09 seconds set by Feb. 14, in Fayetteville, Ark., Alabama’s men’s women’s sprinter Remona Burchell earning fi rst Angela Williams of Southern California in 2001 4x400-meter relay unit of Steven Gayle, Cameron team honors for her victory in the 60 meters. and tied by Lakya Brookins of South Carolina in Other fi rst team honorees included Lakan Taylor 2011. At the time, it was the second-fastest 60 run 2015 ALABAMA INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RESULTS (women’s pole vault), Alex Amankwah (men’s 800 in the world. Burchell beat the fi eld by a full tenth DATE EVENT RESULTS meters) and Cameron Hudson (men’s long jump). of a second. Jan. 18 Auburn Invitational (Birmingham, Ala.) No Team Scoring Seven athletes earned second team All-America Jan. 24-25 Vanderbilt Invitational (Nashville, Tenn.) No Team Scoring honors: Justin Fondren (men’s high jump), TIDE MEN 6TH, WOMEN 8TH AT SEC MEET Jan. 30-31 Indiana Relays (Bloomington, Ind.) No Team Scoring Jan. 30 New Mexico Team Invitational (Albuquerque, N.M.) No Team Scoring Jeremiah Green (men’s triple jump), Jacopo Lahbi The Alabama men fi nished sixth with 49 points Feb. 6-7 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (Lincoln, Neb.) No Team Scoring (men’s 800 meters), Alex Amankwah (men’s 4x400 while the Tide women’s team was eighth with 34 Feb. 13-14 Tyson Invitational (Fayetteville, Ark.) No Team Scoring relay), Steven Gayle (men’s 4x400 relay), Cameron points in the team standings of 2015 SEC Indoor Feb. 21 Alex Wilson Invitational (South Bend, Ind.) No Team Scoring Hudson (men’s 4x400 relay) and Quincy Smith Championships held in Lexington, Ky., Feb. 26- Feb. 27-28 SEC Indoor Championships (Lexington, Ky.) Men 6th/Women 8th (men’s 4x400 relay). Four athletes on Alabama’s 28. It was the highest fi nish for the women since March 13-14 NCAA Indoor Championships (Fayetteville, Ark.) Men 38th/Women 17th

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WOMEN: 3RD SEC/ 2014 HIGHLIGHTS MEN AND WOMEN MOVE UP AT SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 3RD NCAA SOUTH REGION The Alabama women’s team fi nished third at the 2014 Southeastern • The Crimson Tide women’s team fi nished in the top 10 of every Conference Cross Country Championships held in Tuscaloosa, MEN: 6TH SEC/ race of the season and top three in fi ve of six meets, including marking a three-spot leap for the women in the standings from 15TH NCAA SOUTH REGION wins at the Samford Dual, the Asheville Carnival and the Crimson Classic. the 2013 championships. The Crimson Tide men’s squad fi nished • The Alabama women fi nished third at the SEC Championships sixth, an improvement of fi ve places from the squad’s 11th place HEAD COACH with 140 points, just behind Arkansas and Vanderbilt. The third standing in 2013. The Alabama women fi nished with 140 points, place women’s fi nish is the highest at a conference championship just behind Arkansas and Vanderbilt. The third place women’s fi nish Dan Waters since the Tide fi nished second three years in a row from 1992-94. is the highest at a conference championship since the Tide fi nished ASSISTANT COACH • Junior Katelyn Greenleaf posted the Tide’s top fi nishes in three second three years in a row from 1992-94. The Tide men fi nished of Alabama’s six races, including the Southeastern Conference sixth in the team standings with 195 points. Adam Tribble Championships where she fi nished 11th and the Asheville Carnival, which she won. WOMEN SOLIDIFY STATUS AS REGIONAL POWER • Sophomore Hannah Waggoner led the way for the Tide women at The Alabama women’s team fi nished third among a fi eld of the NCAA South Regional Championships, taking third. She was 29 teams at the 2014 NCAA South Regional Cross Country also the Tide’s top fi nisher at the Paul Short Invitational. Championships held at Florida State University in Tallahassee, • The Alabama men’s team fi nished in the top 20 in all six races Fla. The Alabama women fi nished with 135 points, just behind on the season, including wins at the Samford Dual and Asheville Carnival. Vanderbilt and Florida State. It marked the Tide’s second consecutive third-place showing and its fi rst back-to-back top-three • Senior Matt Airola led the Tide men at the Paul Short Invitational, Crimson Classic and SEC Championships, while fi nishes since 1986 and 1987. Alabama’s third-place fi nish in the Robbie Farnham-Rose led the Tide at the Ashville Carnival and six-kilometer race was highlighted by an 11th place showing from NCAA South Regional Championships. sophomore Hannah Waggoner, who fi nished with a time of 20.01, • Alabama’s women fi nished third at the NCAA South Regional beating her previous personal best time. Senior Katelyn Greenleaf Championships for the second year in a row, marking its fi rst crossed the line 12th overall in a time of 20.04, a 34-second back-to-back top-three regional fi nishes since 1986-87. improvement from her previous personal best time. • Matt Airola was the lone senior on the Tide men’s and women’s roster in 2014.

44 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS TIDE WOMEN WON THREE TEAM TITLES AGAIN IN 2014 In 2014, for the second year in a row, the Alabama women’s cross country team won a trio of team titles during the season - the Samford Dual (Aug. 29), the Asheville Cross Country Carnival (Sept. 20) and the Crimson Classic (Oct. 17). Alabama also posted its highest women’s team fi nish at the SEC Championships since taking second in 1994 with a third place showing on Nov. 1 in Tuscaloosa. The Tide women also fi nished third for the second year in a row at the 2014 NCAA South Regional Championships in Tallahassee, Fla.

TIDE MEN OPEN 2014 SEASON WITH BACK-TO-BACK WINS In 2014, the Alabama men opened the season with wins in the Samford Dual (Aug. 29) and the Asheville Cross Country Carnival (Sept. 20). The Tide also fi nished sixth at the SEC Championships (Nov. 1), its best fi nish at the league championships since tying for fi fth in 2011.

2014 ALL-SEC HONORS Senior Matt Airola earned second team All-Southeastern Conference honors in 2014 after turning in a 12th place fi nish at the league championships on Nov. 1 in Tuscaloosa. Junior Katelyn Greenleaf also earned second team All-SEC honors in 2014 after taking 11th place at the SEC Championships.

2014 ALL-SOUTH REGION Three Alabama students - Robbie Farnham-Rose, Hannah Waggoner and Katelyn Greenleaf - earned 2014 All-Region honors by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for their performances at the NCAA South Region Championships (Nov. 14) in Tallahassee, Fla.

RANKING IN THE SEC TOP 10 Sophomore Hannah Waggoner and junior Katelyn Greenleaf fi nished the 2014 season ranked in the Southeastern Conference’s top 10 at 6,000-meters. Waggoner was ninth by posting a personal-best 20:01.10 at the NCAA South Regional Championships in Tallahassee, Fla., while Greenleaf was 10th by crossing the line with a personal-best 20:04.30 in 2014 CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS the same race. DATE EVENT RESULTS RANKING IN THE SEC TOP 25 Aug. 29 Alabama vs. Samford Dual (Birmingham, Ala.) Men 1st/Women 1st Senior Matt Airola ranked 20th in the Southeastern Conference in 2014 Sept. 20 Ashville Cross Country Carnival (Asheville, N.C.) Men 1st/Women 1st at 8,000-meter distance by posting a 24:45.00 at the 2014 Paul Short Oct. 4 Paul Short Invitational (Bethlehem, Pa.) Men 16th/Women 9th Invitational (Oct. 4) in Bethlehem, Pa. Sophomore Robbie Farnham- Oct. 17 Crimson Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Men 9th/Women 1st Rose was 19th at the 10,000-meter distance by posting a 30:58.00 at the Nov. 1 SEC Championships (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Men 6th/Women 3rd NCAA South Regional Championship. Nov. 14 NCAA South Regional Championships (Tallahassee, Fla.) Men 15th/Women 3rd

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 45 VOLLEYBALL

26-8 OVERALL; 13-5 SEC 2014 HIGHLIGHTS ALABAMA SETS SINGLE SEASON WINS RECORD After tying the school record for wins last season, Alabama set a NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE • Alabama set a new single-season record for wins, fi nishing with a new record in 2015, fi nishing the season with a 26-8 record. The 26-8 overall mark. The previous best, 24, was set in 1995 and then 5TH OVERALL IN SEC matched again in 2013. The 49 combined wins from 2013 and previous best of 24 was originally set in 1995 and would not be 2014 are the most in any two-year span in school history. matched until 2013. Alabama’s record-breaking 25th win came in • The Tide made its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA the regular season fi nale against Tennessee in Tuscaloosa on Nov. HEAD COACH Tournament, marking the fi rst back-to-back trips for Alabama 29 and the Tide added one more with a thrilling fi ve-set victory over Ed Allen since 2006-07. Competing in the Tallahassee regional, Alabama Samford to open the NCAA Tournament. opened with a fi ve-set win over Samford, the program’s fi rst ever win at the NCAA Tournament. ASSISTANT COACHES TIDE MAKES SECOND STRAIGHT NCAA TOURNAMENT, EARNS Ryan Freeburg • Krystal Rivers became Alabama’s fi rst third team All-American, as FIRST POSTSEASON WIN the program’s previous nine honorees were all honorable mention Bryn Kehoe All-Americans. Joining Rivers as 2014 Honorable Mention All- Another successful regular season campaign earned Alabama its Americans were Sierra Wilson and Kat Hutson. second straight bid to the NCAA Tournament, marking the fi rst back-to-back trips for the Tide since 2006-07. Alabama was sent to • Alabama set home attendance records at Foster Auditorium twice during the 2014 season, fi rst doing so with a crowd of 1,749 in the Tallahassee regional where a match against Southern Conference a 3-1 win over LSU on Sept. 28 before shattering that mark on champion Samford awaited in the opening round. After falling Nov. 21 against Auburn as 2,169 fans watched the Tide beat the behind 2-1 to the Bulldogs, the Tide rallied to hit .488 in the fi nal Tigers, 3-1. two sets and power ahead for the win. • The Tide posted a comeback thriller on Halloween night against No. 23 Texas A&M, rallying from a 2-1 defi cit to win in fi ve sets. It was Alabama’s fi rst win over a ranked foe since 2007. • Sierra Wilson and Krystal Rivers were both named Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, marking the fi rst time in program history that a student had earned Academic All-America and All-America accolades in the same season. They were also the only volleyball Academic All-Americans from any SEC school.

46 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2014 ALABAMA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL RESULTS

DATE OPPONENT RESULT Aug. 29 vs. Northern Iowa 1 W, 3-1 Aug. 29 vs. Southeastern Missouri State 1 W, 3-1 Aug. 30 vs. Memphis 1 W, 3-2 Aug. 30 at Saint Louis 1 W, 3-0 Sept. 5 vs. Navy 2 W, 3-1 Sept. 6 vs. LIU Brooklyn 2 L, 2-3 Sept. 6 at Virginia 2 L, 1-3 Sept. 12 vs. Southern Miss 3 W, 3-0 Sept. 13 at Alabama State 3 W, 3-0 Sept. 13 vs. Towson 3 W, 3-0 Sept. 16 UAB W, 3-0 Sept. 19 FIU 4 W, 3-0 Sept. 19 San Diego State 4 W, 3-1 Sept. 20 Clemson 4 W, 3-1 THREE NAMED ALL-AMERICA, RIVERS AND RIVERS AND HUTSON NAMED ALL-SEC Sept. 24 at Georgia * W, 3-1 WILSON DOUBLE AS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS Redshirt sophomore Krystal Rivers and freshman Kat Sept. 28 LSU * W, 3-1 For the second straight season, three Alabama players Hutson represented Alabama on the All-SEC teams. Oct. 3 at No. 13 Kentucky * L, 1-3 Oct. 5 at Tennessee * W, 3-1 were named AVCA All-Americans, with Krystal Rivers It was the fi rst time the Tide had multiple honorees Oct. 10 at No. 19 Texas A&M * L, 2-3 a third team All-American while Sierra Wilson and on the All-SEC team since 2007 when Crystal Hudson Oct. 12 South Carolina * W, 3-1 Kat Hutson were named Honorable Mention All- was named fi rst team All-SEC and Bridget Fuentez was Oct. 19 Ole Miss * L, 2-3 Americans. The six All-America awards over the past named second team All-SEC. This is Rivers’ second Oct. 22 at Auburn * W, 3-0 career All-SEC award and the fi rst for Hutson. Rivers two season already matches Alabama’s total from every Oct. 26 Arkansas * W, 3-1 season prior. Additionally, Rivers and Wilson were was named SEC Offensive Player of the Week three Oct. 31 No. 23 Texas A&M * W, 3-2 named Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, times during the season and posted seven double- Nov. 7 at No. 7 Florida * L, 0-3 making them the fi rst Tide players to earn both honors doubles in conference play. Nov. 9 at South Carolina * W, 3-2 in the same season. Nov. 12 Mississippi State * W, 3-0 ALABAMA EARNS NATIONAL VOTES FOR THE Nov. 16 Georgia * W, 3-0 WILSON SETS NEW SINGLE SEASON ASSISTS FIRST TIME Nov. 21 Auburn * W, 3-1 Nov. 23 at Ole Miss * L, 2-3 MARK Alabama made program history on Sept. 29 in the Nov. 26 at Missouri * W, 3-2 Week Five AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll, receiving votes Sierra Wilson fi nished the 2015 season with 1,529 Nov. 29 Tennessee * W, 3-2 for the fi rst time in school history. The Tide maintained assists, marking a new single-season record at Alabama. Dec. 4 vs. Samford 5 W, 3-2 She surpassed Brigitte Slack’s previous record of 1,484 its position in the national rankings for the majority of Dec. 5 at No. 6 Florida State 5 L, 0-3 during the fi ve-set win over Samford to open NCAA the season, ending the year with nine votes just outside Rankings based on Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Poll | * – Southeastern Conference match Tournament play, eventually ending the year as the fi rst the Top 25 after a second straight appearance in the 1 – Marcia E. Hamilton Classic (St. Louis, Mo.) | 2 – Cavalier Classic (Charlottesville, Va.) 3 – ISTAP Collegiate Cup 2 (Montgomery, Ala.) | 4 – Crimson White Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) player to surpass 1,500 assists in a season. Over her NCAA Tournament. 5 – NCAA Regional (Tallahassee, Fla.) three seasons at Alabama, she has accumulated 4,272 career assists, which is 1,306 shy of Slack’s school record total of 5,578.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 47 BASEBALL FOOTBALL KYLE OVERSTREET AMARI COOPER HONORS SEC All-Defensive Team honors at second base Biletnikoff Award Winner Heisman Trophy Finalist Unanimous First Team All-American (Walter Camp, FWAA, AFCA, AP, Sporting News, ESPN, USA Today) Walter Camp National Player of the Year Award Finalist Maxwell Award Semifi nalist MEN’S BASKETBALL Southeastern Conference Offensive Player of the Year LEVI RANDOLPH (AP, Coaches) First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) Capital One Academic All-American (Second Team) Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Auburn) SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Athlon National Player of the Week (Auburn) All-SEC Second Team (Coaches) College Football Performance Award Wide Receiver of CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District First Team the Week (Florida) SEC Player of the Week (Nov. 24)

LANDON COLLINS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Bronko Nagurski Award Finalist MEOSHONTI KNIGHT Jim Thorpe Award Finalist Hall of Fame Women’s Challenge Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist Most Outstanding Player Unanimous First Team All-American (Walter Camp, FWAA, AFCA, AP, Sporting News) BEST OF THE BEST First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) The University of Alabama Athletics Department enjoyed Lott Trophy Star of the Week (Florida, MSU) tremendous success during the 2014-15 academic year, not only ARIE KOUANDJIO in team competition, but also in terms of the individual accolades ASHLEY WILLIAMS First Team All-American (AFCA, USA Today) at the conference, regional and national levels that poured in for NCAA.com Starting Five (Nov. 24) Second Team All-American (Walter Camp, AP) the Crimson Tide students. Nationally, on the gridiron, among First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) Southeastern Conference Offensive Lineman of the numerous All-America honors and other accolades, Amari Cooper Week (A&M, LSU) earned the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver. Gymnast Kim Jacob earned NCAA Top X accolades, given annually to the best of the best among the NCAA’s senior class. Junior Emma JK SCOTT Talley won Alabama’s fi rst NCAA golf title and the Honda Ray Guy Award Finalist First Team All-American (Sporting News, ESPN, USA Award for golf, which goes to golf ’s player of the year. Track and Today) fi eld senior Remona Burchell repeated as the NCAA 60-meter First Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) champion while sophomore Quanesha Burks won the Tide’s fi rst Freshman All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches) Ray Guy National Punter of the Week (Arkansas) women’s NCAA long jump championship. Tennis superstars Maya Jansen and Erin Routliffe repeated as NCAA doubles champions BLAKE SIMS and became the fi rst tandem to earn ITA Doubles Team of Manning Award Finalist the Year in back-to-back seasons. Swimming phenom Kristian Davey O’Brien Quarterback Award Semifi nalist Gkolomeev followed his 2014 NCAA 50 freestyle title with the Second Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP, Coaches) NCAA Championship in the 100 freestyle in 2015. Walter Camp National Player of the Week (Florida) Manning Award National Player of the Week (Florida)

TREY DePRIEST First Team All-American (AFCA)

48 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS REGGIE RAGLAND WOMEN’S GOLF KAITLYN CLARK NICKIE GUERRERO Butkus Award Semifi nalist SEC Vault Champion Scholastic All-American First Team All-Southeastern EMMA TALLEY First Team All-SEC Conference (AP) NCAA Individual Champion NCAA Regional Uneven Bars Honda Award for Women’s Golf Champion First Team All-American Scholastic All-American (Women’s Golf Coaches Association) CAM ROBINSON First Team All-American Freshman All-American (Sporting (Golfweek) KATIE BAILEY AJA SIMS News, ESPN) Second Team All-SEC First Team Uneven Bars Scholastic All-American Freshman All-Southeastern USA 2014 Curtis Cup Team All-American Conference (Coaches) LAKAREBER ABE SEC All-Freshman Team T.J. YELDON Second Team All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches) CARLEY SIMS KIANA WINSTON Second Team Vault Scholastic All-American All-American Second Team Floor Exercise All-American GYMNASTICS NCAA Regional Floor Exercise Champion MEN’S GOLF KAYLA WILLIAMS First Team All-SEC First Team Vault ROBBY SHELTON All-American MACKENZIE VALENTIN PING First Team All-American First Team Balance Beam KEELY MCNEER Scholastic All-American Golfweek Second Team All- All-American Second Team Balance Beam American Scholastic All-American All-American PING Southeastern All-Region First Team All-SEC All-Nicklaus Team Scholastic All-American Ben Hogan Award Semifi nalist LAUREN BEERS Named to 2015 U.S. Palmer Cup NCAA Elite 89 Award Team First Team Academic MACKENZIE BRANNAN JENNIE LOEB First Team All-SEC All-America At-Large Team Second Team Floor Exercise Scholastic All-American Second Team All-Around All-American JONATHAN HARDEE All-American NCAA Regional Vault Champion SEC All-Freshman Team Second Team Vault Scholastic All-American All-American Second Team Floor Exercise All-American NCAA Regional All-Around Champion LORA LEIGH FROST NCAA Regional Floor Exercise Scholastic All-American TOM LOVELADY Champion NCAA Regional Balance Beam PING Southeastern All-Region Champion

First Team All-SEC Scholastic All-American

MARY LILLIAN SANDERS Scholastic All-American

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 49 ROWING LOGAN O’NEIL SOCCER SOFTBALL CRCA Scholar-Athlete MAUREEN PURCELL ABBY LUTZENKIRCHEN ALEXIS OSORIO All-Big 12 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic NFCA Second Team All- All-District IV American NFCA First Team All-South Region SEC Freshman of the Year JENNIFER PARKER First Team All-SEC CRCA Scholar-Athlete ASHLEY ALLISON SEC All-Freshman Team CRCA Scholar-Athlete EMILY RUSK National Soccer Coaches HAYLIE McCLENEY Association of America All- Capital One/CoSIDA Region Third Team Academic All-America Team Second Team All-SEC Member of the Year (Softball) HALEIGH ROBINSON Capital One/CoSIDA First Team CRCA Scholar-Athlete JACKLIN BYERS Academic All-American NFCA First Team All-American CRCA Scholar-Athlete NFCA First Team All-South LAURA LEE SMITH Region Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic SEC Softball Scholar-Athlete All-America Second Team of the Year National Soccer Coaches First Team All-SEC KATHERINE SCOTT Association of America SEC All-Defensive Team (CF) CRCA Scholar-Athlete All-Region Third Team ALYSSA DREVENAK Member of Team USA’s Gold SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year CRCA Scholar-Athlete Medal Winning World Cup Team Second Team All-SEC

MARISA RUNYON MEREL VAN DONGEN NFCA Third Team All-American Capital One/ CoSIDA Academic NFCA First Team All-South ALI SMITH All-America First Team Region CRCA Scholar-Athlete Second Team All-SEC Second Team All-SEC MELISSA ETTER SEC All-Tournament Team CRCA Scholar-Athlete

DEMI TURNER GABBY SPRIO NFCA Third Team All-American CRCA Scholar-Athlete NFCA First Team All-South Region NURA HUSSEIN Second Team All-SEC CRCA Scholar-Athlete SEC All-Freshman Team

DANAE HAYS NFCA Third Team All-South Region

CAITLIN O’NEIL CRCA Scholar-Athlete

50 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS SWIMMING AND DIVING CONNOR OSLIN ALEX GRAY EMILY ZABLOCKI First Team 100 Backstroke First Team 200 Freestyle Relay Honorable Mention CSCAA KRISTIAN GKOLOMEEV All-American All-American All-American NCAA 100 Freestyle Champion First Team 200 Medley Relay Honorable Mention First Team 50 Freestyle All-American 400 Freestyle Relay All-American All-American First Team 400 Medley Relay SEC 200 Freestyle Relay First Team 100 Freestyle All-American Champion All-American Honorable Mention First Team All-SEC First Team 200 Medley Relay 200 Backstroke All-American KARA FREDLOCK All-American Honorable Mention JUSTINE PANIAN Honorable Mention CSCAA First Team 400 Medley Relay 400 Freestyle Relay All-American First Team CSCAA All-American All-American SEC 100 Backstroke Champion All-American First Team 200 Freestyle Relay SEC 400 Medley Relay Champion All-American 400 Medley Relay SEC Record Honorable Mention Setter 400 Freestyle Relay All-American Capital One/CoSIDA Academic SEC Swimmer of the Year All-America At-Large Third KRISTEL VOURNA SEC Championships Team Honorable Mention CSCAA Swimmer of the Meet MIA NONNENBERG First Team CSCAA All-American SEC 50 Freestyle Champion Scholar All-American First Team CSCAA SEC 100 Freestyle Champion First Team All-SEC All-American SEC 200 Freestyle Relay Champion SEC 400 Medley Relay Champion ANTON McKEE 400 Medley Relay SEC Record First Team 200 Breaststroke Setter All-American MORGAN PRESLEY First Team All-SEC First Team 200 Medley Relay TEMARIE TOMLEY Honorable Mention CSCAA All-American First Team CSCAA All-American First Team 400 Medley Relay All-American BRETT WALSH All-American First Team 200 Medley Relay SEC 400 Medley Relay Champion All-American 400 Medley Relay SEC Record First Team 400 Medley Relay Setter All-American Capital One/CoSIDA Academic STEPHANIE KLOTZ First Team 200 Freestyle Relay All-America At-Large Third MATTHEW ADAMS Honorable Mention CSCAA All-American Team First Team CSCAA All-American Honorable Mention First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American 400 Freestyle Relay All-American All-American SEC 200 Freestyle Relay First Team All-SEC Champion SEC 400 Medley Relay Champion 400 Medley Relay SEC Record EMMA SAUNDERS First Team CSCAA BRENT SAGERT Setter WILL FREEMAN Honorable Mention CSCAA First Team All-SEC All-American First Team CSCAA All-American All-American KAYLIN BURCHELL First Team 100 Breaststroke All-American First Team 200 Breaststroke LUKE KALISZAK All-American First Team 200 Freestyle Relay DYLAN MARIN First Team All-SEC All-American CAROLINE KORST Honorable Mention CSCAA SEC Championships SEC 200 Freestyle Relay Honorable Mention CSCAA All-American Swimmer of the Meet Champion All-American SEC 100 Breaststroke Champion First Team CSCAA Scholar SEC 200 Breaststroke Champion All-American First Team CSCAA Scholar First Team All-SEC All-American First Team All-SEC

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 51 HUNTER SMITH EMILY ZABOR TONY BROWN ALEX AMANKWAH Honorable Mention CSCAA Capital One/CoSIDA Academic Outdoor First Team 4x100 Meter Outdoor First Team 4x400 Meter All-American All-America At-Large Second Relay All-American Relay All-American Team Indoor First Team 800 Meters SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year All-American ITA Southern Region Comeback Indoor Second Team 4x400 Meter Player of the Year Relay All-American XXXI Honor Society JACOB KELSOE STEVEN GAYLE JUSTIN FONDREN Outdoor First Team 400 Meters & Honorable Mention CSCAA JENNY MAINZ Outdoor First Team High Jump 4x100 Meter Relay All-American All-American Alabama Tennis Foundation Hall All-American Indoor Second Team 4x400 Meter of Fame Indoor Second Team High Jump Relay All-American All-American Indoor Honorable Mention Second Team Outdoor All-SEC Distance Medley Relay All-American PAVEL ROMANOV MARLON HUMPHREY Honorable Mention CSCAA RICKY DOVERSPIKE JEREMIAH GREEN Outdoor First Team 4x400 Meter All-American ITA Southern Region Assistant Outdoor First Team Triple Jump Relay All-American Coach of the Year All-American Indoor Second Team Long Jump All-American

TAYLOR CHARLES HAYDEN REED Honorable Mention CSCAA TRACK AND FIELD TADASHI PINDER Outdoor Second Team Discuss Scholar All-American All-American Outdoor First Team 4x100 Meter QUANESHA BURKS Second Team Outdoor All-SEC Relay All-American NCAA Outdoor Long Jump USTFCCCA All-Academic Champion Outdoor First Team Long Jump All-American MEN’S TENNIS Outdoor Second Team 4x100 Meter Relay All-American KOREY LOVETT ALEX GHOLSTON NIA BARNES USTFCCCA All-Academic ITA Southern Region Outdoor Second Team 400 Meters Capital One/CoSIDA Academic First Team Indoor All-SEC Rookie of the Year & 4x100 Relay All-American All-American SEC All-Freshman Team USTFCCCA All-Academic Capital One/CoSIDA Academic REMONA BURCHELL All-District IV NCAA Indoor 60 Meters USTFCCCA All-Academic Champion Outdoor Honorable Mention Indoor First Team 60 Meters All- Hammer All American WOMEN’S TENNIS American DOMINIQUE KIMPEL Outdoor First Team 4x100 Meter MAYA JANSEN First Team Indoor All-SEC FILIPPA FOTOPOULOU Second Team Outdoor All-SEC Relay All-American NCAA Doubles National Outdoor Honorable Mention Champion Long Jump All-American ITA All-American, Doubles USTFCCCA All-Academic ITA Women’s Doubles AHMED ALI Team of the Year Outdoor First Team 4x100 Meter First Team All-SEC Relay All-American SARAH THOMAS Blue Gray National Tennis Outdoor Honorable Mention 200 Outdoor First Team 4x100 Meter Classic MVP Meters All-American Relay All-American USTFCCCA All-Academic KATELYN GREENLEAF Capital One/CoSIDA Academic ERIN ROUTLIFFE All-District IV NCAA Doubles National USTFCCCA All-Academic Champion Outdoor Honorable Mention ITA All-American, Doubles Steeplechase All-American ITA Women’s Doubles Team of the Year First Team All-SEC

52 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS DANIELLE McCONNELL LAKAN TAYLOR DANIEL HAUGH Outdoor Honorable Mention Indoors First Team Pole Vault SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team Hammer All-American All-American USTFCCCA All-Academic SEC Outdoor All-Freshman Team

CAMERON HUDSON CONNER THOMPSON Indoor First Team Long Jump MERILYN UUDMAE SEC Outdoor All-Freshman Team All-American USTFCCCA All-Academic Indoor Second Team 60 Meters All-American Indoor Second Team 4x400 Meter Relay All-American JOSEPH WILLIAMS JACOPO LAHBI USTFCCCA All-Academic Indoor Second Team 800 Meters LACEY DENT All-American USTFCCCA All-Academic USTFCCCA All-Academic

VOLLEYBALL QUINCY SMITH KRYSTAL RIVERS Third Team All-American Indoor Second Team 4x400 Meter HALEY TEEL All-South Region Relay All-American USTFCCCA All-Academic Capital One/CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American All-SEC

MATT AIROLA Indoor Honorable Mention SIERRA WILSON Honorable Mention All-American Distance Medley Relay All- MEROPI PANAGIOTOU American All-South Region USTFCCCA All-Academic USTFCCCA All-Academic Capital One/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American

ROBBIE KAT HUTSON FARNHAM-ROSE Honorable Mention All-American Indoor Honorable Mention ANNA RAWLES All-South Region Distance Medley Relay All- USTFCCCA All-Academic All-SEC American SEC All-Freshman Team

ANDREW HARRIS Indoor Honorable Mention Distance Medley Relay All- American JACOB ZALESKY USTFCCCA All-Academic

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 53 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

2014-15 ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS The University of Alabama Athletics Department’s tradition of With huge back-to-back Academic All-America classes in 2013-14 excellence in the classroom - well established through the years and 2014-15 – tallying 25 honors between them – Alabama made • Alabama student-athletes have earned 14 NCAA Elite 89 Awards - has exploded to amazing new heights over the past decade, a big jump in the national rankings, moving from 13th all-time in since the accolade’s inception in 2010, which ties the Crimson highlighted by unprecedented success when it comes to the Capital NCAA Division I following the 2012-13 academic year to fi fth Tide for No. 1 nationally with Stanford and puts Alabama and the Cardinal fi ve ahead of North Carolina and Nebraska which One/CoSIDA Academic All-America program. following 2014-15 with 139. The Tide’s all-time total is the best in are tied for third. the SEC. The Crimson Tide also made a signifi cant jump to third • Alabama led the nation with 57 Academic All-America honors For the second year in a row, Alabama led the nation in Academic place when it comes to honors since 2000 with 103, just behind over the past six years, including a school-record 13 accolades All-American honors in 2014-15, tallying a dozen accolades, one second-place Notre Dame. during the 2013-14 academic year and 12 during 2014-15. off the school-record set in 2013-14. The Crimson Tide put four on • The Crimson Tide ranks fi fth all-time in Academic All-America the at-large team in 2014-15 - Lauren Beers (gymnastics) and Emily After a school-record seven student-athletes earned NCAA honors, and fi rst among Southeastern Conference schools, with Zabor (women’s tennis) along with Anton McKee and Connor Oslin Postgraduate Scholarships in 2014, Alabama added two more in 137 accolades. Alabama also ranks third in Academic All-America (men’s swimming and diving). Arie Kouandji earned a place on the 2015 when Smith and Zabor earned the prestigious scholarship. honors since 2000. football squad while Merel van Dongen and Laura Lee Smith earned The Tide’s 2015 tally gives UA a fi ve-year total of 22 NCAA • Alabama led the nation in Academic All-America honors in both the honor in soccer along with Sierra Wilson and Krystal Rivers in Postgraduates Scholarships, which leads the SEC and is just behind 2013-14 and 2014-15. volleyball. Levi Randolph became the fi rst from Alabama to earn a Stanford for the NCAA Division I lead over that span. • The Crimson Tide once again led the nation in fi rst team place on the Men’s Basketball Academic All-American team. Haylie Academic All-America honors in 2014-15. McCleney (softball) and Nia Barnes (women’s track and fi eld/cross Beers also earned the NCAA Elite 89 Award for the second year in • Softball player Haylie McCleney was named the 2015 Capital country), along with Beers, earned the honor for the second time. a row in 2015. The Elite 89 is presented to the student-athlete with One Softball Academic All-America of the Year. It marked the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the fi nals the seventh consecutive year an Alabama student has earned In addition to earning Academic All-America honors for the second site for each of the NCAA’s 89 championships. The Crimson Tide Academic All-America of the Year honors for their respective year in a row, McCleney was also named the softball Academic All- is tied with Stanford for the national lead in NCAA Elite 89 Awards sports. America of the Year, becoming the seventh consecutive UA student with 14 over the six-year history of the award. No other school in • Alabama led the nation with seven NCAA Postgraduate to earn that honor for their respective sport. During that span, the country has more than nine. Alabama gymnastics is the only Scholarships in 2014. Crimson Tide student-athletes have earned the prestigious scholarship 22 times over the past fi ve years, Alabama also became the only school in the history of the program program in the NCAA to go a perfect 6-for-6 when it comes to the which ranks UA second nationally over that span, just behind to earn the overall NCAA Division I Academic All-America of the Elite 89 Award. Stanford. Year honor three years in a row (Brooke Pancake, 2012; Barrett • In January 2015, gymnast Kim Jacob was honored with the Jones, 2013; and Kim Jacob 2014). Gymnastics All-American and NCAA Champion Kim Jacob was NCAA Today’s Top Ten award, which goes to the top-10 senior named to the NCAA Top 10 in January of 2015, making her one of student-athletes regardless of division, sport or gender. 54 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS the nation’s 10 overall best senior student-athletes both athletically and academically. In the gym, the Raleigh, N.C., native earned the 2014 Honda Cup, which goes to the nation’s top female collegiate athlete. In the classroom, she was named the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year, an honor that spans all sports and genders. With Jacob’s honor, Alabama has now had a student earn this accolade (originally known as the NCAA Top 5, and subsequently, Top 7 and Top 8 before becoming the Top 10 prior to 2014) 13 times, including eight times in the last 10 years.

On a department-wide basis, Alabama’s more than 550 student- athletes averaged over a 3.0 grade point average, including 41 who maintain a career GPA of 4.0. Between the fall and spring semesters student-athletes earned a place on the President’s List (4.0 GPA) 128 times and on the Dean’s List (3.5-3.99 GPA) 262 times. Five teams posted cumulative GPAs above 3.5 for the year, marking the fi fth year in a row that at least fi ve teams have met that standard,

while 12 of 17 programs earned GPAs over 3.0 for the academic UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GSR SCORES year.

MEN’S TEAM SCORE WOMEN’S TEAM SCORE More than 140 student-athletes earned their degrees during the Baseball 84 Basketball 92 2014-15 academic year. The latest numbers fi nd that Alabama Basketball 87 Golf 100 graduates 71 percent of its student-athletes while the general Football 80 Gymnastics 92 student population graduates at a rate of 66 percent. Golf 100 Rowing 88 Swimming & Diving 100 Soccer 100 Tennis 91 Softball 100 The Alabama football squad featured 22 players who already had Track & Field/Cross Country 95 Swimming & Diving 90 degrees in hand when they took the fi eld for the 2015 Allstate Sugar Tennis 100 Bowl, including seven that had master’s degrees. That number tied Track & Field/Cross Country 92 for best in the nation. There were a nation’s-best 28 graduates on Volleyball 100 Alabama football’s roster when it took the fi eld for the 2014 Allstate Sugar Bowl, while the Tide set the BCS National Championship UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA APR SCORES Game record in 2011 with 22 graduates. Altogether, the Crimson Tide’s last three national football championship teams (2009, 2011 MEN’S TEAM SCORE WOMEN’S TEAM SCORE and 2012) featured 60 players who had earned their degrees before Baseball 984 Basketball 973 the BCS Championship Game even got underway. Over the past Basketball 974 Cross County 995 seven seasons (2008-present) Alabama has seen 131 degrees earned Cross Country 1,000 Golf 1,000 (graduate and undergraduate) by players still suiting up for the Football 978 Gymnastics 1,000 Crimson Tide after already having graduated. Golf 1,000 Rowing 973 Swimming & Diving 978 Soccer 988 On a conference level, Smith and Daniil Proskura (men’s tennis) Tennis 985 Softball 993 earned Southeastern Conference Postgraduate Scholarships in 2015. Indoor Track & Field 982 Swimming & Diving 991 When it comes to the league’s top honor, Cory Whitsett earned Outdoor Track & Field 984 Tennis 1,000 the male 2013-14 Southeastern Conference H. Boyd McWhorter Indoor Track & Field 977 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, earning a $15,000 postgraduate Outdoor Track & Field 977 scholarship in the process. Whitsett took home the singular Volleyball 975

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 55 academic honor after leading the Crimson Tide to its second outdoor track and fi eld were ranked No. 2 while the Tide was third consecutive NCAA Championship. He was the ninth Alabama among the league’s softball teams. student-athlete to earn the award since gymnast Julie Estin brought home the fi rst honor in 1987. Alabama either matched or exceeded its APR from the year before in 16 sports, including six teams - men’s cross country, men’s indoor Smith (soccer) was also one of four Crimson Tide students named track and fi eld, men’s outdoor track and fi eld, gymnastics, women’s SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their respective sports, giving indoor track and fi eld and women’s outdoor track and fi eld - that Alabama the most honors of any school in the league. She was bettered their previous score by at least fi ve points. joined by Randolph (men’s basketball), McCleney (softball) and Zabor (women’s tennis). Over the past four years, Alabama student- The men’s cross country, men’s golf, women’s golf, gymnastics and athletes have earned this award 23 times, including going fi ve-for- women’s tennis teams all scored a perfect 1,000 for their four-year fi ve in women’s tennis. score. Those fi ve teams were joined by the 2012 NCAA champion softball team (993), women’s cross country (995) and women’s Alabama was also prolifi c when it came to the SEC Academic swimming and diving teams (991) among the eight UA programs Honor Roll, earning the accolade 300 times during the 2014-15 with scores above 990. academic year. The Crimson Tide had 48, 66 and 107 student- athletes named to the SEC Fall, Winter and Spring Academic Honor The Alabama baseball (984), men’s tennis (984), men’s indoor track Rolls and 79 named to the First-Year Academic Honor Roll. and fi eld (982), men’s outdoor track and fi eld (984) and soccer (988) teams were also among the teams that posted scores of 980 or The Alabama women’s rowing program is not included in this ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE better. survey as it did not become a scholarship sport at UA until 2006. All 21 University of Alabama varsity athletic teams continue to The Alabama football and men’s basketball teams both ranked score well above the national cutoff standard in the latest Academic GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE second in the SEC with scores of 80 and 87, respectively. Men’s Progress Rate (APR) the NCAA announced in June 2015. Figures The University of Alabama’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) track and fi eld was also second in the SEC with a score of released cover the four-year period extending from the 2010-11 jumped to a 91 this year which leads the Southeastern Conference 95. Football jumped seven points from a year ago while men’s through 2013-14 school years. and once again far exceeds the acceptable standards for completion basketball jumped 10 points. In addition to having all 16 programs of undergraduate studies nationally according to fi gures released by scoring 80 or above, 13 Alabama squads ranked in the top fi ve in Overall, 15 Crimson Tide teams posted scores that were above the the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in October of the SEC. national average in their respective sports, including 10 that bettered 2014. the national average in their sport by more than 10 points. Alabama The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and football scored a 978, which bettered the national average for The GSR spans the period covering student who attended the includes student-athletes transferring into the institutions. The GSR Football Bowl Series (FBS) teams by more than 18 points. University during 2004-07. also allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions prior to graduation, as long as they would have been Alabama ranked second among Southeastern Conference schools In addition to leading the SEC with its overall GSR, the Crimson academically eligible to compete had they remained. with fi ve teams receiving public recognition from the NCAA Tide was fi rst, or tied for fi rst, in seven different sports, including for their APR scores fi guring in the top-10 percentile nationally its men’s golf team which led the league with a perfect GSR score The NCAA GSR and the Academic Success Rate (ASR) were among teams in those sports, including the 2013 and 2014 NCAA of 100. Alabama’s women’s golf, soccer, softball, women’s tennis, developed in response to college and university presidents who Champion men’s golf team, the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Champion volleyball and men’s swimming and diving teams also led the SEC wanted graduation data that more accurately refl ected the mobility gymnastics team, the 2012 NCAA Champion women’s golf team, with GSR scores of 100. The average GSR for all NCAA Division I among college students today. Both rates improve on the federally the 2014 SEC Champion women’s tennis team and the men’s cross student-athletes is 82. mandated graduation rate by including students who were omitted country team. from the federal calculation. The NCAA GSR and the Academic Seven of Alabama’s 16 intercollegiate athletics programs in Success Rate (ASR) were developed in response to college and In addition to national recognition, nine Crimson Tide teams existence at the time - men’s golf, men’s swimming and diving, university presidents who wanted graduation data that more ranked among the top three in their respective sports in the SEC. women’s golf, softball, soccer, women’s tennis and volleyball - accurately refl ected the mobility among college students today. Gymnastics, men’s and women’s golf, men’s cross country and achieved perfect scores of 100. Overall, 13 Alabama programs Both rates improve on the federally mandated graduation rate by women’s tennis were all ranked No. 1, football, baseball and men’s recorded a GSR score of at least 90 and all 16 scored 80 or above. including students who were omitted from the federal calculation.

56 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS ALABAMA ACADEMIC HONORS NCAA TOP X WINNERS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 1975 Randy Hall Football Year Student Sport Team Position/Sport 1980 Steadman Shealy Football 1961 Tommy Brooker Football - End 1997 Meredith Willard Gymnastics 1961 Pat Trammell Football - Running Back 2002 Andreé Pickens Gymnastics 1964 Gaylon McCollough Football - Center 2003 Kristin Sterner Gymnastics 1965 Dennis Homan Football - End 2006 DeMeco Ryans Football 1965 Steve Sloan Football - Quarterback 2007 Beth Mallory Track & Field 1967 Bob Childs Football - Linebacker 2009 Softball 1967 Steve Davis Football - Kicker 2010 Greg McElroy Football 1970 Johnny Musso Football 1 Running Back 2012 Gymnastics 1970 Carey Varnado Football 3 Guard 2013 Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf 1971 Johnny Musso Football 1 Running Back 2014 Barrett Jones Football 1972 Rex Bynum Baseball 3 Outfi eld 2015 Kim Jacob Gymnastics 1972 Zack Rogers Baseball 2 Infi eld 1972 Kim Krapf Football 2 Center NCAA ELITE 89 AWARD WINNERS 1973 Randy Hall Football 1 Defensive Tackle 1973 Dave McMakin Football 2 Defensive Back 2010 Kassi Price Gymnastics 1974 Randy Hall Football 1 Defensive Tackle 2010 Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf 1975 Danny Ridgeway Football 1 Kicker 2010 Nathan Corder Men’s Cross Country 1977 Lou Green Football 2 Guard 2011 Rachel Terry Gymnastics 1977 Wayne Hamilton Football 2 Defensive End 2012 Rachel Terry Gymnastics 1979 Major Ogilvie Football 1 Running Back 2012 Mary Anne Macfarlane Women’s Tennis 1981 Anne Cale Women’s Basketball 3 Center 2012 Cory Whitsett Men’s Golf 1983 Malcolm Simmons Football 2 Punter 2013 Kim Jacob Gymnastics 1986 Julie Estin Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2013 Emily Zabor Women’s Tennis 1987 Julie Estin Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2013 Cory Whitsett Men’s Golf 1988 Kelly Good Women’s At-Large 3 Gymnastics 2014 Lauren Beers Gymnastics 1992 Dana Dobransky Women’s At-Large 2 Gymnastics 2014 Stephanie Meadow Women’s Golf 1992 Titia Wilmink Women’s At-Large 3 Tennis 2014 Emily Zabor Women’s Tennis 1993 Jeff Laubenthal Baseball 1 Outfi eld 2015 Lauren Beers Gymnastics 1993 Marten Olander Men’s At-Large 2 Golf NCAA Division I Elite 89 Awards (since inception in 2009-10) 1993 Dana Dobransky Women’s At-Large 2 Gymnastics 1. Alabama 14 1993 Titia Wilmink Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis Stanford 14 1994 Marten Olander Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 3. North Carolina 9 1995 Joakim Nilsson Men’s At-Large 2 Cross Country/Track Nebraska 9 1997 Meredith Willard Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 5. Baylor 6 1998 Merritt Booth Women’s At-Large 3 Gymnastics 1998 Jill DeVasher Women’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS OF THE YEAR 2000 Ginger Jones Softball 2 Infi elder Year Student Sport 2000 Elizabeth Johnston Women’s At-Large 3 Golf 2004 Stephanie Kite Gymnastics/At-Large 2000 Michelle Green Women’s Volleyball 1 Outside Hitter 2010 Greg McElroy Football 2001 Beau Hearod Baseball 3 Designated Hitter 2011 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics/At-Large 2001 Kelley Askew Softball 2 Designated Player 2012 *Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf/At-Large 2001 Ginger Jones Softball 1 Infi eld 2013 *Barrett Jones Football 2001 Softball 2 Outfi eld 2014 *Kim Jacob Gymnastics/At-Large 2001 Dominique Glinzler Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis 2015 Haylie McCleney Softball 2001 Kim Zarzour Women’s Soccer 3 Midfi eld * Also honored as the overall Academic All-American of the Year 2001 Shelly Adamcik Women’s Volleyball 3 Middle Blocker ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 57 2002 Lance Cormier Baseball 1 Pitcher 2012 Courtney McLane Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis 2002 Beau Hearod Baseball 3 Designated Hitter 2012 Brooke Pancake Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2002 Troy Henderson Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2012 Kyle Weeks Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving 2002 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 2 2012 Kayla Braud Softball 1 Outfi eld 2002 Jenny Ketchum Women’s At-Large 3 Tennis 2012 Nathan Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 Cross Country 2002 Katie Holtzapfel Women’s Soccer 2 Midfi eld 2012 Leigh Gilmore Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 2002 Kim Zarzour Women’s Soccer 1 Midfi eld 2012 Jackey Branham Softball 2 Infi eld 2002 Kenny King Football 2 Defensive Line 2012 Cassie Reilly-Boccia Softball 2 Outfi eld 2003 Beau Hearod Baseball 2 Outfi eld 2012 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 2003 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2013 Kayla Braud Softball 1 Outfi eld 2003 Stephanie Kite Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2013 Kaila Hunt Softball 2 Infi eld 2003 Kristen Sterner Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2013 Antonia Foehse Women’s At-Large 2 Tennis 2004 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 2 2013 Kim Jacob Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2004 Jackie McClain Softball 2 Infi eld 2013 Stephanie Meadow Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2004 Stephanie Kite Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2013 Corey Whitsett Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2005 Gabe Scott Baseball 2 Outfi eld 2013 Alexis Paine Women’s Track/Cross Country 2 2005 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At-Large 2 Swimming & Diving 2013 Kendall Khanna Soccer 3 Midfi eld 2005 Stewart Smith Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving 2014 Molly Fichtner Softball 1 Catcher 2006 Emeel Salem Baseball 1 Outfi eld 2014 Kaila Hunt Softball 1 Infi eld 2006 Guido Arroyo Men’s At-Large 2 Swimming & Diving 2014 Haylie McCleney Softball 1 Outfi eld 2006 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 2014 Ryan Iammuri Softball 2 Infi eld 2006 Joseph Sykora Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2014 Corey Whitsett Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2006 Ashley Bentley Women’s At-Large 3 Tennis 2014 Bobby Wyatt Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2006 Beth Mallory Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 2014 Kim Jacob Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2007 Emeel Salem Baseball 1 Outfi eld 2014 Stephanie Meadow Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2007 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving 2014 Mary Anne Daines Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis 2007 Joseph Sykora Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2014 Lauren Beers Women’s At-Large 2 Gymnastics 2007 Apostolis Tsagkarakis Men’s At-Large 2 Swimming & Diving 2014 Alexis Paine Women’s Track/Cross Country 2 Pole Vault 2007 Kailey Corken Women’s Soccer 3 Midfi eld 2014 Nia Barnes Women’s Track/Cross Country 3 Thrower 2008 Joseph Sykora Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2014 Arie Kouandji Football 2 Offensive Line 2008 Charlotte Morgan Softball 3 Infi elder 2014 Merel van Dongen Soccer 1 Midfi eld 2008 Laura Goodwin Women’s At-Large 2 Golf 2014 Laura Lee Smith Soccer 2 Midfi eld/Forward 2008 Kassi Price Women’s At-Large 3 Gymnastics 2014 Sierra Wilson Volleyball 1 Setter 2009 Kevin Greer Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving 2014 Krystal Rivers Volleyball 3 Right Side 2009 Charlotte Morgan Softball 2 Designated Player 2015 Levi Randolph Men’s Basketball 2 Guard 2009 Kassi Price Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2015 Haylie McCleney Softball 1 Outfi eld 2009 Barrett Jones Football 2 Offensive Line 2015 Lauren Beers Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2009 Colin Peek Football 1 Tight End 2015 Emily Zabor Women’s At-Large 2 Golf 2010 Saketh Myneni Men’s At-Large 3 Tennis 2015 Anton McKee Men’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 2010 Nathaniel Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 3 2015 Connor Oslin Men’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 2010 Charlotte Morgan Softball 1 Infi eld 2015 Nia Barnes Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 Thrower 2010 Elizabeth Hughes Women’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 2010 Kassi Price Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics NCAA Division I Academic All-Americans Since 2000 2010 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 1. Nebraska 132 2010 Greg McElroy Football 1 Quarterback 2. Notre Dame 120 2011 Kyle Weeks Men’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 3. Alabama 103 2011 Nathan Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 4. Penn State 95 2011 Kayla Braud Softball 1 Infi eld Stanford 95 2011 Kayla Hoffman Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2011 Courtney McLane Women’s At-Large 2 Tennis 2011 Brooke Pancake Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2011 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line

58 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 2014 Cory Whitsett M. Golf Krystal Rivers Volleyball Biology Year Student Sport 2014 Mary Anne Daines W. Tennis Laura Steiner Volleyball Food & Nutrition 1968 Steve Davis (Alternate) Football 2014 Daniil Proskura M. Tennis Brittany Thomas Volleyball Marketing 1969 Donald Sutton Football 2015 Laura Lee Smith Soccer Sierra Wilson Volleyball English & Political Science 1972 Johnny Musso Football 2015 Emily Zabor W. Tennis 1975 Randy Hall Football 2015 SEC WINTER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL 1980 Steadman Shealy Football 2014 SEC FALL ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Name Sport Major 1983 Julie Garrett Gymnastics Name Sport Major Retin Obasohan M. Basketball Finance 1985 Barbara Mack Gymnastics Dakota Ball Football Exercise Science Levi Randolph M. Basketball Marketing (Masters) 1987 Julie Estin Gymnastics Cooper Bateman Football Management Dakota Slaughter M. Basketball Marketing 1989 Kelly Good Gymnastics Jacob Coker Football Master’s Marketing Jimmie Taylor M. Basketball Criminal Justice 1991 Lynn Bradley W. Golf Paden Crowder Football Mechanical Engineering Oceana Hamilton W. Basketball Advertising 1991 Mark Rourke M. Swim & Dive David D’Amico Football Management Breanna Hayden W. Basketball Exercise Science 1992 Katherine Kelleher Gymnastics Will Davis Football Exercise Science Nichole Hegstetter W. Basketball Marketing 1993 Dana Dobransky Gymnastics Ty Flournoy-Smith Football General Studies Briana Hutchen W. Basketball Sport Management 1995 Erin Tenbrunsel Volleyball Jalston Fowler Football Master’s Sport Management Karyla Middlebrook W. Basketball Management 1996 Amy DeVasher W. Swim & Dive Daniel Geddes Football Master’s Sport Management Sharin Rivers W. Basketball Exercise Science 1997 Ann-Sofi e Joensson W. Swim & Dive Bo Grant Football Management Ashley Williams W. Basketball Criminal Justice 1997 Meredith Willard Gymnastics Adam Griffi th Football Criminal Justice Katie Bailey Gymnastics Public Relations 1998 Merritt Booth Gymnastics Alex Harrelson Football Management Lauren Beers Gymnastics Exercise Science 2002 Sarah Johnston W. Golf Dominick Jackson Football General Studies Kaitlyn Clark Gymnastics Exercise Science 2003 Kristin Sterner Gymnastics Walker Jones Football Finance Hunter Dennis Gymnastics General Studies 2003 Sarah Johnson W. Golf Kyle Kazakevicius Football Post-Grad Studies Lora Leigh Frost Gymnastics General Health Studies 2004 Brian Rohrer M. Track & Field Ryan Kelly Football Master’s Marketing Amanda Jetter Gymnastics Human Develop./Family Studies 2004 Stephanie Kite Gymnastics Arie Kouandjio Football Master’s Economics Keely McNeer Gymnastics Chemical Engineering 2005 DeMeco Ryans Football Jake Long Football Communication Studies Dominique Pegg Gymnastics Exercise Science 2006 Beth Mallory W. Track & Field Cole Mazza Football Exercise Science Mary Lillian Sanders Gymnastics History 2007 Aymara Albury W. Track & Field Austin Peavler Football Exercise Science Aja Sims Gymnastics Exercise Science 2008 Jordan Praytor Softball Nick Perry Football Master’s Sport Management Carley Sims Gymnastics Advertising 2008 Joseph Sykora M. Golf Armani Purifoye Football Electrical Engineering Kayla Williams Gymnastics Sport Management 2009 Brittany Rogers Softball Austin Shepherd Football Master’s Marketing Taylor Charles M. Swim & Dive Pre-Medical 2009 Kevin Greer M. Swim & Dive Geno Smith Football Communication Studies Szymmy Day M. Swim & Dive Biology 2009 Grant Stone M. Track & Field MK Taylor Football Master’s Sport Management Phillip Deaton M. Swim & Dive Chemical Engineering 2010 Greg McElroy Football Brian Vogler Football Master’s Sport Management Clark Garner M. Swim & Dive Management 2010 Kassi Price Gymnastics Paul Waldrop Football Biology Kristian Gkolomeev M. Swim & Dive Exercise Science 2010 Saketh Myneni M. Tennis Caroline Alexander Soccer Public Relations Jacob Kelsoe M. Swim & Dive Marketing 2011 Adam Booher M. Swim & Dive Hailey Brohaugh Soccer Exercise Science Carl Madden M. Swim & Dive History 2011 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics Lacey Clarida Soccer Public Relations Dylan Marin M. Swim & Dive Biology 2012 Brooke Pancake W. Golf Lauren Collins Soccer Math Anton McKee M. Swim & Dive MIS 2012 Kyle Weeks M. Swim & Dive Theresa Diederich Soccer Sports Management Michael Messuri M. Swim & Dive Restaurant/Hospitality Mgt. 2012 Leigh Gilmore W. Cross Country Abby Lutzenkirchen Soccer Public Relations Connor Oslin M. Swim & Dive Pre-Medical 2012 Nathan Corder M. Cross Country Jordan Meier Soccer Chemical Engineering Abbas Qali M. Swim & Dive Exercise Science 2012 Taylor Lindsey W. Tennis Auburn Mercer Soccer Exercise Science Carlo Rezzonico M. Swim & Dive Economics 2013 Ashley Priess Gymnastics Pia Rijsdijk Soccer General Studies Pavel Romanov M. Swim & Dive Economics 2013 Ashley Sledge Gymnastics Emily Rusk Soccer Public Relations Brent Sagert M. Swim & Dive Electrical Engineering 2013 Kayla Braud Softball Noelle Sanz Soccer Chemistry Kyle Simpson M. Swim & Dive Biology 2013 Alexis Paine W. Track & Field Kaylee Semelsberger Soccer Accounting & Finance Hunter Smith M. Swim & Dive Communication Studies 2013 Antonia Foehse W. Tennis Laura Lee Smith Soccer English Brett Walsh M. Swim & Dive Civil Engineering 2014 Sarah DeMeo Gymnastics Merel van Dongen Soccer Psychology Brian Westlake M. Swim & Dive Finance 2014 Kim Jacob Gymnastics Caitlin Bernardin Volleyball General Studies Leah Bird W. Swim & Dive General Studies 2014 Diandra Milliner Gymnastics Kryssi Daniels Volleyball Exercise Science Bridget Blood W. Swim & Dive Mechanical Engineering 2014 Stephanie Meadow W. Golf Bria Green Volleyball Public Relations Lisa Bogosian W. Swim & Dive Biology ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 59 Kaylin Burchell W. Swim & Dive General Health Studies Rachel Henderson W. Rowing Aerospace Engineering Kevin Shannon M. Track & Field Computer Science Brooke Elias W. Swim & Dive Marketing Nura Hussein W. Rowing Exercise Science Eric Sivill M. Track & Field Metallurgical Engineering Emily Facchine W. Swim & Dive Chemical Engineering Abigail Marks W. Rowing Mechanical Engineering Quincy Smith M. Track & Field General Health Kara Fredlock W. Swim & Dive Nutrition Dani Mazer W. Rowing MIS Conner Thompson M. Track & Field Mechanical Engineering Brittany Gilbert W. Swim & Dive Communication Studies Miller Tuohy W. Rowing Biology Nathan Vardaman M. Track & Field Mechanical Engineering Victoria Hove W. Swim & Dive Exercise Science Caitlin O’Neil W. Rowing Accounting Taber Wanstall M. Track & Field Mechanical Engineering Madison Kamman W. Swim & Dive Construction Engineering Logan O’Neil W. Rowing Mathematics Joseph Williams M. Track & Field Civil Engineering Stephanie Klotz W. Swim & Dive Communicative Disorders Nyia Owen W. Rowing MIS Matt Airola M. Track & Field Sport Management Caroline Korst W. Swim & Dive Marketing Abigail Palmer W. Rowing Telecommunication & Film Kyle Felpel M. Track & Field General Business Bonnie Macdonald W. Swim & Dive Economics Rachel Palmer W. Rowing Criminal Justice/Political Science Nia Barnes W. Track & Field Media Production Angely Martinez W. Swim & Dive International Studies/French Jennifer Parker W. Rowing Criminal Justice Quanesha Burks W. Track & Field Elementary Education Justine Panian W. Swim & Dive Chemical Engineering Alexandra Pospisil W. Rowing Operations Management Autumn Conn W. Track & Field Psychology Morgan Presley W. Swim & Dive Exercise Science Haleigh Robinson W. Rowing Interior Design Lacey Dent W. Track & Field Communicative Disorders Emma Saunders W. Swim & Dive Geography Katie Scott W. Rowing Exercise Science Passion Gamble W. Track & Field Exercise Science Bailey Scott W. Swim & Dive Communicative Disorders Alexa Shannon W. Rowing Elementary Education Alex Gholston W. Track & Field English Lauren Searcy W. Swim & Dive Exercise Science Ali Smith W. Rowing Psychology Katelyn Greenleaf W. Track & Field Nutrition Karolina Szczepaniak W. Swim & Dive Art Gabby Sprio W. Rowing Finance Allison Gregg W. Track & Field Nutrition Dakota Toner W. Swim & Dive Consumer Sciences Chaunsey Bell Softball Psychology Kendall Howen W. Track & Field Chemical Engineering Kristel Vourna W. Swim & Dive Master’s Kallie Case Softball Elementary Education Meropi Panagiotou W. Track & Field Fashion Retail Taylor Zablocki W. Swim & Dive Nutrition Chandler Dare Softball Public Relations Anna Rawles W. Track & Field Restaurant/Hospitality Mgt. Emily Zapinski W. Swim & Dive General Business Peyton Grantham Softball Psychology Nicole Sassaman W. Track & Field Operations Management Andrea Hawkins Softball Exercise Science Britainy Smith W. Track & Field Exercise Science 2015 SEC SPRING ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Danae Hays Softball Telecommunication & Film Hilary Stafford W. Track & Field Exercise Science Name Sport Major Leslie Jury Softball Exercise Science Rebecca Stover W. Track & Field Public Relations Tyler Adams Baseball Exercise Science Leona Lafaele Softball Criminal Justice Sarah Thomas W. Track & Field W. Studies Will Carter Baseball Consumer Sciences Sydney Littlejohn Softball Exercise Science Merilyn Uudmae W. Track & Field Marketing Riley Colburn Baseball Mathematics Haylie McCleney Softball Exercise Science Hannah Waggoner W. Track & Field Mechanical Engineering Nicholas Eicholtz Baseball Management Danielle Richard Softball Exercise Science Jake Hubbard Baseball Consumer Sciences Marisa Runyon Softball Exercise Science 2015 SEC FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Jonathan Keller Baseball Exercise Science Jadyn Spencer Softball Exercise Science Name Sport Major Michael Oczypok Baseball Marketing & Management Hayes Brewer M. Tennis General Business Tyler McMurray Baseball Mechanical Engineering Kyle Overstreet Baseball Criminal Justice Sean Donohue M. Tennis Psychology Zac Rogers Baseball Business Taylor Poe Baseball Consumer Sciences Andrew Goodwin M. Tennis Finance/Economics Justin Coleman M. Basketball Pre-Business Georgie Salem Baseball Management Nikko Madregallejo M. Tennis Exercise Science Riley Norris M. Basketball Pre-Business J.C. Wilhite Baseball Exercise Science Becker O’Shaughnessey M. Tennis Finance Quanetria Bolton W. Basketball Exercise Science James Lovelady M. Golf Marketing Carmen Blanco W. Tennis Accounting Meoshonti Knight W. Basketball Human Development Robert Prater M. Golf Management Maya Jansen W. Tennis Public Relations Joshua Casher Football Exercise Science William Sellers M. Golf Management Natalia Maynetto W. Tennis Finance David Cornwell Football Pre-Business Robert Shelton M. Golf Management Luicelena Perez W. Tennis Marketing Shaun Dion Hamilton Football Pre-Business Cammie Gray W. Golf Marketing Erin Routliffe W. Tennis Public Relations Da’Shawn Hand Football Civil Engineering Janie Jackson W. Golf Consumer Sciences Danielle Spielmann W. Tennis Marketing J.C. Hassenauer Football Exercise Science Daniela Lendl W. Golf Communication Studies Emily Zabor W. Tennis Master’s - Marketing Keith Holcombe Football Exercise Science Emma Talley W. Golf Communication Studies Justin Ahalt M. Track & Field Civil Engineering Derek Kief Football Exercise Science Ashley Allison W. Rowing Aerospace Engineering Payton Ballard M. Track & Field Accounting Christian Miller Football Pre-Business Courtney Atkinson W. Rowing Mathematics Jeffrey Edmondson M. Track & Field Civil Engineering Ross Pierschbacher Football Pre-Business Caroline Blackington W. Rowing General Health Nick Efkamp M. Track & Field General Studies JK Scott Football Pre-Business Jacklin Byers W. Rowing Public Relations/Finance Elias Hakansson M. Track & Field Political Science Mackenzie Brannan Gymnastics Pre-Psychology Katie Chambers W. Rowing Telecommunication & Film Andrew Harris M. Track & Field Exercise Science Nickie Guerrero Gymnastics General Business Erin Delaney W. Rowing Social Work Jacopo Lahbi M. Track & Field Management Jennie Loeb Gymnastics Pre-Dental Alyssa Drevenak W. Rowing Exercise Science Brennan Parks M. Track & Field Management Kiana Winston Gymnastics Human Environmental Sciences Melissa Etter W. Rowing Advertising/Marketing Evan Prizy M. Track & Field Computer Science Charlotte Adkins Rowing Marketing Madeleine Evans W. Rowing Communicative Disorders Hayden Reed M. Track & Field Biology Tayla Cabana Rowing Pre-Major Studies 60 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Leslie Feriozzi Rowing Pre-Dental Kat Hutson Volleyball Advertising Maggie Gillespie Rowing Public Relations Leah Lawrence Volleyball MIS Meghan Hampton Rowing Food & Nutrition Haley Little Volleyball Engineering Erin Hayes Rowing Human Development Natalie Murison Volleyball Public Relations Madeline Kuntz Rowing Pre-Major Studies Emily Stebbins Volleyball Psychology Nicole Lane Rowing Food & Nutrition Olivia Miller Rowing Mechanical Engineering Emily Navin Rowing Management Lindsey Taylor Rowing Chemical Engineering Madison Anzelc W. Soccer Biology Lacey Clarida W. Soccer Public Relations Tayler Hartrampf W. Soccer Pre-Physical Therapy Molly Moroney W. Soccer General Business Alexis Mouton W. Soccer Chemical Engineering Maruschka Waldus W. Soccer Marketing Rachel Bobo Softball Chemical Engineering Carrigan Fain Softball Biology Alexis Osorio Softball Psychology Kayla Rettig Softball Mechanical Engineering Demi Turner Softball Exercise Science Matthew Adams M. Swim & Dive Mechanical Engineering Will Freeman M. Swim & Dive Chemical Engineering Luke Kaliszak M. Swim & Dive Pre-Medical DJ Lang M. Swim & Dive Electrical Engineering David Morton M. Swim & Dive Pre-Psychology Braxton Young M. Swim & Dive Mechanical Engineering Kara Fredlock W. Swim & Dive Nutrition Paige Matherson W. Swim & Dive Fashion Retailing Mia Nonnenberg W. Swim & Dive Pre-Psychology Temarie Tomley W. Swim & Dive Exercise Science Langford Hills M. Tennis Accounting Danny Kerznerman M. Tennis Pre-Major Studies Korey Lovett M. Tennis Human Environmental Sciences Bennett Dunn W. Tennis Criminal Justice Aryn Greene W. Tennis General Business Will Edwards M. Track & Field Pre-Business Conner Ferrentino M. Track & Field Accounting Joshua Short M. Track & Field Pre-Law Jake Zalesky M. Track & Field Aerospace Engineering Caroline Barlow W. Track & Field Psychology Emily Edwards W. Track & Field Exercise Science Filippa Fotopoulou W. Track & Field Biology Olivia Fotopoulou W. Track & Field Biology Jessica Gray W. Track & Field Pre-Medical Veronica Lyle W. Track & Field Nutrition Danielle McConnell W. Track & Field General Health Alison Ringle W. Track & Field Exercise Science Elizabeth Scott W. Track & Field Nursing Haley Teel W. Track & Field Exercise Science Kaitlin Walker W. Track & Field Nutrition Abigail Whitehurst W. Track & Field Social Work Brooke Feld Volleyball Pre-Major Studies

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 61 STUDENT WELFARE

The secret behind academic success for Alabama student-athletes CHAMPS/LIFE SKILLS is Alabama’s Center of Athletic Student Services (CASS), located In 1994, the Division I-A Directors’ CHAMPS program and the in the Bill Battle Academic Center at Bryant Hall and headed by NCAA Life Skills program joined forces to become the CHAMPS/ Associate Athletics Director for Student Services Jon Dever. From Life Skills program. The program focuses on fi ve commitments the moment a recruit fi rst walks on to the campus to the moment that help student-athletes not only achieve present success but help a student-athlete graduates with diploma in hand, comprehensive facilitate future accomplishments. CHAMPS/Life Skills focus on academic service is available. academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal growth, career development and community service. The University of Alabama During their fi rst year at the Capstone, freshmen and junior college CHAMPS/Life Skills program offers a variety of programs geared transfers are required to attend nightly study halls. After that, the toward each of these fi ve commitments. attendance is based on the individual’s GPA and study needs. The CASS staff works as a liaison between the athletic department and ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE the University’s undergraduate divisions and administrative offi ce. The Crimson Tide focuses on supporting student-athletes in all The CASS staff offers career advice and counseling, ensures that aspects of their academic success. University of Alabama student- all athletes are maintaining satisfactory progress toward a degree, athletes have the best resources at their fi ngertips in Alabama’s and monitors academic eligibility. Academic coordinators supervise Center of Athletic Student Services (CASS), located in Bryant Hall. tutorial services, schedule study sessions, and coordinate all other aspects of CASS’ academic enrichment program. ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE From top-notch facilities to highly qualifi ed coaches and staffs, All of these services begin with the recruit’s fi rst visit. The advisors student-athletes are provided all the tools needed to compete at the set up individual appointments within the department of the highest level. recruit’s area of study and accompany the prospect to the meeting. They give the recruit a tour of the campus and summarize services provided by CASS. Alabama’s CASS staff will provide student- athletes with every opportunity to achieve their highest goals.

62 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS PERSONAL GROWTH THE STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPORTS MEDICINE The CHAMPS/Life Skills program helps student-athletes gain the The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is dedicated to VISION STATEMENT skills they need to balance academic and athletic commitments, promoting and maintaining student-athlete well-being, academic The University of Alabama Sports Medicine Program provides make critical life decisions and become well-rounded individuals. At excellence, personal development and community involvement. injury prevention, care and rehabilitation services and athletic The University of Alabama, the CHAMPS/Life Skills program and SAAC is a voice for Alabama’s student-athletes while they strive to education of recognized excellence to every student-athlete. The SAAC work together to bring in workshops and speakers to help achieve greatness in the classroom, playing fi elds and throughout program is committed to becoming a national leader in sports guide student-athletes in this process. the community. The SAAC program wants every student-athlete’s medicine services. experience at The University of Alabama to be successful and MISSION STATEMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT personally rewarding. The mission of The University of Alabama Sports Medicine The latest enhancement to the Bill Battle Academic Center program is to provide the highest quality healthcare available to came in the fall of 2013, when the Susan & Gaylon McCollough EVENTS our student-athletes in a professional and caring manner in order A-Club Career and Leadership Development Center opened. The Every year the SAAC works to involve student-athletes in numerous to prevent athletic injury. Should an injury or illness occur, it is our center, located on the second fl oor of the Bill Battle Academic events that help the community. Past events have included mission to recognize and refer the student-athlete to the appropriate Center, provides Alabama student-athletes the chance to learn and supporting Alabama’s “Relay for Life” campaign, a Halloween medical care returning them to competition as quickly and safely as hone the skills necessary to take the next step in their lives. The Extravaganza party for local children, the “Power of Pink” events possible. center, staffed by a full-time director, helps student-athletes learn for breast cancer awareness and Project Angel Tree. In addition to everything from creating a resume to utilizing social media in a these special events, student-athletes regularly visit local schools professional way to how to interview and network effectively. to help with special events, physical education classes and reading initiatives. COMMUNITY SERVICE The CHAMPS/Life Skills program focuses on facilitating community outreach opportunities for student-athletes. This aspect gives Alabama athletes a chance to make a difference and show their gratitude to the local communities that support them throughout their careers.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 63 COMMUNITY OUTREACH

2014-15 BRAD DAVIS SEC JOHN SERVATI HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WEEKEND ALABAMA’S SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM In late September 2014, more than 100 students from the athletics Year-in and year-out, the Southeastern Conference recognizes the COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD department traded the implements of their sports and changed into best in terms of student-athletes work in the community through Andrew Goodwin, Men’s Tennis work boots and safety goggles and traveled just a few miles down its Community Service Teams, highlighting the outreach efforts that Jayden Spencer, Softball University Boulevard from The University of Alabama to the site are an ongoing part of life on the league’s campuses. of a Habitat for Humanity build. That Habitat work weekend was LAUREN BEERS, GYMNASTICS more than just giving back to the community. It was a day for John Lauren Beers worked with Habitat for Humanity, as a volunteer 2014-15 SEC COMMUNITY Servati, the Alabama swimmer who died while saving the life of with the Yeah Yeah Yeah 5K race, the ReadBAMARead foundation, another UA student in the spring of 2014 during the severe storms SERVICE TEAM SELECTIONS Project Angel Tree, the RISE School, Verner Elementary and Holy that swept through Tuscaloosa. So instead of heading home for a Lauren Beers, Gymnastics Spirit Elementary School as well as Tide Tykes. She also took part nap after practice, the Tide students picked-up hammers, lumber in creating a video public service announcement raising awareness Robbie Farnham-Rose, Men’s Track & Field and scaffolding and went to work. Characterized as a “hero every against human traffi cking. Andrew Goodwin, Men’s Tennis day” by his coaches and teammates, Servati was both a fi erce Taylor Guilbeau, Baseball competitor and an active and caring member of the community NIKKI HEGSTETTER, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL around him. And while the swimmers and divers capped off the Nikki Hegstetter, Women’s Basketball Nikki Hegstetter took part in a Habitat for Humanity workday two days of work on two different Habitat for Humanity building as well as The Miracle League of Tuscaloosa and the Alabama Daniela Lendl, Women’s Golf sites, more than 75 students from the majority of the Tide’s other women’s basketball’s 5th Grade Fastbreak program. She volunteered Sydney Littlejohn, Softball teams stepped up to lend a helping hand, both for the community at local high school basketball camps and read to elementary school Tom Lovelady, Men’s Golf and in Servati’s memory. students. She interacted with patients at the DCH Manderson Paige Matherson, Women’s Swimming & Diving Cancer Center and spent time with residents of Capstone Village Natalia Maynetto, Women’s Tennis DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS Retirement Community. She also welcomed veterans upon their Retin Obasohan, Men’s Basketball Throughout the course of the 2014-15 academic year, Crimson return to Tuscaloosa from an Honor Flight from Washington, D.C. Tide student-athletes gave almost 3,000 hours toward community J.J. Pursley, Men’s Swimming And Diving ROBBIE FARNHAM-ROSE, MEN’S TRACK & FIELD service this year. Swimming and diving was the women’s squad Blake Sims, Football Robbie Farnham-Rose interacted with students at Central with the most community outreach hours while baseball earned the Elementary School. He also worked with Crossing Points Laura Lee Smith, Soccer honor for the men. Individually, swimmer Travis Kerner and rower Learning Center as well as the athletics department’s Halloween Lakan Taylor, Women’s Track & Field Alyssa Drevenak were recognized for their outstanding service to Extravaganza. He visited residents of the Glen Haven Retirement the community. center and the patients of the DCH Manderson Cancer Center. 64 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS LAKAN TAYLOR, WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD TAYLOR GUILBEAU, BASEBALL Middle School. Pursley also took part in Sprayberry Elementary’s Lakan Taylor worked with students at Central Elementary School. With Project Blessings, Taylor Guilbeau joined the baseball team “Tailgating with the Stars.” She also volunteered with Crossing Points Learning Center and in helping renovate the home of an elderly lady in Tuscaloosa. BLAKE SIMS, FOOTBALL the athletics department’s annual Halloween Extravaganza. Taylor Guilbeau was also part of a contingent that welcomed home Blake Sims was active among local middle schools, encouraging visited residents of the Glen Haven Retirement center and the Tuscaloosa area Korean War veterans after the veterans returned students to stay in school and get their education. He also spoke patients of the DCH Manderson Cancer Center. from being honored in Washington D.C. for their war efforts. of becoming better listeners and taking advantage of all of the Guilbeau also took part in the annual Halloween party hosted by the TOM LOVELADY, MEN’S GOLF resources they are provided to get the most out of their education. athletics department, providing trick-or-treating along with games Tom Lovelady volunteered at the local YMCA where he has done He visited Central Elementary School to speak to the children about and fun to local youth. Guilbeau attended Sprayberry Elementary tasks such as score keeping at tee ball games and basketball games, what it takes to be a champion, which was part of the school’s (a special needs center) for the fourth consecutive year, interacting as well as work with the children. He visited local elementary theme for the year. Sims also visited a Skyland Elementary student with the students, along with serving snacks and assisting the schools where has read to the students. He donated canned foods who was restricted to his home because of an illness. He also took students in hanging their ornaments on the Christmas tree. that were disseminated to local food shelters. He assisted with part in Alabama’s 2014 Halloween Extravaganza, taking pictures and Alabama Student-Athlete Advisory Committee initiatives such as LAURA LEE SMITH, SOCCER signing autographs for all of the children that attended. For the past the Halloween extravaganza and the Angel Tree Project. Lovelady Laura Lee Smith has been active in the Tuscaloosa community, three years, he collected money from teammates for Project Angel worked with junior golf clinics at his home course of Vestavia Hills as well as her home state of Mississippi throughout her Alabama Tree (funds buy presents for 30+ local children whose parent(s) are Country Club, helping young players with lessons and tips on how career. The 2014-15 president of Alabama’s Student-Athlete incarcerated). to improve their game. Advisory Committee, she helped organize events in the West SYDNEY LITTLEJOHN, SOFTBALL Alabama community that include a Halloween Extravaganza and DANIELA LENDL, WOMEN’S GOLF Sydney Littlejohn worked with Habitat for Humanity and spoke Project Angel Tree. Smith has also been a part of the local Make- Daniela Lendl volunteered at the Rise School which includes to at-risk youth as a part of the Crossing Points program, a A-Wish Foundation and Boys and Girls Club of West Alabama. mainstream and special needs children as well as the local YMCA collaborative initiative between The University of Alabama and the Smith devoted many hours to helping at the Community Soup Bowl and local elementary children. She also took part in the athletics Tuscaloosa City and County School Systems. Littlejohn and many and West Alabama Food Bank. At home in Jackson, Miss., Smith department’s annual Halloween Extravaganza and spent time with of her teammates also spent time at the Glen Haven Health and volunteered her time at the University of Mississippi Medical Center local children at the Tide’s “Tailgating with the Stars” event and was Rehab facility as well as Forest Manor Health Care Center visiting as well as the Lantern Medical Clinic. involved with Alabama’s Power of Pink Breast Cancer Awareness with elderly patients. The Manderson Cancer Center also hosted a events. She is a three-year member of the SEC Community Service ANDREW GOODWIN, MEN’S TENNIS “Just For You” day to honor cancer survivors and Littlejohn was Team. Andrew Goodwin volunteered with Habitat for Humanity and the one of many UA students who tried to make the day special for USTA/ITA Campus Kids’ Day. He also assisted with the athletics young cancer survivors. At Central Elementary School, she talked RETIN OBASOHAN, MEN’S BASKETBALL department’s Halloween Extravaganza as well as the National to students about the importance of a good education. At Arcadia Always heavily involved in The University of Alabama community Consortium for Academics & Sports and U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s Elementary School, she spoke to students about teamwork and outreach efforts, Retin Obasohan has reached out to numerous high Shut Out Traffi cking program. Goodwin also visited with students the importance of respecting their teachers, coaches and parents. school students in the Tuscaloosa area, encouraging them to stay in at The RISE School in Tuscaloosa. She also helped set up and run the annual Halloween Extravaganza school and how to achieve their goals. He also mentors teenagers when local children can come dressed in Halloween costumes and at Tuscaloosa Central High School and read books and spoke at PAIGE MATHERSON, W. SWIMMING & DIVING interact and play games with Alabama student-athletes. local elementary and middle schools. Obasohan volunteered at free Paige Matherson worked with Crossing Points Learning and Glen sports camps for underprivileged kids and serves as a role model Haven Rehab Center, and visited patients of the Manderson Cancer ALABAMA’S 2014-15 BRAD DAVIS SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE in his hometown of Antwerp, Belgium, where he mentors younger Center and residents of the Forest Manor Nursing Home. She LEADER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS boarding school students. He was also involved in Habitat for also participated in a Habitat for Humanity work day and Central Jayden Spencer (softball) and Andrew Goodwin (men’s tennis) Humanity for the past three years. Elementary School’s “Be a Champion Day.” She took part in the were The University of Alabama’s nominees for the 2014-15 Brad setup and implementation of the Halloween Extravaganza as well as NATALIA MAYNETTO, WOMEN’S TENNIS Davis Southeastern Conference Community Service Leaders of Project Angel Tree. Natalia Maynetto volunteered with Habitat for Humanity as well the Year. The SEC community service award is named for Davis, a as the athletic department’s annual Halloween Extravaganza and J.J. PURSLEY, M. SWIMMING AND DIVING former SEC Associate Commissioner who succumbed to cancer on Project Angel Tree events. She also assumed a leadership role with J.J. Pursley took part in a Habitat Humanity work day as well March 2, 2006. The Crimson Tide duo were honored with $5,000 the Alabama women’s tennis Kids’ Day Clinics and the team’s as Project Angel Tree. He also visited patients at Glen Haven postgraduate scholarships. Power of Pink initiative to raise awareness in the fi ght against breast Rehab Center, students at Davis Emerson Middle and Crossing cancer. Points Learning Center and mentored students at Rock Quarry

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 65 FACILITIES

“BUILT BY BAMA” BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM and a 326-65-3 (.831) mark in all games played in Tuscaloosa. With projects of $47 and $65 million to renovate and expand the Dating back to the 1988 renovation of Bryant-Denny Stadium, More than just a tagline used by Alabama and its fanbase, “Built by north and south end zones in the last several years, Bryant-Denny more than 15.1 million fans have witnessed the Crimson Tide play Bama” speaks to the ongoing efforts by The University of Alabama Stadium is truly one of the top football facilities in the nation. in 185 home games over the last 27 seasons. Athletics Department to make its facilities all that Crimson Tide The current seating capacity is 101,821 and makes Bryant-Denny students and coaches need to be successful. Such was the late Mal Stadium one of the largest on-campus football stadiums in the COLEMAN COLISEUM Moore’s vision when he took over as Director of Athletics in 1999 nation. The most recent renovation not only pushed capacity The center of much of University of Alabama campus life since and so it remains today for the department as a whole. To that end, to 101,821, but gave Bryant-Denny Stadium an additional 36 the facility opened in 1968, Coleman Coliseum is home to Alabama over the past decade Alabama has undergone an unprecedented skyboxes and 1,700 club seats. The 2010 renovation marked the men’s basketball. Originally named Memorial Coliseum, Coleman transformation, one that has touched all its facilities. This past fourth expansion of this magnifi cent edifi ce since 1988 and the Coliseum has served as the home court of the Alabama basketball academic year, the rowing team’s boathouse and its indoor training seventh time Bryant-Denny Stadium has been expanded since it was team since its opening and the women’s gymnastics team since 1985. space located in the Presidential Village recreation center, were originally completed in 1929. Other expansions were completed in One of college basketball’s fi nest facilities then and now, the multi- completed. This coming year will see the completion of the top- 1946, 1961, 1966, 1988, 1998 and 2006. The Tide beat Mississippi purpose arena was ahead of its time when originally constructed at to-bottom renovation of the Crimson Tide’s baseball stadium as College, 55-0, in the fi rst game played at Denny Stadium, named for a cost of $4.2 million. The building occupies two acres of land with Alabama works tirelessly to keep its facilities at the forefront of UA President George Denny on September 28, 1929. The stadium the roof reaching 90 feet above the competition surface and almost collegiate athletics. was offi cially dedicated October 5, 1929, when the Tide beat Ole 100,000 square feet of space in the main seating area. The arena Miss, 22-7. The stadium was re-named Bryant-Denny Stadium, in was re-dedicated in 1988 as Coleman Coliseum in honor of Jeff honor of legendary coach Paul Bryant and Denny, on April 10, Coleman, a long-time Crimson Tide historian, business manager 1976, during the annual A-Day game. The renovations over the past for athletics and alumni director that served on the committee that decade included a plaza connecting the stadium with University oversaw construction and planning of the Coliseum. The coliseum Boulevard. The plaza, which quickly became a focal point on game- houses athletics department offi ces, including coaching offi ces day Saturdays, honors Alabama’s national championship coaches for more than a dozen of the Tide’s teams, the communications and commemorates the Tide’s 15 national and 24 SEC titles. department’s offi ces, the ticket and Tide Pride offi ces, a club level Alabama bettered its own record for the largest crowd to see a game room (the Crimson Tide Room), a President’s reception area (the in the state of Alabama when a sell-out crowd of 101,821 fans fi lled C.M. Newton Room), practice facilities for men’s basketball and the seats in the Crimson Tide’s 2010 season opener against San gymnastics, an equipment room, weight rooms, steam bath, training Jose State. Going into the 2015 season, the Crimson Tide owns an room, food service areas, photo studios, and locker room facilities impressive 239-52-3 (.818) all-time record at Bryant-Denny Stadium for athletes and staff.

66 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS MAL M. MOORE ATHLETIC FACILITY Widely considered one of the fi nest facilities of its type in the nation, the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility is the centerpiece of Crimson Tide Athletics and home to the Alabama football program. The south wing of the building houses senior administrators of the athletic department, while the north side holds the football offi ces. The building, which has undergone two renovations since 2005, contains a state-of-the-art training room featuring aquatic rehabilitation pools. The training room is utilized by all Crimson Tide athletic programs. The football team’s equipment room, meeting rooms, recruiting room, coaches’ offi ces and media room are all located in the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility. The Hall of Champions located on the second fl oor of the building highlights Alabama’s rich football history. Trophy cases for each of the Tide’s national championships are located in the Hall of Champions, as well as a large case featuring the program’s 24 Southeastern Conference championships. The Hall features individual accomplishments as well, including a trophy case for some of the HANK CRISP INDOOR FACILITY the Crimson Tide’s performance nutrition center to fuel Alabama more recent individual awards received by Crimson Tide football The Hank Crisp Indoor Facility, considered one of the fi nest student-athletes. The 37,000-square-foot weight room is a showcase players. Mark Ingram’s 2009 Heisman Trophy stands on a marble facilities of its kind in the nation, underwent a renovation in the for the Crimson Tide’s lauded training regimes, such as the “Fourth pedestal in the middle of the Hall. Every Alabama football player to summer of 2009. The renovation, overseen by Davis Architects Quarter Program.” The weight room features 21,000-square feet be named a fi rst team All-American, as well as those inducted into of Birmingham, Ala., included the removal of the tennis practice on the lower level and 16,000-square feet on the second fl oor. the College Football Hall of Fame are recognized with individual facility to make the building a complete open space to be utilized The weight room is highlighted by 24 combination racks that have plaques in the Hall. for practice by baseball, football, soccer and softball, when platforms built into the ground for a level surface, providing a safer inclement weather or extreme temperatures prevent those teams workout environment, as well as a brand new dumbbell station. RHOADS STADIUM The upper level houses cardio stations, medicine balls, offi ce from practicing outdoors. The facility’s 130+ yard fi eld makes it The John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium was built in 2000 and space for team doctors and a rehabilitation center. The complex the largest collegiate indoor practice facility in the nation under recently received enhancements that make the nation’s most packed features a state-of-the-art nutrition center, video monitor and sound one roof. Hank Crisp Indoor has 97,000 square feet of clear space, college softball venue an imposing site for visiting teams. That system. The weight room seamlessly connects the Mal M. Moore measuring 20 percent larger than a typical college football fi eld. As stadium, completed at a cost of $2.2 million, added right fi eld tier Athletic Facility, where Alabama’s administration and football part of the 2009 renovation, a new artifi cial fi eld turf system was seating to push stadium capacity past the 3,000 mark. The stadium offi ces are located, to the Hank Crisp Indoor Practice Facility. The installed. Another addition in 2009 was the installation of the state- was expanded for the third time in its short history following the latest renovations to the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility feature of-the-art WavecamTM system. The camera system, which suspends 2011 season, which brought the offi cial capacity to 3,940. During a complete overhaul of Alabama’s football locker room, meeting from the ceiling of the facility, operates similar to that of the sky the 2009 season, tier seating in the right fi eld corner was added spaces as well as lounge and recruiting areas to give the Crimson cam systems used by network broadcasts of college football games. along with a standing room concourse area that includes tables and Tide a premier player development hub. The transformation The system gives the football coaching staff superior vantage points drink rails. After the completion of the 2010 season, construction comprises a redesigned locker room with new furnishings from to break down plays compared to traditional standard practice began on an expanded clubhouse that features a new locker room, top to bottom, including 137 custom-built lockers and a cascading video. The facility is fully heated and air conditioned which is an expanded training room and player’s lounge, a new team video room built-in spa for post-practice recovery. The meeting rooms are built unusual feature in most indoor practice facilities. and lobby. The expanded clubhouse connects to the new indoor around a new theater-style team room that has 175 oversized seats practice facility that includes three batting cages and a bullpen. ALABAMA STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COMPLEX and is equipped with a 300-inch projection screen. The renovations also feature eight new theater-style position meeting rooms. The The Crimson Tide’s Strength and Conditioning Complex opened SEWELL-THOMAS STADIUM player lounge area has an 80-inch high-defi nition television, an prior to the 2013-14 academic year and links the Mal M. Moore Sewell-Thomas Stadium is home of The University of Alabama arcade room and three gaming areas along with pool and ping-pong Athletic Facility with the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility. It serves all baseball team. Opened as Thomas Field on March 26, 1948, in tables. 21 of Alabama teams and features a state-of-the-art weight room honor of former Tide head coach Frank Thomas, the stadium and physician and strength and conditioning offi ces as well as originally had a seating capacity of 2,000. In 1978, the stadium

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 67 was renamed Sewell-Thomas Stadium, adding the name of former impressive competitive atmosphere for both sports. The restoration rest rooms and seating above the courts in addition to seating at UA baseball standout and head coach Joe Sewell, who spent 14 of the venerable three-story building was completed in January of court level. The addition of the indoor facility not only allows the years with the Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees during his 2011 in time for the women’s basketball game between Alabama and teams to practice and compete during inclement weather, but also Hall of Fame baseball career. Referred to by many as “The Joe”, Florida on Feb. 13, 2011, when the Tide defeated the Gators 64-59. benefi ts Alabama when submitting bids to host events such as the Sewell-Thomas Stadium has been the home of Alabama’s baseball The renovation also included suites for both programs that house NCAA Championships. team since 1948, but has undergone many changes. The complex the teams’ locker rooms, team areas, meeting and video rooms and underwent two major renovations in 1996 and again in 2001 before coaches’ offi ces. A weight room and athletics training facilities SAM BAILEY TRACK AND FIELD STADIUM undergoing a total transformation during the 2014-15 academic were also included in the project. Originally built in 1939, Foster The Crimson Tide’s home track and fi eld facility, named for year. The goal for the new stadium is to create a character and Auditorium was named in 1942 for Richard Clarke Foster, president legendary coach and administrator Sam Bailey, was rebuilt from atmosphere unique to The University of Alabama, while updating of The University of Alabama from 1937-41. It was the largest and the ground up prior to the 2013 season, utilizing every inch of facilities, seating and fan amenities to appeal to everyone. The most expensive of 14 buildings added to campus between 1936 and the facility to give Alabama students everything they need to be stadium design was created to accommodate the needs of players, 1939 using funds from the Public Works Administration. successful at the highest level. The new design and layout ensures coaches and fans alike and provide the best possible experience to that the Sam Bailey Track & Field Stadium is one of the premier anyone who steps inside the historic grounds. The design allows UA TENNIS STADIUM facilities in the nation. The nine-lane track has a state of the art for a maximum capacity of 5,200 fans on game day. The new Alabama tennis student-athletes have the privilege of playing in one Beynon BSS-2000 track surface, which allows for a faster and more Sewell-Thomas Stadium will include fi eld level seating throughout of the fi nest facilities in the country as The University of Alabama durable surface for both competition and training. The track gives the yard as well as club, terrace and patio seating plus a berm and Tennis Stadium was one of nine winners of the 25th Annual USTA Tide athletes a training and competition facility nearly identical family area. The facility includes a 7,500 square foot, year-round, Facility Awards Program. The outdoor complex, built in 2004, to what they will see during the championship season. The shot all-weather hitting facility that was completed in January 2015. The features 12 hard courts with overhead seating for 2,000 spectators put throw area are located at the west end of the track, outside of stadium also features a player lounge, locker room, meeting room, that faces all courts. The $4.2 million facility houses a team lounge, the oval, with combined landing pits to provide a more functional athletic training facilities and coaches offi ces for the team and staff a conference room, coaches’ offi ces, player locker rooms with and effi cient throws area. The infi eld was replaced with Tifway to utilize. The whole project, which will house a state-of-the-art private rest rooms and showers, a full-service athletic training room 419 hybrid Bermuda grass and provides the landing areas for the facility with a distinctly traditional baseball feel, is scheduled for and a concession stand. The facility contains an elevator from the javelin, hammer throw and discus. The cages for the throw events completion by the end of December 2015. fi rst level up to the seating area. Conducive to the highest level of have been strategically placed with both “D zone areas” to allow competitive play, the complex is also a terrifi c place for hosting for better meet management. Timing locations have been added FOSTER AUDITORIUM school and community tournaments, with amenities for spectators throughout the track area to allow for the use of the most current Beginning in 2011, The University of Alabama Athletics and visiting teams. event timing techniques. The jumps area is designed to make both Department renovated and expanded Foster Auditorium to create a training and competition more effi cient. There are two long jump new home for the Crimson Tide’s volleyball and women’s basketball ROBERTA ALISON BAUMGARDNER TENNIS FACILITY runways, two pole vault runways, two high jump aprons. Permanent programs. The remodeling of Foster included refurbishing the The Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility, which houses six stadium lights give the Tide far more fl exibility when it comes to arena portion of the building with new seating, both on the fl oor indoor courts, opened in 2012. Located adjacent to the outdoor training and competition. In addition to the track renovations, the level and the second level which overlooks the court, creating an tennis stadium, the Baumgardner Tennis Facility features a lobby, grandstands were upgraded as was the press box. An entry plaza

68 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Patterson, who along with her husband and assistant coach David Patterson, won six NCAA titles during their 36-year career at the University. Sarah Patterson, Potter, Murphy and Seawell all won national titles during an exciting four-year period that saw Alabama claim two national football championships, two gymnastics titles, two NCAA men’s golf titles and championships in women’s golf and softball.

THE BILL BATTLE ACADEMIC CENTER AT PAUL W. BRYANT HALL Since opening in 1965, Bryant Hall has been a part of many historic events in the life of University of Alabama athletics. In 2005, the venerable building was transformed into the Crimson Tide’s Academic Center. The renovation converted Bryant Hall into a state-of-the-art academic facility covering 52,300 square feet and incorporated into the facility includes displays to commemorate championship meets. In addition to the main competition course, featuring the most modern technology to benefi t all UA student- the history of Alabama track and fi eld students, both in collegiate the Aquatic Center has an eight lane, 25-yard pool as well as coaches athletes. Formally re-dedicated on April 22, 2005, The Bill Battle and Olympic competition. There is also a permanent awards area, and administrative offi ces. The Aquatic Center also contains a Academic Center serves as a full-service academic facility and the created out of the same material as the track itself. weight room as well as dryland training areas and meeting rooms. home for the Center for Athletic Student Services (CASS) staff. Bryant Hall boasts a 48-seat computer lab as well as math, English UA SOCCER STADIUM THE ALABAMA ROWING BOATHOUSE and writing labs along with 40 individual study rooms. A pair of The University of Alabama Soccer Stadium was built in 2004. It The Alabama rowing team moved into its state-of-the-art boathouse 50-seat classrooms and a 140-seat lecture hall are also available. houses a team lounge complete with a fl at-screen television and in August 2014. Located on the west side of Manderson Landing There are 16 information stations throughout the building that couches, a conference room, coaches’ offi ces, student-athlete on the Black Warrior River, the 11,163-square-foot facility includes can provide student-athletes with news about tutorials, study locker rooms with private rest rooms and showers, a full-service storage space for the team’s equipment and is coupled with brand- sessions and practice schedules. There are several student lounges, athletic training room and a concession stand with a kitchen. In new facilities at the Presidential Village. The Presidential Village giving student-athletes a more relaxed place to gather and study. addition, the facility is equipped with a pair of locker rooms for includes locker rooms, lounge, athletic training facilities and Connected to Bryant Hall is Bryant Sports Grille which includes visiting teams and offi cials. The outdoor complex features covered coaches’ offi ces as well as an ergometer suite that overlooks the The Bryant Bistro, a full-scale coffee cafe featuring Starbucks bench areas for both teams and a press box with seating for 1,500 Black Warrior River. The Black Warrior River, blessed with high Coffee, espresso and smoothies. The bistro also offers pastries spectators and standing room for many more. banks, long, protected straightaways, and minimal current, provides & Einstein Brothers Bagels and gourmet desserts. With sports- Alabama one of the best practice and competitive courses in the themed pictures adorning the walls and fl at-screen televisions DON GAMBRIL OLYMPIC POOL nation. The Tide is also fortunate that the river is dotted with prime keeping everyone up-to-date on the latest sporting events, Bryant AT THE ALABAMA AQUATIC CENTER viewing areas for dual meets and regattas, including The Park at Sports Grille is a social hub as much as a dining hall. The Crimson One of the nation’s fastest pools, the Alabama Aquatic Center Manderson Landing, which sits near the fi nish line of most UA Tide Academic Hall of Fame, located in the Academic Center has hosted more than 200 major competitions including seven home events. With its multi-tiered slope down to the edge of the lobby, features plaques recognizing all Alabama’s Academic All- Southeastern Conference Swimming & Diving Championships. Two river, the park is a natural ‘stadium’ for cheering on the Tide. Americans beautifully housed and displayed in the entry area. The of the three SEC Championships the Tide won in the decade of latest enhancement to the Bill Battle Academic Center came in the THE SARAH PATTERSON CHAMPIONS PLAZA the 1980s (men’s titles in 1982 and 1987) were won in the Aquatic 2013-14 academic year, when the Susan & Gaylon McCollough The Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza, located between Coleman Center. The Aquatic Center’s main competition pool, named of the A-Club Career and Leadership Development Center opened. The Coliseum and Sewell-Thomas Stadium and dedicated on October 4, legendary Don Gambril in 2002, is 25-yards by 50-meters. It is 6.5 center, located on the second fl oor of Bryant Hall, is a place where 2013, features marble slabs highlighting all of the Crimson Tide’s feet deep at its shallowest point and 18 feet at its deepest. When Alabama student-athletes can hone the skills necessary to take the varsity sports other than football and includes a listing of all of set up for long-course competition, the pool boasts eight nine-foot next step in their lives. The center and its staff help student-athletes UA’s NCAA and Southeastern Conference team titles. The plaza wide lanes. When setup for short course, the pool can accommodate learn everything from creating a resume to utilizing social media in also honors the Tide’s national champion coaches for all sports up to 17 nine-foot wide lanes. The main pool has four springboards a professional way to how to interview and network effectively. - two 1-meter and two 3-meter. The diving well also boasts a outside of football - Sarah Patterson (gymnastics), Mic Potter fi ve- and 10-meter platform. The main competition venue seats (women’s golf), Patrick Murphy (softball) and Jay Seawell (men’s 1,500, every seat of which is often taken during invitational and golf). The plaza is named for former UA gymnastics coach Sarah

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 69 ATTENDANCE

BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM COLEMAN COLISEUM Capacity – 101,821 Capacity – Average Attendance – 101,534 Men’s Basketball, 15,383; Gymnastics, 15,075 RHOADS STADIUM Capacity – 3,940 Average Attendance – Average Attendance – 2,813 Men’s Basketball, 10,177; Gymnastics, 12,086 SEWELL-THOMAS STADIUM Capacity – 6,571 FOSTER AUDITORIUM Average Attendance – 2,801* Capacity – 3,800 *Baseball played its home games at the Hoover Met during the 2015 season due to construction at Sewell-Thomas Stadium Average Attendance – Volleyball, 945; UA SOCCER STADIUM Women’s Basketball, 2,550 Capacity – 1,500 Average Attendance – 615

70 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS MARKETING & LICENSING

The impact and infl uence of athletics marketing has never Power of Pink has events three times a year, in the fall, in the winter been more evident than in the current era of Alabama athletics. and in the spring, hosted by the Tide’s women’s teams. Alabama’s passionate fan base has largely earned a national reputation for devotion based on its following of the Crimson Tide In the United States alone, a woman will be newly diagnosed with football team. breast cancer every three minutes, and the odds of overcoming breast cancer are much higher if the disease is detected in the early In recent years, that devotion and passion has become evident stages, a fact that makes the Tide’s efforts even more vital. across the board as the seven Alabama sports that require tickets for admission (football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, The Alabama Athletics Power of Pink 2014-15 slate featured nine baseball, softball, gymnastics and volleyball) sold more than women’s athletics events, including volleyball, cross country, soccer 800,000 tickets, generating in excess of $36.2 million in ticket and swimming and diving in the fall; basketball and gymnastics in revenue during the 2014-15 athletic year. the winter; and softball, tennis and rowing in the spring.

The 15-time national champion Crimson Tide football team saw ALABAMA’S TRADEMARK LICENSING PROGRAM 710,736 fans pack Bryant-Denny Stadium (capacity: 101,821) over 5TH GRADE FAST BREAK In 1981, The University of Alabama created a licensing program the course of seven home games. The six-time NCAA Champion The University of Alabama women’s basketball program, the to protect the marks and logos of the University and establish gymnastics team averaged 12,086 fans per meet, which once again Alabama Consortium for Educational Renewal (ACER), and cooperative relationships with licensees and retailers to assist in the ranked the Tide in the top three in the nation among all women’s the Tuscaloosa City and County elementary schools continued further development of a market for offi cially licensed products of collegiate programs after posting crowds of more than 10,000 in the partnership started in 2007-08 to provide athletically related The University of Alabama. all six home meets in 2015. Alabama once again led the nation in educational initiatives for local 5th graders. The 5th Grade softball attendance with 90,021 fans over 32 home games. Fastbreak program continues to be an annual event highlighted by Licensing revenues are directed to The University of Alabama the 5th Grade Fastbreak Game of the Year. The goal is to engage to support scholarship programs as well as operations in other In its third full season back in Foster Auditorium the women’s Tuscaloosa 5th graders in educational initiatives based on Alabama University departments. Royalties are paid by more than 650 basketball team averaged 2,500 fans per home game in 2014-15 women’s basketball that will begin in the fall semester and continue offi cially licensed manufacturers that produce products bearing with a season high of 3,133 against Mississippi State on March 22. through the women’s basketball season (November-March). This the marks and logos of The University of Alabama. The licensing year, 2,067 5th graders and teachers fi lled Foster Auditorium on program promotes a mutually benefi cial relationship between the Alabama athletics events provide the Tuscaloosa community and Dec. 17 to see Alabama beat Jacksonville 75-62. University and its licensees. the state at large with consistent family-friendly attractions. Sports events at the Capstone are known for their exciting atmosphere at POWER OF PINK Royalty income from the licensing program is directed to The affordable prices. Alabama Athletics’ Power of Pink initiative, started by Crimson University of Alabama’s National Merit Scholarships, the Paul W. Tide gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson to raise awareness in Bryant Museum and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. CRIMSON TIDE REWARDS PROGRAM the fi ght against breast cancer in the West Alabama community, The marks of The University of Alabama are controlled under Completing its fourth year, the Crimson Tide Rewards program celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2013-14. a licensing program administered by The Collegiate Licensing presented by Tuscaloosa Toyota allowed a record number of Company (CLC). Any use of these marks requires written approval members the opportunity to win great prizes, including Alabama “I realize that I am very lucky,” Patterson said. “Not only to be by The University of Alabama. gear and exclusive fan experiences. Members earned points for each healthy, but also that I have access to excellent medical care. Not athletic event they attended. everyone is so fortunate, and I wanted to do something that would Between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, Alabama generated in help those who need it most.” excess of $9.8 million in gross royalties, and Alabama attained the number one ranking among all CLC institutions during the fi rst Within the UA athletics department the event has grown from quarter for royalties generated and units sold. gymnastics to other sports to the point where Alabama Athletics’

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 71 ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

KEEPING UP WITH THE TIDE Anything that happens in Alabama athletics is immediately Sports Network to ensure that an expansive mix of athletics events newsworthy throughout the state, the region and the nation. are available for viewing or listening by Crimson Tide fans across ATHLETICS WEBSITE The interest generated by Crimson Tide athletics teams provides Alabama, the nation and the world. The Athletics Communications ______RollTide.com immeasurable exposure for The University of Alabama as a whole offi ce also serves as the backbone of the athletics department’s while serving as a symbol of excellence for the state. crisis response initiatives as the staff works with local, regional and TWITTER/FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM national media outlets and journalists as part of its layered coverage Alabama Athletics ______@UA_Athletics% The University of Alabama’s Department of Athletics efforts. Baseball ______@AlabamaBSB Communications guides the messaging and strategic Basketball (M) ______@AlabamaMBB During the 2014-15 athletics year, the Department of Athletics Basketball (W) ______@AlabamaWBB communications efforts of the entire Department of Athletics. The Communications produced more than 1,100 news releases; arranged Football ______@AlabamaFTBL* communications department also ensures that accurate, important Golf (M) ______@AlabamaMGolf and timely information is distributed to news media throughout the more than 1,300 interviews with news media; and provided daily Golf (W) ______@AlabamaWGolf state and nation. strategic media advice for Alabama’s more than 600 student-athletes. Gymnastics ______@BamaGymnastics Rowing ______@AlabamaRow The Department of Athletics Communications works diligently GUIDANCE FOR THE GRAND STAGE Soccer ______@AlabamaSoccer to create a cooperative atmosphere that encourages and facilitates As the Crimson Tide grows exponentially more popular on Softball ______@AlabamaSB* coverage by a variety of nationally prominent media outlets. communications platforms that didn’t even exist fi ve years ago, it Swimming and Diving ______@AlabamaSwimDive Crimson Tide athletics has a global reach, thanks in no small part becomes increasingly imperative that its students, coaches and staff Tennis (M) ______@AlabamaMTN Tennis (W) ______@AlabamaWTN to the efforts of the Athletics Communications staff, via Alabama’s understand how to properly present themselves in all aspects of Track and Field/Cross Country ______@AlabamaTrack social media outlets via RollTide.com, Facebook, Twitter and the collegiate experience. In today’s age of constant connectivity, Volleyball ______@AlabamaVB Instagram. the Athletics Communications department’s role in preparing individuals and teams for the new reality is a vital part of Alabama # Alabama Athletics Facebook is AlabamaAthletics Athletics Communications staff members work every UA home Athletics’ ongoing success. To that end, members of The University *Instagram accounts are different: Football - @AlabamaFBL; Softball - @BamaSB sporting event while also providing statistical information, game of Alabama Athletics Communications staff are constantly notes, personal insight on all UA student-athletes to the media as teaching, guiding and mentoring each member of the overall well as historical perspective and strategic communications advice program on how to present their best selves – in public, to the to all UA coaches and staff members. The staff works closely media and in the vastness of social media. These efforts start the with Alabama’s athletics marketing department, Crimson Tide day each student steps on campus and come in a multitude of ways Productions, Crimson Tide Sports Marketing and the Crimson Tide – including classroom settings with experts in their fi eld brought in

72 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS to address particular subjects – to the informal conversations that of the dominant forces in all of collegiate athletics when it comes occur during time on the road or around practices. to Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. At the end of the 2014-15 academic year, Alabama was the only school to have over 100,000 THE SEC NETWORK followers (162,919) for its athletics department’s Twitter feed and Already one of the nation’s most popular sports entities, the advent more than 170,000 followers (251,692) for its football account. The of the SEC Network in August of 2014 has given The University Tide ranked in the top 25 in more than a dozen sports in 2014-15 of Alabama Athletics Department an incredible partner in growing and in the top fi ve in softball (No. 1), gymnastics (No. 1), men’s the exposure of all the Crimson Tide’s teams and students. The golf (No. 1), football (No. 2) and women’s golf (No. 3). During Athletics Communications staff has worked hand-in-hand with the the fall of 2014, Alabama became the fi rst school to have both its fl ourishing network to provide Alabama fans around the work a general athletics department Facebook account (AlabamaAthletics) window into the Crimson Tide nation. and its football Facebook account (AlabamaFTBL) earn more than a million likes. The SEC Network was a tremendous success in year one. After UA’S TOP-25 NATIONALLY RANKED TWITTER ACCOUNTS just 11 months, the Network had 70 million subscribers and were School Twitter Handle Rank* Followers* carried nationally by nine of the top 10 cable providers in the Softball @AlabamaSB 1 56,209 WRITING AND PUBLICATIONS ACCOLADES country. The Network’s initial goal was to carry 1,000 live events Gymnastics @BamaGymnastics 1 17,274 in year one. When the last contest came to a close, more than Men’s Golf @AlabamaMGolf 1 7,325 The University Of Alabama Department Of Athletics 1,500 events were available nationwide. The Network quintupled Football @AlabamaFTBL 2 251,692 Communications has consistently garnered national recognition the amount of soccer and volleyball events available on national Women’s Golf @AlabamaWGolf 3 3,707 for excellence in publications and writing by the College Sports Athletics Account @UA_Athletics 4 162,919 television, aired 21 SEC gymnastics meets live for the fi rst time, Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Over the last fi ve Track & Field/ @AlabamaTrack 7 5,788 years, the department has earned more than two dozen citations increased coverage of softball games threefold, quadrupled Cross Country for excellence for both its publications and writing, including more baseball coverage, showcased every men’s and women’s basketball Women’s Tennis @AlabamaWTN 10 1,915 conference game to a national audience and – for the fi rst time – Soccer @AlabamaSoccer 12 5,263 than a dozen “Best In The Nation” citations from CoSIDA. The aired every SEC Championship on a television network. Women’s Basketball @AlabamaWBB 13 8,427 Crimson Tide’s yearly award tally routinely ranks in the top fi ve Swimming & Diving @AlabamaSwimDive 11 3,061 among all Division I CoSIDA schools. Rowing @AlabamaRow 14 1,582 SOARING ON SOCIAL MEDIA Volleyball @AlabamaVB 19 6,804 Social media is one of the tools the Alabama Athletics Men’s Tennis @AlabamaMTN 24 1,395 Communications Offi ce uses to further the Crimson Tide’s * As of July 2015 message to the world. The Crimson Tide has quickly become one

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 73 ROLLTIDE.COM

The offi cial University of Alabama Athletics Department Tide gear easier than ever with links to the online store as well website, RollTide.com, features a number of different ways for as the Crimson Tide’s photo store. fans to follow the Crimson Tide minute-to-minute. The website provides the most up-to-date information about Alabama The design is structured in such a way to put the Tide’s teams, athletics through press releases, recaps, statistics and coach student-athletes, coaches and championship tradition front and player interviews. Alabama also provides mobile device and center in an online environment that provides fans with a applications, for both iPhone and Android phones, allowing treasure trove of Alabama-centric information, news, videos fans access to information about the Tide at their fi ngertips. and photos.

The latest redesign of RollTide.com, the offi cial website RollTide.com ranked as one of the top athletic websites in the of The University of Alabama Athletics Department, was country in viewership. Through one of the most successful eras unveiled in June of 2013. The new-look site was streamlined in school history, with the Crimson Tide earning nine national for easier navigation and access to the information and titles since 2009, the UA athletics website generated more than features Crimson Tide fans are looking for. The window to 27 million page impressions, while producing more than 6.2 the world for Alabama Athletics, the front page of RollTide. million unique browser impressions in 2014-15. com now features a calendar that provides an at-a-glance look of recent and upcoming Tide events as well as links to more During the 2014-15 academic year, RollTide.com ranked No. in-depth information about those events that includes radio and 1 nationally in mobile traffi c unique browsers and second in television information, live statistics and preview links as well mobile traffi c page impressions and mobile app downloads. The as recaps and stats. Tide’s online store revenue ranked in the top-5 nationally and the Tide was among the top-12 schools in page views, unique The site’s retooled menu structure makes it easier than ever to browsers and All-Access revenue among CBSSports.com move within the site, with links to each individual sport’s roster, college network partners. schedule, ticket information, Twitter and Facebook feeds all available from the top navigation bar on every page of the site. Additionally, Alabama produced a total of 1,552 videos of The site also makes getting the latest offi cially licensed Crimson original content in 2014-15. RollTide.com ranked among the top fi ve in both video plays and completes among CBSSports. com partners during the past academic year.

74 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS THE TOTAL PROGRAM: ALL-SPORTS RANKINGS

2014-15 HIGHLIGHTS The University of Alabama Athletics Department once again Alabama scored 315 points in the spring, 282 points in the winter ranked among the top-10 percent of all NCAA Division I athletics standings, and 158 points in the fall in the Learfi eld rankings. The • A total of nine Alabama teams fi nished their competitive season programs, according to the two all-sports rankings for college Southeastern Conference led all conferences with seven teams in the national top 20, either via ranking or actual NCAA athletics - the Learfi eld Sports Director’s Cup and the Capital fi nishing in the top 25. In addition, all 14 SEC schools were in the postseason fi nish, including four that fi nished in the top 10. The Crimson Tide football and gymnastics teams both fi nished fourth One Cup. Top 66 overall. in the nation while the softball team was fi fth and the men’s swimming and diving team was 10th. The women’s golf and The Crimson Tide ranked 25th in the Learfi eld Director’s Cup for Alabama’s men and women both ranked in the top 35 in Capital tennis teams both fi nished 14th nationally while men’s golf was the 2014-15 academic year, marking the seventh time in the past One Cup now in its fi fth year. The men checked in at No. 30 on 19th and the women’s track and fi eld fi nished 17th at the NCAA decade that Alabama has earned a place among the top 25. the strength of top-10 fi nishes in football (4th) and swimming and Indoor Championships and 20th at the outdoor championships. diving (10th) while the women were 32nd after top-10 fi nishes by • The Crimson Tide football team, the No. 1 seed in the inaugural “I’m proud of the way our teams continue to thrive in the gymnastics (4th) and softball (6th). College Football Playoff, was one of 15 Crimson Tide teams to competitive arena,” UA Director of Athletics Bill Battle said. earn national berths, a list that also included NCAA postseason appearance by men’s golf, women’s golf, gymnastics, softball, “A total of nine of our teams fi nished in the top-20 nationally, Points toward the Capital One Cup are based on fi nal standings of men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving, women’s including four -- football, gymnastics, softball and men’s swimming NCAA Championships and fi nal offi cial coaches’ polls. The Capital tennis, men’s indoor track & fi eld, women’s indoor track & fi eld, and diving -- that fi nished in the top-10. I’m equally proud of the One Cup counts only top-10 national fi nishes and uses a tiered men’s outdoor track & fi eld, women’s outdoor track & fi eld, and success our students continue to earn in the classroom and the time points system. That tiered system awards greater value to “marquee volleyball and an NIT appearance by men’s basketball. Two other and effort they devote to helping make the world around them a sports” (football, basketball, etc.) and lesser value to others. teams - men’s and women’s cross country - advanced as far as better place.” NCAA regional competition. Under the Capital One system, 106 NCAA Division I men’s teams • In Southeastern Conference competition, Alabama won its 24th The Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup standings, begun in the 1993- and 97 women’s teams earned points. In the SEC, eight men’s teams SEC title in football and ninth in gymnastics during the 2014-15 academic year. 94 academic year, encompass the combined men’s and women’s and 10 women’s team fi gured among the Capital One Cups top 35. programs. • Since 2008, Alabama teams have combined to win 20 SEC team Three years ago, the Tide’s women’s teams posted what remains championships in seven sports - four in men’s golf, four in gymnastics, four in softball, three in football, two in women’s Alabama fi nished the 2014-15 academic year ranked 25th out of 289 their highest fi nish in the Capital One Cup standings, taking third golf, two in men’s cross country and one in women’s tennis. schools in the all-sports rankings. In the Directors’ Cup, 20 total place following the 2011-12 season - led by NCAA team titles in teams (10 men and 10 women) can be scored for the fi nal standings. gymnastics, women’s golf and softball. Overall, Alabama has won The Crimson Tide has 21 teams (9 men and 12 women) in 17 sports nine national team titles since 2009. programs. Stanford, this year’s winner and the winner of the last 21 Directors’ Cups, fi elds 37 total varsity teams. ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 75 EQUITY

The University of Alabama offi cially began its foray into women’s The University of Alabama is in the midst of an unprecedented intercollegiate athletics in 1974, when fi ve sports were added to the era of success, one that includes nine national championships from varsity list. Basketball, golf, gymnastics, swimming and diving and 2009-15, four of which came from the Crimson Tide women. In volleyball made up the initial Crimson Tide women’s sports roster, 2011-12 alone – during which the University won four national competing for the fi rst time during the 1974-75 academic year. championships, the most of any NCAA Division I school – three of the Crimson Tide’s four were won by women’s teams. That Women’s tennis joined the department in 1975, before women’s season, the gymnastics team captured its second consecutive NCAA cross country and women’s indoor and outdoor track and fi eld were title and sixth overall. The women’s golf team became the fi rst added prior to the 1977-78 school year. Women’s soccer was added program at the Capstone outside of football and gymnastics to in 1982 but was dropped as a varsity sport in 1989 before being win a national title. The Tide closed that magical season with the reinstated in 1994. Women’s volleyball also took a brief break from softball team making the Women’s College World Series for the varsity competition when it was dropped as a varsity sport in 1982, eighth time and winning its fi rst national title. before being reinstated in 1989. Softball was the 11th women’s sport added to the UA varsity platform prior to the 1995-96 school year, Alabama’s women continued to roll in 2014-15, producing a pair making its fi rst appearance in the spring of 1996. of top-10 national fi nishes, including a fourth-place fi nish in gymnastics and a sixth-place fi nish in softball. Golf and tennis The most recent addition to the Alabama athletics department both fi nished 14th nationally in 2015 while track and fi eld fi nished belongs to the rowing team when it was added in 2006-07. Prior in the top 20 at both the NCAA Indoor (17th) and Outdoor (20th) to beginning its seventh season as a varsity sport in 2011-12, the Championships. Women’s volleyball advanced to the national rowing program received funding for the full allotment of 20 championships and won the fi rst match in NCAA tournament play scholarships by the institution. With rowing reaching fully funded in school history. For the second year in a row, the cross country status, all 21 varsity sports at Alabama are fully funded in athletics team fi nished third at the NCAA South Regional, one place out of scholarships, based on the maximum allowed by NCAA rules. advancing to the NCAA Championships.

With 12 women’s varsity teams at Alabama, the University had 220 On a conference basis, gymnastics won back-to-back SEC female student-athletes competing for the school during the 2014- Championships for the fi rst time in program history in 2014 and 15 academic year. To complement the participation of women’s 2015. After winning its fi nal Southeastern Conference gymnastics sports, Alabama provides 185 athletic scholarships to its female title under the legendary Sarah Patterson in 2014, the Crimson Tide student-athletes. 76 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS HAYLIE McCLENEY – SOFTBALL QUANESHA BURKS – TRACK AND FIELD Junior Haylie McCleney earned First Team Sophomore Quanesha Burks, one of 10 All-America, All-SEC and SEC All-Defensive semifi nalist for The Bowerman Trophy, Team honors while leading the Tide back to collegiate track and fi eld’s highest individual the Women’s College World Series in 2015. In honor, won the Crimson Tide’s fi rst NCAA classroom, she was named the Capital One/ long jump title at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year Championships. The Alabama native went for the sport of softball, a fi rst for Alabama softball as well as the undefeated in 2015 outdoor fi nals, including wins at the LSU SEC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Invitational and the Alabama vs. Mississippi Border Clash as well as the SEC, NCAA East Preliminary and NCAA Championships. ALEXIS OSORIO – SOFTBALL Alexis Osorio was named the 2015 SEC KAYLIN BURCHELL – SWIMMING AND DIVING protected its championship legacy in 2015 as fi rst-year head coach Freshman of the Year as well earning Second Kaylin Burchell started her senior season by Dana Duckworth - a former NCAA and SEC champion herself Team All-America, First Team All-SEC, SEC earning a place on the United States National for the Crimson Tide - led Alabama to the SEC Championship in All-Freshman and SEC All-Tournament Team and closed her Crimson Tide career Duluth, Ga., becoming the fi rst gymnastics coach to win an SEC honors. She led the Alabama pitching staff with a runner-up fi nish in the 100 breaststroke title in their inaugural season as head coach. with 21 wins this season, posting an SEC- at the NCAA Championships. She won the leading 1.60 ERA in conference play, on the way to returning 100 and 200 breaststroke at the Southeastern Attendance has continued to be strong for a number of women’s Alabama to the Women’s College World Series. She was one of Conference Championships and became the fi rst Tide swimmer to sports at the University. In 2015, the women’s gymnastics team three fi nalists for the NFCA Freshman of the Year Award. earn SEC Championships Swimmer of the Meet honors. She will averaged crowds of more than 12,000 during the regular season at swim for Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Games. Coleman Coliseum. The gymnasts’ average attendance of 12,086 REMONA BURCHELL – TRACK AND FIELD was the third highest among all women’s collegiate sports during The fi rst semifi nalist in Alabama history for ERIN ROUTLIFFE – TENNIS 2014-15. Softball stretched its streak as the national attendance the prestigious Bowerman Award, the highest Sophomore Erin Routliffe followed an leader to eight-straight seasons, welcoming a school-record 90,021 individual honor in collegiate track and fi eld, extraordinary rookie season with another fans to Rhoads Stadium in 2015, an average of 2,813 per game. as a junior, Remona Burchell kept things historic campaign in 2015. Routliffe and rolling as a senior. She won her second doubles partner Maya Jansen became only the Attendance also continues to grow for basketball and volleyball. consecutive NCAA 60-meter title and set the third pairing in history to win back-to-back Both squads set single-contest records for Foster Auditorium in collegiate record in that event on the way to leading Alabama to a NCAA doubles titles and the fi rst to be named 2014-15 including a basketball-best 3,133 against Mississippi State 17th-place fi nish at the NCAA Indoor Championships. The 2014 ITA National Women’s Doubles Team of the Year in back-to-back while volleyball drew its fi rst Foster crowd over 2,000 when 2,169 NCAA 100-meter champion, Burchell posted the fourth fastest seasons. Routliffe was also named an ITA All-American as well as fans were on hand to see the Tide beat Auburn, 3-1. Basketball’s collegiate 100 time in the country in 2015. First Team All-SEC for the second consecutive year. average attendance has more than doubled over the past two EMMA TALLEY – GOLF MAYA JANSEN – TENNIS seasons to 2,550 in 2014-15. Junior Emma Talley won Alabama’s fi rst Maya Jansen led Alabama with 27 singles individual NCAA Women’s Golf victories as a junior in 2015, collecting 18 TOP PERFORMERS Championship in 2015 while leading the Tide victories throughout the dual match season LAUREN BEERS – GYMNASTICS to a 14th place national fi nish. With her win, while going 10-1 against SEC opponents. On the way to leading Alabama gymnastics to she became only the fi fth player in history to Named First Team All-SEC and an ITA a fourth-place fi nish at the 2015 NCAA win both an NCAA Championship and the All-American for the second straight season, Championships, junior Lauren Beers earned U.S. Amateur (2013). The First Team All-American followed her she paired with sophomore Erin Routliffe to become the third three All-America honors as well as her national title by earning the programs’s second Honda Award for doubles tandem in NCAA history to win back-to-back national second-consecutive NCAA Elite 89 Award. the sport of golf, which goes to the national golfer of the year. doubles titles and the fi rst to be named ITA National Women’s Beers also earned All-SEC honors while Doubles Team of the Year in back-to-back seasons. leading the Tide to its second consecutive SEC team title and ninth overall. Beers won a trio of individual titles in propelling Alabama to its 30th NCAA Regional Championship.

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 77 The commitment and obligation to operate the intercollegiate athletics program in adherence to the principle of institutional COMPLIANCE control is both institutional and individual. The University is committed to maintaining control of its athletics programs through the responsible administrators, faculty, and institutional bodies; to educate coaches, staff, student-athletes and other individuals involved with the athletics program in their institutional responsibilities under the rules. Also, the University is committed to developing operating systems within the athletics department and the University that provide guidance in how to work within the rules; and to discover and report any violations of rules that occur. Each individual involved in intercollegiate athletics is obligated to maintain competency in knowledge of the rules; to act within his or her realm of responsibility in full compliance with the governing legislation; and to report any violations of NCAA, conference and/ or institutional rules of which he or she is aware.

MISSION THE COMPLIANCE STAFF A strong commitment to playing by the rules has seen Alabama The mission of the UA Athletics Compliance Offi ce is to function Athletics to the national forefront in rules compliance. The offi ce The University of Alabama’s athletics compliance staff, led by Associate within the realm of the University’s compliance structure, of compliance works with Crimson Tide student-athletes, coaches, Athletics Director Jonathan Bowling, is among the nation’s fi nest. coordinating, monitoring and verifying compliance with all NCAA staff members, administrators, prospective student-athletes and Jonathan Bowling, Associate Athletics Director and Conference requirements, and to educate athletics department their families, fans, stakeholders, benefactors and the general public. Michael Dean, Assistant Athletics Director staff members, student-athletes, the various constituencies of That commitment ensures adherence to NCAA rules and highlights Matthew Self, Assistant Athletics Director the University and the community regarding NCAA regulations. the integrity of The University of Alabama. Jeremy Joffray, Assistant Director of Compliance The Athletics Compliance Offi ce is committed to the principle of Carol Lucas, Assistant Director of Compliance institutional control in the operation of the athletics department in The University of Alabama compliance department coordinates Riley Edwards, Compliance Coordinator a way that is consistent with the rules and regulations of the NCAA, the University’s NCAA compliance efforts on behalf of 21 varsity the Southeastern Conference and the University. sports and approximately 600 student-athletes. The department conducts ongoing educational efforts, monitors activities and VISION practices while constantly reviewing standards and practices to The vision of the Athletics Compliance Offi ce is recognized maintain and enhance compliance. Staff members routinely work as one of the most comprehensive and proactive compliance with key campus partners on all compliance matters. programs in the areas of institutional control, education, and rules violation prevention. The Athletics Compliance Offi ce is The compliance department focuses on The University of dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of excellence Alabama’s core values: leadership, excellence, integrity and service. and professionalism by working together with all athletics staff With that as its guide, the Alabama Department of Athletics strives members, student-athletes, university personnel, alumni, boosters, to compete and succeed at the highest level in all sports while and the external community in an environment that promotes exhibiting the highest level of integrity. respect, communication and teamwork; by encouraging professional growth in the area of rules compliance; by incorporating in others COMMITMENT the highest regard for ethical conduct; by fostering an environment Alabama Athletics is committed and obligated to the principle of that is supportive of the NCAA operating principle of competitive institutional control in operating its athletics program in a manner equity; by seeking out diversity and gender equity; and by fostering that is consistent with the letter and spirit of NCAA, SEC and individual empowerment and personal well-being of our student- University rules and regulations. athletes.

78 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS 2014-15 ATHLETICS STAFFING

EXECUTIVE STAFF Bill Battle, Director of Athletics Shane Lyons, Deputy Athletics Director/COO Finus Gaston, Executive Associate A.D./CFO Kevin Almond, Sr. Associate A.D. – Support Services Sam Branch, Sr. Associate A.D. – Development Milton Overton, Sr. Associate A.D. – Technology Advancement Jonathan Bowling, Associate A.D. – Compliance Jon Dever, Associate A.D. – Student Services Carol Park, Associate A.D. – Business Jeff Purinton, Associate A.D. – Football Communications 2014-15 HEAD COACHES 10 YEARS Marie Robbins, Associate A.D. – Senior Woman Administrator Ed Allen, Volleyball, Four years Lindsey Blumenthal Director of Stewardship and Douglas Walker, Associate A.D. – Communications Todd Bramble, Soccer, Seven years Development Operations Larry Davis, Rowing, Nine years Michelle Diltz Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Dana Duckworth, Gymnastics, One year Kristin Orr Manager of Fiscal Affairs Jeff Allen, Assistant A.D. – Sports Medicine Mitch Gaspard, Baseball, Six years Glen Plugge Flight Operations Pilot Chris Besanceney, Assistant A.D. – Ticketing & Tide Pride Anthony Grant, Men’s Basketball, Six years Mic Potter Head Women’s Golf Coach Justin Brant, Director – Crimson Tide Productions Kristy Curry, Women’s Basketball, Two year Jim Carabin, General Manager – Crimson Tide Sports Marketing George Husack, Men’s Tennis, Three years 5 YEARS Troy Finney, Director – Video Services Jenny Mainz, Women’s Tennis, 18 years Dean Altobelli Football Analyst Tommy Ford, Assistant A.D. – Donor Programs Patrick Murphy, Softball, 17 Years Madeline Barnett Ticket Offi ce Program Assistant Jessie Gardner, Director – Career and Leadership Development Mic Potter, Women’s Golf, 10 years Amy Bragg Director of Performance Nutrition Rand Harris, Director – Athletics Information Technology Dennis Pursley, Swimming and Diving, Three years Justin Brant Director of Crimson Tide Productions Jill Lancaster, Director – Life Skills and Community Outreach Nick Saban, Football, Eight years Michael Broughton Facilities Maintenance Red Leonard, Director – Event Management Jay Seawell, Men’s Golf, 13 Years Evan Cardwell Academic Program Advisor Brad Ledford, Assistant A.D. – Strategic Marketing Dan Waters, Track and Field/Cross Country, Four years Brennen Carlson Crimson Tide Productions Engineer Jessica Paré, Director – Athletics Communications Steven Carlton Foster Auditorium Building Manager Matt Self, Assistant A.D. – Compliance SERVICE AWARDS Brian Chandler Crimson Tide Foundation Offi ce Associate Brandon Sevedge, Director – Athletic Facilities 30 YEARS Christopher England Crimson Tide Productions Producer Aaron Vold, Assistant A.D. – Major Gifts Charles Gann Assistant Athletic Facilities Director Rand Harris Director of Information Technology Kate Harris Director of Softball Operations 25 YEARS Erin Hill Assistant Crimson Tide Productions Director/ Kevin Almond Senior Associate Athletics Director Graphics Ronald Browning Athletics Field Technician Supervisor Mark Hocke Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Willie Thompson Building Maintenance Joshua Kidd Information Technology Systems Engineer Roots Woodruff Associate Athletics Communications Director Kindal Moorehead Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Tyler Roberts Academic Program Advisor 15 YEARS Emily Roberts Assistant Academic Program Advisor Neal Flum Assistant Athletic Bands Director/ Jennifer Sanders Academic Program Advisor Pep Bands Director Kristin Sansing Crimson Tide Foundation Accounting Assistant Misty Smith Crimson Tide Foundation Offi ce Associate Brandon Sevedge Director of Athletic Facilities Tina Thomas Facilities Maintenance ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 79 CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION

CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION 2014-15 HISTORY “The commitment to improving all athletic facilities is a never- ending process,” said former UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore, BOARD OF DIRECTORS In the 1920s, President George “Mike” Denny felt strongly that a who spearheaded the task of providing student-athletes with the Mr. Paul Bryant, Jr. nationally recognized football program would pay immeasurable best possible venues to compete in the nation’s most diffi cult Mr. William R. Battle, III dividends in elevating the image and prestige of The University of conference. Mr. Angus R. Cooper, II Alabama. Mr. John J. McMahon, Jr. Prior to 2002, the athletics department had never raised funds Mr. Scott M. Phelps Rose Bowl trips after the 1925 and 1926 seasons generated the type through donors to maintain and build new facilities or to endow Dr. Judy Bonner of response Denny yearned for and it added money to athletics scholarships. That changed with the implementation of the Crimson Mrs. Karen P. Brooks department coffers as well. With payoffs from the bowls, plans were Tradition Capital Campaign for Athletics. Three years later, the Mr. C. Ray Hayes made to build an on-campus stadium. In 1929, Denny Stadium, a Crimson Tide Foundation was established to help ensure that Mr. John D. Johns state-of-the-art facility with 12,000 seats, opened on the Tuscaloosa the University maintains the level of excellence expected by its Mr. Robert W. Moore campus. supporters for years to come. Since its inception, the Crimson Tide Mr. Larry W. Morris Foundation has raised approximately $185 million through gifts and Mr. Thomas L. Patterson As the years passed and success in football added more gridiron pledges. More than 3,700 separate gifts totaling approximately $15.8 Mr. Demeco Ryans legends to Crimson Tide lore, the demands for a larger football million was raised during the 2014-15 fi scal year. Additionally, new Mr. William Britt Sexton stadium became obvious. Building upon the 12,000-seat structure, pledges totaling over $12 million were secured. Mr. Finis E. St. John, IV Bryant-Denny Stadium today has a capacity of 101,821. Through Mr. John Russell Thomas decades of excellence, the overall athletics department grew from The athletics department at The University of Alabama is self- Ms. Jamie Tisch supporting four men’s sports teams into a multi-faceted athletics supporting; all private gifts contribute directly to the needs of our Mr. Marc Tyson program sustaining 21 teams in both men’s and women’s sports. student-athletes, coaches and staff. Therefore, the Crimson Tide Mr. James W. Wilson, III Foundation provides a venue through which loyal alumni, fans and Chancellor Robert E. Witt During Chancellor Robert Witt’s tenure as president, he embraced the Denny vision, supporting the athletics department with a keen friends can give fi nancial support to the athletics department, while understanding that a powerful program only enhances the overall capturing all the current tax benefi ts allowed by the IRS. goal of making the University foremost in education with the fi nest academic and student facilities possible.

80 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS Private support enables UA Athletics to increase its standing, in SCHOLARSHIPS/ENDOWMENTS CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION FULLY ENDOWED both athletics and academics, over competing universities beyond UA Athletics is committed to offering the full number of SCHOLARSHIPS ($300,000 AND ABOVE) what can be accomplished with annual revenue from ticket sales, scholarships authorized by the NCAA to our more than 600 A-Club Alumni Association Athletic Scholarship media rights and other licensing agreements. in Honor of Mal M. Moore student-athletes. Each year, mounting tuition and housing costs A-Club Alumni Association Athletic Scholarship place greater pressures on the athletics department. UA Athletics in Honor of Sarah Patterson MISSION currently funds approximately $16.1 million annually for student- Alabama Athletics Scholarship Arias McBrayer Family Football Scholarship The Crimson Tide Foundation was established in February 2005 athlete scholarships in 21 sports. However, the cost of tuition Batson Family Football Scholarship to benefi t The University of Alabama’s athletics department. Its continues to rise dramatically. Keeping pace with the increasing Mr. & Mrs. William R. Battle Athletic Scholarship David Boutwell Baseball Scholarship purpose is to promote and encourage a continuing interest in, and scholarship costs is critical to remaining competitive on a national Bromberg Men’s Track Scholarship loyalty to, the intercollegiate athletics programs at The University level. In such a climate, private giving in the area of scholarship Fred Carlisle Football Scholarship of Alabama; to support the staff of the University’s Department support is one of our highest priorities. Donors interested in Alberta Carruth & James McCullough Athletic Scholarship Frank & Marion Cashia Family Football Scholarship of Athletics in their efforts to coordinate, develop, maintain supporting UA Athletics scholarships may do so in two ways: Janet Chadwick Football Scholarship and improve a superior intercollegiate athletics program at the Claborn Family Athletic Scholarship Joy McCann Culverhouse Women’s Golf Scholarship University. ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHOLARSHIP OR GIVING TO AN EXISTING SCHOLARSHIP Daniel Foundation of Alabama Athletic Scholarship #1 Daniel Foundation of Alabama Athletic Scholarship #2 Endowments are gifts that keep on giving. The goal of fully FACILITIES /CAPITAL PROJECTS Glenn Davenport Football Scholarship endowing the athletics scholarship program is a top priority of Denney Family Football Scholarship Maintaining and improving the sixteen athletics buildings and Macon & Susan Gravlee Football Scholarship the Crimson Tide Foundation to ensure that each student-athlete facilities is a never-ending task. The stadiums, practice facilities, Gwin Charitable Foundation Athletic Scholarship has access to a quality education to prepare them for a successful Miriam & Mack Hall Athletic Scholarship complexes and arenas are constantly in use and always in need of future. Endowments are invested by the University and a portion Robert Alan Hall Athletic Scholarship improvements as well as general maintenance and cleaning. The Priscilla Hutchins Athletic Scholarship of the earnings provides annual scholarship support. The remaining J. D. & Margaret Johns Athletic Scholarship Athletics Department Buildings and Facilities serve the training earnings are reinvested to grow the endowment over time and to Douglas & Frances Lanier Foundation Athletic Scholarship and competition needs of over 600 student-athletes each day. Elizabeth & Peter Lowe Athletic Scholarship provide scholarship support in perpetuity. Endowed scholarships Additionally, the quality of our infrastructure enhances our coaches’ Lanita D. Mayers Football Scholarship cover tuition, educational fees, books, and room and board for our McCaffrey Family Women’s Athletic Scholarship ability to recruit the top athletes to The University of Alabama. student-athletes. Other endowments may be specifi ed for teams, McKinney Football Scholarship Throughout the last decade, athletics facility improvements on Joseph & Wanda Merrell Family Football Scholarship individual positions, coaching positions, facility maintenance or Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Football Scholarship campus have been substantial, as evidenced by the recent expansion general program support. Philip, Blake, & Preston Nichols Men’s Basketball Scholarship of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the new University of Alabama tennis Nick@Noon Football Scholarship stadium, the John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium, the soccer Dyron & Lily Overton Family Football Scholarship GIVING TO THE CRIMSON TIDE SCHOLARSHIP FUND (ANNUAL FUND) David L. & Patricia Peterson Football Scholarship stadium, the Jerry Pate Golf Center, renovations to Coleman The Crimson Tide Scholarship Fund provides UA Athletics with Logan Young Football Scholarship J. Douglas Phillips Athletic Scholarship Coliseum and Foster Auditorium, the Roberta Alison Baumgardner annual scholarship support. UA Athletics currently funds student- Pizzitola Family Football Scholarship Indoor Tennis Facility, a renovation of the Sam Bailey Track athlete scholarships primarily from revenue associated with ticket E.C. “Buddy” Powell Athletic Scholarship stadium, the completion of the Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza, sales, sales of licensed merchandise, television contracts and other Red Elephant Club of Baldwin County Football Scholarship renovations to the Mal M. Moore Athletics Facility, the addition of Red Elephant Club of Huntsville Football Scholarship event-driven revenue. Private funding of scholarships is necessary Red Elephant Club of Logan Martin Football Scholarship a strength and conditioning center enhancing the football complex to provide our student-athletes with the best opportunities for Red Elephant Club of Mobile Football Scholarship #1 Red Elephant Club of Mobile Football Scholarship #2 and the new rowing facilities at Presidential Village and on the river learning and personal growth at The University of Alabama. Funds Red Elephant Club of Northeast Alabama Football Scholarship at Manderson Landing. Currently underway is a complete renovation raised through CTSF go directly to scholarships for current student- Red Elephant Club of Tuscaloosa Football Scholarship #1 of the Sewell-Thomas Baseball Stadium. Athletic administration is athletes. Red Elephant Club of Wiregrass Football Scholarship constantly assessing our facilities in order to provide the best venues Renfroe Family Men’s Golf Scholarship Richmond Family Football Scholarship for our student athletes to train and compete. Private giving through Richmond Family Soccer Scholarship the Crimson Tide Foundation will be pivotal for the success of each Carolyn F. Robertson Athletic Scholarship Demeco Ryans Football Scholarship of our future projects. John & Marjorie Snook Athletic Scholarship Michael Spoors Athletic Scholarship Paige L. Stagner, III & IV Athletic Scholarship A. J. Taft, Sr. Athletic Scholarship John B. Thompson Memorial Football Scholarship United Roofi ng Manufacturing Women’s Basketball Scholarship Stan Walker Men’s Swimming Scholarship Laura & Byrd Williams Football Scholarship

ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 81 A-CLUB ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

OFFICERS FOR 2014-15 MISSION & OBJECTIVES There is an executive committee of the association consisting Jerry Duncan, President (Football) The purposes of The University of Alabama A-Club Alumni of the immediate past president, president, president-elect, J.C. Ranelli, President-Elect (Baseball) Association are to provide a means for the former student-athletes secretary-treasurer, president of the Alabama A-Club Educational Harry Lee, Secretary (Football) of The University of Alabama who earned varsity letters in any & Charitable Foundation, athletics director or a designee within Bill Battle, Director of Athletics of the sports for men and women recognized by the NCAA to The University of Alabama Athletics Department and 10 at-large Cecil Ingram III, Chairman (Golf) gather from time to time for certain social purposes, to promote the members (at-large members include at least fi ve different varsity Tommy Brooker, President of the A-Club Educational & Charitable interests and mission of The University of Alabama, and to support men’s and/or women’s sports). The immediate past president of Foundation (Football) the Athletics Department, the athletic programs, and the current the association serves as chairman of the executive committee. Jack Bailey (Track & Field) student-athletes of The University of Alabama. Any vacancies occurring on the executive committee are fi lled Paul Ott Carruth (Football) immediately by an appointment by the executive committee. Five are replaced annually for two-year terms. The executive committee, Tabitha Coleman (Rowing) MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION subject to the supervision and approval of the association, has Kayleen Duffy (Soccer) Current Database – Approximately 3,500 letter-winners general control of the association’s affairs. Butch Ellard (Football Manager) Active (Dues-paying) Members – Approximately 1,400 Kermit Kendrick (Football) Wayne Owen (Football) CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFT GIVING LEADERSHIP Stephanie VanBrakle (Softball) Revenue sources for the A-Club include, but are not limited to, the The offi cers consist of the elected offi cers: president, president- Susan Carver West (Tennis) following: elect, secretary-treasurer, and the athletic director or a designee Donna Sheets Williamson (Swimming) • Dues ($50 per person annually) from The University of Alabama Athletics Department. Each • Meal card sales offi cer, with the exception of the athletics director, serves for a • Donations from football lettermen for football season tickets two-year term from the date of his/her election. Any offi cer may three and four serve more than one term if nominated and re-elected. In the event • A-Club Classic golf events of the death or resignation of any offi cer, the vacancy shall be fi lled • Special projects as approved by the A-Club Executive by the appointment of the successor for the unexpired term by the Committee, e.g., “Defi ning Moments” DVD, 2009, 2011, and executive committee. The offi cers of the Association shall perform 2012 BCS National Championship T.P. Mills putters, and A-Club such duties as commonly pertain to their respective offi ces. Football Committee BBQ

82 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS DONATIONS MADE BY THE A-CLUB INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT PROGRAMS AND EVENTS • Men’s tennis reunion during Alabama-Mississippi State football LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: A-Club activities throughout the year include, but are not limited weekend (November 2014) • Twenty percent of annual dues revenue goes to the A-Club to, pregame meals at every home football game, reunions for all • 40-year reunion of the 1974-75 SEC championship basketball Educational & Charitable Foundation sports, the A-Club Classic golf events, the spring A-Day weekend, team (January 2015) • A sizeable portion from the revenue sources listed above goes to and various events to raise funds for endowed scholarships. Services • Swimming and diving reunion honoring the 30-year anniversary one or more A-Club Endowed Scholarships, including nearly a include newsletters, e-mail blasts, the administration of the A-Club of the women’s 1985 SEC Championship team (January 2015) million dollars for scholarships in the name of Mal Moore, Sarah football ticket program for football lettermen and the coordination • Gymnastics reunion honoring Sarah and David Patterson Patterson, Mic Potter, Patrick Murphy and Jay Seawell of A-Club Committees for all sports. (February 2015) • $100 donations are made to the A-Club Educational & • Women’s tennis reunion at a home match vs. Georgia Charitable Foundation in memory of any recently deceased ALUMNI GATHERINGS AND REUNIONS (March 2015) A-Club members Throughout the year each sport might host alumni gatherings • Rowing reunion at a home regatta vs. Jacksonville • The A-Club donated $75,000 for the Susan & Gaylon and reunions, and the 2014-15 year was no exception. Alabama (March 2015) McCollough A-Club Career and Leadership Development Center celebrated its championship traditions in a number of ways.

• 50-year reunion of the 1964 national championship football team (September 2014) • 40-year reunion of the 1974 SEC championship football team (September 2014)

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HEAD ED ALLEN KRISTY CURRY LARRY DAVIS DANA DUCKWORTH VOLLEYBALL WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROWING GYMNASTICS COACHES

MITCH GASPARD WES HART GEORGE HUSACK AVERY JOHNSON BASEBALL SOCCER MEN’S TENNIS MEN’S BASKETBALL

JENNY MAINZ PATRICK MURPHY MIC POTTER DENNIS PURSLEY WOMEN’S TENNIS SOFTBALL WOMEN’S GOLF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING

NICK SABAN JAY SEAWELL DAN WATERS FOOTBALL MEN’S GOLF MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY

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