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• Forty-nine UAB physicians are listed in the most recent edition of The Best Doctors in America, a highly selective directory that includes only one percent of all physicians in the country.

• In the 2004 rankings by U.S. News & World Report, 14 specialties at UAB Hospital were listed among the best in the nation—cancer cardiology and cardiac surgery, gynecology, hormonal disorders, kidney disorders, orthopedics, otolaryngology (ear, nose, and throat), and rheumatology. Additionally, 2004 marked the 13th consecutive ranking for rheumatology and the ninth for cardiology.

• The UAB School of Nursing is one of only 11 World Health Organization collaborating cen- ters for international nursing in America and one of only 36 in the world.

• UAB is a national leader in organ transplantation. Its organ survival rates are among the best in the nation, patient survival rates exceed the national average, and waiting time for transplant is among the shortest nationally.

• In UAB’s School of Health Related Professions, the surgical physician assistant program is one of only three such programs in the country, and the radiation therapy program is one of just 10.

• UAB Kirklin Clinic is a state-of-the-art, full-service clinic that furnishes a full range of adult outpatient care. Housing more than 30 specialties and more than 600 specialists under one roof, UAB Kirklin Clinic conveniently provides in-house diagnostic testing, surgery services, a pharmacy, and educational seminars.

• The School of Medicine at UAB is among the nation’s best according to the 2005-06 U.S. News & World Report ranking of medical schools. UAB is ranked third in the research category, two spots higher than the previous ranking in 2004. In the primary-care category UAB was named the fourth best school in the country.

• Five medical specialties at UAB are also ranked in the top 20 nationally by the magazine: AIDS (No. 4), women’s health (No. 8), internal medicine (No. 8), geriatrics (No. 19), and pediatrics (No. 19). A Leader in Science and Research • UAB students routinely receive prestigious scholastic awards, currently one of the best in translating including Goldwater, Truman and Rhodes scholarships. Rounding research findings into patient treat- out the UAB experience are UAB Blazer athletics. ments.

• In funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), UAB • The UAB Health System (UABHS) again ranks No. 20 overall with five schools in the Top 20: Health joined “Healthcare’s 100 Most Wired Related Professions (No. 1), Optometry (No. 4), Public Health Hospitals and Health Systems” in 2005, (No. 10), Nursing (No. 17) and Medicine (No. 16). named by Hospitals and Health Net- works. • A world-renowned research powerhouse, UAB houses more than 80 centers working to protect the environment, revitalize inner • Through the CIREN (Crash Injury Research and Engineering cities, develop treatments for cancer, and much more. Network) Center, Mercedes-Benz and UAB are partnering to ana- lyze and prevent automobile accidents among the elderly. • UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center was one of the nation’s first such centers designated by the National Cancer Institute. It is • UAB is one of only two academic institutions available nationwide receiving requests for Crew Robotics and Vehicle Equipment (CRAVE) for the International Space An Education with Station, space shuttles, and beyond. Lee Moradi, CRAVE program manager in the Center for Biophysical Science and Engineering, says UAB will design, test, and manufacture Experience high-precision research instruments and thermal carriers, • The UAB Department of Philosophy’s Center for the Study of he also foresees additional work to develop extravehicular Ethics and Values in the Sciences is the only one of its kind activity and robotics equipment, crew health and condi- tioning systems, and environmental control and life-sup- in America to explore ethical issues related to the general port technology. practice of science.

• The first program of its type in America, the UAB Center for Educational Accountability researches, designs, and imple- ments models that measure the effectiveness of K-12 schools and higher education.

• The UAB Health Education program ranks first in the nation for faculty mentoring and seventh overall, according the American Journal of Health Education.

• The Alys Stephens Center is UAB’s world class performing arts center with a 1,330-seat concert hall, intimate recital hall and state-of-the-art theatre. It is also the new home for Theatre UAB, featuring a new costume studio, action studio, stage combat room, design studio, new computer lab and black-box theatre.

• Engineering students create and present design proposals for public projects, ranging from highway interchanges to Birmingham’s VisionLand theme park.

• UAB is located just blocks from Alabama’s financial, corporate, and economic hub. Special contacts and partnerships with local businesses open doors of opportunity for students. Athletic Achievements • Blazer football earned its first postseason bowl appearance with the the UAB women captured the C-USA regular berth in the 2004 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The Blazers have finished as season title. Conference USA runner-up in three of the six seasons UAB has been com- peting as a football-playing member of the league. UAB has C-USA's third- • Former UAB men’s golfer Graeme McDowell best overall record since becoming a football member. was the nation’s No. 1-ranked collegiate golfer in 2002 and won the Fred Haskins Award. The • In 27 seasons of competition, the Blazer men’s basketball team has men’s golf team has advanced to the NCAA enjoyed 24 winning seasons, has made 19 trips to postseason tournaments Championship three of the past four seasons. (12 NCAA, 8 NIT), and has won seven conference championships. UAB advanced to the NCAA’s Sweet 16 in 2004, knocking off tournament No. 1 • The Blazers field 17 intercollegiate teams as seed Kentucky in the second round. a Division I member of the NCAA and a found- • The women’s tennis team has won four conference titles in the past 13 ing member of Conference USA. seasons. Also, in 1997, a team member became the first UAB player to win an NCAA Grand Slam event and later became the top-ranked female ama- • Vonetta Flowers (right), a former UAB track teur player in the country. & field All-American, made history in February of 2002 when she won a Gold Medal at the • The men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Championships in three of Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. the last four years and a fourth time overall in 2001. The team won the Flowers became the first Winter Olympics Gold 1999 C-USA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Final 8. Medalist ever from Alabama when she teamed with Jill Bakken to capture the two-woman • The UAB women's soccer team won the 2004 Conference USA Tournament bobsled competition. championship to earn its first NCAA Tournament berth. A season earlier, www.uabsports.com Dr. Carol Garrison, President Dr. Carol Z. Garrison was named president of the University of Alabama at Birmingham in July 2002. She had served as acting president at the University of Louisville where she had served as provost since 1997. As provost she was both chief academic and chief operating officer, responsible for the oversight of all depart- ments and divisions, including the medical center. Dr. Garrison, a native of Montclair, N.J., earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. She received her master’s degree from the School of Nursing at UAB in 1976 and earned a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate from UAB in 1978. From 1976-78, she was an assistant professor of nursing at UAB. In 1982, she earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology from the University North Carolina - Chapel Hill, where she was an assistant professor. She joined the faculty at the University of South Carolina in 1982, was named professor and chair of epidemiology and biostatis- tics in 1992, and in 1994 became associate provost and dean of the graduate school. In 1997, she joined the University of Louisville as provost. In addition to her skills as an administrator, Dr. Garrison is a respected researcher and educator. During her career, Dr. Garrison has received more than $5.9 million in federal research funding. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Omega and Sigma Xi and was twice honored as the Carolina Distinguished Professor. As UAB’s sixth president, Dr. Garrison oversees Alabama’s largest employer, with nearly 16,000 faculty and staff and an operating budget of $1.4 billion. UAB attracts some 16,000 students from around the nation and the world to its six liberal arts and sciences schools and six health-professional schools. With nearly $400 million in sponsored research, UAB is among the top 20 universities in the country in funding from the National Institutes of Health. Watson Brown, Athletics Director Now in his 10th season directing UAB’s football fortunes, Watson Brown added an additional role to his list of responsibilities two years ago — and an important one at that — assuming the position of Director of Athletics for the Blazers. Named as AD in November of 2002, Brown has been working fast and furious to keep the Blazers’ athletic program moving forward, in addition to his usual duties at the helm of UAB football. There’s no doubt the progress of UAB football has been impressive. Having competed at the NCAA Division I- A level only since 1996, the Blazers have been bowl-eligible three of the past five seasons, finishing 7-4 in 2000 and 6-5 in 2001. The Blazers earned their first bowl invitation last season with their appearance in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. Highlighting the recent achievements were a 2000 victory at LSU and boasting one of the nation’s top defensive units. UAB has the third-best record in Conference USA over the past six seasons and this year’s accomplishments will keep the Blazers among the league’s top-ranking programs over that period. A veteran of 32 years in coaching, Brown was the offensive coordinator at the University of Oklahoma (1993-94) before coming to UAB. In 1991 and 1992, Brown was the offensive coordinator at Mississippi State under head coach Jackie Sherrill. Brown also served head coaching stints at Vanderbilt (1986-90), Rice (1984-85), Cincinnati (1983) and Austin Peay State (1979-80). A native of Cookeville, Tenn. and a former standout quarterback at Vanderbilt, Brown is married to the former Brenda Arnold. They have two children: daughter Ginny, who was a four-year letter winner in basketball at Georgia State University (1996-00), and son Steven, who is a 2004 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School. Dr. Johnny Scott, Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Johnny W. Scott, professor of nuclear medicine and assistant dean of the School of Medicine at UAB, was named faculty athletics representative by former UAB President W. Ann Reynolds, June 28, 2000. Scott joined the UAB faculty in 1978 as an assistant professor of clinical pathology and nuclear medicine. He was promoted to associate professor in 1983 and professor in 1991. In 1999, he was named assistant dean for the School of Medicine to direct efforts to recruit minority students and faculty to the medical school. A native of Westfield, Ala., Scott received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at UAB. 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The nationally- scholarship foundation, ranked UAB men’s tennis scheduling, etc. President S. Richardson team participates in the Hill proudly waves a Fall, 1978: UAB athletic NCAA Tournament for the bumper sticker to com- teams begin intercollegiate first time. Blazer volley- memorate UAB’s hiring of competition for the first ball, cross country and Gene Bartow from UCLA. time; the university begins tennis teams all win Great an 11-year association with the Sun Belt Midwest Conference Conference. championships. Nov. 24, 1978: The UAB men’s basketball team January, 1993: UAB plays its first game, a 66-54 loss to Nebraska before announces that its football a crowd of 14,800 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic program will compete at Center; UAB will go on to win 20 or more games 15 the NCAA I-AA level, times, appear in 11 NCAA Tournaments and eight beginning with the 1993 NITs. season. March, 1981: The Blazer men’s basketball team 1993-94: Blazer teams win defeats Kentucky in the NCAA Mideast Regional, six league championships, and reaches the NCAA “Sweet 16.” This appear- and UAB wins the Great ance marks the beginning of a streak of seven con- Midwest Conference Players such as All- secutive NCAA Tournaments for UAB (1981-87). Commissioner’s Cup, American Steve Mitchell have helped UAB basket- awarded to the university March, 1982: UAB adds to its amazing basketball ball make 19 post-season with the most successful success story, defeating Indiana and Virginia in the appearances. overall athletics program. Southeast Regional, and reaching the NCAA “Elite The Lady Blazer basketball team goes 14-0 vs. Eight.” The Southeast Regional in Birmingham is GMW opponents and makes its first appearance in the first of five NCAA Tournament events to be host- the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basketball is nation- ed by UAB (’82, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’88). ally-ranked and participates in the NCAA March, 1989: Blazer basketball reaches the NIT Tournament. Final Four, defeating Michigan State for third place August, 1994: UAB announces that its football pro- at Madison Square Garden. gram will compete at the NCAA I-A level and that Fall, 1989: The UAB Club Football team is organ- the school will field a women’s soccer team begin- ized; the team goes 0-6 in its first season. ning with the 1996 season. 1990-91: The Blazer baseball team wins its first Sun 1994-95: UAB soccer wins the Great Midwest Con- Belt Conference Championship and becomes the ference Championship and participates in the NCAA first UAB team other than men’s basketball to partic- Tournament. UAB wins GMW championship in ipate in the NCAA Tournament. Men’s tennis wins men’s and women’s tennis, women’s indoor track & the first of five consecutive conference champi- field, women’s outdoor track & field and men’s golf. onships in the Sun Belt and Great Midwest April 24, 1995: UAB becomes a charter member of Conferences. Volleyball wins the first of three con- Conference USA. secutive championships in the Sun Belt and Great Midwest conferences and makes its first of four con- March 26, 1996: One era ends and another begins secutive post-season appearances. as coach Gene Bartow steps down as head men’s basketball coach. His son and assistant, Murry, is named head coach; Gene Bartow remains as direc- Sept. 23, 2000: In what was arguably the greatest tor of athletics. win in UAB football history, the Blazers go to Baton Rouge, La. and upset SEC foe LSU, 13-10, on a November 14, 1996: Conference USA announces game-winning field goal by Rhett Gallego in the that UAB has been admitted as a football-playing waining seconds. member; the Blazers will begin C-USA play in 1999. 2000-01: Led by sophomore All-American Graeme 1997-98: UAB freshman Mirela Vladulescu takes McDowell, the men’s golf team finished ninth in the the women’s collegiate tennis world by storm, win- NCAA Tournament and advanced to its first NCAA ning both the ITA Clay Court National Championship Championship at and Riviera Women’s All-America Championship; Duke University, she is the first UAB tennis player to win a collegiate where it garnered a grand slam event. Vladulescu will later be the top- tie for 12th place. ranked player in the NCAA rankings for much of the The women’s tennis 1997-98 season. The men’s golf team receives a team finished the bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in season with a 21-3 school history. overall record and a In what is regarded as the greatest 1998-99: The Blazer second place finish win in UAB football history to date, men’s basketball in the C-USA the Blazers went to Baton Rouge, team makes its 10th Championship. La., and stunned LSU, 13-10. appearance in the Senior Mirela NCAA Tournament. Vladulescu finished off a four-year career as one of Mirela Vladulescu the most successful athletes in UAB history. The returns to the NCAA men’s soccer team made it to the NCAA Tournament for the Tournament for the second straight year. The foot- second consecutive ball team finished 7-4 overall, becoming the first year, despite an “bowl-eligible” Blazer squad since UAB moved to injury-plagued sea- the NCAA I-A level in 1996. The women’s basket- son. ball team, led by junior All-American Deanna Jackson, finished the season 20-11 and advanced 1999-00: UAB ath- to the WNIT. In just its second season, the synchro- letics has arguably Mirela Vladulescu was the No. 1- nized swimming team placed fourth at the U.S. Col- its best season to ranked singles player in the NCAA legiate Championships and eighth at the U.S. date. The UAB foot- for much of the 1997-98 season. Nationals. ball team becomes an official member of Conference USA and goes 4-2 2001-02: Led by All-American Graeme McDowell, in conference play during its inaugural season. The who was the No. 1-ranked golfer in the nation, the UAB men’s soccer team wins the Conference USA UAB men made their third consecutive appearance Championship and reaches the NCAA Elite Eight. (fourth overall) in the NCAA Tournament and Synchronized swimming finishes fourth in the coun- advanced to the NCAA Championships for the sec- try at the U.S. Collegiate Championships in its inau- ond straight year. The Blazer football squad again gural season. Women’s basketball reaches the boasted another "bowl eligible" season, as the team “Sweet 16,” the men’s tennis team went 6-5 in 2001. The men's soccer makes its fifth NCAA Tournament team made its third consecutive trip appearance and men’s golf makes its (fourth overall) to the NCAA second NCAA Tournament appear- Tournament, advancing to the "Sweet ance in three years. 16." The UAB softball team had its July 10, 2000: Gene Bartow best season to date, advancing to the announces his retirement as athletics C-USA Championship game and director after 23 years of service to boasting a 39-22 overall record. the university. Denise Peters and Lisa Nowoslawski of the women's soccer team were August 22, 2000: Herman Frazier is The UAB men’s soccer team cele- brates its 1999 Conference USA both named Verizon Academic All- named UAB’s second athletics direc- Tournament Championship. The team Americans. In addition, Peters was tor. went on to advance to the Elite Eight named the C-USA Women's Soccer round of the NCAA Tournament. Scholar Athlete of the Year. Synchronized Swim- March, 2004: The ming earned its highest finish to date at the U.S. UAB men's basket- Collegiate Championships, taking third. Four swim- ball team shocks mers received Academic All-America honors and the college basket- three swimmers were named All-Americans by the ball world with its U.S. Synchronized Swimming Coaches Committee. 76-75 upset over top-seeded April 4, 2002: Athletics Director Herman Frazier Kentucky to ad- and UAB President Ann Reynolds announce the hir- vance to the Sweet ing of Mike Anderson as UAB's third men's basket- A record crowd of 44,669 Blazer 16 of the NCAA ball coach. fans were on hand at Legion Field Tournament. The to watch UAB play Southern Miss in November 21, 2002: Watson Brown is named Blazers would finish 2003. The number was the most to UAB‘s third athletics director. the season with a attend a UAB football game, as well 22-10 overall record as a game between two Con- 2002-03: In his first season at the helm of the men’s and ranked No. 23 ference USA teams at the time. basketball program, Mike Anderson guided the in the country. Also, the Blazers' 12-4 record in Blazers to a 21-win season and a quarterfinal finish Conference USA earned them a share of the first C- in the National Invitation Tournament. UAB’s amaz- USA regular season championship. Head coach ing post-season run began with a trip to the finals of Mike Anderson was also named the 2004 the Conference USA Tournament. Lisa Conference USA Coach of the Year. Nowoslawski capped off her career for the women’s soccer program by earning several prestigious aca- Spring, 2004: The synchronized swimming team demic awards, including an NCAA Postgraduate posted is third straight third-place finish at the U.S. Scholarship, the C-USA Postseason Scholarship Collegiate Championships and recorded a fifth-place Award and First-Team Verizon / CoSIDA Academic finish at the U.S. National Championships. All-America honors for the second straight year. The Fall, 2004: The UAB synchronized swimming team posted its second Women’s Soccer team straight third-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate claimed the C-USA tourna- Championships and recorded a fourth place finish, ment title with a thrilling 2- its highest to date, at the U.S. National Champion- 1 victory over host and ships. Six swimmers received Academic All- regular-season champion America honors and Saint Louis in St. Louis, three swimmers Mo., to earn their first were named All- NCAA Tournament birth in Americans by the school history. The UAB U.S. Synchronized football team made its first Swimming Coaches bowl game appearance in Committee. school history as the Sept. 4, 2003: The Blazers faced Hawaii in The 2004 UAB women’s UAB football team the 2004 Sheraton Hawaii soccer squad captured its Mike Anderson was named the third plays host to Bowl. The Blazers fell to second straight C-USA head coach in UAB men's basket- Southern Miss in the Warriors, 59-40, on title and advanced to the ball history on April 4, 2002. front of the biggest Christmas Eve in second round of the NCAA Tournament. crown in UAB histo- Honolulu, Hawaii. ry, and the most people ever to watch a Conference March, 2005: The 11th-seeded UAB men's basket- USA football game when 44,669 people flocked to ball team made its second-consecutive appearance Legion Field. The Blazers dropped the game, 17-12. in the NCAA Tournament and upset No. 6 seed and October 31, 2003: With a dominating 2-0 win on SEC West champion LSU by a score of 82-68 on the road against USF, the UAB women's soccer March 17 in Boise, Idaho in first-round action. The team earned its first Conference USA Championship Blazers fell to No. 3 seed Arizona, 85-63 in the sec- and set the school record for shutouts in a season ond round to finish their season with a 22-11 record. with nine. The Blazers' Tara Kidwell and Jill Knottek each scored second-half goals to lead UAB to its momentous victory. ¥ The eighth overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft, selected by Cleveland. She now plays with the Indiana Fever. ¥ Ranks second all-time in school history in career scoring with 2,144 points ¥ Was a two-time All-American and two-time C-USA Player of the Year during her illustrious career with the Blazers

¥ Named the Conference USA Men's Golf Athlete of the Decade in April, 2005. ¥ Winner of the 2002 Fred Haskins Award ¥ Finished tied for fourth at the 2002 NCAA Men's Golf Championships ¥ Current member of the PGA & European Tours DEANNA JACKSON

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¥ First Blazer in history to be chosen in the first round of the NFL Draft, taken 22nd overall by the New York Jets in 2002. ¥ Anchored the Blazers’ “Steel Shield” defense which led the nation in rushing defense in 2001 and ranked fifth in overall defense

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¥ Taken 27th overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons BRYAN ¥ Teamed with Jill Bakken to win the ¥ Named to the All-C-USA first gold medal in the women's bobsled team and honored as an All- THOMAS event in the 2002 Winter Olympics American by the Associated ¥ Named to the C-USA All-Decade Team Press in 2004 in track in 2005 ¥ Led the nation with 1,472 yards ¥ Was a seven-time NCAA All-American receiving as a senior and six-time conference MVP ¥ Had 253 yards against Tulane, ¥ Won conference titles in the 100 the most in a single game in the meters, 200 meters, long jump, and nation in 2004 triple jump Men’s Basketball (1990, 1991, 1992) 12 NCAA Tournament and eight NIT appear- Four post-season appearances (WIVC -1989, ances 1990, 1991, 1992) Seven conference championships Two Academic All-Americans 23 winning seasons in 27 years Men’s Golf Three Sweet 16 appearances 2001 and 2002 NCAA Championship Three All-Americans Participant Football NCAA Regional Participants 1998, 2000, First bowl game appearance in 2004 (7-5 2001, 2002, 2004 record) 1995 Great Midwest Conference Champions First “bowl-eligible” season with 7-4 overall No. 1-ranked golfer (Graeme McDowell) record in 2000 nationally (2001) Played first season at Division I-A level in Track & Field 1996; now competes as a member of 2002 Cross Country NCAA All-Academic Conference USA Team Roddy White selected in first round of 2005 1995 Great Midwest Conference Women’s NFL draft (No. 27 overall) Indoor & Outdoor Champions Bryan Thomas selected in first round of 2002 Two All-Americans NFL draft (No. 22 overall) 1992 Women’s Great Midwest Conference Eight All-Americans Cross Country Champions Men’s Soccer Two Olympic Trials Qualifiers NCAA Tournament participant (1994, 1999, Synchronized Swimming 2000, 2001) Five-time U.S. Nationals participant 1999 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and 2001 Five-time U.S. Collegiate Championships par- NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 ticipant Three conference championships (1994, Five U.S. National Team Qualifiers 1995, 1999) Three All-Americans Eight All-Americans Eight Academic All-Americans Women’s Basketball Softball 2000 NCAA Sweet 16 participant 19 All-Conference USA selections Four conference championships (1990, 1991, Nine C-USA All-Freshman team selections 1992, 1994) Five Academic All-Americans NCAA Tournament participant (1994) Two National Strength and Conditioning All- Three-time NWIT participant (1990, 1991, 2001) Americans Baseball Rifle Three conference championships (1991, One C-USA Shootout third place finisher 1992, 1994) 1997-98 Individual fifth place finisher at C- 1991 NCAA Tournament participant USA Championship Men’s Tennis Women’s Golf Six All-Americans Seven All-Conference USA Selections Two Academic All-Americans C-USA Freshman of the Year Five NCAA Tournament appearances (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000) Women’s Soccer Top-30 ranking from 1993-2000 UAB Academic Award (1997, 1998, Five conference championships (1991, 2000) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) 31 All-Conference USA Selections 10 Academic All-America Women’s Tennis Selections Four conference championships Two All-Americans (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) 2003 C-USA Regular-Season Six national rankings (1994, 1996, Champion 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) 2004 C-USA Tournament Top-ranked singles player in nation Champion (1997-98) 2004 NCAA Participant (Second One All-American Round) Volleyball 43 All-C-USA Selections Three conference championships Men's Basketball Jerome Mincy ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS Steve Mitchell Baseball Oliver Robinson Brent Laircey Football Men's Basketball Rodregis Brooks Carter Long Cedrick Buchannon Josh Evans Football Kerry Frazier Johnny Rea Robert Leslie Volleyball Derrick Ingram Suzie Johnson John Whitcomb Patti Schroder Roddy White Graeme Men's Tennis McDowell Women's Basketball Frank Schaffner Wanda Hightower Martin Woisetschläger Deanna Jackson Men's Soccer Baseball Lane Knight Derrick Shayne Carnes Loucas Papaconstantinou Ingram Jay Cole Mitch Jones Women’s Soccer Briana McCarty Men's Soccer Lisa Nowoslawski Clint Baumstark Denise Peters Peter Byaruhanga Vanessa Woodward Leandro de Oliveira Tony McManus Women’s Cross Flavio Monteiro Country Team Rumbani Munthali 1999/2000 Marin Pusek Synchronized Houston Smith Oliver Swimming Robinson Women’s Soccer Kelli Dickerson Tara Kidwell Amanda Haeuser Stacey Jackson Men's Tennis Stephanie Jackson Gerd Albiez Kristen Kramer Mike Kirsten Stacy Leiker Paul Rosner Sarah Pikal Frank Schaffner Moraine Ruddick Vaughn Snyman Martin Woisetschläger Softball Frank Schaffner Amanda Byrne Women's Tennis Amanda Ellis Mirela Vladulescu Allison Davis Track Candice Hithe Vonetta Flowers Kris Lara Angela King Emily Scarbrough Megan Stephenson Men's Golf Deanna Paul Dickinson Jackson Graeme McDowell Synchronized Swimming Amanda Haeuser Bogdana Stacy Leiker Roddy White Zareva Bogdana Zareva 2005 UAB WOMEN’S SOCCER D ROUND • 2004 C-USA TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 2003 C-USA REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION • 2004 NCAA TOURNAMENT SECON

54 2005 UAB WOMEN’S SOCCER 2003 C-USA REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION • 2004 NCAA TOURNAMENT SECON D ROUND • 2004 C-USA TOURNAMENT CHAMPION

55 MISSION STATEMENT After 25 years of serving the state as a premier medical and dental school, UAB was established in 1969 as an autonomous university within the University of Alabama system. It now serves as one of the nation's top ranked universities in research support, higher UAB HOSPITAL education and provider of world-class UAB Hospital, the centerpiece of the UAB medical care. Health System, is Alabama's major terti- ary care center and a modern medical complex serving approximately 35,000 OUR VISION patients annually. The university hospital The University of Alabama at Birmingham isis aa majormajor centercenter forfor clinicalclinical research,research, and the home of some of the top shall be a leading contributor to the medical programs in America. intellectualintellectual developmentdevelopment ofof humankindhumankind and a compassionate provider of health services of the highest quality.

KIRKLIN CLINIC The Kirklin Clinic is a specially designed center for outpatient care housing more than 600 physicians HILL UNIVERSITY CENTER inin 3535 specialties.specialties. The Hill University Center serves as the focal point for Student Affairs at UAB since most of the units are housed in this complex. The facility also serves as a hub for campus life because many co-curricular activities take place inin thethe variousvarious multi-purposemulti-purpose areas of the building.

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Established in 1971, the UAB School of Business and the Graduate School of Management currently enroll approximately 2,000 students. A full-time facul- ty of 54 outstanding academicians ALYS offers undergraduate majors in STEPHENS CENTER Accounting, Economics, Finance, A world-class perform- HONORS HOUSE Management and Marketing. inging artsarts centercenter alivealive The center of identity with music, dance and and community for theatre, enriching the the Honors Program culturing life of the city isis thethe HonorsHonors House.House. isis thethe missionmission ofof thethe All of the instruction- Alys Stephens Center al and social activi- — Alabama’s Home of ties of the Honors the Performing Arts. Program take place in this facility.

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