DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013
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2012-13 COVERS_AthleticsAnnualReport-FINAL.indd 3 6/28/2013 12:32:49 PM CONTENTS
A Letter from the Director …………………………………………………………………… 2 Men’s Tennis ………………………………………………………………………………44 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee ……………………………………………………… 3 Women’s Tennis …………………………………………………………………………46 Remembering Mal Moore ……………………………………………………………………… 4 Volleyball …………………………………………………………………………………48 National Championship Teams ………………………………………………………… 6-11 Athletic Honors ………………………………………………………………………………… 50 Football ……………………………………………………………………………………… 8 2012 Olympics …………………………………………………………………………………… 55 Men’s Golf …………………………………………………………………………………10 Academic Support …………………………………………………………………………… 56 SEC Championship Teams ………………………………………………………………12-15 Academic Honors ……………………………………………………………………………… 58 Football ……………………………………………………………………………………13 Student Welfare ………………………………………………………………………………… 64 Men’s Golf ………………………………………………………………………………… 14 Comunity Outreach …………………………………………………………………………… 66 Women’s Tennis …………………………………………………………………………15 Facilities ………………………………………………………………………………………… 68 Individual Sport Highlights …………………………………………………………… 16-49 Attendance ……………………………………………………………………………………… 70 Baseball ……………………………………………………………………………………16 Marketing and Licensing …………………………………………………………………… 71
Men’s Basketball ………………………………………………………………………18 Media-Athletics Communications ……………………………………………………… 72 Women’s Basketball ……………………………………………………………………20 RollTide.com …………………………………………………………………………………… 74 Cross Country ……………………………………………………………………………22 The Total Program: All Sports Rankings ……………………………………………… 75 Football ……………………………………………………………………………………24 Equity ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 76 Men’s Golf …………………………………………………………………………………26 Compliance ……………………………………………………………………………………… 78 Women’s Golf ……………………………………………………………………………28 Staffing …………………………………………………………………………………………… 79 Gymnastics ………………………………………………………………………………30 Crimson Tide Foundation …………………………………………………………………… 80 Indoor Track and Field ……………………………………………………………… 32 A-Club Alumni Association ………………………………………………………………… 82 Outdoor Track and Field ……………………………………………………………… 34 2013-14 Head Coaches ……………………………………………………………………… 84
Rowing ………………………………………………………………………………………36 Soccer ………………………………………………………………………………………38
Softball ……………………………………………………………………………………40 Swimming and Diving ………………………………………………………………… 42
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 1 6/28/2013 3:26:19 PM To all who follow and cheer on the Alabama Crimson Tide -
It is as exciting a time to be a part of The University of Alabama Athletics Department as any in our storied history. We À nished the fall semester with a Á ourish when our football team, which included 17 graduates before the 2013 BCS National Championship Game even got underway, won the Crimson Tide’s 15th national football title, bettering Notre Dame by a score of 42-14. It was our third BCS title in four years, continuing one of the most impressive runs in the modern era.
As the year progressed, we added to our championship tally when the men’s and women’s golf teams joined the football team as Southeastern Conference Champions. Then in May, we roared to a 4-1 win over Illinois to win the Crimson Tide’s À rst NCAA Men’s Golf Championship.
Those teams were not alone in their success. Our gymnastics, softball and women’s golf teams followed up NCAA Championship seasons in 2012 with top-10 national À nishes in 2013, À nishing third, 10th and seventh, respectively. Our men’s track and À eld team closed out the 2012-13 season just a half point out of the top-10 in 11th place, its highest À nish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in more than a decade.
While Alabama is certainly competing at the highest level with eight national team titles over the last four years that success isn’t limited to athletics. The Crimson Tide has been just as impressive academically, earning impressive marks in the NCAA’s most recent Academic Progress Report and Graduation Success Rate and ranking À fth nationally in terms of Academic All-America honors since 2000, just behind Stanford and well ahead of every other school in the SEC.
As we move forward, our success in all facets of the collegiate experience - built on the bedrock of our unparalleled tradition - will be guided by the following tenants: • 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
In this way, everyone associated with Alabama athletics will be striving to continue the legacy of service to this University and its athletics department that the late Mal Moore brought to the more than 50 years he played, coached and led the Crimson Tide. His undeniable love for all things Alabama and his unwavering commitment to its success is a shining example us all.
It is because of Mal’s vision, dedication and drive that our student-athletes compete, train, study and learn every day in incredible facilities - from Bryant-Denny Stadium and Coleman Coliseum, to the completely renovated Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium which came online in the fall and the state-of-the-art strength and conditioning facility that connects the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility to the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility, which opened in the spring.
And it is because of Mal’s tremendous heart and unwavering pride, as well as the example and leadership of championship coaches like Wallace Wade, Frank Thomas, Paul Bryant, Sarah Patterson, Gene Stallings, Mic Potter, Patrick Murphy, Jay Seawell and Nick Saban, that the standard for excellence is set so high at Alabama.
Because The University of Alabama and its athletics department are far more than what you see on our À elds and courts when the bright lights shine, I hope you’ll take the time to peruse our 2012-13 Annual Report for a deeper, more comprehensive look at what goes into making the Crimson Tide all that it is and why this department and its tradition of excellence is so special to so many.
As we enjoy the fruits of our labor, it is important that we stay focused on the hard work, determination and drive that have led us to this point in our history. And though we are so very proud of what we have accomplished, we are not satisÀ ed. So as we move forward, my challenge to everyone associated with the Crimson Tide is to stay hungry and continue to work every day to compete at a championship level in all we do. To build on our current level of excellence will not be easy, but as Coach Bryant once said, “The price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.”
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Bill BBattleattle Director of Athletics University of Alabama 2 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 2 6/28/2013 3:26:41 PM INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE
DUTIES REPORTING CHANNEL: Dr. Judy Bonner, President The Intercollegiate Athletics Committee assists the President Membership Title, Department Term of The University of Alabama in the formulation of policy for Kevin Whitaker Associate Dean, Engineering 2014 intercollegiate athletics. In carrying out its duties, the committee Reuben W. Cook Assistant Professor, Sport Management, HES 2013 provides oversight for all aspects of the intercollegiate athletics Melondie Carter Associate Professor, Nursing 2014 program. Oversight shall include but not be limited to: the Athletic Steven Ritchie Chemical/Biological Engineering 2013 Department’s mission statement; periodic review of the Student- Lance Kinney Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations 2015 Athlete Handbook and Compliance Manual; review of policies and procedures related to ensuring compliance with NCAA Faculty Senate Representative and SEC rules and regulations; academic services, admissions Rona Donahoe Professor, Geological Sciences proÀ les and graduation rates; À nancial affairs; gender equity and equal opportunity policies and practices; coach/student-athlete Professional Staff Assembly Representative relationships and discipline; competitive event scheduling; student- Darrell Hargreaves Coordinator of Intramural Sports, University Recreation athlete exit interviews; and general reputation of the athletics program. OCT Staff Assembly Representative Dianne Gilbert Assistant Registrar, C&BA COMPOSITION The committee, appointed by the President, shall consist of 18 Retired Faculty/Staff Member voting members: a total of six faculty, including the Faculty Senate Sharon Shelton Representative and the Faculty Athletics Representative (who shall serve as chair), a Professional Staff Assembly representative, Community Member an OCT Staff Assembly representative, a retired faculty/staff Tommy Moore representative, two student athlete representatives (one male and one female), and eight ex-ofÀ cio members: Director of Alumni Ex-OfÀ cio Affairs, Member of the Board of Trustees, President of the Faculty John England Member, Board of Trustees Senate, President of the SGA, Vice President for Student Affairs, Steve Miller President, Faculty Senate Associate Provost, member of the Tuscaloosa community, and Vice Mark Nelson Vice President, Student Affairs President for Financial Affairs. The four non-designated faculty Hank Lazer Associate Provost, Academic Affairs positions will be nominated by the CUC and serve three-year terms. Lynda Gilbert Vice President, Financial Affairs The Athletic Director and the Associate Athletic Director/Senior Calvin Brown Director, Alumni Affairs Woman Administrator shall serve as liaison members. Matthew Calderone President, Student Government Association
Liaison Members Bill Battle Athletics Director Shane Lyons Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Operating OfÀ cer Marie Robbins Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 3 6/28/2013 3:26:42 PM MAL MOORE A LEGACY OF CRIMSON SERVICE
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 4 6/28/2013 3:26:42 PM MAL MOORE | MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CRIMSON TIDE
On May 22, 2013, Mal Moore was posthumously named the 2012-13 After building an impeccable reputation as an assistant football Moore's dedication to and love of The University of Alabama was Sports Business Daily College Athletic Director of the Year. That coach at Alabama, Notre Dame and in the National Football recognized on March 28, 2007, when, as a permanent tribute to award came after a 14-year career as The University of Alabama’s League, Moore's enormous success as an athletics administrator his life-long contribution to The University of Alabama, the Board Director of Athletics during which he oversaw a renaissance of the was largely personal, as he skillfully and successfully dealt with of Trustees of The University of Alabama ofÀ cially dedicated the Crimson Tide athletics program that included turning UA into a issues and initiatives that required the cooperation of numerous facility formerly known as The Football Building as the Mal M. powerhouse in virtually every scholarship sport. campus and statewide entities. Moore's superb talent for gaining Moore Athletic Facility. the respect and affection of those he worked with, as well as those “Mal Moore was a champion by every measure and his impact that worked for him, revealed him to be the man perfectly suited to In 2011, he was elected to the State of Alabama Sports Hall of on his alma mater and his native state will be felt for many years guide Alabama Athletics through a turbulent period into an era of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach and an administrator. to come,” Dr. Robert E. Witt, Chancellor of The University of unprecedented success and prosperity. After the completion of the 2011-12 academic and athletic seasons, Alabama system, said. Moore was named the winner of the John L. Toner Award, given to Moore possessed a gift for inspiring conÀ dence by harmonizing the nation's best athletic director. In 2012, the City of Tuscaloosa An enormously popular À gure in the history of University of diverse groups and disparate personalities into a smoothly honored him and his late wife Charlotte by naming the new Caring Alabama athletics, Moore's personal style as Director of Athletics functioning coalition. Moore's term as Director of Athletics was Days program the Mal and Charlotte Moore Center, a facility that from 1999-2013 generated devotion from the University community a personal triumph. The good-natured sincerity with which he serves as a day program for adults with Alzheimer's and other at-large, as well as the employees of the department he oversaw. conducted business created an uncomplicated atmosphere that memory disorders. disarmed potential critics and comforted his underlings. Bestowed “Coach Moore was a transformational À gure, a true visionary and with the power to lead, he did so through a spirit of conciliation During a coaching career that spanned 31 years, Moore spent 22 of a real friend to all who worked at The University of Alabama and and persuasion. He made complex issues simple and allowed his those at Alabama with stops at Montana State, Notre Dame and the loved it like Mal did,” UA President Judy Bonner said. “He was one department to focus on the job at hand. NFL's St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals. At Alabama, Moore began of our best ambassadors and spent the vast majority of his life in as Bryant's graduate assistant in 1964, then as defensive backÀ eld service to his beloved Crimson Tide. Some people hope they can As Director of Athletics, Moore made an indelible mark on coach for six seasons (1965-70) before becoming quarterbacks make a difference in life but Mal showed us all how to do it.” one of the nation's most storied athletic programs, leading a coach from 1971-82 and serving as the Tide's À rst offensive department through a period unprecedented growth and success coordinator starting in 1975. He returned as offensive coordinator His leadership style was born of more than 50 years of service to both athletically and academically. Moore's vision was to make under Gene Stallings from 1990-93 before moving into athletic the University he loved, starting as quarterback under legendary all Crimson Tide athletic teams and student-athletes nationally administration. Crimson Tide head coach Paul W. “Bear” Bryant from 1958-62. competitive at the highest level. His leadership elevated Alabama's athletic facilities to premier status nationally for all sports. In addition to making his mark on Alabama, Moore also had a Moore went on to serve as an assistant football coach on Bryant’s national impact as a key member of several prestigious NCAA and staff and later served as offensive coordinator under Gene Stallings. During Moore's tenure as Director of Athletics, Alabama produced college football committees. He served on the NCAA Division He is the only individual connected with the Tide program - and national championship teams in football, gymnastics, softball and I Football Issues Committee, the SEC Athletic Directors Bowl likely the only person in collegiate athletics - to be a part of ten women's golf as well as Southeastern Conference championships in Advisory Committee and the Big Six Conferences Minority Coaches national football championships as a player, coach and athletics football, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, men's and women's golf, Forum. director (1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011 and men's cross country and softball. Alabama athletes earned some 2012). He was also part of 16 SEC championships, and 39 bowl of the highest honors the SEC and NCAA have to offer, including Born December 19, 1939, Moore was a 1963 graduate of The trips. SEC Athlete of the Year, SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, University of Alabama, earning both an undergraduate degree in NCAA Top VIII, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and NCAA Sociology and a 1964 Master's Degree in Secondary Education from “Mal was truly a special person in every sense of the word,” UA Sportsperson of the Year the Capstone. head football coach Nick Saban said. “We can talk about all the championships Mal has been involved with, but I think what will Moore directed more than $240 million of capital improvements A native of Dozier, Ala., he was married to the former Charlotte be remembered most was the man he was. He always put the best to University of Alabama athletic facilities. Those projects Davis of Tuscaloosa for 41 years before she passed in 2010 after a interests of others ahead of his own, he carried himself as a À rst- encompassed the entire scope of all Crimson Tide athletic long illness. The couple had a daughter, Mrs. Steve (Heather) Cook class gentleman, and he helped bring out the best in those around programs and beneÀ tted every Alabama student-athlete, coach, and of Scottsdale, Ariz., as well as a granddaughter, Anna Lee, and a him.” administrator. grandson, Charles Cannon.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 5 6/28/2013 3:26:44 PM ALABAMA’S 2012-13 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 6 6/28/2013 3:26:45 PM ALABAMA’S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRADITION | 1925-2013
FOOTBALL GYMNASTICS WOMEN’S GOLF SOFTBALL MEN’S GOLF 2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2011 2011 2009 2002 1992 1996 1979 1991 1978 1988 1973 1965 1964 1961 1941 1934 1930 1926 1925
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 7 6/28/2013 3:26:50 PM THE 2012 BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 8 6/28/2013 3:26:53 PM FOOTBALL
The 2012 Alabama football team won its 15th national championship, and third in four years, with a 42-14 victory over then-No. 1 Notre Dame in the Discover BCS National Championship Game on January 7, 2013, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla. The Crimson Tide finished the season with a 13-1 overall record and the school’s 23rd SEC Championship. For head coach Nick Saban, it was his third national title as the head coach of the Tide, and the fourth of his college coaching career.
2012 FOOTBALL RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT Sept. 1 Michigan^ W, 41-14 Sept. 8 Western Kentucky W, 35-0 Sept. 15 at Arkansas* W, 52-0 Sept. 22 Florida Atlantic W, 40-7 Sept. 29 Mississippi* W, 33-14 Oct. 13 at Missouri* W, 42-10 Oct. 20 at Tennessee* W, 44-13 Oct. 27 Mississippi State* W, 38-7 Nov. 3 at LSU* W, 21-17 Nov. 10 Texas A&M* L, 24-29 Nov. 17 Western Carolina W, 49-0 Nov. 24 Auburn* W, 49-0 Dec. 1 Georgia% W, 32-28 Jan. 7 Notre Dame# W, 42-14
* Southeastern Conference game ^ Cowboys Classic (Arlington, Texas) % SEC Championship Game (Atlanta, Ga.) # BCS National Championship Game (Miami Gardens, Fla.)
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 9 6/28/2013 3:26:59 PM THE 2013 NCAA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONS
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 10 6/28/2013 3:27:00 PM MEN’S GOLF
The Alabama men’s golf team reached the pinnacle of collegiate golf in 2013, capturing the program’s first NCAA championship. The Crimson Tide also won the Southeastern Conference title and the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional on the way to the NCAA Championships at the Capital City Club’s Crabapple Course in Milton, Ga. The Tide set a school record for team victories in a season with eight (12 events) while winning the final six tournaments of the year and seven of eight on the spring schedule. Alabama’s national championship squad featured four All-Americans, including three first- team honorees in Bobby Wyatt, Cory Whitsett and Justin Thomas, while Trey Mullinax was honorable mention. Whitsett was the SEC Player of the Year and shared the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Senior captain Scott Strohmeyer finished his Alabama career with the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional title and a 2-0-1 record in NCAA match play. Head coach Jay Seawell capped off his 11th year at the Capstone with his first national championship and SEC Coach of the Year honors.
2012-13 ALABAMA MEN’S GOLF RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Sept. 7-9 Carpet Capital Collegiate 3rd (+1, 865) Sept. 23-25 PING/Golfweek Preview t9th (+21, 861) Oct. 15-17 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate 1st (+17, 857) Oct. 21-23 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 3rd (+9, 873) Feb. 17-19 Puerto Rico Classic 1st (-33, 831) March 8-10 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters t2nd (+5, 869) March 15-17 Schenkel Invitational 1st (-16, 848) March 25-26 Linger Longer Invitational 1st (-16, 560) April 6-7 Aggie Invitational 1st (-18, 846) April 19-21 SEC Championships 1st (+8, 848) May 16-18 NCAA Regional 1st (+4, 868) May 28-30 NCAA Championships (Stroke Play) t3rd (-7, 833) May 31 NCAA QuarterÀ nals vs. New Mexico W, 4-1 June 1 NCAA SemiÀ nals vs. Georgia Tech W, 3-0-2 June 2 NCAA Finals vs. Illinois W, 4-1
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 11 6/28/2013 3:27:05 PM ALABAMA’S SEC CHAMPIONS
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 12 6/28/2013 3:27:07 PM FOOTBALL
The Crimson Tide football team rolled to its 23rd Southeastern Conference football title by taking a thrilling 32-28 victory over Georgia in the SEC Championship Game at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The Tide was 7-1 in SEC regular-season games, outscoring conference opponents 303-90 on the way to the SEC Western Division crown.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 13 6/28/2013 3:27:11 PM MEN’S GOLF Alabama battled through 30 mph winds on the challenging Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Ga., on the final day of the 2013 Southeastern Conference Championships to hold off South Carolina for the program’s fourth SEC Championship and second in a row. The Tide sealed the win with a 10-over-par round of 290 to finish with an 8-over 848 for the tournament. Junior Cory Whitsett headlined the SEC Men’s Golf Awards earning Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors while Jay Seawell was named Coach of the Year.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 14 6/28/2013 3:27:13 PM WOMEN’S GOLF
For the second time in school history, the Alabama women’s golf team captured the SEC Championship. The 2013 squad pulled away from the competition in the second and third rounds on its way to a 14-shot win at the par-72, 6,401-yard Greystone Golf and Country Club in Birmingham. The Crimson Tide shot 14-over 302, which was within one shot of the low round of the day in windy conditions for a 54-hole total of 35-over-par 899. Georgia finished second at 49-over 913 with South Carolina in third (918), Vanderbilt (919) fourth and Kentucky (922) fifth. Stephanie Meadow lapped the field for medalist honors, shooting even-par 216 for a nine-shot win. She is the first Alabama women’s golfer to capture medalist honors at the SEC Championship. Meadow carded rounds of 75, 69 and 72 for the win. She was the only player in the field to break 70 in three rounds. The win was the sixth career victory for the junior from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, extending her own school record.
2012-13 ALABAMA WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Sept. 9-11 Cougar Classic 8th (+13, 877) Oct. 5-7 Fall Preview 2nd (+16, 880) Oct. 28-30 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational t1st (-1, 862) Feb. 10-12 Lady Puerto Rico Classic 1st (+7, 871) Feb. 24-26 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate t7th (+17, 593) March 8-10 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 1st (+24, 876) March 15-17 Gator Women’s Invitational 1st (+25, 865) April 12-14 PING/ASU Invitational 1st (-19, 845) April 19-21 SEC Championship 1st (+35, 899) May 9-11 NCAA East Regional Championships 1st (-20, 844) May 21-24 NCAA Championships 7th (+37, 1,189)
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 15 6/28/2013 3:27:15 PM BASEBALL
35-28 OVERALL; 14-15 SEC 2013 BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS ALABAMA MAKES THE NCAA TOURNAMENT With the nation’s 25th-best RPI and 12th toughest strength of • Alabama À nished the season with a 35-28 overall record and a 14- 5TH IN SEC WEST schedule, the Crimson Tide returned to the NCAA Tournament for 15 record in Southeastern Conference play, À nishing À fth in the the third time in four years under head coach Mitch Gaspard. It was 7TH OVERALL IN SEC Western Division and seventh overall in the conference. the À fth time in six years and the 23rd time in school history the • The Crimson Tide made the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection, making the 23rd appearance in the event in school Tide made the NCAA Tournament. Despite starting four freshmen HEAD COACH history. It was the Tide’s À fth NCAA berth in the last six years, in the lineup throughout most of the season, Alabama earned a No. Mitch Gaspard and the third in four seasons under head coach Mitch Gaspard. 2 seed in the Tallahassee Regional. • Alabama made the SEC Tournament as the seventh seed, then ASSISTANT COACHES went on to post a 2-2 record in the tournament. TIDE REACHES THE WEEKEND IN SEC TOURNAMENT Following a season in which the Tide did not reach the conference Dax Norris • Alabama posted a .259 team batting average, with 85 doubles, tournament, Alabama À nished its 2013 SEC slate with a 14-15 Andy Phillips nine triples and 26 home runs. UA scored 375 runs to average 5.9 runs per game for the season. record to slot into the No. 7 seed at Hoover. In the opening single- Bobby Barbier • Brett Booth led the team in batting average (.290), Austen Smith elimination game against 10th-seeded Auburn, the Tide fell behind DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS led the squad in home runs (7) and doubles (15) and Ben Moore in the third inning 3-1, but would surrender no more runs as they paced the Tide in runs batted in (41) and triples (4). Mikey White battled back to take a 6-3 victory. Alabama also posted a 7-5 extra Ken Brown hit a team-best .350 during Southeastern Conference play. innings victory against No. 21 Mississippi to make it to Friday, but • The Tide was 22-9 at Sewell-Thomas Stadium, while À nishing 13- suffered Wednesday and Friday losses to No. 2 LSU, 3-0 and 3-2, 19 in games away from home (10-13 road, 3-6 neutral). respectively, to close the books on its SEC Tournament run. • Alabama was 8-6 against SEC teams at home, and posted a 6-9 record in road SEC games. UA swept Georgia on the road and TIDE LASTS UNTIL SUNDAY IN TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL posted a road series win at Auburn. In Alabama’s opening matchup of the Tallahassee Regional, No. 26 • UA won À ve of 10 SEC series, posting series victories over Troy struck on a three-run home run and added two more runs to Tennessee, Georgia, Auburn, Texas A&M and Missouri. open up an early lead. While sophomore lefty Taylor Guilbeau kept • The Tide À nished the season with a national RPI of 25, according the Trojans off the board for the rest of the game, the Tide could to the NCAA national rankings, and 28 by WarrenNolan.com and not claw back and dropped the opener, 5-2. Behind another brilliant by Boydsworld.com. performance down the stretch from freshman right-hander Mike Oczypok, the Tide kept their season alive win a win over Savannah State, 3-2. The Tide took an 8-5 lead in its rematch against Troy,
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 16 6/28/2013 3:27:16 PM but could not hang on as their season ended in a 9-8 defeat. The IT TAKES TWO killings. Overstreet was in on 67 double plays, a mark that led the Trojans scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to end The additions of Kyle Overstreet and Mikey White up the middle SEC and fell four short of Robbie Tucker’s single-season record the game. for the Tide paid immediate dividends defensively, as Alabama in 1997. Austen Smith À nished off 56 double plays, the third-best À nished one double play shy of Towson for the national team lead, mark in single-season history and White sits at fourth in school TIDE TRIO GARNERS POSTSEASON HONORS and one shy of the school record set in 1997, with 80 total twin- history with 55. Freshman shortstop Mikey White and freshman closer Ray Castillo were selected as Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball magazine. White À nished the season with a .287 2013 ALABAMA BASEBALL RESULTS average, to go along with 11 doubles, a triple, two home runs and 30 RBI. Castillo converted 12 of 15 save opportunities and set a DATE OPPONENT RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULTS school record for the most saves in a season by a freshman. Castillo Feb. 15 VMI W, 8-3 April 6 Arkansas* W, 5-0 also earned second team All-America honors by the NCBWA. Feb. 16 VMI W, 10-5 April 9 Alcorn State W, 3-2 White was also a second team All-SEC selection, while Castillo and Feb. 17 VMI W, 7-4 April 10 Alcorn State W, 7-3 second baseman Kyle Overstreet garnered SEC All-Freshman Team Feb. 19 Southern Miss W, 10-8 April 12 at Mississippi* L, 0-6 Feb. 22 at Florida Atlantic W, 5-2 April 13 at Mississippi* L, 2-5 recognition. Feb. 23 at Florida Atlantic W, 4-2 April 14 at Mississippi* L, 3-4 (11) OVERSTREET WINS GOLD GLOVE AWARD Feb. 24 at Florida Atlantic L, 0-3 April 16 UAB W, 7-4 Freshman second baseman Kyle Overstreet was selected as the 2013 Feb. 26 Samford W, 5-4 April 19 LSU* L, 0-5 March 1 Tulane L, 0-4 April 20 LSU* L, 8-11 (16) Rawlings Gold Glove second baseman by the American Baseball March 2 Tulane L, 2-6 April 21 LSU* W, 4-3 (10) Coaches Association. Overstreet À nished his À rst season at Alabama March 3 Tulane W, 12-6 April 24 at Southern Mississippi W, 7-4 with a .983 À elding percentage, committing just six errors in 363 March 5 vs. Auburn (1) L, 3-6 April 26 Texas A&M* W, 3-2 chances. He also helped Alabama turn 80 double plays in 2013, as March 8 at Louisville L, 3-4 (14) April 27 Texas A&M* W, 3-2 he was involved in a SEC-leading 67 twin-killings. March 9 at Louisville L, 0-6 May 4 at Mississippi State-DH* L, 6-10 March 10 at Louisville L, 7-8 (10) May 4 at Mississippi State-DH* L, 4-5 (10) TIDES SETS RECORD FOR EXTRA-INNING GAMES March 12 Memphis L, 0-6 May 5 at Mississippi State* L, 6-7 (11) The Crimson Tide played a school record nine extra-inning games March 13 Memphis W, 4-2 May 7 Mississippi Valley State W, 8-3 in 2013, breaking the previous record of eight set in 1986. The Tide March 15 Tennessee* W, 12-1 May 8 Troy W, 11-2 posted a 3-6 record in its extra-inning games, as all nine game came March 16 Tennessee* L, 6-7 May 10 Missouri* W, 9-7 against nationally-ranked opponents. UA posted extra-inning wins March 17 Tennessee* W, 15-1 May 11 Missouri* L, 3-7 over No. 1 Vanderbilt, No. 2 LSU and No. 9 Arkansas. UA was the March 19 at Samford W, 15-7 May 12 Missouri* W, 7-6 only team to defeat both Vanderbilt and LSU in 2013. March 20 Jacksonville State W, 6-5 May 16 at Vanderbilt* L, 6-7 March 22 at Georgia* W, 6-3 May 17 at Vanderbilt* W, 5-4 (10) March 23 at Georgia* W, 6-3 May 18 at Vanderbilt* L, 10-14 March 24 at Georgia* W, 3-0 May 21 vs. Auburn (3) W, 6-3 March 26 at UAB (2) L, 0-1 May 22 vs. LSU (3) L, 0-3 March 28 at Auburn* W, 6-2 May 23 vs. Mississippi W, 7-5 (10) March 30 at Auburn* W, 2-0 May 24 vs. LSU L, 2-3 March 31 at Auburn L, 3-6 May 31 vs. Troy (4) L, 2-5 April 2 Southeastern Louisiana W, 9-1 June 1 vs. Savannah St. (4) W, 3-2 April 4 Arkansas* L, 1-3 June 2 vs. Troy (4) L, 8-9 April 5 Arkansas* L, 0-6 * Southeastern Conference Game (1)–MAX Capital City Classic (Riverwalk Stadium, Montgomery, Ala.) (2)–Hoover Metropolitan Stadium (Hoover, Ala.) (3)–SEC Baseball Tournament (Hoover Met, Hoover, Ala.) (4)-NCAA Tallahassee Regional (Dick Howser Stadium, Tallahassee, Fla.)
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23-13 OVERALL; 12-6 SEC 2012-13 MEN’S BASKETBALL ALABAMA CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF BASKETBALL During the 2012-13 men’s basketball season, the team celebrated T-2ND PLACE IN SEC HIGHLIGHTS 100 years of hoops at The University of Alabama. A special • Earned a third consecutive postseason berth, reaching the celebration for 100 years of basketball at Alabama took place at HEAD COACH quarterÀ nals of the 2013 National Invitation Tournament. halftime of the Alabama-Georgia game on March 9, which more • Finished tied for second in the SEC – the second time in than 100 former players, coaches and staff were recognized in a Anthony Grant Anthony Grant’s four seasons at the helm of the program that halftime celebration. The Tide has an all-time record of 1,568- ASSISTANT COACHES Alabama has À nished in second place in the league standings. 950-1 (.623), which includes a 742-557 (.571) in SEC play. UA has • The 23 wins during the season marked the third consecutive made 31 NCAA (19) or NIT (12) appearances and won seven SEC Dan Hipsher 20-win season under Grant (25-12 in 2011 and 21-12 in 2012). regular season titles and six SEC Tournament championships. John Brannen The last time Alabama had three consecutive seasons with 20 or more wins came in 1990, 1991 and 1992 when Wimp Sanderson Tony Pujol TREVOR RELEFORD EARNS NUMEROUS ACCOLADES achieved the feat – a span of just over 20 years. University of Alabama guard Trevor Releford earned numerous DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS • The 12-6 record in SEC play marked the third straight year that accolades during the 2012-13 campaign. Highlighting his honors Grant has led his Alabama team to a record of over .500 in Antoine Pettway conference play. It is the À rst time since the 1994, 1995 and 1996 was his selection as one of 21 members of the 2013 Lefty Driesell seasons that UA has À nished over .500 in conference action in Defensive All-America team. In being selected to the team, three consecutive seasons. Releford becomes the À rst Alabama player to earn the recognition • Held 24 of its 36 opponents to under 60 points in a game, in the award’s four years of existence. In addition, Releford was boasting a record of 19-5 (.826) when achieving the feat. In four named to the United States Basketball Writers Association’s seasons under Grant, UA has held teams to 60 or fewer points a (USBWA) All-District IV First Team, while also earning SEC total of 76 times, going 62-14 (.816). Coaches and Associated Press First Team recognition. It is the • Allowed opponents to score an average of 58.4 points per game, À rst time since the 2008 season that a UA player earned À rst-team which ranked second in the Southeastern Conference and 18th accolades with the AP, SEC and USBWA (Richard Hendrix). He in the nation. It is also the 12th-fewest points allowed per game also earned a spot on the league’s all-defensive team. in SEC history.
• Six of the top seven scorers on the team were either freshmen RELEFORD BECOMES UA’S ALL-TIME STEALS LEADER or sophomores. Freshmen and sophomores accounted for 73 percent of the team’s scoring, 67 percent of rebounding and 68 With three steals at LSU on Feb. 22, guard Trevor Releford became percent of total assists. the all-time steals leader at Alabama (He À nished the season with
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 18 6/28/2013 3:27:18 PM 194 career steals). The former mark was held by Senario Hillman (2007-10), who À nished with 176 takeaways in his four-year career. 2012-13 ALABAMA MEN’S BASKETBALL RESULTS Releford recorded 70 steals during the 2012-13 season, which marks the third consecutive year he has had at least 60 steals in a DATE OPPONENT RESULT season. His 70 takeaways places him third overall among the top-10 Nov. 9 South Dakota State^ W, 70-67 single-season steals leaders for a third straight season. His 60 steals Nov. 11 West Alabama^ W, 80-49 as a freshman ranked eighth-best in program history and his 64 Nov. 15 vs. Oregon State# W, 65-62 takeaways a year ago were the fourth-most in UA lore. He is the Nov. 16 vs. Villanova# W, 77-55 only player to have his name among the single-season steal leaders Nov. 23 Charleston Southern W, 59-46 for three different years. Moreover, Releford’s 1.9 career steals per Nov. 27 Lamar W, 75-47 game average ranks as the program’s best average in the record Dec. 1 at Cincinnati% L, 56-58 books. Dec. 5 Dayton L, 76-81 Dec. 15 at VCU L, 54-73 RANDOLPH EARNS ACADEMIC HONOR Dec. 19 at Texas Tech W, 66-62 Guard Levi Randolph was named to the Capital One Academic Dec. 22 Mercer L, 59-66 All-District 4 First Team as selected by College Sports Information Dec. 30 Tulane L, 50-53 Jan. 5 Oakland W, 65-45 Directors of America (CoSIDA). A native of Madison, Ala., Jan. 8 at Missouri* L, 68-84 Randolph maintains a 3.48 GPA as a marketing major and has been Jan. 12 Tennessee* W, 68-65 named to the Dean’s List in every semester of his college career Jan. 16 at Mississippi State* W, 75-43 (3.1 GPA or better). As a freshman last season, Randolph was Jan. 19 Texas A&M* W, 50-49 selected to the SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll. Randolph Jan. 22 Kentucky* W, 59-55 becomes the À rst Alabama men’s basketball player to earn the Jan. 26 at Tennessee* L, 53-54 recognition since former standout Terrance Meade was named to Jan. 31 Arkansas* W, 59-56 the 2003 Academic All-District 4 First Team. Feb. 2 at Vanderbilt* W, 58-54 Feb. 6 at Auburn* L, 37-49 RELEFORD ATOP SEC RANKINGS Feb. 9 LSU* W, 60-57 Guard Trevor Releford will come into the 2013-14 season ranking Feb. 12 at Georgia* W, 52-45 at the top of several categories among the SEC active leaders. Feb. 16 South Carolina* W, 68-58 With 1,299 career points, Releford will begin the season as the Feb. 20 Mississippi State* W, 64-56 active leader in career points, ranking 16 points ahead of Arkansas’ Feb. 23 at LSU* L, 94-97 (3OT) Marshawn Powell. He will also enter the season as the SEC leader Feb. 26 Auburn* W, 61-48 in total steals (194) and assists (298). March 2 at Florida* L, 52-64 March 5 at Mississippi* L, 83-87 GETTING IT DONE WITH DEFENSE March 9 Georgia* W, 61-58 March 15 vs. Tennessee! W, 58-48 The Alabama defense during head coach Anthony Grant’s tenure March 16 vs. Florida! L, 51-61 continues to be ranked among the nation’s best. The Tide led the March 19 Northeastern@ W, 62-43 SEC in three-point À eld goal percentage defense (.308), ranked March 23 Stanford@ W, 66-54 second in points per game allowed (58.4), third in steals (8.2) and March 26 Maryland@ L, 57-58 À fth in À eld goal percentage defense (.405). Nationally, UA À nished *Southeastern Conference game 18th in points per game allowed, 39th in steals per game and 42nd ^ 2K Sports Classic regional rounds (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) | # 2K Sports Classic championship rounds (New York, N.Y.) in three-point À eld goal percentage defense. According to KenPom. % Big East/SEC Challenge | ! SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.) | @ National Invitation Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) com, Alabama is ranked 20th in the nation in overall defensive efÀ ciency.
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13-18 OVERALL; 2-14 SEC 2012-13 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DOMINIQUE CANTY HONORED AS SEC LEGEND Former women’s basketball great Dominique Canty was named to 13TH PLACE IN SEC HIGHLIGHTS the Southeastern Conference’s 2013 Class of Women’s Legends. • Won the team title at the Bank of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine Canty, who lettered from 1996-99, remains one of the most Invitational with victories over Cincinnati, LIU Brooklyn and decorated players in Alabama women’s basketball history and still Hawai’i in Honolulu, in December. stands as its all-time leading scorer, accumulating 2,294 points HEAD COACH • Junior Shafontaye Myers À nished the season second in the throughout her four-year career. The Chicago native was the À rst Southeastern Conference and 37th in the nation in three-point Wendell Hudson freshman to be named SEC Tournament MVP in 1996 and earned À eld goals made with an average of 2.58 per game. all-conference accolades each season. She was also recognized • As a team, the Crimson Tide ranked eighth in the NCAA in ASSISTANT COACHES nationally, being named a two-time U.S. Basketball Writers turnover margin, committing 6.06 fewer turnovers per game than Clarisse Garcia Association First Team All-American amongst several other All- its opponents. Donnie Quinn America honors in the late 1990s. Canty started in 113 of the 127 games she played in at the Capstone and averaged over 18 points Tim Miller TIDE ADVANCES IN SEC TOURNAMENT and seven rebounds during her tenure. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS Meghan Perkins and Daisha Simmons combined for 30 points to lead the women’s basketball team to a 63-36 victory over Mississippi KRISTY CURRY NAMED HEAD COACH Ericka Russell State in the À rst round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament On May, 16, 2013, UA Director of Athletics Bill Battle introduced on March 6. The win marked the team’s À rst in the tournament Kristy Curry as the Crimson Tide’s head women’s basketball coach since 2005. in a press conference held in the Naylor Stone Media Room. Curry came to the Capstone after seven seasons as head coach at Texas RAINBOW WAHINE INVITATIONAL HONORS Tech, which followed seven years as Purdue’s head coach. Overall Shafontaye Myers was named MVP of the Rainbow Wahine she has led her teams to nine NCAA Tournament appearances, one Invitational after averaging 9.3 points and 2.7 rebounds per game NCAA Championship game, one Final Four, two Elite Eights, four off the bench. In addition, Alicia Mitcham was selected to the All- Sweet 16s and a trio of Women’s National Invitation Tournament Tournament Team. appearances as well as nine 20-win seasons.
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DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Nov. 11 Jacksonville State W, 80-43 Nov. 13 at Houston W, 83-74 Nov. 17 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 79-60 Nov. 19 North Texas W, 88-83 (3OT) Nov. 25 Southeastern Louisiana W, 97-62 Dec. 1 at Wisconsin L, 50-69 Dec. 8 Chattanooga L, 58-72 Dec. 15 at Troy W, 80-71 Dec. 17 Wofford L, 52-58 Dec. 21 Virginia W, 73-70 (2OT) Dec. 28 Cincinnati% W, 58-47 Dec. 28 LIU Brooklyn% W, 80-58 Dec. 30 at Hawai’i% W, 44-43 Jan. 3 at Texas A&M* L, 52-91 Jan. 6 Kentucky* L, 70-87 Jan. 10 Georgia* L, 83-95 Jan. 13 at Mississippi* W, 83-75 Jan. 20 at Tennessee* L, 69-96 Jan. 24 Auburn* W, 61-51 Jan. 27 Vanderbilt* L, 58-67 Jan. 31 at Georgia* L, 59-65 Feb. 3 at Florida* L, 54-87 Feb. 7 South Carolina* L, 53-65 Feb. 10 Arkansas* L, 80-91 (3OT) Feb. 17 at Auburn* L, 53-70 Feb. 21 at Mississippi State* L, 51-75 Feb. 24 Florida* L, 61-67 Feb. 28 at LSU* L, 42-76 March 3 Missouri* L, 64-88 March 6 Mississippi State$ W, 63-36 March 7 South Carolina$ L, 35-77 *-Southeastern Conference game %-Bank of Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Honolulu, Hawai’i) $-SEC Tournament (Duluth, Ga.)
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 21 6/28/2013 3:27:20 PM CROSS COUNTRY
MEN: 11TH IN SEC/14TH IN NCAA 2012 CROSS COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN SWEEP CRIMSON TIDE KICK OFF SOUTH REGION The Alabama cross country teams opened the 2012 season by HIGHLIGHTS winning both the men’s and women’s races of the Crimson Tide WOMEN: 11TH IN SEC/6TH IN NCAA • The men’s team À nished in the top 15 in À ve of its six races on Kick-Off at the Harry Pritchett Running Park. The men’s team SOUTH REGION the season, including a win in the Crimson Tide Kick-Off and a scored 23 points to À nish ahead of second place Samford while top-À ve À nish in the Crimson Classic. the women scored 25 points to beat runner-up Southern Miss. The HEAD COACH • The women’s team posted a trio of top-À ve À nishes, including men’s course ran 6,193 meters while the women’s course was 3,055 wins at the Crimson Tide Kick-Off and the Crimson Classic. The meters. The Tide men had their entire scoring À ve À nish in the top Dan Waters Tide also posted top-15 À nishes in À ve of its six races. 10, with lone returner Matt Joyner posting the top collegiate À nish ASSISTANT COACH • Freshman Katelyn Greenleaf posted the Tide’s top À nishes in with a time of 20:44.78. On the women’s side, junior Palee Myrex each of its last three meets. She À nished in the top-25 in all three, led the Tide’s winning effort, taking third place overall with a time Adam Tribble including taking 20th at the SEC Championships and 24th at the NCAA South Regional Championships. of 11:05.31, leading a rush of six consecutive Alabama À nishers. • The women À nished sixth at the NCAA South Region Championship for the second year in a row, its highest À nishes WOMEN WIN CRIMSON CLASSIC since taking À fth in 1988. The Alabama women’s cross country team defended its home • The Crimson Tide men’s roster featured just one returner in course and won its second straight Crimson Classic title while 2012 - sophomore Matt Joyner - to go with 11 freshmen. The the men À nished À fth at the Harry Pritchett Running Course. Tide’s rookie assault took 14th at the NCAA South Region The women’s team secured À rst place with four top-25 À nishes to Championships, up four places from 2011. beat Tennessee by 20 points on the 5-kilometer course. Freshman • The 2012 edition of the Alabama women’s cross country team Katelyn Greenleaf led the way for the Tide with a time of 17:48.08, also featured a youth movement with just three experienced À nishing À fth overall. The men’s squad À nished À fth overall with runners on a roster that included nine newcomers. The Tide used 10 Alabama runners competing in the 8-kilometer race. Freshman that lineup to tie its 2011 South Region Championship À nish, 6th Robbie Farnham-Rose was Alabama’s top runner, À nishing À fth place, which is the Tide’s highest since 1988. with a time of 25:37.53.
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DATE EVENT RESULTS Sept. 1 Crimson Tide Kick-Off Men 1st/Women 1st Sept. 15 Commodore Classic Men 15th/Women 5th Sept. 28 Notre Dame Invitational Men DNP/Women 16th Oct. 13 Crimson Classic Men 5th/Women 1st Oct. 26 SEC Championships Men 11th/Women 11th Nov. 9 NCAA South Regional Men 14th/Women 6th
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 23 6/28/2013 3:27:23 PM FOOTBALL
NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
13-1 OVERALL; 7-1 SEC
SEC CHAMPIONS
FINAL NATIONAL RANK: 1ST
• Alabama won its SEC-leading 23rd conference football 2013 FOOTBALL HIGHLIGHTS championship when the Crimson Tide beat No. 3 Georgia, 32-28, HEAD COACH • The Crimson Tide capped a remarkable season with a 42-14 in the 2012 SEC Championship Game on Dec. 1 in Atlanta. It Nick Saban win over the top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the was the second SEC title for head coach Nick Saban at Alabama 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Game in Sun Life (he also guided the Tide to 2009 SEC title). Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., for the program’s 15th national ASSISTANT COACHES • The Crimson Tide defense was No. 1 in all À ve major defensive title. The Crimson Tide led 28-0 at halftime and 35-0 before categories in 2011 and held that ranking in three categories Burton Burns Notre Dame scored its À rst points. for the 2012 season. Alabama À nished as the nation’s top total Mike Groh • Alabama showed remarkable balance in its third BCS defense (250.00 ypg), scoring defense (10.93 ppg) and rushing Doug Nussmeier Championship Game in the last four years, amassing 265 rushing defense (76.36 ypg). The Crimson Tide À nished seventh yards and 264 passing yards to outgain the Irish 529-302. The Jeremy Pruitt nationally in passing defense (173.64 ypg) and seventh in passing Tide À nished No. 1 in both the USA Today Coaches poll and the efÀ ciency defense (103.72). The Tide also led the nation in fewest Chris Rumph Associated Press poll. Alabama posted a 13-1 record with its only À rst downs allowed per game (13.71). blemish coming in a 29-24 defeat at the hands of Texas A&M in Kirby Smart • Alabama has À elded one of the most balanced offenses in the mid-November. Jeff Stoutland nation over the past four years. That trend continued in 2012, • The Crimson Tide posted six victories over top-25 teams and as the Crimson Tide has gained 3,185 yards rushing and 3,052 Lance Thompson produced Campbell and Rimignton Trophy winner Barrett yards passing, a difference of only 133 yards. Since the 2009 Bobby Williams Jones, who garnered À rst team All-America honors along with season, Alabama has passed for 11,875 while rushing for 11,362, cornerback Dee Milliner, linebacker C.J. Mosley and offensive a difference of only 513 yards. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS guard Chance Warmack. Right tackle D.J. Fluker earned second Joe Pannunzio team All-America honors while quarterback AJ McCarron was a third team All-American by the Associated Press. Milliner was a STRENGTH & CONDITIONING À nalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award (defensive player of the year) and the Jim Thorpe Award (top defensive back). Jones was Scott Cochran also a À nalist for the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy, which he won in 2011.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 24 6/28/2013 3:27:24 PM HEAD COACH NICK SABAN ALABAMA DEGREES Alabama head coach Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) concluded his Alabama’s success on the À eld over the past six seasons under the sixth season with the Crimson Tide by becoming the À rst coach direction of head coach Nick Saban has coincided with the Crimson to win four BCS National Championships. He is the À rst coach to Tide’s success in the classroom. The 2012 squad featured six players win back-to-back BCS National Championships and has won four that already had degrees in hand, including Barrett Jones (August, titles in his last eight years of coaching college football. Saban is 2011), Robert Lester (December, 2011), William Ming (May, 2012), one of three college coaches in the poll era (since 1936) to win Damion Square (May, 2012), Carson Tinker (August, 2012) and three national championships in four years, joining Frank Leahy of Michael Williams (May, 2012). Over the past À ve seasons (2008-12) Notre Dame (1946, 1947, 1949) and Tom Osborne of Nebraska Alabama has seen 58 players compete for the Crimson Tide after (1994, 1995, 1997). He is also the fourth coach in the poll era to already having graduated. win four national championships (Paul “Bear” Bryant, John McKay of Southern California and Leahy). Saban holds a career record of ROAD WARRIORS 154-55-1 (.736) as a collegiate head coach, earlier serving at Toledo, As successful as Alabama has been at Bryant-Denny Stadium in the Michigan State and LSU. Saban is the only coach to win a BCS Saban era, the Crimson Tide have been almost as dangerous away National Championship at two different schools. from home. Alabama ended 2012 with a 14-game winning streak away from Bryant-Denny Stadium. The 14-game streak includes ONE OF HISTORY’S WINNINGEST SENIOR CLASSES both true road games and neutral-site games and dates back to a 24- Alabama’s 2012 senior class won a school-record 49 games over 21 loss at LSU on Nov. 6, 2010. The streak also includes victories the past four seasons (2009-12) while losing only À ve contests. over Notre Dame (Miami Gardens), LSU (Baton Rouge and New The 49 wins is tied for the most in college football history among Orleans), Michigan (Dallas), at Penn State, at Florida, at Arkansas BCS schools, equaling Nebraska’s 49 wins and three national and at Auburn. The current streak is the second-longest of its kind championships from 1994-97 (49-2 record). The Tide also broke the in Alabama history behind a 19-game streak that began on Sept. best four-year total in Southeastern Conference history (48: Florida 24, 1977, and ended on Nov. 1, 1980. Since 2008, the Crimson Tide from 2006-09; Alabama from 2008-11). Oklahoma (2003), Southern is 29-4 (.879) away from Bryant-Denny Stadium, including a 4-1 California (2005 & 2006), Florida (2009) and Alabama (2011) record in bowl games. During that time, Alabama is 32-3 at Bryant- accumulated 48 wins. Alabama’s 1994 senior class won 45 games, Denny Stadium (.914). although ofÀ cially that total is 37 because of NCAA sanctions. The previous Alabama record was 44 wins for the 1980 senior class that 10-WIN SEASONS captured national titles in 1978 and 1979. Among non-BCS schools, Alabama reached the 10-win milestone for the fifth consecutive season Boise State’s 2011 senior class has the record with a 50-3 mark. in 2012, boasting a 13-1 record. In 117 seasons, the Tide has won 10 or more games 32 times, two back of Oklahoma (34) for the most 10-win ALABAMA WINS 15TH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP seasons in college football. Alabama has produced seven 10-win seasons Alabama’s 42-14 victory over Notre Dame in the 2013 Discover since the 2002 season (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012). BCS National Championship Game secured the Crimson Tide’s Tide head coach Nick Saban is the 11th coach in school history to lead 15th claimed football national championship. It was also the his team to a 10-win season and is the fifth coach in school history to program’s third national championship in four years, which has have more than one 10-win season. been accomplished only twice in the poll era. Nebraska did it under Tom Osborne in 1994, 1995 and 1997, but the last of those titles was only in the coaches’ poll. The only other team to win three Associated Press national championships in a four-year span was Notre Dame under Frank Leahy in 1946, 1947 and 1949. Alabama’s À rst national championship came in 1925 and was followed by titles in 1926, 1930, 1934, 1941, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011 and 2012.
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NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 2012-13 MEN’S GOLF HIGHLIGHTS ALABAMA CAPTURES SCHOOL’S FIRST NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SEC CHAMPIONS • Captured the program’s À rst NCAA Championship with a 4-1 Alabama laid claim to the program’s À rst national championship victory over Illinois in the NCAA Finals. The Crimson Tide also NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS with a 4-1 victory over Illinois in the À nals of the 2013 NCAA swept the SEC and NCAA Baton Rouge Regional titles. Golf Championship on the par-70, 7,319-yard Crabapple Course • Alabama set a school record with eight tournament victories in at the Capital City Club in Milton, Ga. The Tide beat New Mexico HEAD COACH 12 events during the 2012-13 season. The Tide won its À nal six in the quarterÀ nals and then dispatched of Georgia Tech in the Jay Seawell events of the year and seven of eight in the spring schedule. semiÀ nals. The clinching holes were almost simultaneous on the ASSISTANT COACH • The Crimson Tide had four golfers earn All-America honors 15th and 16th. Cory Whitsett halved the par-3 15th hole for a 4 and with Cory Whitsett, Justin Thomas and Bobby Wyatt garnering 3 victory and only seconds later Scott Strohmeyer won the difÀ cult Rob Bradley À rst-team honors. Trey Mullinax was an honorable mention par-4 16th hole with par for a 3 and 2 win. Whitsett, playing in selection by Golfweek. Whitsett and Wyatt were three-time All- the last group, jumped out to an early lead with the three middle Americans and Thomas was a two-time À rst-team honoree. parings locked in a battle for the three points needed to win the match. Strohmeyer battled Illinois’ Brian Campbell in another hotly • Cory Whitsett swept the Southeastern Conference individual contested match. He fell behind on the 11th hole but quickly got honors, earning SEC Player of the Year and sharing the league’s back to all square with a birdie on the par-5 12th. After halving the scholar-athlete award. 13th with a long par putt, Strohmeyer won three straight holes to • Whitsett was a À rst team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All- close out the match, 3 and 2. American. He also won the NCAA Elite 89 Award as the player at the NCAA Championships with the highest grade point Trey Mullinax was in the second paring and locked in a battle with average. Charlie Danielson. The back-and-forth match went to the 18th • Alabama boasted À ve golfers in the top 57 of the À nal Golfweek/ hole all square after six lead changes. Both players found their Sagarin Performance Index and three among the top-six nationally. approach shots to the right of Á ag, leaving Mullinax a 60-foot putt Wyatt led the way at No. 3 with Whitsett fourth and Thomas sixth. while Danielson was chipping from off the green. Mullinax lagged Trey Mullinax was 40th and Scott Strohmeyer was 57th. to within three feet and sank his par putt for the 1-up win and Alabama’s second point. Bobby Wyatt staked the Tide to an early lead with an amazing front nine. The junior from Mobile, Ala.,
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 26 6/28/2013 3:27:26 PM won the À rst seven holes and had a 6-up lead at the turn with À ve birdies. He closed out the match with an improbable chip-in for birdie on the 13th for a 6 and 5 win over Illinois’ Thomas Detry. The national championship marked Alabama’s À rst in a men’s sport other than football. It was the Crimson Tide’s 24th national championship overall and its eighth title since 2009 (3 in football, 2 in women’s gymnastics, 1 women’s golf, 1 softball, 1 men’s golf).
CRIMSON TIDE BOASTS FOUR ALL-AMERICANS Alabama had four players selected to the 2012-13 Golfweek All- America Team. Cory Whisett, Bobby Wyatt and Justin Thomas were selected to the À rst team while Trey Mullinax as an honorable mention choice, marking the À rst time Alabama has produced more than three All-Americans in one season and the À rst time it has had multiple À rst team All-Americans in the same season. The Crimson Tide has had at least one À rst team All-American in six straight seasons (Michael Thompson, 2008; Bud Cauley, 2009-11; Thomas, 2012). Whitsett was a À rst team PING/GCAA All-American and the SEC Player of the Year. He À nished with a team-best 71.08 scoring average. He is a three-time All-American, garnering shot win at the Puerto Rico Classic with a 33-under-par total. The Trey Mullinax joined Whitsett with a 73 in round three to post a second-team accolades in 2011 and 2012. Thomas was the National win streak began with a title at the Schenkel Invitational where ninth place À nish at 3-over 213. Bobby Wyatt carded a 4-over 74 Player of the Year in 2012 and is the second two-time À rst team Justin Thomas captured medalist honors to set a school record with and tied for 10th at 4-over 214. Justin Thomas À red Alabama’s All-American in school history (Bud Cauley, 2009-11). Wyatt is a six career wins. UA then won the Linger Longer Invitational by 16 lowest round of the day with an even-par 70 to tie for 12th place at three-time All-American. He was a second-team choice in 2012 and shots and followed with an 18-shot win at the Aggie Invitational. 5-over 215. was an honorable mention selection in 2011. Mullinax captured his Alabama captured the school’s fourth SEC championship with a À rst All-America honor after averaging 72.77 strokes per round. come-from-behind victory at Sea Island. The Crimson Tide rallied Alabama has been competing in the SEC Men’s Golf Championship at the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional for a second straight regional since the 1951 season. The Crimson Tide owns four team titles THREE TIDE GOLFERS EARN SEC POSTSEASON AWARDS title. Alabama À nished tied for third in the stroke play portion of (1979, 2008, 2012, 2013). The Tide has À nished runner-up on six Cory Whitsett was named the Southeastern Conference Men’s the NCAA Championships before reeling off match-play wins occasions (1973, 1976-77, 1983, 2007, 2011). Alabama has had three Golfer of the Year. Head coach Jay Seawell was tabbed as the SEC over New Mexico (4-1) and Georgia Tech (3-0-2) to set up a players earn medalist honors beginning with Bobby Hill in 1951. Coach of the Year for the second straight season (third overall) À nals showdown with Illinois. The Tide won four of À ve matches Michael Thompson won in 2008 with Justin Thomas claiming the after guiding the Crimson Tide to the program’s fourth SEC to take down the Fighting Illini for the program’s À rst national 2012 tournament. Championship. Whitsett was also a tri-winner of the SEC Scholar- championship. Athlete of the Year and was a À rst team All-SEC selection along ALABAMA WINS NCAA BATON ROUGE REGIONAL with Justin Thomas and Bobby Wyatt. Trey Mullinax was named to ALABAMA WINS SEC CHAMPIONSHIP The Crimson Tide shot the lowest score of the À nal round by the All-SEC second team. Alabama battled through 30 mile-per-hour winds at the challenging six shots and overtook Florida to win the 2013 NCAA Baton Seaside Course at the Sea Island Golf Club to hold off South Rouge Regional for the Crimson Tide’s second straight regional ALABAMA SETS SCHOOL RECORD WITH EIGHT WINS Carolina for the program’s fourth SEC championship and second championship and third overall. The Crimson Tide overcame an Alabama’s NCAA championship gave the Crimson Tide its eighth straight. The Crimson Tide began the À nal round three shots eight-shot deÀ cit after 36 holes to beat the Gators by six strokes team victory of the year, setting a school record for wins in a back of the Gamecocks and the two teams went back and forth with a 6-under-par 282 in the À nal round for a 4-over-par total of season. The old record was six, set in the 2007-08 season. The throughout the day. The Tide sealed the win with a 10-over-par 868. Scott Strohmeyer won his À rst individual tournament title in Crimson Tide won six straight events to À nish the year and seven round of 290 to À nish at 8-over 848 for the tournament. Cory the next-to-last event of his career. The Auburn, Ala., native carded of eight tournaments in the spring. The Tide picked up its À rst win Whitsett made birdie on the 16th for a four-shot swing that gave a 3-under-par 69 in the À nal round to beat teammate Bobby Wyatt of the season in the fall at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate at the Tide a lead they would not relinquish. by two shots at 4-under 212. the Old Overton Club. Alabama opened the spring with a seven-
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7TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012-13 WOMEN’S GOLF TIDE BOASTS THREE ALL-AMERICANS Alabama had three players earn All-Americans honors for the 2012- NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS HIGHLIGHTS 13 season. Stephanie Meadow received À rst-team honors (WGCA • The Alabama Crimson Tide captured the program’s second and Golfweek) for the third time in her career while Emma Talley SEC CHAMPIONS SEC Championship at the Greystone Golf and Country Club in was named to the second team by the WGCA and the third team Birmingham, Ala. by Golfweek. Jennifer Kirby earned honorable mention accolades HEAD COACH • Three Tide golfers earned All-America honors: Stephanie from both the WGCA and Golfweek. Kirby, from Paris, Ontario, Meadow, Emma Talley and Jennifer Kirby. All three also earned was also a three-time honoree, earning À rst-team mention in 2012. Mic Potter All-SEC recognition, as well as Hannah Collier. Meadow was the À rst Alabama player to be selected as a three-time ASSISTANT COACH • Alabama has posted four consecutive top-eight finishes À rst team All-American. Meadow, who hails from Jordanstown, at the NCAA Championships, including the 2012 NCAA Northern Ireland, À nished the 2012-13 season with a school-record Susan Rosenstiel championship. The 2013 season was head coach Mic Potter’s eighth trip to the NCAAs at Alabama in eight years and the 71.24 scoring average with two tournament victories to extend her National Golf Coaches Association Hall of Famer’s 23rd Alabama career record for wins to seven. Talley, from Princeton, NCAA Championships appearance overall. Ky., was the SEC Freshman of the Year and recorded the second- lowest scoring average by a freshman in school history at 73.0. CRIMSON TIDE FINISHES 7TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS She claimed her À rst medalist honor with a win at the ASU/PING Invitational. Kirby À nished her Alabama career with a 73.45 scoring Second-ranked Alabama À nished seventh at the 2013 NCAA average over 132 rounds and 44 tournaments. Alabama has won 17 Women’s Golf Championships on the par-72, 6,372-yard University Golfweek All-America honors by seven different players in Potter’s of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga. The Crimson Tide shot eight-year tenure with the Tide, including six À rst-team selections, 37-over-par 1,189 over four rounds and 72 holes. Top-ranked one second-team pick, À ve third-team choices and À ve honorable Southern California won the national championship with a mentions. 19-under 1,133, well ahead of second place Duke (+4). Stephanie Meadow led the Tide with a tie for sixth place at 1-over-par 289 for the tournament. Emma Talley À nished tied for 23rd individually at MEADOW FIRST TEAM ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN 6-over 294. The freshman from Princeton, Ky., carded a 3-over 75 Stephanie Meadow was one of three Alabama student-athletes in the À nal round. Jennifer Kirby and Daniela Lendl À nished tied selected to the 2013 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America for 73rd at 17-over. Junior Hannah Collier, from Birmingham, tied At-Large team. Alabama was the only school in the nation to have for 109th at 21-over 313. two student-athletes on the 15-member À rst team and one of just
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 28 6/28/2013 3:27:27 PM two schools to have all three nominees earn a place on the overall list. The Capital One Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Team includes student-athletes from 13 sports - bowling, rowing, fencing, À eld hockey, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, riÁ e, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo. Meadow is a two-time National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar and a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. The Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, native carries a 4.0 GPA for her career in accounting.
ALABAMA DOMINATES SEC POSTSEASON AWARDS Alabama followed up its team and individual win at the Southeastern Conference Championship with a clean sweep of league awards — the À rst time a program has accomplished that in league history. Tide head coach Mic Potter was named the SEC par for the year with 2,351 strokes in 33 rounds. She posted a Coach of the Year for the À fth time (fourth straight) and Stephanie school-record 21 rounds of par or better and 12 rounds in the À rst, À fth and 10th among SEC players in the rankings. Hannah Meadow was selected the league’s Player of the Year and the 60s. Meadow ranked second in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Collier closed the year at No. 84 nationally while Daniela Lendl was Scholar-Athlete of the Year. It was the third time in SEC history index and the Golfstat Cup. She À nished with 10 top-10 À nishes in 144th. a single player has won both Player and Scholar-Athlete of the 11 tournaments this past year and six top-À ve showings. Over the Year honors in the same season. Emma Talley was named the SEC À nal four events of the season, Meadow averaged 70.77 strokes per CRIMSON TIDE UNDER POTTER Freshman of the Year, while Meadow earned À rst team All-SEC round. honors. Talley, Jennifer Kirby and Hannah Collier were named Alabama head coach Mic Potter À nished his eighth season at the helm of the Crimson Tide program. He has led the Tide to 23 second team All-SEC. TRIO IN GOLFWEEK/SAGARIN PERFORMANCE INDEX TOP 40 tournament titles, including the 2012 NCAA championship, the Stephanie Meadow, Emma Talley and Jennifer Kirby ranked in the 2010 and 2013 SEC titles and the 2011 and 2013 NCAA East MEADOW LEADS NATION IN SCORING top 40 of the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Meadow ranked Regional championships. This season the Tide set a school record Stephanie Meadow won the SEC and East Regional Championships second behind national player of the year Annie Park of Southern for victories with seven, capturing the Betsy Rawls Longhorn and À nished the season with the nation’s best scoring average at California. Talley was 25th, while Kirby was 38th. The trio ranked Invitational, the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, the Darius Rucker 71.24. The Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, native was 16-under Intercollegiate, the Lady Gator Invitational, the PING/ASU Invitational, the SEC Championship and the NCAA East Regional Championship. Under Potter’s direction, the Tide has produced 17 medalists after Stephanie Meadow won the 2013 SEC and NCAA East Regional Championships. Meadow owns the school record with seven career medalist honors. Overall, Alabama has competed in 90 tournaments with Potter at the helm, À nishing in the top À ve on 59 occasions and the top three 47 times. UA À nished in the top two in eight of 11 events in the 2012-13 season.
CRIMSON TIDE AN NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS REGULAR In 2013, the Alabama women’s golf team made its eighth straight appearance in the NCAA championships under the direction of head coach Mic Potter and their ninth appearance overall. Alabama competed in seven AIAW National tournaments from 1975-81. The Tide captured the program’s À rst NCAA championship in 2012. Alabama À nished third at the 2010 NCAA Championship and tied for eighth in 2011.
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7-2-1 OVERALL; 4-2-1 SEC 2013 GYMNASTICS HIGHLIGHTS ALABAMA AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS The Alabama Gymnastics team made its 31st consecutive 3RD PLACE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS • After taking third at the 2013 national championships, Alabama appearance at the NCAA Championships in 2013. Only Utah, with has now À nished in the top-3 at the NCAA Championship 22 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS times, more than any other team in the history of the sport. Only 32 bids, has been to more and only Florida has been to as many, six schools have been to the NCAA Championships more times though the Gators’ total is not consecutive. The Tide took third 2ND PLACE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS than Alabama has À nished in the top-3. place in 2013, just .025 out of second and less than three-tenths • Alabama Gymnastics leads the nation in NCAA Championship behind À rst-time champion Florida. For the third year in a row, HEAD COACH Super Six Team Finals appearances with 19. Alabama went into the À nal rotation with a chance to win the • Alabama is one of just six teams in the nation to advance to the national title. Alabama has won NCAA Championships six times, Sarah Patterson national championships each of the last À ve years, and of those 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2012. The Tide is one of just ASSISTANT COACHES six teams, the Crimson Tide is the only program to advance to À ve teams to win an NCAA title, joining UCLA, Utah, Georgia the Super Six all À ve years. Dana Duckworth and now Florida. In 31 championship appearances, Alabama has • Alabama has won more NCAA Regional Championships than À nished À rst six times, second seven times, third nine times and in Bryan Raschilla any other school in collegiate gymnastics history with 28, the top six 29 times. Alabama won back-to-back NCAA titles for including the last nine in a row. VOLUNTEER COACH the À rst time in school history in 2011 and 2012. Alabama has won • After winning the 2013 NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional, Alabama 24 NCAA Individual titles, including À ve all-around crowns. Tide David Patterson À nished undefeated at home for the fourth season in a row, gymnasts have earned 289 All-American honors. bumping its home win streak to 39-0-0 dating back to the mid- DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS way point of the 2009 season. DIANDRA MILLINER - NCAA CHAMPION Rita Martin • Alabama’s two highest scores of the 2013 season both came Diandra Milliner won the 2013 NCAA Vault Championship, on the road. Alabama scored a 197.800 at the Southeastern boosting Alabama’s individual national championship total to Conference Championships in Little Rock, Ark., which is the 10th best score in program history. Alabama scored a 197.725 at 24, and earned a trio of All-American honors, giving her six LSU in its last regular-season road meet of the year. for her career. She scored a 9.925 in the individual event À nals • Alabama scored better than 197 in each of its last nine meets of to come away with the win. She also took second at the NCAA the season. Championships on the Á oor exercise with a 9.925, just a fraction of a point out of À rst place, after winning that event at the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Regional championships, earning All-SEC honors along the way.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 30 6/28/2013 3:27:28 PM 2013 ALL-AMERICANS of former Capstone Woman Amanda Grace Taylor Watson, is A total of seven UA gymnasts earned 12 All-American honors in given to persons who exemplify the essence of the University in 2013, giving the Tide 64 athletes with 289 honors all-time. Kim all aspects of life. She was also named the 2013 Tuscaloosa County Jacob and Diandra Milliner led the way with three All-American Citizen of the Year during an April 24 banquet sponsored by the honors a piece. It bumped Jacob’s career total to seven and Tuscaloosa Civitan Club and the Chamber of Commerce of West Milliner’s to six. Jacob was À rst team on the Á oor exercise and Alabama. Patterson was chosen for the award because of the work second team in the all-around and on balance beam while Milliner she, her family and the her program have done in the West Alabama was À rst team on the vault and Á oor and second team on the community over the past three decades. balance beam. Kayla Williams earned À rst-team honors on the balance beam and is now a two-time All-American for her career. HIGH TIDE ATTENDANCE Kaitlyn Clark and Lauren Beers both earned À rst-team honors on The Alabama gymnastics team led the nation in both overall and the vault for the À rst honors of their careers. Ashley Priess earned single meet attendance in 2013. The Crimson Tide averaged 10,266 second-team honors in the all-around and on the uneven bars, fans per meet through the regular season, with À ve home and À ve giving her 10 All-American accolades for her career. Sarah DeMeo road dates. Alabama was the only collegiate women’s program earned second-team honors on the beam to make her a three-time in the nation to average over 10,000 fans per outing this season. All-American. Alabama’s capacity crowd of 15,075 against Kentucky on Jan. 25 was the largest women’s gymnastics crowd in the nation this season, NCAA ELITE 89 AWARD DOMINANCE with Utah coming in second with a crowd of 14,917. The Tide Alabama gymnastics extended its streak of NCAA Elite 89 was second in average home attendance bringing in 13,422 fans Award winners to a perfect four-for-four at the 2013 NCAA per meet this season, the second-highest total in school history. Championship Banquet held at Sony Studios in Los Angeles. Kim Alabama and Utah gymnastics, along with Tennessee basketball, Jacob was presented with the award that goes to the student-athlete were the only three collegiate women’s programs to draw over with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the 10,000 fans per home event this season. In the Southeastern À nal site for each of the NCAA’s 89 championships. With Jacob’s Conference, the top three home draws in women’s athletics were honor, Alabama remains the only gymnastics program to win the Alabama gymnastics (13,422), Tennessee basketball (11,993) and award since its inception in 2010. The junior from Raleigh, N.C., Georgia gymnastics (8,721). joins Kassi Price, who earned the inaugural honor, and Rachel Terry who won the award in 2011 and 2012. Jacob carries a perfect 4.0 grade point average in exercise science for her career.
PATTERSON HONORED 2013 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS RESULTS On June 15, 2012, The University of Alabama Board of Trustees announced the approval for the construction of a champions plaza DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT to honor the achievements of the Crimson Tide’s coaches and Jan. 11 at Missouri W 196.450 - 192.025 teams, which is located between Coleman Coliseum and Sewell- Jan. 18 LSU W 196.575 - 195.525 Jan. 25 Kentucky W 196.575 - 194.800 Thomas Stadium. At that same meeting, the Board announced the Feb. 2 at Georgia L 196.950-197.500 new monument would be named The Sarah Patterson Champions Feb. 8 at Florida L 196.850 -198.100 Plaza in honor of the Tide’s legendary head gymnastics coach. The Feb. 15 Auburn W 197.650 - 196.575 plaza, which is the result of two-plus years of ongoing discussions Feb. 22 at Arkansas T 197.100 - 197.100 and planning for a way to recognize and honor Alabama’s March 1 UCLA W 197.075 - 196.375 championship tradition, comes on the heels of a tremendous era March 8 at LSU W 197.725 - 197.500 for Crimson Tide Athletics, including eight national championships March 15 Oklahoma W 197.525 - 196.900 since the fall of 2009, including back-to-back gymnastics titles in March 23 SEC Championships 2nd of 8 - 197.800 2011 and 2012. During the 2012-13 academic year, Patterson also April 6 NCAA Regional Championships 1st of 6 - 197.400 received the Amanda Grace Taylor Watson Distinctive Image Award April 19 NCAA Championships - SemiÀ nals 1st of 6 - 197.350 from the Capstone Men and Women. The award, named in memory April 20 NCAA Championships – Super Six Team Finals 3rd of 6 - 197.350
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MEN: 7TH IN SEC/T32ND IN NCAA 2013 INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD PAINE BREAKS POLE VAULT RECORD FOUR TIMES Alexis Paine broke the school record in the pole vault for the fourth WOMEN: 10TH IN SEC/T46TH IN NCAA HIGHLIGHTS time during the 2013 indoor season at the NCAA Championships, • The Crimson Tide ended its indoor season by sending À ve clearing 13 feet, 11 ¼ inches (4.25 meters) on her second attempt HEAD COACH student-athletes to the NCAA Championships with all À ve earning at that height. Paine improved her personal best in the pole vault by First Team All-America honors more than six inches during the indoor season, having À rst set the UA Dan Waters record on January 26 at the Indiana Relays with a clearance of 13-5 • On the season, the Tide set two school records and had 33 1/4. ASSISTANT COACHES performances rank in the top 10 all-time at UA Dick Booth • Nationally, the squad recorded 11 performances that ranked in the PAINE WINS SEC INDOOR TITLE Matt Kane top 50 nationally Alexis Paine, a senior from Mobile, Ala., cleared a then school- Doug Reynolds record 13 feet, 8 1/2 inches (4.18 meters) to win the 2013 SEC Miguel Pate FIVE EARN INDOOR ALL-AMERICA HONORS Indoor Pole Vault Championship. She is the À rst Crimson Tide Adam Tribble Alexis Paine set a school record in the women’s pole vault and female to win an SEC pole vault title. Jonathan Reid set a new personal best in the men’s triple jump on the way to earning All-America honors on the last night of the PAINE OWNS THE BOARD NCAA Indoor Championships, held on the University of Arkansas In addition to breaking the school record four times during the campus March 8-9. Paine À nished seventh in the pole vault while 2013 indoor season, Alexis Paine now owns the top-6 indoor pole Reid took À fth in the triple jump. The honors by Paine and Reid vault marks in school history. followed All-America performances by Diondre Batson (8th in the men’s 200 meters), Kamal Fuller (8th in the men’s long jump) and SEC INDOOR HIGHLIGHTS Krystle Schade (8th in the women’s high jump) on the meets second Alabama’s young track and À eld team took a major step forward as day. Alabama’s À ve individual All-Americans marks the most by the a program during the SEC Indoor Championships with the men’s Tide since producing six individual All-Americans in 2001. and women’s squads combined for 25 personal-best performances, including 10 performances that rank among the 10 best in Alabama history for their respective events.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 32 6/28/2013 3:27:30 PM ALABAMA EARNS SEVEN ALL-SEC HONORS Pole vaulter Alexis Paine and high jumper Krystle Schade earned indoor all-conference honors in 2013, in addition to the Tide placing a league-leading À ve athletes on the SEC All- Freshman Teams based on performances at the 2013 SEC Indoor Championships. Paine earned À rst team All-SEC honors by winning the women’s pole vault with a school-record height at the SEC meet. Schade À nished second in the women’s high jump to earn second team All-SEC accolades. Four Alabama men and one woman earned spots on the SEC All-Freshman Team. For the men, Robbie Farnham-Rose earned his spot on the team with a third-place À nish in the mile, Justin Fondren made the team due to a third-place À nish in the high jump, Josh McCullan made the team via a ninth-place À nish in the long jump and Elias Hakansson made the squad on the strength of a third-place showing in the weight throw. Kimberley Ficenec made the women’s SEC All-Freshman Team due to her eight-place À nish in the 800 meters.
YOUTH MOVEMENT SHINES AT SEC INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS A strong showing by the Alabama freshmen at the SEC Indoor Championship was evident by the fact that 29 of the 40 points scored by the men’s team were scored by athletes in their À rst year of competition at UA with 25.75 points scored by freshmen. Alabama features 28 freshmen on the men’s roster and 23 female athletes in their À rst year competing for the Tide.
HAKANSSON SETS SCHOOL WEIGHT THROW RECORD Elias Hakansson broke a 15-year-old school record in the men’s weight throw at the 2013 Mark Colligan Memorial Meet on February 9 on a throw of 66 feet, 9 ¼ inches (20.35 meters) eclipsing the 15-year-old mark set by Derrick Jones in 1998 by 3 1/2 inches.
HAKANSSON OWNS THE BOARD Elias Hakansson not only set the school record in the weight throw, during his rookie campaign, but he also re-wrote Alabama’s all time top-10 list. After just one season, he owns every mark on that list. 2013 ALABAMA INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD RESULTS DATE EVENT RESULTS Jan. 12 Crimson Tide Indoor Opener No Team Scoring Jan. 19 Auburn Invitational No Team Scoring Jan. 25-26 Indiana Relays No Team Scoring Feb. 9 Mark Colligan Memorial Men 2nd / Women 2nd Feb. 22-24 SEC Championships Men 7th/Women 10th March 1 Lance Chance QualiÀ er No Team Scoring March 8-9 NCAA Indoor Championships Men t32nd/Women t46th
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MEN: 6TH IN SEC/11TH IN NCAA 2013 OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD • Junior Diondre Batson took fourth in the 100-meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a personal best of 10.01, WOMEN: 12TH IN SEC/T45TH IN NCAA HIGHLIGHTS passing Emmit King to take second all-time at UA in the 100m, • Alabama’s 2013 men’s and women’s outdoor roster of 70 athletes trailing only Olympian and world record holder Calvin Smith. HEAD COACH featured 41 freshmen (26 men, 15 women), seven sophomores • Batson is the À rst Alabama sprinter to score in the 100m at the (four men, three women), 15 juniors (eight women, seven men) NCAA Championships since Calvin Smith and Emmit King in Dan Waters and seven seniors (four women, three men). 1983.
ASSISTANT COACHES • 15 members of the Alabama men’s and women’s track and À eld • Elias Hakansson took eighth in the hammer throw at the 2013 Dick Booth teams earned All-American honors from all over the track, NCAA Outdoor Championships, becoming the À rst member including sprints, throws, jumps and relays. Matt Kane of the UA men’s team to score in the hammer at the NCAA Championships. Doug Reynolds • The Alabama men’s track and À eld team À nished 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, marking its À rst top-15 À nish • Hakansson not only set the school record in the hammer throw Miguel Pate since 2002 when the Tide also À nished 11th. at the SEC Outdoor Championships, but he also owns the top-10 Adam Tribble best marks in school history as well. • The Tide men À nished sixth at the SEC Championships, its highest À nish since also taking sixth in 2006. 15 EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS • Alex Sanders, Diondre Batson, Akeem Haynes and Dushane A total of 15 members of the Alabama track and À eld team earned Farrier took second in the NCAA Outdoor Championships’ outdoor All-American honors it was announced this week by the 4x100m relay, just one-hundredth of a second out of À rst place. U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. After shattering the 23-year-old school 4x100 relay record in • Diondre Batson, Alex Sanders and Akeem Haynes and semis Sanders, Batson, Haynes and Farrier smashed their own Dushane Farrier earned À rst-team honors in the 4x100m record in À nals with a 38.54. relay after À nishing second at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to Florida by one-hundredth of a second. • Alabama’s men scored in a relay at the NCAA Outdoor • Batson, who joined the Crimson Tide in January for the Championships for the À rst time in a decade with its second spring semester after playing football at the American River place 4x100m À nish. College in the fall, earned a trio of All-American accolades • Senior Alexis Paine took fourth place in the women’s pole vault overall, adding À rst-team honors in the 100-meters and at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, the highest national second team honors in the 200m to his relay accolade. He À nish of her career. 34 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 34 6/28/2013 3:27:34 PM was fourth in the 100m and ninth in the 200m at the NCAA Championships. • Alexis Paine earned À rst team All-American honors in the pole vault for the second year in a row after taking fourth place in her À nal NCAA Outdoor Championship. • Imani Brown and Kamal Fuller earned À rst-team honors in the triple jump and long jump, respectively. Both men À nished sixth at the national championships in their events. It was Fuller’s second outdoor All-American honor after earning À rst team in the long jump in 2012 as well. • Elias Hakansson became the À rst member of the Alabama men’s team to earn All-American honors in the hammer throw, taking À rst-team honors after taking eighth at the national championships. • Dwight Davis and Quincy Smith and juniors Joel Lynch and Ken Taylor earned second team All-American honors in the 4x400m relay. • Justin Fondren and senior Krystle Schade earned the second team All-American honors in the men’s and women’s high jump, respectively. It was Schade’s third outdoor All- American honor in the high jump after earning À rst-team honors in 2010 and 2012. • Wilamena Hopkins earned honorable mention All-American honors in the shot put in her À nal NCAA Outdoor Championship appearance. In all, seven members of the UA men’s team earned À rst team All- American honors, the most for the Tide in a single outdoor season since 1983. Paine also became the À rst member of the women’s team to earn À rst team All-American honors in the same event in that À nished second at the SEC Outdoor Championships, Farnham-Rose was the top freshman À nisher in the 1,500 back-to-back outdoor seasons since Trish Bartholomew managed while Fondren took home second in the high jump. meters, while Imani Brown (triple jump), Elias Hakansson the feat in the 400m in 2007 and 2008. • Four men and one woman were named to the SEC All- (hammer throw), Justin Fondren (high jump) and Katelyn Freshman Team, which represents the top freshman À nisher Greenleaf (10,000-meters) all garnered selections to the SEC NINE EARN ALL-SEC HONORS in each event at the SEC Outdoor Championships. Robbie All-Freshman Team as well. Alabama track and À eld garnered nine selections to the 2013 All- SEC teams, including one À rst-team selection, four second-team 2013 ALABAMA OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD honors and four all-freshman accolades. • Diondre Batson earned First Team All-SEC honors for his DATE OPPONENT RESULT win at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships March 22-23 John Mitchell Alabama Relays No Team Scoring in the 100 meters. Batson became the À rst Crimson Tide March 29-30 Yellow Jacket Invitational No Team Scoring sprinter since 2006 to win the 100 meters at the outdoor April 6 Crimson Tide Invitational Men 2nd/Women 4th championships and the third sprinter from the Capstone to April 12-13 Spec Towns Invitational No Team Scoring win the 100 meters. April 20 LSU Alumni Gold No Team Scoring • Dushane Farrier, Akeem Haynes, Alex Sanders and Justin April 25-27 Drake Relays No Team Scoring Fondren earned second team All-SEC honors. Farrier, April 27 Samford Multi Invitational No Team Scoring Haynes and Sanders competed on the 4x100-meter relay team May 9-12 SEC Championships Men 6th/Women 12th May 23-25 NCAA East Regional No Team Scoring June 5-8 NCAA Outdoor Championships Men 11th/Women t45th
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 35 6/28/2013 3:27:34 PM ROWING
10TH PLACE IN CONFERENCE USA 2012-13 ROWING HIGHLIGHTS COLEMAN NAMED ALL-CONFERENCE USA Tabitha Coleman was honored as a member of the 2013 All- • Alabama rowing completed its seventh season as an NCAA Conference USA Team in a ceremony after the championships. HEAD COACH Division I program in 2012-13. It also marked the Crimson Tide’s fourth season as an afÀ liate member of Conference USA. Coleman was a mainstay in both the First and Second Varsity 8+ Larry Davis boats and was a team captain. • In its seventh appearance at the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta in Cambridge, Mass., Alabama won a bronze medal in ASSISTANT COACHES FIVE EARN CRCA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD First Varsity 8+. Derek Tuten Alabama rowers Erika Baranek, Tabitha Coleman, Jessica Parker, • Alabama’s won gold in the First Varsity 8+ at the Head of the Canella Tinker and Stephanie Varner earned Collegiate Rowing Megan Patrick Chattanooga and bronze at the Head of the Hooch. Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Award, which requires a rower • The Crimson Tide won six total races at the Oak Ridge Cardinal to maintain a 3.5 grade point average for her career, be at least a Invitational. sophomore in eligibility, and have competed in 75 percent of the • Alabama’s First and Second Varsity 4+ posted wins on the Black team’s spring races. Warrior River against West Virginia and Central Florida. • Alabama won the Second Novice 8+ while the Second Varsity 8+ COLEMAN NAMED TO ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM took third at the Knecht Cup Regatta. Tabitha Coleman was one of 19 student-athletes named to the 2013 Conference USA All-Academic Team. Coleman, who earned her second degree at the Capstone in May 2013, had a 3.66 GPA in history and in addition to earning a degree in biology. Coleman was also named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. The Chancellor, Ala., native was named The University of Alabama’s Southeastern Conference Brad Davis Community Service Award nominee. Coleman was on the First Varsity 8+ that won a gold medal at the Head of the Chattanooga in the fall of 2012. She earned a bronze medal at the Head of the Charles and at the Head of the Hooch.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 36 6/28/2013 3:27:35 PM SIX EARN CONFERENCE USA COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC MEDAL Six Alabama rowers earned the Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal, which requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.75, including Ashley Allison, Jacklin Byers, Kaitlin Carlisle, Christina Gusella, Caitlin O’Neil and Canella Tinker.
28 ROWERS ON COMMISSIONER’S HONOR ROLL A total of 28 members of the Alabama rowing team earned a place on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, which requires student-athletes to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. The Tide’s honorees, which account for more than half of the Tide’s 2012-13 roster, included: Ashley Allison, Elaina Arsenovic, Courtney Atkinson, Lauren Aziz, Kate Bishop, Jacklin Byers, Kaitlin Carlisle, Emily Chadwell, Amy Chockley, Tabitha Coleman, Alyssa Drevenak, Melissa Etter, JJ Fadely, Hailey Gilleland, Christina Gusella, Rachel Henderson, Jenny Kubisch, Miller McCarthy Tuohy, Claire Northern, Caitlin O’Neil, Logan O’Neil, Abigail Palmer, Jessica Parker, Canella Tinker, Abigail Turok, Elizabeth Van Zandt, Sydney West, and Megan Wolf.
COLEMAN NAMED SEC DAVIS AWARD NOMINEE Tabitha Coleman was selected as The University of Alabama’s female nominee for the Brad Davis Southeastern Conference Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship. Coleman was one of 28 SEC student-athletes nominated for the scholarship. The Davis Award winners received a post-graduate scholarship in the amount of $10,000. The 26 remaining nominees received a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship. In May 2012, Coleman earned a B.S. degree in biology (cum laude), and graduated in May 2013 with a second bachelor’s degree in history. Coleman’s academic accolades 2012-13 ALABAMA ROWING RESULTS at The University of Alabama include Dean’s List, SEC Academic DATE OPPONENT RESULT Honor Roll, Sigma Alpha Lambda National Leadership and Honors Oct. 13 Chattanooga Head Race No Team Results Organization and Golden Key International Honor Society. She Oct. 20-21 Head of the Charles No Team Results was named a Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar- Nov. 3-4 Head of the Hooch No Team Results Athlete, was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa Society and March 16-17 Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational No Team Results was part of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Coleman’s March 23 Clemson Dual Regatta No Team Results community service included being a member of Al’s Pal’s Mentoring April 6 vs. Central Florida and West Virginia No Team Results Program, organizing the À rst Locks of Love event sponsored by the April 13-14 Knecht Cup Regatta No Team Results Alabama rowing team, Habitat for Humanity, Read Across America, April 26-27 Dale England Cup No Team Results and Hands on Tuscaloosa. May 18 Conference USA Championships 10th Place
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 37 6/28/2013 3:27:35 PM SOCCER
8-9-2 OVERALL; 3-8-2 SEC 2012 SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS VAN DONGEN MAKES MOST OF FRESHMAN SEASON True freshman Merel Van Dongen earned numerous awards for 6TH IN SEC WEST • Finished the 2012 season with an 8-9-2 record. her play on the pitch during the season, highlighted by becoming • Earned its fourth consecutive National Soccer Coaches the À rst player in Alabama soccer history to be named the SEC HEAD COACH Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award. Freshman of the Year, while also earning a spot on the league’s second team and all-freshman team. Furthermore, Van Dongen was Todd Bramble • Had three players garner SEC accolades in 2012, which marks the fourth time in school history Alabama boasted three All-SEC selected to the NSCAA All-South Region Second Team and was ASSISTANT COACHES honorees in the same season, three of which have come in each named to the Freshman Team of the Season by TopDrawerSoccer. com. Van Dongen earned the accolades after scoring nine points on Tatum Clowney of the last three seasons. three goals and three assists. Seven of the nine points were recorded Jason Lowe THREE EARN ALL-SEC HONORS during SEC play. The Alabama soccer team had three players named as All- NSCAA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD Southeastern Conference performers. Pia Rijsdijk, Merel Van Dongen and Katie Bourgeois represented the Crimson Tide in the For the fourth consecutive season, the Alabama soccer team annual awards. Rijsdijk was recognized by the conference for the garnered recognition for its work in the classroom in 2012, as the second straight season, earning second team All-SEC accolades. National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) named The Numansdorp, Netherlands native paced the Tide with 20 points the Crimson Tide to its College Team Academic Award list. To be on seven goals and six assists. She also led Alabama in SEC play eligible a team must have a cumulative grade point average above circuit with 13 points on four goals and À ve assists. Van Dongen 3.0. The NSCAA announced that a total of 732 soccer teams (225 was selected as the SEC Freshman of the Year, the À rst UA player men, 505 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or to earn the honor, and second team All-SEC. Van Dongen and higher, thereby earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the Bourgeois were both named to the league’s all-freshman team. This 2011-12 academic year. marks the fourth time Alabama has earned three All-SEC honors in OFFENSIVE ONSLAUGHT the same season, tying 2004, 2010 and 2011 for the most in school The 2012 Alabama soccer team had an impressive offensive history. performance throughout the campaign. The Crimson Tide’s À nal numbers on offense ranked among the best in program history. UA À nished the season with 357 total shots and an average of 18.79
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 38 6/28/2013 3:27:36 PM shots per game, both of which set program best marks. Alabama also cracked the top 10 in assists (35 - 4th), assists per game (1.84 - 4th), goals (37 - 9th), goals per game (1.95 - 7th), total points (109 TEAM AWARDS named the Offensive Player of the Year. Diederich tallied 15 points - 7th), points per game (5.73 - 6th) shots on goal (155 - 3rd) and Merel Van Dongen, in her À rst season on the squad, was named the on seven goals and an assist. She tallied two game-winning goals. shots on goal per game (8.16 - 3rd). team’s MVP at the annual Alabama Soccer Banquet. The Defensive The Coaches Award was presented to Lindsey Sillers. The senior Player of the Year award went to Laura Lee Smith. In her À rst tallied À ve points on two goals and assist in 17 matches played. Josie SINGLE SEASON POINTS season on the backline, Smith helped the Tide post À ve shutouts Rix was also recognized for earning the SEC Community Service Alabama forward Pia Rijsdijk À nished the 2012 campaign with 20 while also holding opponents to one goal or less on 11 occasions. award. points on seven goals and six assists, while forward Katie Bourgeois She also scored four points on two goals. Theresa Diederich was collected 19 points on a team-high eight goals and three assists. The 20 and 19 points are the most scored by a Crimson Tide player since Libby Probst tallied a school record 37 on 15 goals and seven 2012 ALABAMA WOMEN’S SOCCER RESULTS assists in 18 matches in 2005. Nine of Bourgeois’ 19 points came in the game at South Alabama when she accounted for four goals DATE OPPONENT RESULT and an assist in the 9-0 win. Her four tallies and nine points are the Aug. 17 at Kennesaw State W, 1-0 third most marks in a single game in UA lore. Aug. 24 Samford W, 2-1 Aug. 26 at UAB W, 4-0 HISTORIC WIN OVER FLORIDA Aug. 31 at South Alabama W, 9-0 The Alabama soccer team made a À rst half lead stand up as the Sept. 2 Mercer W, 3-0 Crimson Tide knocked off the then-No. 11 Florida Gators, 1-0, Sept. 6 Maryland L, 1-2 on Oct. 19 at the Alabama Soccer Stadium. It was the À rst time Sept. 14 at Tennessee* L, 1-2 (ot) Sept. 16 at LSU* T, 1-1 (2ot) in program history that Alabama had defeated Florida and it was Sept. 21 Georgia* W, 2-1 also the highest ranked opponent that the Tide has ever defeated. Sept. 23 Mississippi* L, 0-1 The Crimson Tide scored the game’s only goal late in the À rst half Sept. 28 at Vanderbilt* T, 3-3 (2ot) thanks to a pair of its underclassmen forwards. Pia Rijsdijk forced Sept. 30 at Kentucky* W, 2-1 (ot) a Gator turnover and was able to À nd forward Katie Bourgeois Oct. 5 at Texas A&M* L, 0-5 streaking into the box. Bourgeois collected the through ball and Oct. 7 at Arkansas* L, 1-3 slid the ball to the back post, putting Alabama up 1-0 in the Oct. 12 Mississippi State* L, 2-3 39th minute. Alabama made the goal stand up with some superb Oct. 14 Missouri* L, 1-2 defending and goalkeeping, as Shelby Church À nished with À ve Oct. 19 Florida* W, 1-0 saves, including several key stops late in the match to preserve her Oct. 21 South Carolina* L, 0-1 third shutout of the season. Oct. 25 at Auburn* L, 3-4 (2ot) *Southeastern Conference match
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 39 6/28/2013 3:27:38 PM SOFTBALL
45-15 OVERALL; 13-11 SEC 2013 SOFTBALL HIGHLIGHTS SETTING RECORDS OutÀ elder Kayla Braud set an Alabama career record with a .438 • Finished with 45 or more wins for the 14th straight season. 8TH IN SEC batting average. The senior claimed the record by posting a .471 • Alabama made its 15th consecutive NCAA Tournament average in 2013 to rank third in the country and outdistance UA NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS appearance and hosted an NCAA Regional for the ninth all-time great Kelly Kretschman by one percentage point (.437). consecutive year and 11th time overall. FINAL NATIONAL RANK: 10TH Braud’s .471 average this season ranked second all-time in the • Alabama had four NFCA All-American selections for the third Alabama single season record books. As a team the Tide broke the straight season. HEAD COACH single season record with an .886 (117-132) stolen base percentage FOUR NFCA ALL-AMERICANS and set a record for the fewest strikeouts in a single season (212). Patrick Murphy The 2013 Alabama softball team had four players named NFCA All- ALABAMA IN THE 2013 NCAA TOURNAMENT ASSISTANT COACHES Americans. The four NFCA All-American selections ties a school Alabama claimed its ninth straight NCAA regional title and 11th record and marks the third straight season with four selections. Alyson Habetz overall by defeating Western Kentucky, 13-1, in the Tuscaloosa Kayla Braud was named to the À rst team, Haylie McCleney and Stephanie VanBrakle Regional championship game. UA swept through its regional Kaila Hunt were named to the second team and Jackie Traina Adam Arbour by downing Jacksonville State, 4-0, and then defeated the Lady earned third team honors. Toppers, 7-6, to advance to championship. Alabama then advanced DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS KAYLA BRAUD WINS SENIOR CLASS AWARD to its ninth straight NCAA Super Regional, the only team to Kate Harris advance to the round of 16 every year since its inception in 2005. Four time All-SEC honoree Kayla Braud was selected as the Alabama fell to the No. 7 national seeded Tennessee Lady Vols in 2013 Senior CLASS Award winner in NCAA Division I softball. consecutive games by the scores of 3-2 and 5-3, respectively. The award, chosen by a nationwide vote of Division I softball coaches, national softball media and fans, is given annually to the CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS most outstanding senior student-athlete in Division I softball. OutÀ elder Kayla Braud and inÀ elder Kaila Hunt were named to the To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classiÀ ed Capital One Academic All-America Softball Team by the College as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in Sports Information Directors of America. Braud earned the honor four areas of excellence - classroom, community, character and for the third-straight season, being named to the À rst team while competition. Hunt earned the accolade for the second straight season, garnering second team honors.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 40 6/28/2013 3:27:39 PM IAMURRI NAMED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM Alabama inÀ elder Ryan Iamurri has been a mainstay in the 2013 ALABAMA SOFTBALL RESULTS Tuscaloosa community, helping with numerous projects though DATE OPPONENT RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULTS SAAC and on her own. Iamurri has helped with the Field of Feb. 8 vs. Illinois# W, 7-2 March 24 Auburn* W, 13-1 (5) Angels, which is an organization that helps disabled or mentally Feb. 8 at Northern Iowa# W, 8-1 March 27 at Houston W, 6-3 handicapped kids play baseball. She has also worked at the Feb. 9 vs. Drake# W, 8-2 March 29 at Texas A&M* L, 2-3 University RISE Program, volunteered in a kindergarten class, Feb. 9 vs. Green Bay# W, 10-7 March 30 at Texas A&M* W, 6-2 and worked with Project Angel Tree and the annual Halloween Feb. 10 vs. North Dakota State# W, 10-0 (5) March 31 at Texas A&M* W, 4-1 Extravaganza. Iamurri also coaches little league. She was elected the Feb. 15 vs. Appalachian State% W, 9-3 April 2 Jacksonville State W, 11-3 (5) SAAC president for the next academic year. Feb. 15 at Florida Gulf Coast% W, 2-1 April 5 Missouri* W, 4-1 Feb. 16 vs. Wichita State% W, 2-0 April 6 Missouri* L, 4-9 MCCLENEY AND HAWKINS NAMED TO USA JUNIOR Feb. 16 vs. Georgia Southern% W, 2-1 (9) April 7 Missouri* W, 14-6 (6) NATIONAL TEAM Feb. 17 vs. Southern Illinois% W, 10-1 (5) April 9 Mississippi Valley State W, 8-5 The Alabama freshman duo of Haylie McCleney and Andrea Feb. 19 at UAB W, 8-4 April 10 UAB W, 11-0 (6) Hawkins were among 17 athletes selected for the 2013 USA Softball Feb. 22 Western Illinois^ W, 21-0 (5) April 16 Southern Miss W, 11-0 (5) Junior Women’s National Team (JWNT) by the Amateur Softball Feb. 22 Iowa^ W, 5-0 April 19 Mississippi State* L, 2-3 Association (ASA) of America and USA Softball. The team competed Feb. 23 Iowa^ W, 4-1 April 20 Mississippi State* W, 11-3 (5) in the International Softball Federation (ISF) X Jr. Women’s World Feb. 23 Western Illinois^ W, 6-0 April 21 Mississippi State* W, 9-8 Championship (19-and-under), July 1-7, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Feb. 24 Winthrop^ W, 6-1 April 25 at LSU* L, 2-3 (8) Feb. 27 Samford W, 11-0 (5) April 26 at LSU* L, 1-2 FOUR NFCA ALL-REGION SELECTIONS Feb. 28 South Alabama W, 4-0 April 27 at LSU* L, 3-4 The Alabama softball team had four players selected to the National March 1 Iowa State& W, 13-4 (6) May 4 Kentucky* L, 0-4 Fastpitch Coaches Association All-South Region team. All four March 1 St. John’s& W, 9-1 (5) May 4 Kentucky* W, 14-0 (5) March 2 St. John’s& W, 12-4 (6) Crimson Tide representatives earned À rst team honors as Kayla May 5 Kentucky* L, 5-9 (8) May 8 vs. Texas A&M! W, 10-9 Braud, Kaila Hunt, Jackie Traina and Haylie McCleney nabbed the March 2 Iowa State& W, 6-0 March 6 Florida L, 4-8 May 9 vs. Florida! L, 4-8 accolades. March 8 at Tennessee* L, 3-4 May 17 Jacksonville State$ W, 4-0 SEVEN ALL-SEC HONOREES March 9 at Tennessee* L, 1-2 May 18 Western Kentucky$ W, 7-6 March 10 at Tennessee* W, 7-1 May 19 Western Kentucky$ W, 13-1 The Alabama softball team earned seven Southeastern Conference March 15 at South Carolina* W, 6-4 May 24 at Tennessee$$ L, 2-3 honors. Kayla Braud, Kaila Hunt, Haylie McCleney and Andrea March 16 at South Carolina* W, 5-3 May 25 at Tennessee$$ L, 3-5 Hawkins were recognized by the SEC. Braud was named to the March 17 at South Carolina* W, 7-6 À rst team and the all-defensive team while Hunt earned second March 20 Georgia State W, 9-1 (5) team accolades. McCleney was also named to the second team, March 22 Auburn* W, 8-0 (6) all-freshmen team and all-defensive team while Hawkins garnered March 23 Auburn* L, 4-7 all-freshmen team honors. *-Southeastern Conference game #-UNI-Dome Classic (Cedar Falls, Iowa) FOUR USA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF YEAR FINALISTS %-LaQuinta Inn and Suites Tournament at FGCU (Fort Myers, Fla.) The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America and USA ^-Easton Bama Bash Presented by DRASH (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Softball announced that four Alabama players were among the Top &-Easton Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 25 À nalists for the 2013 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. !-SEC Softball Tournament (Lexington, Ky.) Kayla Braud, Kaila Hunt, Jackie Traina and Haylie McCleney were $-NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) tabbed À nalists to give the Tide a national-leading four selections. $$-NCAA Knoxville Super Regional (Knoxville, Tenn.)
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 41 6/28/2013 3:27:39 PM SWIMMING AND DIVING
MEN: 10TH IN SEC; 28TH IN NCAA A FAST YEAR the two returners from the previous staff. Greenwell, who has led More than 75 percent of the Crimson Tide’s swims in the 2012-13 a pair of Alabama divers to NCAA Championships during his UA WOMEN: 10TH IN SEC postseason resulted in career-best times. There were also 35 new tenure, À nished his 26th season with the Tide in 2013, while Barber times on Alabama’s all-time top-10 list, 21 on the men’s side and À nished his sixth season as a Tide assistant coach. HEAD COACH 14 on the women’s. There were also three new school records - BJ Hornikel (100 freestyle), Jenna Gallo (1,650 freestyle) and Emma ALL-AMERICAN BJ HORNIKEL Dennis Pursley Saunders (200 freestyle). Junior BJ Hornikel earned a pair of All-American honors in ASSISTANT COACHES his second appearance at the NCAA Swimming and Diving ALABAMA’S NEW COACHING STAFF Championships. He earned À rst-team honors after taking À fth Pat Greenwell The 2012-13 season brought a largely new coaching staff to the place in the 100 freestyle and earned honorable mention accolades Jonty Skinner deck of the Alabama Aquatic Center, though one that was largely in the 200 freestyle, after taking 11th place overall and third in James Barber familiar with the Crimson Tide and its swimming and diving the consolation À nals. Overall, Hornikel has earned a trio of All- Lisa Ebeling heritage. Dennis Pursley was in his À rst season as the Crimson America honors after earning honorable mention recognition in the 100 freestyle in 2012. Hornikel À nished 21st in the 50 freestyle. He Mike Davidson Tide’s head coach in 2013. An Alabama graduate and former assistant coach, Pursley returned to the Capstone after stops as the bettered all three of his placings from his appearance at the 2012 Scott Crawford national team director for USA Swimming, the head coach of the NCAA Championships where he À nished 13th in the 100 freestyle, David Pursley Australian Institute of Sport and his most recent post as the head 22nd in the 200 freestyle and 41st in the 50 freestyle. coach of British Swimming. Jonty Skinner, Alabama’s À rst NCAA Champion (100 freestyle, 1975) and World Record Holder (100m BREAKING AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST’S RECORD freestyle), returned as an assistant coach. Skinner had previously BJ Hornikel posted a career-best 42.46 in the NCAA Championship served as an assistant coach, associate head coach and head coach À nals of the 100 freestyle, posting his fourth personal-best mark (1990-94) at Alabama before returning to Tuscaloosa in the fall in that event in a month, as well as breaking the school mark set of 2012. Assistant coach Mike Davidson, a Crimson Tide All- by four-time Olympic gold medalist Jon Olsen in 1991. The junior American and member of the Tide’s 1987 SEC Championship tied Olsen’s mark during prelims with a 42.69. Hornikel was seeded team, also returned to the Capstone as an assistant coach. Assistant 17th in the 100 freestyle coming into this year’s championships after coaches Lisa Ebeling, Scott Crawford and David Pursley all began posting a then career-best 42.87 at the Southeastern Conference their À rst stints with the Tide during the 2012-13 season. Long-time Championship in February. diving coach Pat Greenwell and assistant coach James Barber were
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DATE OPPONENT/EVENT RESULT Oct. 6 Delta State M-W, 192-98; W-W, 190-85 Oct. 12 at Auburn M-L, 68-175; W-L, 61-182 Oct. 26 at Vanderbilt W-W, 158-103 Nov. 2 at LSU M-L, 104-196; W-L, 98.5-200.5 Nov. 30-Dec. 2 Georgia Tech Invitational M 3rd, 751; W 5th, 435.5 Jan. 12 Missouri M-L, 132-168; W-L 138-162 Feb. 2 Georgia M-L, 93-205; W-L, 79-219 Feb. 2 South Carolina M-W, 157-143; W-L 144-156 Feb. 19-23 SEC Championships M 10th, 451 pts; W 10th, 353 pts March 2-3 Bulldog Invitational No Team Scoring March 21-23 Women’s NCAA Championships Did Not Place March 28-30 Men’s NCAA Championships 28th, 20 pts
MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP SCORING IMMEDIATE IMPACT ALABAMA MEN EARN CSCAA SCHOLAR BJ Hornikel earned 20 team points at the 2013 NCAA Brian Westlake won the 500 and 1,000 in two of the À rst three dual ALL-AMERICA TEAM HONORS Championships after taking À fth place in the 100 freestyle and 11th meets he swam at Alabama, and just kept rolling from there. By The Alabama men’s team earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team in the 200 freestyle. Hornikel’s total put the Crimson Tide in 28th the end of the season, he earned a place on the SEC All-Freshman honors for the fall semester, which requires a team GPA of 3.0 or place overall. The Tide’s À nish marked the 38th time since UA À rst Team. The rookie also earned a place on the Tide’s all-time top- better. The Alabama men posted a 3.08 team GPA in the fall. broke into the scoring at the NCAA Championships in 1973 that 10 list in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyles as well as the 400 Alabama has À nished in the top-30 nationally. individual medley. OLYMPIC START TO THE SEASON Prior to the start of the 2012-13 season, in her À rst swim as an WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS IMMEDIATE IMPACT II Olympian, Alabama’s Kristel Vourna advanced to the semiÀ nals of Alabama sent two women to the NCAA Championships in 2013. It didn’t take Emma Saunders long at all to make her presence felt the 100-meter butterÁ y in the London Olympics. Vourna, swimming Jenna Gallo swam the 1,650 freestyle, taking 29th in her À rst in the Tide’s lineup. After joining Alabama in January for the spring for Greece on the À rst day of the swimming competition, posted appearance at the NCAA Championships. Kaylin Burchell swam semester, she broke the school record in the 200 freestyle with a a 58.74 to take sixth place in the fourth heat of prelims, which both the 100 and 200 breaststroke in her second appearance at the 1:46.46 at the SEC Championships. She is also ranked second all- gave her the last spot in the semiÀ nals. In the semiÀ nals, Vourna national championships, taking 39th and 42nd, respectively. time at Alabama in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke with times shaved nearly half a second off her time from prelims, touching the of 49.31 and 54.09, respectively. Her time in the 100 freestyle is just wall with a time of 58.31, À nishing seventh in the second heat of LONG DISTANCE RECORD GOES DOWN .05 off the school mark while her 100 backstroke time is .02 off the the semis and 12th overall. Her time in the À nals set a new Greek Jenna Gallo swam career-best times in the 500 and 1,650 freestyles school record. national record and solidiÀ ed her reputation as one of the world’s in her À nal SEC Championship appearance, including a 16:13.56 up-and-coming butterÁ yers. In addition to her individual swims, she in the 1,650, which shaved nearly À ve seconds off the school WOMEN RANKED SECOND NATIONALLY IN TEAM GPA anchored Greece’s 400m freestyle relay, which À nished eighth in the record and more than 13 seconds off her previous best time. Gallo Alabama women’s swimming and diving produced the second- second heat of prelims, with a time of 3:45.55. shattered the previous school mark, set at 16:18.10 by Ann-SoÀ e highest team grade point average in the nation this fall with a 3.57, Joensson in 1995. just À ve-hundredths of a point behind À rst-place North Texas, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced. The Tide women also earned CSCAA Scholar All- America Team Honors.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 43 6/28/2013 3:27:41 PM MEN’S TENNIS
14-14 OVERALL; 3-9 SEC 2012-13 MEN’S TENNIS TIDE BACK IN NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Under À rst-year head coach George Husack, the men’s tennis team 13TH IN SEC HIGHLIGHTS was selected to take part in the 2013 NCAA Championship. The • The Crimson Tide men’s tennis program À nished the season with appearance was the À rst for the Tide in the tournament since 2010 FINAL ITA RANKING: 34 a 14-14 overall record, while À nishing 34th in the country in the and 17th overall. À nal ITA Tennis rankings. HEAD COACH • UA returned to the NCAA Championship for the À rst time since BOTHA AND VIEYRA EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS 2010 under À rst-year head coach George Husack. WITH TOP-8 SEED IN NCAA DOUBLES George Husack • Jarryd Botha was selected to compete in both the NCAA Singles CHAMPIONSHIPS ASSISTANT COACH and Doubles Championships, becoming the À rst player to By virtue of a top-eight seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship, represent the Tide in both tournaments in the same season since Jarryd Botha and David Vieyra earned ITA All-America honors, Ryler DeHeart 2000. becoming the À rst Crimson Tide duo to do so since 1993. The VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH Tide’s No. 1 team advanced to the Round of 16, which is the farthest a team has made it in the tournament for Alabama Ricky Doverspike since 1991 when Ellis Ferreira and Rick Witsken played into the quarterÀ nals.
BOTHA ADVANCES TO NCAA SINGLES ROUND OF 32; KNOCKS OFF NO. 6 SEED IN THE FIRST ROUND Jarryd Botha came back from a close À rst-set loss to take down Southern California’s Emilio Gomez, the tournament’s No. 6 seed, 6-7(5), 6-3, 7-5, in the À rst round of the NCAA Singles Championship. The senior from Cape Town, South Africa, would lose in the next round to Tulsa’s Japie De Klerk, who went on to advance to the semiÀ nals.
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DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Jan. 19 Alabama State W, 7-0 Jan. 19 Jackson State W, 7-0 Jan. 26 at Wake Forest# L, 3-4 Jan. 27 vs. New Mexico# W, 4-1 Jan. 27 vs. Penn State# W, 4-3 Feb. 1 vs. Cornell% W, 5-2 Feb. 1 vs. Harvard% W, 4-1 Feb. 6 UAB W, 5-2 Feb. 6 Samford L, 3-4 Feb. 15 at Clemson L, 2-5 Feb. 23 Furman W, 6-1 PROSKURA NAMED SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE Feb. 23 Southern Miss W, 6-1 March 1 Mississippi* L, 3-4 Daniil Proskura became the second player in program history to March 3 Mississippi State* L, 2-4 earn the Southeastern Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year March 8 at Arkansas* W, 6-1 award for men’s tennis, following Saketh Myneni, who earned the March 10 LSU* W, 6-1 honor in 2010. Proskura holds a 3.843 GPA in À nance and was March 16 at Auburn* W, 4-3 a 2012 ITA Scholar-Athlete and member of the SEC Academic March 22 Florida* L, 1-4 Honor Roll. He earned a place on the Dean’s List in three semesters March 24 South Carolina* L, 1-4 and the President’s List once. Proskura collected a team-high 17 March 29 at Kentucky* L, 0-7 singles wins in dual match play, which includes a 12-2 record from March 31 at Vanderbilt* L, 1-4 the No. 3 position. His biggest win of the season came in the SEC April 7 Texas A&M* L, 1-4 Championships, where he knocked off then-16th-ranked Jonas April 12 at Tennessee* L, 1-4 Lutjen of Mississippi in straight sets. April 14 at Georgia* L, 2-5 April 17 vs. Arkansas! W, 4-2 BOTHA AND O’SHAUGHNESSEY NAMED ALL-SEC April 18 vs. Mississippi! W, 4-3 Jarryd Botha and Becker O’Shaughnessey were both honored by April 19 vs. Texas A&M! L, 1-4 the Southeastern Conference, as Botha was named to the second May 10 vs. San Diego$ L, 3-4 team All-SEC while O’Shaughnessey earned second team All-SEC *-Southeastern Conference match honors, as well as a spot on the SEC All-Freshman Team. Botha was #-Wake Forest Spring Invite (Winston-Salem, N.C.) ranked nationally nearly all season in singles and doubles, playing %-Played at the USTA-Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (Flushing Meadows, N.Y.) at the No. 1 position in both for Alabama. He won six singles and !-SEC Men’s Tennis Championship (Oxford, Miss.) six doubles matches against nationally-ranked opponents and is tied $-NCAA Championship First Round (Los Angeles, Calif.) for most wins on the team with 29 overall singles wins in addition to 21 doubles victories. O’Shaughnessey also À nished the season with 29 wins in singles and led the Crimson Tide with 26 doubles victories. He, too, won six singles matches against nationally-ranked competition and held a 4-1 record versus ranked foes in doubles.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 45 6/28/2013 3:27:42 PM WOMEN’S TENNIS
21-6 OVERALL; 10-3 SEC 2012-13 WOMEN’S TENNIS 2013 SEASON ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS The Alabama women’s tennis team had, arguably, its best season in 4TH IN SEC HIGHLIGHTS program history, achieving many milestones in 2013. Under head • The Crimson Tide women’s tennis program À nished the coach Jenny Mainz, who recently capped off her 16th season at the FINAL ITA RANKING: 11 season with a 21-6 overall record, while posting a 10-3 mark in Capstone, the Crimson Tide advanced to the NCAA Championship Southeastern Conference play. Round of 16 for the À rst time, À nishing 2013 with a 21-6 mark. HEAD COACH • The 21 wins were also the most in a season under head coach The 21 wins were also the most in a season under Mainz and most Jenny Mainz and most overall for Alabama since 1984. Jenny Mainz overall since 1984. • The Tide advanced to the NCAA Championship Round of 16 for ASSISTANT COACH the À rst time in program history. GUARACHI, MACFARLANE EARN ALL-AMERICA HONORS Max Norris • Senior Alexa Guarachi became the À rst player in program history to earn All-American status in singles and doubles in the same Alexa Guarachi and Mary Anne Macfarlane were selected as a top- VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH season. eight seed in the NCAA Doubles Championships, automatically Mari Muller • Junior Mary Anne Macfarlane was also named an ITA All- granting the duo All-American honors in doubles. In addition, American in doubles. Guarachi advanced to the semiÀ nals of the NCAA Singles • Mainz was named the Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year. Championships, earning her All-American recognition in singles. • Guarachi became the À rst player in the history of the Tide She became the À rst player to earn both honors in one season. women’s tennis program to advance to the NCAA Singles Championship semiÀ nals. In addition, she and Macfarlane were MAINZ NAMED WILSON/ITA NATIONAL COACH OF THE the À rst team in school history to make it to the semiÀ nals of the YEAR NCAA Doubles Championship. Head coach Jenny Mainz was named the Wilson/Intercollegiate • Guarachi ended her career as the winningest player in Alabama Tennis Association National Coach of the Year for women’s tennis. women’s tennis history, collecting 109 victories in singles and Throughout her tenure in Tuscaloosa, Mainz has earned Wilson/ another 113 in doubles. ITA Southern Region Coach of the Year honors three times (2009, 2011, 2013) and was named the Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year in back-to-back seasons (2011, 2012). Under her direction, Alabama has won the SEC Western Division crown four times
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DATE OPPONENT RESULTS Jan. 26 Memphis# W, 4-0 Jan. 27 Clemson# W, 4-2 Feb. 2 at TCU W, 4-1 Feb. 3 at SMU W, 6-1 Feb. 8 vs. Northwestern% L, 1-4 Feb. 9 vs. Baylor% W, 4-3 Feb. 10 vs. Texas% W, 4-3 Feb. 15 Washington W, 5-2 Feb. 22 Texas Tech W, 4-3 March 1 at Mississippi* W, 4-3 March 3 at Mississippi State* W, 6-1 March 8 Arkansas* W, 5-2 March 10 LSU* W, 6-1 March 15 Auburn* W, 4-3 March 22 at Florida* L, 1-4 March 24 at South Carolina* W, 4-1 March 29 Kentucky* W, 6-1 March 31 Vanderbilt* W, 4-3 and advanced to postseason play on 10 occasions. In the last three April 5 at Missouri* W, 4-0 seasons, the Tide has won 55 matches, which is the most in a three- April 7 at Texas A&M* L, 3-4 year span for the Tide in the modern collegiate tennis era. April 12 Tennessee* W, 4-2 April 14 Georgia* L, 0-4 ZABOR WINS ELITE 89 AWARD April 19 Tennessee! W, 4-3 Emily Zabor was the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2013 April 20 Georgia! L, 2-4 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship. Zabor, majoring May 10 Northwestern State$ W, 4-0 in marketing, carries a 3.96 GPA. The Elite 89, an award founded May 11 Memphis$ W, 4-0 May 17 California^ L, 1-4 by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of *-Southeastern Conference match competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, #-ITA Kick-Off Weekend (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or %-ITA National Team Indoor Championship (Charlottesville, Va.) her peers. The Elite 89 is presented to the student-athlete with the !-SEC Women’s Tennis Championship (Starkville, Miss.) highest cumulative grade point average participating at the À nals site $-NCAA Championship First and Second Rounds (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) for each of the NCAA’s championships. ^-NCAA Championship Round of 16 (Urbana, Ill.)
UA WINS FOUR ITA REGIONAL AWARDS Division I women’s player that displays inspiring dedication and Foehse brought home Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, marking The women’s tennis team added four additional postseason commitment to her team, enhancing her team’s performance and the third consecutive season the award was earned by the Crimson honors with the announcement of the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis exempliÀ ed the spirit of college tennis. Tide. In addition, Alexa Guarachi and Mary Anne Macfarlane were Association regional awards. Head Coach Jenny Mainz earned named À rst team All-SEC, while Foehse was named to second team TIDE WELL REPRESENTED IN SEC POSTSEASON her third Wilson/ITA Southern Coach of the Year award, Alexa and Natalia Maynetto was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. AWARDS Guarachi was named the Senior of the Year and Maya Jansen the The women’s tennis team collected a host of Southeastern Player to Watch. Antonia Foehse earned the Cissie Leary Award Conference awards following the 2013 league season. Antonia for Sportsmanship honoree, which is given annually to an NCAA
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 47 6/28/2013 3:27:43 PM VOLLEYBALL
18-14 OVERALL; 7-13 SEC 2012 VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS SEC POSTSEASON AWARDS The only player off the 2012 Alabama volleyball team to earn all- 4TH IN SEC WEST • Under second-year head coach Ed Allen, the 2012 Alabama conference honors was outside hitter Kayla Fitterer. Fitterer was volleyball team À nished the season with an 18-14 overall record, while posting a 7-13 mark in Southeastern Conference play. a 2012 Second Team All-SEC selection, earning the honor for the second time in her career (2010). Fitterer was À fth in the SEC with HEAD COACH • The Crimson Tide À nished the season by winning four of its last 3.73 kills per set for the season, while posting 3.84 kills per set Ed Allen six matches, including wins over Kentucky (3-1), in Tuscaloosa, and Missouri (3-2), in Columbia, Mo. during SEC matches only. She had a .254 hitting percentage for the ASSISTANT COACHES • The Tide opened the year by winning 11 of its 12 non-conference season, while averaging 2.03 digs per set as well. She led the team with 392.5 points and was eighth in the SEC with 4.05 points per Julia Silva matches, which included an 11-match winning streak, the longest streak since the 2005 squad won 13 straight. set. Ryan Wills • As part of the 11-match winning streak, Alabama won a tournament title at the Elon Phoenix Classic, posting a 3-0 record KAYLA FITTERER FINISHES SEVENTH IN KILLS AT BAMA against North Carolina Central, Gardner-Webb and Elon. Outside Outside hitter Kayla Fitterer entered her À nal season with 989 career hitter Andrea McQuaid was named the Elon Phoenix Classic Most kills. Fitterer had 10 kills in the season opener against Holy Cross Valuable Player. UA then won all four matches of the Hampton and then became the 13th player in school history with 1,000 career Inn Bama Bash winning it for the third year in a row. kills with her À rst against Northeastern in the second match of the • Alabama opened SEC play with a 3-0 win over LSU to snap an season. She reached the 1,000-kill mark in her 83rd career match 11-match losing streak to the Tigers. It was the À rst victory over at Alabama. With a team-high 362 kills in 2012, Fitterer ended her LSU since the 2006 season. UA also picked up conference wins over Mississippi, South Carolina, Mississippi State and Auburn. career seventh in school history with 1,351 kills. In her À nal match, she had 26 kills against Missouri, including the kill on match point in • With an 18-14 overall record in 2012, Alabama posted its À rst winning season since 2008, when the team posted a 16-13 record. the À fth set to give the Tide the victory over the Tigers. • The 18 victories were the most for the Tide since 2005, when ARENAS IN TOP 10 IN DIGS FOR A SINGLE SEASON UA had 23 victories en route to the second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Libero Cristina Arenas posted the sixth most digs in a season at Bama, when she led the Crimson Tide with 443 digs in 2012. Arenas, • Alabama’s seven SEC wins were the most since the 2008 season as well, when Bama posted a 9-11 conference mark. who averaged 3.75 digs per set, started as the UA libero for the 48 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 48 6/28/2013 3:27:43 PM ED ALLEN POSTS ANOTHER WINNING RECORD STEINER HAS IMPRESSIVE FRESHMAN CAMPAIGN The 2012 campaign was the 21st season for Ed Allen as a women’s Laura Steiner was second on the squad with 306 kills, and her 3.12 volleyball head coach. With an 18-14 record, he posted his 20th kills per set was 13th in the SEC. Steiner, who had the second most winning season as a head coach. The only year he did not have a kills in the conference by a freshman, had a career-high 20 kills winning record was his À rst at Alabama, when the team À nished the against Kentucky to help the Tide to the upset victory. The two-time year with an 11-20 record. Allen now has a career coaching mark SEC Freshman of the Week honoree reached double-digits in kills in of 523-217 for a .707 winning percentage. Allen ranks in the top-30 21 matches, including the À nal six of the season, and led the Tide in nationally among active coaches in career wins and career winning kills nine times. percentage.
2012 ALABAMA WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL RESULTS
DATE OPPONENT RESULT Aug. 24 at Holy Cross (1) W, 3-0 Aug. 24 vs. Northeastern (1) L, 2-3 Aug. 25 vs. Sacred Heart (1) W, 3-1 Aug. 28 Alabama A&M W, 3-0 Aug. 31 vs. N.C. Central (2) W, 3-0 Sept. 1 vs. Gardner-Webb (2) W, 3-0 Sept. 1 at Elon (2) W, 3-0 Sept. 7 Lamar (3) W, 3-0 Sept. 7 Austin Peay (3) W, 3-1 Sept. 8 Alabama State (3) W, 3-0 Sept. 8 East Tennessee St. (3) W, 3-0 À nal 25 matches of the year. Arenas reached double-digits in digs Sept. 11 Samford W, 3-1 in 23 matches, which included 22-of-25 as the starting libero. She Sept. 14 LSU * W, 3-0 had seven 20-dig performances, including a career-high 30 against Sept. 16 Tennessee * L, 1-3 Missouri on Oct. 7, to tie an Alabama home match record. As the Sept. 21 at Georgia * L, 2-3 starting libero in 2012, Arenas averaged 4.16 digs per set. Sept. 23 at Auburn * L, 1-3 Sept. 28 Mississippi * W, 3-1 WILSON CRACKS TOP 10 IN ASSISTS Sept. 30 Texas A&M * L, 0-3 Oct. 7 Missouri * L, 1-3 Sierra Wilson recorded a career-high 64 assists in a À ve-set win over Oct. 12 at South Carolina * W, 3-1 Missouri to close out the 2012 campaign, and closed out a stellar Oct. 14 at LSU * L, 1-3 freshman season with 1,293 assists, giving her the 10th most assists Oct. 19 Florida * L, 0-3 in a single season at Alabama. Wilson almost reached the top-10 on Oct. 21 Georgia * L, 0-3 the career assists list as well, as she was just 29 assists shy of Erin Oct. 26 at Arkansas * L, 2-3 Price, who ranks 10th at UA with 1,322 career assists. Wilson’s 1,293 Oct. 28 at Tennessee * L, 0-3 assists were the most by any setter in the SEC in 2012, while her Nov. 2 at Texas A&M * L, 0-3 10.87 assists per set ranked second best in the conference. Nov. 4 at Mississippi State * W, 3-1 Nov. 9 Kentucky * W, 3-1 DANIELS LEADS SEC IN ACES AS A FRESHMAN Nov. 16 South Carolina * L, 2-3 From the beginning of the season when she had eight service aces in Nov. 18 Auburn * W, 3-1 the Beanpot Classic, defensive specialist Kryssi Daniels led the SEC Nov. 21 at Mississippi * L, 1-3 in aces all year. Daniels À nished the season with a conference-high Nov. 23 at Missouri * W, 3-2 51 aces to average a conference-best 0.43 aces per set. Daniels, who *Southeastern Conference match | (1) Beanpot Classic (Worcester & Boston, Mass.) ranked in the top 10-nationally most of the season, À nished the year (2) Elon Phoenix Classic (Elon, N.C.) | (3) Hampton Inn Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 17th in the country with 0.43 aces per set.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 49 6/28/2013 3:27:44 PM BASEBALL CHANCE VINCENT ALICIA MITCHAM SEC Freshman of the Bank of Hawai’i Rainbow MIKEY WHITE Week (May, 20) Wahine Invitational All- ATHLETIC Second Team All-SEC Tournament Team Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American NCAA Tallahassee Regional All-Tournament HONORS CAMERON CARLISLE Team SEC Freshman of the SEC Community DAISHA SIMMONS Week (Feb. 18) Service Team SEC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week (Nov. 19) RAY CASTILLO SEC All-Freshman Team Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American MEN’S BASKETBALL MEGHAN PERKINS NCBWA Second Team TREVOR RELEFORD Freshman All-American SEC Community Lefty Driesell Defensive Service Team All-American Team USBWA District IV First KYLE OVERSTREET Team Rawlings Gold Glove First Team All-SEC SEC All-Freshman Team (Coaches and AP) NCAA Tallahassee SEC All-Defensive Team Regional All-Tournament 2K Sports Classic Most FOOTBALL Team Outstanding Player AMARI COOPER SEC Player of the Week Freshman All-American (Nov. 17) BRETT BOOTH SEC All-Freshman Team 34th round draft pick by SEC Freshman of the the Houston Astros LEVI RANDOLPH Week (Oct. 22) NCAA Tallahassee CoSIDA/Capitol One Regional All-Tournament Academic All-District Team First Team SEC Community DENZEL DEVALL CHARLEY SULLIVAN Service Team Freshman All-American Freshman All-SEC 29th round draft pick by the Detroit Tigers RODNEY COOPER 2K Sports Classic All-Tournament Team
D.J. FLUKER GEORGIE SALEM Second Team All-American (Walter SEC Freshman of the Camp & AP) Week (March 18) WOMEN’S BASKETBALL First Team All-SEC Lombardi Award SHAFONTAYE MYERS QuarterÀ nalist Bank of Hawai’i Rainbow SI.com Midseason Wahine Invitational MVP All-American (Second Team) Phil Steele Midseason All-American (Second Team)
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 50 6/28/2013 3:27:45 PM ADRIAN HUBBARD AJ MCCARRON JESSE WILLIAMS BOBBY WYATT SEC Defensive Player of Third Team All-American Sporting News Midseason First Team All-American the Week (Nov. 5) (AP) All-American (Golfweek) Second Team All-SEC Second Team Phil Steele Midseason All-American (PING/ Fourth Team GCAA) All-American First Team All-SEC T.J. YELDON Selected to the Palmer Cup team BARRETT JONES DEE MILLINER Freshman All-American Campbell Trophy Unanimous First Team Freshman All-SEC Rimington Trophy All-American SEC Co-Freshman of the TREY MULLINAX Consensus All-American First Team All-SEC Week (Sept. 3) Honorable Mention Consensus First Team Sports Illustrated All-American (Golfweek) All-SEC Midseason All-American Second Team All-SEC Walter Camp Foundation ESPN.com Midseason KIRBY SMART All-American First Team All-American AFCA Assistant Coach of (First Team) SI.com Midseason the Year National Football First Team All-American TOM LOVELADY Foundation National Phil Steele Midseason SEC Community Scholar-Athlete First Team All-American Service Team Capital One Academic SEC Defensive Player of All-American of the Year the Week (Sept. 3) Senior CLASS Award Walter Camp Foundation MEN’S GOLF Finalist National Defensive Player AFCA Good Works Team of the Week (Sept. 2) CORY WHITSETT ESPN.com Midseason First Team All-American WOMEN’S GOLF (PING/GCAA and First Team All-American C.J. MOSLEY Phil Steele Midseason Golfweek) STEPHANIE MEADOW Consensus First Team First Team All-American Capital One Academic SEC Player of the Year All-American SEC Offensive Lineman All-American First Team SEC Scholar-Athlete of First Team All-SEC of the Week (Nov. 26) NCAA Elite 89 Award the Year SI.com Midseason SEC Golfer of the Year First Team All-American First Team All-American SEC Men’s Golf Scholar- First Team All-SEC CHRISTION JONES Phil Steele Midseason Athlete of the Year Capital One Academic SEC Co-Special Teams First Team All-American First Team All-SEC All-American First Team Player of the Week SEC Defensive Player of Selected to the Palmer SEC Player of the Week (Oct. 1) the Week (Oct. 15) Cup team (Twice) Two-Time National Player Golfweek National Player CHANCE WARMACK of the Week of the Week (April 22) Two-Time SEC Player of EDDIE LACY Unanimous First Team All-American the Week First Team All-SEC EMMA TALLEY First Team All-SEC SEC Freshman of the Year ESPN.com Midseason JUSTIN THOMAS Second Team All-SEC First Team All-American First Team All-American Second Team SI.com Midseason (PING/GCAA and WGCA All-American First Team All-American Golfweek) Third Team Golfweek All- Phil Steele Midseason Second Team American ROBERT LESTER First Team All-American All-American (PING/ Freshman All-SEC Second Team All-SEC SEC Offensive Lineman GCAA) SEC Player of the Week of the Week (Oct. 29) First Team All-SEC (April 15) SEC Offensive Lineman Selected to the Palmer Golfweek National Player of the Week (Sept. 17) Cup team of the Week (April 15) Two-Time National Player of the Week Two-Time SEC Player of the Week
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 51 6/28/2013 3:27:50 PM JENNIFER KIRBY RIA DOMIER DIANDRA MILLINER ROWING Second Team All-SEC Goldwater Scholar NCAA Vault Champion Honorable Mention Scholastic All-American First Team Vault TABITHA COLEMAN All-American (WGCA and All-American CRCA Scholar Athlete Golfweek) First Team Floor Exercise Award All-American All-Conference USA Team Second Team Balance Conference USA All-Academic Team HANNAH COLLIER LINDSEY FOWLER Beam All-American NCAA Regional Floor SEC Brad Davis Award Second Team All-SEC Lewis Each Award Nominee Scholastic All-American Exercise Champion SEC Floor Exercise Champion ASHLEY ALLISON All-SEC CRCA Scholar Athlete SEC Specialist of the Award Week Conference USA DANIELA LENDL LORA LEIGH FROST Academic Medal Scholastic All-American SEC Community BROOKE PARKER Service Team Scholastic All-American JACKLIN BYERS Conference USA Academic Medal MARISSA GUTIERREZ GYMNASTICS Scholastic All-American ASHLEY PRIESS BECCA ALEXIN SAAC President Scholastic All-American NCAA Postgraduate ALYSSA DREVENAK Scholarship Winner CRCA Scholar Athlete Second Team All-Around Award All-American KIM JACOB Second Team Uneven NCAA Elite 89 Award Bars All-American Capital One Academic LAUREN BEERS Scholastic All-American All-American At-Large First Team Vault NCAA Regional First Team All-American All-Around Champion MELISSA ETTER First Team Floor Exercise Scholastic All-American NCAA Regional Uneven CRCA Scholar Athlete All-American SEC Freshman Gymnast Bars Champion Award Second Team All-Around of the Week SEC Gymnast of the Week All-American Team Captain Second Team Balance KAITLYN CLARK Beam All-American First Team Vault NCAA Regional Uneven ASHLEY SLEDGE All-American Bars Champion NCAA Postgraduate CHRISTINA GUSELLA NCAA Regional Uneven NCAA Regional Balance Scholarship Winner Conference USA Bars Champion Beam Champion Scholastic All-American Academic Medal Scholastic All-American SEC Community NCAA Regional Uneven Service Team Bars Champion SARAH DEMEO SEC Gymnastics Scholar- SEC Gymnast of the Week Second Team Balance Athlete of the Year Team Captain Beam All-American David DeSantis CAITLIN O’NEIL Scholastic All-American Community Service KAYLA WILLIAMS CRCA Scholar Athlete SEC Specialist of the Award First Team Balance Beam Award Week Team Captain All-American Conference USA Scholastic All-American Academic Medal NCAA Regional Vault Champion All-Southeastern Conference
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 52 6/28/2013 3:27:55 PM LOGAN O’NEIL USA Softball Top 25 Player SWIMMING & DIVING STEPHANIE KINSEY CRCA Scholar Athlete of the Year Finalist CSCAA Honorable Award H. Boyd McWhorter BJ HORNIKEL Mention Scholar Scholar Athlete Nominee First Team All-American, All-American 100 Freestyle Honorable Mention All- KAILA HUNT American, Second Team NFCA 200 Freestyle CANELLA TINKER All-American JUSTINE PANIAN CRCA Scholar Athlete Capital One Academic CSCAA Honorable Award All-America Second Team BRIAN WESTLAKE Mention Scholar Conference USA CoSIDA Academic SEC All-Freshman All-American Academic Medal All-District Second Team All-SEC USA Softball Top 25 Player of the Year Finalist SOCCER MORGAN PRESLEY CSCAA Honorable MEREL VAN DONGEN HAYLIE MCCLENEY BRIAN CARR Mention Scholar NSCAA All-South Region Second Team NFCA CSCAA Honorable All-American - Second Team All-American Mention Scholar Freshman Team of the Second Team All-SEC All-American Season - First Team SEC All-Freshmen Team SEC Community (TopDrawerSoccer.com) SEC All-Defensive Team Service Team SEC Freshman of the Year USA Softball Top 25 Player ANGELY MARTINEZ CSCAA Honorable Second Team All-SEC of the Year Finalist PHILLIP DEATON SEC All-Freshman Team USA Junior National Mention Scholar CSCAA Honorable All-American Team Mention Scholar PIA RIJSDIJK All-American Second Team All-SEC JACKIE TRAINA Third Team NFCA All-American PAIGE MCCLEARY USA Softball Top 25 Player CSCAA Honorable PETER HILLYER Mention Scholar of the Year Finalist CSCAA Honorable Preseason All-SEC All-American Mention Scholar SEC Community JOSIE RIX All-American Service Team SEC Community RYAN IAMURRI Service Team SEC Community Service Team EMMA SAUNDERS CSCAA Honorable BRITTANY GILBERT Mention Scholar CSCAA Honorable All-American Mention Scholar SOFTBALL All-American ANDREA HAWKINS KAYLA BRAUD SEC All-Freshmen Team NCAA Postgraduate USA Junior National REESE SHIREY CSCAA Honorable Scholarship Winner Team ANNA RAE Senior CLASS Award Mention Scholar Winner GWARJANSKI All-American First Team NFCA CSCAA Honorable All-American Mention Scholar Capital One Academic All-American All-America First Team First Team NFCA All-South Region First Team All-SEC CoSIDA Academic All-District
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 53 6/28/2013 3:28:02 PM MEN’S TENNIS ALEXA GUARACHI TRACK AND FIELD/ ROBBIE ITA All-American, Singles FARNHAM-ROSE JARRYD BOTHA ITA All-American, CROSS COUNTRY Outdoor SEC ITA All-American, Doubles DIONDRE BATSON All-Freshman Team Doubles ITA Southern Region Outdoor First Team (1,500 Meters) Second Team All-SEC Senior of the Year All-American 100m) Indoor SEC All-Freshman First Team All-SEC Outdoor First Team Team (Mile) SEC Women’s Tennis All-American (4x100m Championship Relay) All-Tournament Team KAMAL FULLER STUART KENYON Outdoor Second Team All Sports Association Outdoor First Team SEC Community All-American (200m) Service Team Collegiate Award All-American (High Indoor First Team Jump) All-American (200m) Indoor First Team MAYA JANSEN Outdoor SEC 100m All-American (High ITA Southern Region Champion Jump) Player to Watch Outdoor First Team BECKER SEC Freshman of the All-SEC (100m) Week, March 13 SEC Track and Field IMANI BROWN O’SHAUGHNESSEY Athlete of the Week Outdoor First Team Second Team All-SEC (April 16) All-American (Triple SEC All-Freshman Team Jump) MARY ANNE SEC Freshman of the SEC All-Freshman Team Week, Feb. 6 MACFARLANE DUSHANE FARRIER (Triple Jump) ITA All-American, Outdoor First Team All-American (4x100m DANIIL PROSKURA Doubles Relay) ELIAS HAKANSSON ITA Southern Region First Team All-SEC Outdoor Second Team Outdoor First Team Arthur Ashe Leadership SEC Community Service All-SEC (4x100-Meter All-American (Hammer & Sportsmanship Award Team Relay) Throw) SEC Men’s Tennis Outdoor SEC Scholar-Athlete of the NATALIA MAYNETTO All-Freshman Team Year SEC All-Freshman Team AKEEM HAYNES (Hammer Throw) SEC Freshman of the Outdoor First Team Indoor SEC All-Freshman All-American (4x100m DAVID VIEYRA Week, April 3 Team (Weight Throw) Relay) ITA All-American, SEC Track and Field Outdoor Second Team Doubles Freshman of the Week All-SEC (4x100-Meter (March 26) Relay) EMILY ZABOR SEC Track and Field Freshman of the Week NCAA Elite 89 Award ALEX SANDERS (Feb. 21) Outdoor First Team WOMEN’S TENNIS All-American (4x100m KATELYN GREENLEAF ANTONIA FOEHSE Relay) Outdoor SEC NCAA Postgraduate Outdoor Second Team All-Freshman Team All-SEC (4x100-Meter Scholarship Winner JENNY MAINZ (10,000 meters) Capital One Academic Relay) Wilson/ITA National All-American At-Large Coach of the Year Second Team Wilson/ITA Southern JUSTIN FONDREN ITA Cissie Leary Award Region Coach of the Year Outdoor Second Team ALEXIS PAINE for Sportsmanship All-American (High Outdoor First Team SEC Scholar-Athlete of Jump) All-American (Pole Vault) the Year Outdoor Second Team Indoor First Team Second Team All-SEC All-SEC (High Jump) All-American (Pole Vault) Indoor SEC All-Freshman SEC Indoor Pole Vault Team (High Jump) Champion Outdoor SEC Indoor First Team All-Freshman Team All-SEC (Pole Vault) (High Jump)
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 54 6/28/2013 3:28:15 PM DWIGHT DAVIS KIMBERLEY FICENEC Outdoor Second Team Indoor SEC All-Freshman All-American (4x400m Team (800-meters) Relay) ALABAMA AT THE
JOEL LYNCH JONATHAN REID Outdoor Second Team Indoor First Team All-American (4x400m All-American (Triple 2012 OLYMPIC Relay) Jump) GAMES QUINCY SMITH MATT KANE In the summer of 2012, when the eyes of the world were trained on London and the 2012 Olympiad, Outdoor Second Team U.S. Track & Field and All-American (4x400m Cross Country Coaches the Alabama Crimson Tide was well represented. Relay) Association South Region Assistant Coach of the Track and À eld phenom Kirani James was the Tide’s most successful participant in London, adding Year Olympic gold medalist to his growing resume by winning the 400 meters in dominating fashion with a personal best time of 43.94 at the London Olympic Stadium. James, representing his home country KEN TAYLOR VOLLEYBALL of Grenada, became the small Caribbean island’s À rst Olympic medalist as well as the À rst non- Outdoor Second Team All-American (4x400m KAYLA FITTERER American to break the 44-second barrier in the history of the event. Relay) Second Team All-SEC SEC Community Service As he had in his two qualifying races, the 19-year-old James ran an extremely strong and controlled Team race throughout the entire 400 meters before dramatically pulling away from the À eld in the À nal 100 meters to win by more than half a second. KRYSTLE SCHADE Indoor First Team All-American (High LAURA STEINER The gold medal performance comes just a little more than a year into James’ professional career. SEC Freshman of the Jump) The two-time NCAA Champion in the event, turned professional after winning his second NCAA Outdoor Second Team Week, Oct. 15, 2012 title in June of 2011. He capped his À rst professional season in grand fashion by winning the World All-American (High Hampton Inn Bama Bash Jump) Most Valuable Player Championship in the event. Indoor Second Team All-SEC (High Jump) James’ gold medal is the fourth medal earned by a former UA male track athlete as he joins SIERRA WILSON Americans Jan Johnson and Calvin Smith in the annals of UA track history. Johnson earned a bronze WILAMENA HOPKINS SEC Freshman of the medal in the pole vault in the 1972 games while Smith won a gold medal as part of the 4x100-meter Outdoor Honorable Week, Sept. 17, 2012 Mention All-American relay team in 1984 and an individual bronze medal in the 100 meters in 1988. (Shot Put) James returned to the Capstone along with fellow Crimson Tide Olympic Gold Medalists Smith, Lillie Leatherwood and Pauline Davis in March for the rededication of the Sam Bailey Track and ANDREA MCQUAID Field Stadium on The University of Alabama campus. JOSH MCCULLAN Elon Phoenix Classic Indoor SEC All-Freshman Most Valuable Player Team (Long Jump) Current Alabama swimmer Krystal Vourna was the Tide’s top À nisher in the pool, taking 12th overall in the 100m butterÁ y while representing her native Greece. Two-time NCAA Champion and three- time Olympian Vlad Polyakov, along with former Tide All-Americans Arlene Semeco and Hunor Mate also competed in London, with Semeco making her third Olympics and Mate his second.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 55 6/28/2013 3:28:26 PM ACADEMIC SUPPORT
2012-13 ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS Just as The University of Alabama enjoyed a tremendous season in a league-best À ve À rst-team honors. Since 2000, Alabama is À fth the athletic arena, the Crimson Tide’s student-athletes were just as among NCAA Division I schools and À rst in the SEC when it • Alabama and Duke were the only two teams in the country that impressive in the academic realm. Alabama’s more than 550 student- comes to Academic All-American honors with 78. The Tide’s eight had both their football and men’s basketball teams earn the athletes averaged over a 3.0 grade point average for the 2012-13 honors in 2013 also pushed Alabama to a total of 114 all-time, NCAA’s APR Public Recognition Award academic year, including 51 that maintain a career GPA of 4.0. which places the Tide in the top-20 all-time among all NCAA • The Alabama football team posted the highest NCAA APR Score Overall seven teams posted cumulative GPAs above 3.5 for the year, schools and in the top 12 among Division I schools. in the Southeastern Conference this season marking the third year in a row that at least À ve teams have met that • For the second year in a row, Alabama had À ve student-athletes standard. Overall, 14 teams earned GPAs over 3.0 for the season. Football All-American Barrett Jones led the way for the Crimson earn a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Tide in the classroom this year. A four-year starting offensive • Three Alabama student-athletes earned the NCAA Elite 89 More than 100 student-athletes earned their degrees during the lineman, he was a part of three BCS national championship teams, Award, given annually to the student-athlete with the highest 2012-13 academic year. The latest numbers À nd that Alabama playing three different positions. A team captain in 2012, he was a grade point average at each NCAA Championship graduates 70 percent of its student-athletes while the general four-time Capital One Academic All-America selection - the À rst • Alabama student-athletes have earned 10 NCAA Elite 89 Awards student population graduates at a rate of 67 percent. athlete in Alabama football history to accomplish that feat - and since the accolades inception in 2010, which ranks the Crimson Tide second nationally, trailing only Stanford which has 11 was named the 2012 CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American There were 17 graduates on Alabama football’s roster when it won of the Year. Jones was also the 2012 recipient of the William V. • Alabama student-athletes have earned 32 Academic All-America honors over the last four years, including a school-record nine the 2012 national championship. The Tide set the BCS National Campbell Trophy, which is designed to recognize the best scholar- accolades in 2012 and eight honors in 2013 and 2011 Championship Game record in 2009 at 22. All together, the athlete in college football. He was a two-time SEC Football Scholar- • Football player Barrett Jones became the eighth Crimson Tide Crimson Tide’s last three national football championship teams Athlete of the Year, a member of the President’s List, the Dean’s student-athlete to be named the Southeastern Conference H. (2009, 2011 and 2012) featured 60 players who had earned their List, the SEC Academic Honor Roll and was a Capstone Scholar. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year degrees before the BCS Championship Game even got underway. The 2012 football squad also had the third highest graduation rate Jones graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce among schools in the À nal 2012 BCS top 10 and has posted the and business administration in August 2011 and earned a Master of second highest graduation rate in the SEC each of the past four Accountancy in December 2012, both with 4.0 grade point averages. years. He has been inducted into numerous honor societies, including Phi Eta Sigma, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the Golden The Southeastern Conference led the nation in Capital One Key Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Academic All-American honors again this year and the Crimson Omicron Delta Kappa, the Blue Key Society, the Anderson Society Tide once again led the SEC, tallying eight honors overall, including and Phi Kappa Phi.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 56 6/28/2013 3:28:32 PM Brooke Pancake, who closed out her tenure at the Capstone by On a conference level, Barrett Jones was named the male 2012-13 named to the SEC Fall, Winter and Spring Academic Honor Rolls leading Alabama to the 2012 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, Southeastern Conference H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of and 89 named to the First-Year Academic Honor Roll. Alabama capped her stellar career by earning the prestigious NCAA Top the Year, earning a $15,000 postgraduate scholarship in the process. football had 38 players named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor X award in January 2013. The award is given annually to the top He is the eighth Alabama student-athlete to earn the award since Roll in 2012, which added to the conference record 38 the Tide had 10 senior student-athletes among all NCAA sports, regardless of gymnast Julie Estin brought home the À rst honor in 1987. in 2011 makes for a two-year total of 67. division or gender, for their accomplishments in athletics, academics and in the community. She is the 11th Alabama student-athlete Jones was also one of six Alabama student-athletes named SEC GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE and the eighth over the last decade to earn the honor, which is Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their respective sports. He was The University of Alabama’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) score considered the highest individual accolade the NCAA bestows on a joined by Kim Jacob (gymnastics), Daniil Proskura (men’s tennis), rose to an 85 in 2012, once again exceeding acceptable standards student-athlete. Cory Whitsett (men’s golf), Stephanie Meadows (women’s golf) and for completion of undergraduate studies nationally for the period Antonia Foehse (women’s tennis). Both UA teams that won national covering student-athletes who attended the University during 2002- Kim Jacob (gymnastics), Cory Whitsett (women’s golf) and Emily championships in 2012-13 had an athlete named the league’s top 05, according to À gures released by the National Collegiate Athletic Zabor (women’s tennis) earned the NCAA’s Elite 89 accolade during scholar for that sport. Jacob and Jones won the award for the Association (NCAA). the 2012-13 academic year. The NCAA Elite 89 is awarded to the second time. athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average at each Of Alabama’s intercollegiate athletics programs in existence at the NCAA Championship. Alabama ranks second nationally in Elite 89 Alabama was also proliÀ c when it came to the SEC Academic time, six – women’s golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball honors with 10 in the award’s À rst four years while Stanford leads Honor Roll, earning the accolade 256 times during the 2012-13 as well as men’s swimming and diving – achieved perfect scores the nation with 11. academic year. The Crimson Tide had 42, 48 and 67 student-athletes of 100. Overall, eight Alabama programs recorded a GSR score
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GSR SCORES
MEN’S TEAM WOMEN’S TEAM Baseball 77 Basketball 69 Basketball 71 Golf 100 Football 75 Gymnastics 83 Golf 80 Soccer 100 Swimming & Diving 100 Swimming & Diving 92 Tennis 80 Tennis 100 Track & Field/Cross Country 83 Track & Field/Cross Country 91 Volleyball 100
UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA APR SCORES MEN’S TEAM WOMEN’S TEAM Baseball 977 Basketball 977 Basketball 995 Cross County 989 Cross Country 985 Golf 1,000 Football 978 Gymnastics 991 Golf 1,000 Rowing 968 Swimming & Diving 981 Soccer 988 Tennis 993 Softball 990 Indoor Track & Field 969 Swimming & Diving 984 Outdoor Track & Field 969 Tennis 1,000 Indoor Track & Field 971 Outdoor Track & Field 971 Volleyball 973
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 57 6/28/2013 3:28:33 PM of at least 90 and 12 were over 80. The Alabama women’s rowing ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE Conference. Alabama and Duke were the only NCAA Division program is not included in this survey as it did not become a All 21 University of Alabama varsity athletic teams scored well I schools in the country to have both their football and men’s scholarship sport at UA until 2006. above the national cutoff standard of 930 in the latest Academic basketball team honored. Progress Rate (APR) the NCAA announced in June of 2013. In The Tide football team’s APR continues to rise, jumping eight The Crimson Tide’s GSR of 85 was second overall in the addition, 16 Crimson Tide teams posted scores that either matched points to 978 this year, which is 24 points higher than the national Southeastern Conference, just behind Vanderbilt. The Tide’s 2012 or were above the national Division I average in their respective football average. The men’s basketball team moved up 11 points NCAA Champion softball and women’s golf teams both led the sports. Figures released covered the four-year period extending to a 995 four-year mark, which puts Alabama 43 points above the league with perfect GSR scores of 100 again this year. Alabama’s from the 2008-09 through 2011-12 school years. national average for men’s basketball. soccer, volleyball, women’s tennis and men’s swimming and diving “Our mission at The University of Alabama is to, one - recruit teams also led the SEC with GSR scores of 100. The men’s golf teams, women’s golf and women’s tennis teams and develop student-athletes to compete at the highest levels in all scored a perfect 1,000 for their four-year score while men’s intercollegiate athletics, two - educate and prepare our student- The Tide’s two-time defending national champion football team basketball posted a 995. Those four teams were joined by 2012 athletes to compete at the highest levels in life after graduation, and ranks third in the SEC with a score of 75 following a six-point jump NCAA champion softball team (990), the 2011 and 2012 NCAA three- accomplish all this with honor and integrity,” UA Director of from the previous report. The Alabama men’s basketball, baseball Champion gymnastics team (991) and the men’s tennis team (993) Athletics Bill Battle said. “These scores over the last four years are and women’s swimming and diving teams were all third in the SEC among UA programs with scores above 990. with scores of 71, 77 and 92, respectively. proof that the Crimson Tide is performing at a championship level in all areas, which is a point of great pride for the department.” The Tide’s women’s cross country (989), soccer (988), men’s cross The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions and country (985), women’s swimming & diving (984), men’s swimming A school-best total of À ve Alabama teams, including the Tide’s includes transferring into the institutions. The GSR also allows and diving (981) teams all posted scores of 980 or better. national champion football and men’s golf teams, recently received institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their institutions public recognition from the NCAA for their APR scores À guring “Our APR report continues to be very positive,” Associate Athletic prior to graduation as long as they would have been academically in the top 10 percentile nationally among teams in those sports. Director for Student Services Jon Dever said. “Five of our sports eligible to compete had they remained. Women’s golf, the 2012 NCAA Championship team, earned the earned NCAA recognition and three earned perfect scores of APR honor for the third consecutive year, the women’s tennis team 1,000 and all 21 teams were at least 30 points above the 930 mark, The NCAA GSR and the Academic Success Rate (ASR) were for the second year in a row and the men’s basketball team for the including 12 teams that scored 980 or better. We also saw 17 of our developed in response to college and university presidents who À rst time. teams equal or improve their four-year scores from a year ago. All wanted graduation data that more accurately reÁ ected the mobility told, nine of our teams bettered the national average for their sport among college students today. Both rates improve on the federally In addition to its national recognition, the Tide’s back-to-back by 10 points or more and three, football, men’s basketball and men’s mandated graduation rate by including students who were omitted national champion football team as well as the men’s basketball golf, bettered the national average by 24 points or more.” from the federal calculation. team posted the highest APR scores in the Southeastern ACADEMIC HONORS ALABAMA NCAA TOP X WINNERS ALABAMA NCAA ELITE 89 AWARD WINNERS 1975 Randy Hall Football 2010 Kassi Price Gymnastics 1980 Steadman Shealy Football 2010 Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf 1997 Meredith Willard Gymnastics 2010 Nathan Corder Men’s Cross Country 2002 Andreé Pickens Gymnastics 2011 Rachel Terry Gymnastics 2003 Kristin Sterner Gymnastics 2012 Rachel Terry Gymnastics 2006 DeMeco Ryans Football 2012 Mary Anne Macfarlane Women’s Tennis 2007 Beth Mallory Track and Field 2012 Cory Whitsett Men’s Golf 2009 Brittany Rogers Softball 2013 Kim Jacob Gymnastics 2010 Greg McElroy Football 2013 Emily Zabor Women’s Tennis 2012 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics 2013 Cory Whitsett Men’s Golf 2013 Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf 58 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 58 6/28/2013 3:28:34 PM ALABAMA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS OF THE YEAR 1998 Jill DeVasher Women’s At-Large 1 Swimming Year Student-Athlete Sport 2000 Ginger Jones Softball 2 InÀ elder 2004 Stephanie Kite Gymnastics/At-Large 2000 Elizabeth Johnston Women’s At-Large 3 Golf 2010 Greg McElroy Football 2000 Michelle Green Women’s Volleyball 1 Outside Hitter 2011 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics/At-Large 2001 Beau Hearod Baseball 3 Designated Hitter 2012 *Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf/At-Large 2001 Kelley Askew Softball 2 Designated Player 2012 Barrett Jones Football 2001 Ginger Jones Softball 1 InÀ eld * Also honored as the overall 2011-12 Academic All-American of the Year 2001 Kelly Kretschman Softball 2 OutÀ eld 2001 Dominique Glinzler Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis ALABAMA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS 2001 Kim Zarzour Women’s Soccer 3 MidÀ eld Year Student-Athlete Sport Team Position/Sport 2001 Shelly Adamcik Women’s Volleyball 3 Middle Blocker 1961 Tommy Brooker Football - End 2002 Lance Cormier Baseball 1 Pitcher 1961 Pat Trammell Football - Running Back 2002 Beau Hearod Baseball 3 Designated Hitter 1964 Gatlon McCollough Football - Center 2002 Troy Henderson Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 1965 Dennis Homan Football - End 2002 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 2 1965 Steve Sloan Football - Quarterback 2002 Jenny Ketchum Women’s At-Large 3 Tennis 1967 Bob Childs Football - Linebacker 2002 Katie Holtzapfel Women’s Soccer 2 MidÀ eld 1967 Steve Davis Football - Kicker 2002 Kim Zarzour Women’s Soccer 1 MidÀ eld 1970 Johnny Musso Football 1 Running Back 2002 Kenny King Football 2 Defensive Line 1970 Carey Varnado Football 3 Guard 2003 Beau Hearod Baseball 2 OutÀ eld 1971 Johnny Musso Football 1 Running Back 2003 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 1972 Rex Bynum Baseball 3 OutÀ eld 2003 Stephanie Kite Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 1972 Zack Rogers Baseball 2 InÀ eld 2003 Kristen Sterner Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 1972 Kim Krapf Football 2 Center 2004 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 2 1973 Randy Hall Football 1 Defensive Tackle 2004 Jackie McClain Softball 2 InÀ eld 1973 Dave McMakin Football 2 Defensive Back 2004 Stephanie Kite Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 1974 Randy Hall Football 1 Defensive Tackle 2005 Gabe Scott Baseball 2 OutÀ eld 1975 Danny Ridgeway Football 1 Kicker 2005 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At-Large 2 Swimming & Diving 1977 Lou Green Football 2 Guard 2005 Stewart Smith Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving 1977 Wayne Hamilton Football 2 Defensive End 2006 Emeel Salem Baseball 1 OutÀ eld 1979 Major Ogilvie Football 1 Running Back 2006 Guido Arroyo Men’s At-Large 2 Swimming & Diving 1981 Anne Cale Women’s Basketball 3 Center 2006 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 1983 Malcolm Simmons Football 2 Punter 2006 Joseph Sykora Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 1986 Julie Estin Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2006 Ashley Bentley Women’s At-Large 3 Tennis 1987 Julie Estin Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2006 Beth Mallory Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 1988 Kelly Good Women’s At-Large 3 Gymnastics 2007 Emeel Salem Baseball 1 OutÀ eld 1992 Dana Dobransky Women’s At-Large 2 Gymnastics 2007 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming 1992 Titia Wilmink Women’s At-Large 3 Tennis 2007 Joseph Sykora Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 1993 Jeff Laubenthal Baseball 1 OutÀ eld 2007 Apostolis Tsagkarakis Men’s At-Large 2 Swimming 1993 Marten Olander Men’s At-Large 2 Golf 2007 Kailey Corken Women’s Soccer 3 MidÀ eld 1993 Dana Dobransky Women’s At-Large 2 Gymnastics 2008 Joseph Sykora Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 1993 Titia Wilmink Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis 2008 Charlotte Morgan Softball 3 InÀ elder 1994 Marten Olander Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2008 Laura Goodwin Women’s At-Large 2 Golf 1995 Joakim Nilsson Men’s At-Large 2 Cross Country/Track 2008 Kassi Price Women’s At-Large 3 Gymnastics 1997 Meredith Willard Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2009 Kevin Greer Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming & Diving 1998 Merritt Booth Women’s At-Large 3 Gymnastics 2009 Charlotte Morgan Softball 2 Designated Player
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 59 6/28/2013 3:28:34 PM 2009 Kassi Price Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 1980 Steadman Shealy Football 2009 Barrett Jones Football 2 Offensive Line 1983 Julie Garrett Gymnastics 2009 Colin Peek Football 1 Tight End 1985 Barbara Mack Gymnastics 2010 Saketh Myneni Men’s At-Large 3 Tennis 1987 Julie Estin Gymnastics 2010 Nathaniel Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 3 1989 Kelly Good Gymnastics 2010 Charlotte Morgan Softball 1 InÀ eld 1991 Lynn Bradley Women’s Golf 2010 Elizabeth Hughes Women’s At-Large 3 Swimming & Diving 1991 Mark Rourke Men’s Swimming and Diving 2010 Kassi Price Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 1992 Katherine Kelleher Gymnastics 2010 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 1993 Dana Dobransky Gymnastics 2010 Greg McElroy Football 1 Quarterback 1995 Erin Tenbrunsel Volleyball 2011 Kyle Weeks Men’s At-Large 3 Swimming 1996 Amy DeVasher Women’s Swimming and Diving 2011 Nathan Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 1997 Ann-SoÀ e Joensson Women’s Swimming and Diving 2011 Kayla Braud Softball 1 InÀ eld 1997 Meredith Willard Gymnastics 2011 Kayla Hoffman Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 1998 Merritt Booth Gymnastics 2011 Courtney McLane Women’s At-Large 2 Tennis 2002 Sarah Johnston Women’s Golf 2011 Brooke Pancake Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2003 Kristin Sterner Gymnastics 2011 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 2003 Sarah Johnson Women’s Golf 2012 Courtney McLane Women’s At-Large 1 Tennis 2004 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track and Field 2012 Brooke Pancake Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2004 Stephanie Kite Gymnastics 2012 Kyle Weeks Men’s At-Large 1 Swimming 2005 DeMeco Ryans Football 2012 Kayla Braud Softball 1 OutÀ eld 2007 Aymara Albury Women’s Track and Field 2012 Nathan Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2006 Beth Mallory Women’s Track and Field 2012 Leigh Gilmore Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 2008 Jordan Praytor Softball 2012 Jackey Branham Softball 2 InÀ eld 2008 Joseph Sykora Men’s Golf 2012 Cassie Reilly-Boccia Softball 2 OutÀ eld 2009 Brittany Rogers Softball 2012 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 2009 Kevin Greer Men’s Swimming and Diving 2013 Kayla Braud Softball 1 OutÀ eld 2009 Grant Stone Men’s Track and Field 2013 Kaila Hunt Softball 2 InÀ eld 2010 Greg McElroy Football 2013 Antonia Foehse Women’s At-Large 2 Tennis 2010 Kassi Price Gymnastics 2013 Kim Jacob Women’s At-Large 1 Gymnastics 2010 Saketh Myneni Men’s Tennis 2013 Stephanie Meadow Women’s At-Large 1 Golf 2011 Adam Booher Men’s Swimming and Diving 2013 Corey Whitsett Men’s At-Large 1 Golf 2011 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics 2013 Alexis Paine Women’s Track/Cross Country 2 2012 Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf 2012 Kyle Weeks Men’s Swimming and Diving NCAA Division I Academic All-Americans Since 2000 2012 Leigh Gilmore Women’s Cross Country 1. Nebraska 120 2012 Nathan Corder Men’s Cross Country 2. Notre Dame 109 2012 Taylor Lindsey Women’s Tennis 3. Penn State 88 2013 Ashley Priess Gymnastics 4. Stanford 80 2013 Ashley Sledge Gymnastics 5. Alabama 78 2013 Kayla Braud Softball 2013 Alexis Paine Women’s Track and Field ALABAMA NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS 2013 Antonia Foehse Women’s Tennis Year Student-Athlete Sport 1968 Steve Davis (Alternate) Football 1969 Donald Sutton Football 1972 Johnny Musso Football 1975 Randy Hall Football
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 60 6/28/2013 3:28:34 PM 2013 SEC FIRST-YEAR ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Brittany Gilbert Women’s Swimming and Diving Pre-Major Studies Name Sport Major Victoria Hove Women’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Ray Castillo Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Stephanie Klotz Women’s Swimming and Diving Elementary Education Daniel Cucjen Baseball Consumer Affairs Keelin McNamara Women’s Swimming and Diving Telecommunication and Film Mitch Greer Baseball Criminal Justice Justine Panian Women’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Kyle Overstreet Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Morgan Presley Women’s Swimming and Diving Management Georgie Salem Baseball Pre-Law Michele Rielly Women’s Swimming and Diving Marine Science/Biology Chance Vincent Baseball Pre-Major Studies Mary Chandler Ryberg Women’s Swimming and Diving American Studies Emily Davis Women’s Basketball Elementary Education Lauren Searcy Women’s Swimming and Diving General Health Studies Nichole Hegstetter Women’s Basketball Advertising Alexandria Smith Women’s Swimming and Diving Human Performance Exercise Science Jasmine Steele Women’s Basketball Pre-Business Becker O’Shaughnessey Men’s Tennis Lower Division Finance Dakota Ball Football Human Performance Exercise Science Maya Jansen Women’s Tennis Public Relations Landon Collins Football Telecommunication and Film Natalia Maynetto Women’s Tennis Lower Division General Business Denzel Devall Football Human Performance Exercise Science Autumn Conn Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Psychology Kenyan Drake Football Pre-Business Lacey Dent Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Med Kurt Freitag Football Criminal Justice Passion Gamble Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Nursing Adam GrifÀ n Football Criminal Justice Katelyn Greenleaf Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Physical Therapy Cyrus Jones Football Pre-Business Reed Hancock Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Major Studies Korren Kirven Football Advertising Public Relations Callie Ives Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Biology Darren Lake Football Criminal Justice Susie Kemper Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Secondary Education Alec Morris Football Pre-Business Meropi Panagioutou Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Fashion Retailing Geno Smith Football Communication Studies Rebecca Stover Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Public Relations Dalvin Tomlinson Football Pre-Business Abigail Tankersley Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Nutrition Robby Prater Men’s Golf Pre-Business Justin Ahalt Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Engineering William Sellers Men’s Golf Pre-Business Andrew Faris Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Philosophy Emma Talley Women’s Golf Communication Studies Kyle Felpel Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Mechanical Engineering Lauren Beers Gymnastics Exercise Science George Freiberger Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Restaurant Hotel Management Carley Sims Gymnastics Pre-Major Studies Elias Haakansson Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Political Science Elaina Arsenovic Rowing Pre-Business Andrew Harris Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Physical Therapy Courtney Atkinson Rowing Exercise Science Alex Jenkins Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Chemical Engineering Kathleen Bentley Rowing Public Relations Hayden Reed Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Biology Kate Bishop Rowing Exercise Science Kevin Shannon Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Undesignated Engineering Kathryn Case Rowing Exercise Science Eric Sivill Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Metallurgical Engineering Kaitlyn Bourgeois Women’s Soccer Chemical Engineering Quincy Smith Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Exercise Science Abigail Lutzenkirchen Women’s Soccer Pre-Major Studies Jonathan Stiegler Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Major Studies Emily Rusk Women’s Soccer Pre-Major Studies Nathan Vardaman Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Mechanical Engineering Kaylee Semelsberger Women’s Soccer Pre-Physical Therapy Gilbert Walton Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country English Merel van Dongen Women’s Soccer Pre-Psychology Joseph Williams Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Chemical Engineering Kallie Case Softball Elementary Education Sherrill Dahlmann Volleyball Pre-Criminal Justice Andrea Hawkins Softball Exercise Science Krystal Rivers Volleyball Biology Leona Lafaele Softball Pre-Major Studies Laura Steiner Volleyball Food & Nutrition Haylie McCleney Softball Exercise Science Mattie Weldy Volleyball Pre-Major Studies Travis Kerner Men’s Swimming and Diving Pre-Dental Sierra Wilson Volleyball Pre-Major Studies Brett Walsh Men’s Swimming and Diving General Studies William Wellford Men’s Swimming and Diving Accounting Brian Westlake Men’s Swimming and Diving Finance
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 61 6/28/2013 3:28:34 PM 2013 SEC SPRING ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Jordan Patterson Softball Accounting Name Sport Major Danielle Richard Softball Exercise Science Cary Baxter Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Lauren Sewell Softball Elementary Education Cameron Carlisle Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Jadyn Spencer Softball Exercise Science Riley Colburn Baseball Secondary Education Mathematics Jackie Traina Softball Social Work Steven Cole Baseball Political Science Harris Barnard Men’s Tennis Management Allen Dye Baseball Marketing Jarryd Botha Men’s Tennis Finance Benjamin Moore Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Brian Conlon Men’s Tennis Lower Division Finance Michael Oczypok Baseball Management Daniil Proskura Men’s Tennis Finance Kenneth Roberts Baseball Marketing Philippe Tsangarides Men’s Tennis Exercise Science Spencer Turnbull Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science David Vieyra Men’s Tennis Pre-Psychology Wade Wass Baseball Criminal Justice Antonia Foehse Women’s Tennis Psychology Taylor Wolfe Baseball Marketing Alexa Guarachi Women’s Tennis Public Relations Trey Mullinax Men’s Golf Communication Studies Mary Anne Macfarlane Women’s Tennis Exercise Science Scott Strohmeyer Men’s Golf Health Studies Emily Zabor Women’s Tennis Marketing Justin Thomas Men’s Golf Communication Studies Austin Duckworth Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country History Cory Whitsett Men’s Golf Management Kamal Fuller Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Chemical Engineering Bobby Wyatt Men’s Golf Management Matt Joyner Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Mechanical Engineering Hannah Collier Women’s Golf Communication Studies Joel Lynch Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Social Work Jennifer Kirby Women’s Golf General Business Jonathan Reid Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Criminal Justice/Political Science Daniela Lendl Women’s Golf Human Performance Exercise Science Taber Wanstall Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Mechanical Engineering Courtney McKim Women’s Golf General Studies Nia Barnes Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Telecommunications Stephanie Meadow Women’s Golf Accounting Shani Chandler Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Operations Management Johanna Tillstrom Women’s Golf Finance Becca Hoppis Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Biology Ashley Allison Rowing Aerospace Engineering Dacia Mays Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Education Kiffy Balchon Rowing Marketing Palee Myrex Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Biology Emily Chadwell Rowing Secondary Education Alexis Paine Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country English Tabitha Coleman Rowing History Krystle Schade Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Education Alyssa Drevenak Rowing Exercise Science Lee Stowers Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Exercise Science Melissa Etter Rowing Advertising Sarah Thomas Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Exercise Science Brianne Hadar Rowing General Health Claire Turner Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Nursing Caitlin O’Neil Rowing Business Merilyn Uudmae Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Marketing Logan O’Neil Rowing Mathematics Aubrielle Wright Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country General Health Jessica Parker Rowing Biology Canella Tinker Rowing Exercise Science 2013 SEC WINTER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Elizabeth Van Zandt Rowing Political Science Name Sport Major Chaunsey Bell Softball Psychology Carl Engstrom Men’s Basketball Health Studies Jackey Branham Softball Biology Retin Obasohan Men’s Basketball Pre-Business Kayla Braud Softball Public Relations Levi Randolph Men’s Basketball Marketing Courtney Conley Softball Communicative Disorders Dakota Slaughter Men’s Basketball Marketing Keima Davis Softball Interdisciplinary Andrew Steele Men’s Basketball Post Graduate Studies Molly Fichtner Softball General Studies Isiah Wilson Men’s Basketball Art Danae Hayes Softball Broadcast News Briana Hutchen Women’s Basketball Communication Studies Kaila Hunt Softball Secondary Education Khristin Lee Women’s Basketball Communication Studies Ryan Iamurri Softball Public Relations Erika Waters Women’s Basketball General Health Leslie Jury Softball Exercise Science Becca Alexin Gymnastics General Health Studies
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 62 6/28/2013 3:28:34 PM Kaitlyn Clark Gymnastics Exercise Science 2012 SEC FALL ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL Sarah DeMeo Gymnastics Interdisciplinary Name Sport Major Hunter Dennis Gymnastics Pre-Criminal Justice Michael Altier Football Mechanical Engineering Ria Domier Gymnastics Chemical Engineering Kenny Bell Football Health Studies Lindsey Fowler Gymnastics Human Dev. & Family St. Deion Belue Football Human Environmental Sciences Lora Leigh Frost Gymnastics General Health Studies Levi Cook Football General Business Marissa Gutierrez Gymnastics Early Childhood Educ. Paden Crowder Football Engineering Kim Jacob Gymnastics Exercise Science Phillip Ely Football Marketing Diandra Milliner Gymnastics General Health Studies Cade Foster Football Marketing Brooke Parker Gymnastics Lower Div. General Bus. Jalston Fowler Football Health Studies Ashley Priess Gymnastics General Studies Daniel Geddes Football Management Ashley Sledge Gymnastics General Studies Ben Howell Football Operations Management Kayla Williams Gymnastics Public Relations Aaron Joiner Football General Business/Pre Med Brian Carr Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Barrett Jones Football Accounting Cameron Conners Men’s Swimming and Diving Electrical Engineering Harrison Jones Football Marketing Phillip Deaton Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Ryan Kelly Football Business Philip Dockery Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Arie Kouandjio Football Finance John Ellis Men’s Swimming and Diving General Studies Wilson Love Football Marketing Clark Garner Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering William Ming Football Marketing Peter Hillyer Men’s Swimming and Diving Restaurant and Hospitality Management Harold Nicholson Football Business Bjoern Hornikel Men’s Swimming and Diving Human Performance Exercise Science Kevin Norwood Football Health Studies Alex Pujol Men’s Swimming and Diving Accounting Parker Philpot Football General Business Jake Reynolds Men’s Swimming and Diving Human Performance Exercise Science Matt Sandlin Football History John Servati Men’s Swimming and Diving Finance Vinnie Sunseri Football Management Reese Shirey Men’s Swimming and Diving Interdisciplinary Studies M. K. Taylor Football Business George Wong Men’s Swimming and Diving Mechanical Engineering Carson Tinker Football Marketing Andrew Wrist Men’s Swimming and Diving Aerospace Engineering Brian Vogler Football Management Lisa Bogosian Women’s Swimming and Diving Marine Science/Biology Chance Warmack Football Communication Studies Emily Facchine Women’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Jeremy Watson Football Biology Jenna Gallo Women’s Swimming and Diving General Health Studies Jesse Williams Football Human Environmental Sciences Anna Rae Gwarjanski Women’s Swimming and Diving Journalism Kellen Williams Football History Hillary Hahmann Women’s Swimming and Diving Management and Marketing Molly Atherton Soccer Public Relations Stephanie Kinsey Women’s Swimming and Diving Nursing Kylee Brown Soccer Public Relations Angely Martinez Women’s Swimming and Diving International Studies Sophie Campise Soccer General Studies Paige McCleary Women’s Swimming and Diving Human Performance Exercise Science Meghan Duffy Soccer Public Relations Brittany Parkey Women’s Swimming and Diving Biology Kendall Khanna Soccer Public Relations Lauren Piper Women’s Swimming and Diving Communication Studies Megan Petersen Soccer Geography Kristel Vourna Women’s Swimming and Diving Human Performance Exercise Science Laura Lee Smith Soccer English Katie Woolbright Soccer Sports Management Cristina Arenas Volleyball Communicative Disorders Kayla Fitterer Volleyball Marketing Andrea McQuaid Volleyball Accounting Kelsey Melito Volleyball Journalism Leigh Moyer Volleyball Sport Management
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 63 6/28/2013 3:28:35 PM STUDENT WELFARE
The secret behind academic success for Alabama student-athletes is CHAMPS/LIFE SKILLS Alabama’s Center of Athletic Student Services (CASS), headed by In 1994, the Division I-A Directors’ CHAMPS program and the Associate Athletics Director for Student Services Jon Dever. From NCAA Life Skills program joined forces to become the CHAMPS/ the moment a recruit À rst walks on to the campus to the moment Life Skills program. The program focuses on À ve commitments a student-athlete graduates with diploma in hand, comprehensive that help student-athletes not only achieve present success but help academic service is available. facilitate future accomplishments. CHAMPS/Life Skills focus on academic excellence, athletic excellence, personal growth, career For the À rst year at the Capstone, freshman and junior college development and community service. The University of Alabama transfers are required to attend nightly study halls. After that, the CHAMPS/Life Skills program offers a variety of programs geared attendance is based on the individual’s GPA and study needs. The toward each of these À ve commitments. CASS staff works as a liaison between the athletic department and the University’s undergraduate divisions and administrative ofÀ ce. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE The CASS staff offers career advice and counseling, ensures that The CHAMPS/Life Skills program focuses on supporting student- all athletes are maintaining satisfactory progress toward a degree, athletes in all aspects of their academic success. University of and monitors academic eligibility. Academic coordinators supervise Alabama student-athletes have the best resources at their À ngertips tutorial services, schedule study sessions, and coordinate all other in Alabama’s Center of Athletic Student Services (CASS), located in aspects of CASS’s academic enrichment program. Bryant Hall.
All of these services begin with the recruit’s À rst visit. The advisors ATHLETIC EXCELLENCE set up individual appointments within the department of the From top-notch facilities to a highly qualiÀ ed staff, student-athletes recruit’s area of study and accompany the prospect to the meeting. are provided the tools needed to compete at the They give the recruit a tour of the campus and summarize services highest level. provided by CASS. Alabama’s CASS staff will provide student- athletes with every opportunity to achieve their highest goals.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 64 6/28/2013 3:28:35 PM PERSONAL GROWTH The CHAMPS/Life Skills program helps student-athletes gain the skills they need to balance academic and athletic commitments, make critical life decisions and become well-rounded individuals. At The University of Alabama, the CHAMPS/Life Skills program and SAAC work together to bring in workshops and speakers to help guide student-athletes in this process.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT The CHAMPS/Life Skills program is dedicated to helping student- athletes after their academic and athletic careers at The University of Alabama are À nished. The ultimate goal of this component is to help student-athletes identify and work towards their future career goals.
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.
THE STUDENT ATHLETIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is dedicated to promoting and maintaining student-athlete well-being, academic excellence, personal development and community involvement. SAAC’s is a voice for Alabama’s student-athletes while they strive to achieve greatness in the classroom, playing À elds and throughout the community. The SAAC program wants every student-athlete’s SPORTS MEDICINE experience at The University of Alabama to be successful and VISION STATEMENT personally rewarding. The University of Alabama Sports Medicine Program provides injury prevention, care and rehabilitation services and athletic EVENTS education of recognized excellence to every student-athlete. The Every year the SAAC works to involve student-athletes in numerous program is committed to becoming a national leader in sports events that help the community. Past events have included medicine services. supporting Alabama’s “Relay for Life” Campaign, a Halloween Extravaganza party for local children, the “Light up the Night” MISSION STATEMENT fundraiser for breast cancer research and Project Angel Tree. In The mission of The University of Alabama Sports Medicine addition to these special events, student-athletes regularly visit local program is to provide the highest quality healthcare available to schools to help with special events, physical education classes and our student-athletes in a professional and caring manner in order reading initiatives. to prevent athletic injury. Should an injury or illness occur, it is our mission to recognize and refer the student-athlete to the appropriate medical care returning them to competition as quickly and safely as possible.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 65 6/28/2013 3:28:36 PM COMMUNITY OUTREACH
2012-13 BRAD DAVIS SEC ALABAMA’S 2012-13 BRAD DAVIS SEC COMMUNITY earned the honor for the men. In addition to a variety of individual SERVICE LEADER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES and team projects, the rowing team hosted a Locks for Love event COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Rower Tabitha Coleman and baseball player Cameron Carlisle were in the fall of 2012. Individually, swimmer Brian Carr and rowing’s Cameron Carlisle, Baseball The University of Alabama’s nominees for the 2012-13 Brad Davis Emily Chadwell were recognized for their outstanding service to Tabitha Coleman, Rowing Southeastern Conference Community Service Leaders of the Year. the community. The SEC community service award is named for former Associate Commissioner Brad Davis. Davis succumbed to cancer on March ALABAMA’S SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM 2012-13 SEC COMMUNITY 2, 2006. He had been a member of the SEC staff since 1988, Year-in and year-out, the Southeastern Conference recognizes the SERVICE TEAM SELECTIONS À rst serving as an assistant commissioner until 1994 when he was best in terms of student-athletes work in the community through promoted to associate commissioner. Two student-athletes, one its Community Service Teams, highlighting the outreach efforts that Cameron Carlisle, Baseball male, one female, earn $10,000 postgraduate scholarships, while are an ongoing part of life on the league’s campuses. Brian Carr, Swimming and Diving the remaining 26 nominees are honored with a $5,000 postgraduate CAMERON CARLISLE, BASEBALL Kayla Fitterer, Volleyball scholarship. Coleman’s community service efforts include being a Cameron Carlisle participated in the Miracle League of Tuscaloosa Ryan Iamurri, Softball member of Al’s Pal’s Mentoring Program, organizing the À rst Locks Day, where the Crimson Tide baseball program coached special of Love event sponsored by the Alabama rowing team, Habitat Kim Jacob, Gymnastics needs kids. Additionally, he participated in the Holt Elementary for Humanity, Read Across America, and Hands on Tuscaloosa. Barrett Jones, Football Stars of the Future Reading Program, where he read books Carlisle participated in the Miracle League of Tuscaloosa Day, to students. He also joined his teammates at the Sprayberry Stuart Kenon, Men’s Tennis where the Tide baseball program coached special needs kids. Educational Center, where the Tide hosted a Christmas party for Daniela Lendl, Women’s Golf Additionally, he participated in the Holt Elementary Stars of the the special needs students. Tom Lovelady, Men’s Golf Future Reading Program, where he read books to students. Also, for the À fth straight year, he joined the team at the Sprayberry Mary Anne Macfarlane, Women’s Tennis BRIAN CARR, JUNIOR, SWIMMING AND DIVING Educational Center, where the Tide hosted a Christmas party for Paige McCleary, Swimming and Diving Brian Carr worked at a camp for children with Muscular Dystrophy the special needs students. Meghan Perkins, Women’s Basketball in Bunkie, La., over the summer of 2012. He also took part in Alabama Swimming and Diving Team’s annual Laps for CF event at Levi Randolph, Men’s Basketball DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS the Alabama Aquatic Center and participated in the Tide’s Power of Jonathan Reid, Track and Field Throughout the course of the 2012-13 academic year, Crimson Pink initiative, raising awareness in the À ght against breast cancer. Tide student-athletes gave more than 2,500 hours toward Josie Rix, Soccer community services projects. The rowing team was the women’s Claire Turner, Track and Field squad with the most community outreach hours while football 66 INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 66 6/28/2013 3:28:38 PM KAYLA FITTERER, VOLLEYBALL TOM LOVELADY, MEN’S GOLF JOSIE RIX, SOCCER Kayla Fitterer participated in the UA Women’s Initiative Program Tom Lovelady regularly visited local schools, reading to children Josie Rix has been a staple in the Tuscaloosa community and her and visited with cancer patients at the Manderson Cancer Center at and speaking to them on various topics, such as bullying and the hometown area of Signal Mountain, Tenn. Rix helped with the DCH. She also took part in the UA Halloween Extravaganza and importance of staying in school. He participates annually in The Fellowship of Christian Athletes and volunteered with Kids on the Project Angel Tree. She also took part in Habitat for Humanity University of Alabama’s Halloween Extravaganza and Project Angel Block. Rix has also helped the team in countless projects in the projects. Tree. community such as: Project Angel Tree, visits to the soup kitchen, the Magnet School’s Magic Festival, Habitat for Humanity and most RYAN IAMURRI, SOFTBALL MARY ANNE MACFARLANE, WOMEN’S TENNIS recently the Halloween Extravaganza. Ryan Iamurri worked with Field of Angels, an organization that Mary Anne Macfarlane took part in Read Across America and helps disabled or mentally handicapped kids play baseball. She has assisted with USTA/ITA Campus Kids’ Days as well as helping with CLAIRE TURNER, TRACK AND FIELD also worked at the RISE Program, volunteering in a kindergarten various tennis clinics. She also participated in The University of Claire Turner, a distance runner from Signal Mountain, Tenn., was class, as well as taking part in Project Angel Tree and UA’s annual Alabama athletic department’s Halloween Extravaganza and assisted heavily involved in the local Tuscaloosa community, taking part in Halloween Extravaganza. She also gives of her time as a little league with Project Angel Tree. She was part of the Crimson Tide’s Power Project Angel Tree and the Halloween Extravaganza, put on by The coach. of Pink athletic events, which help raise awareness for breast cancer. University of Alabama’s Student Advisory Committee, of which she is a member. KIM JACOB, GYMNASTICS PAIGE MCCLEARY, SWIMMING AND DIVING Kim Jacob has volunteered with the Stallings RISE Center, the Paige McCleary worked with Tuscaloosa community children during HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA ReadBAMARead Foundation’s Color Run, Step Out Walk to Stop the Crimson Tide’s annual Halloween Extravaganza. She also Sponsored by The University of Alabama Student-Athlete Advisory Diabetes, Suds For Sully, the ReadBAMARead Foundation, Nite visited and spent time with residents at the Glen Haven Health and Committee (SAAC), the Alabama Athletics Department conducted on the Green Golf Tournament, “Tailgating with the Stars”, the Rehabilitation Center as well as taking part in Alabama Swimming its 10th annual Halloween Extravaganza in the Alabama Soccer Crimson Tide Halloween Extravaganza, Feed the Hungry, Dead and Diving Team’s annual Laps for CF event at the Alabama Stadium in October of 2012. The Halloween Extravaganza is a Broke Farm (fed/cleaned horses), Project Angel Tree and DCH Aquatic Center and participating in the Tide’s Power of Pink night for children of the West Alabama community to dress up and Cancer Center. initiative, raising awareness in the À ght against breast cancer. play games with some of their favorite Alabama student-athletes. Each Alabama team hosts different games and activities at the BARRETT JONES, FOOTBALL MEGHAN PERKINS, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL event. Barrett Jones has shown his dedication to his local community Meghan Perkins spent time playing with and reading to children at through a number of volunteer efforts, including the Tuscaloosa the Boys & Girls Club as well as assisting with afternoon camp at PROJECT ANGEL TREE and Birmingham tornado cleanup, routine trips to local hospitals Tuscaloosa County High School. She volunteered at the McDonald Annually, University of Alabama student-athletes welcome local to visit patients and reading to children at local elementary schools. Hughes Center as part of the Summer Food & Fun program. She children to Coleman Coliseum for the Athletics Department and the Additionally, he spent two spring breaks in Haiti and Nicaragua also helped out with Tuscaloosa County High School’s basketball Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s Project Angel Tree event. where he aided earthquake relief efforts and mentored community camps. The student-athletes donate money, shop for and wrap Christmas members. gifts for more than 50 local children. All Crimson Tide’s athletics LEVI RANDOLPH, MEN’S BASKETBALL teams participate in the outreach project. The 2012 event marked STUART KENYON, MEN’S TENNIS Levi Randolph participated in a summer long clean-up projects the 21st consecutive year that Alabama Athletics has participated in Stuard Kenyon gave back to the community in a number of ways, for the April 27 tornado in the Holt community, assisted in Sarrell Project Angel Tree, making it one of the longest tenured groups in including reading to local elementary school students and taking Dental free basketball camp for under-privileged children. He also the state. part in The University of Alabama athletic department’s Halloween participated in UA’s Halloween Extravaganza. Extravaganza. He also participated in several tennis clinics and USTA/ITA Campus Kids’ Days. JONATHAN REID, TRACK AND FIELD A native of Kingston, Jamaica, Jonathan Reid has given back DANIELA LENDL, WOMEN’S GOLF countless hours to his community at his former high school in Daniela Lendl volunteered at the Rise and the local YMCA as Jamaica, helping coach students and inspiring them to succeed in well as spending times visiting local elementary children. She athletics and academics. participated in The University of Alabama Halloween Extravaganza and gave her time to local children as part of the Tide’s “Tailgating with the Stars” event.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 67 6/28/2013 3:28:39 PM FACILITIES
“BUILT BY BAMA” BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM (.825) mark in all games played in Tuscaloosa. Dating back to the With recent renovation projects of $47 and $65 million to renovate 1988 renovation of Bryant-Denny Stadium, more than 14.2 million More than just a tagline used throughout the 2012-13 academic and expand the north and south end zones, Bryant-Denny Stadium fans have witnessed the Crimson Tide play in 171 home games over year and beyond by Alabama and its fanbase, “Built by Bama” is truly one of the top football facilities in the nation. The current the last 25 seasons. speaks to the ongoing efforts by The University of Alabama seating capacity is 101,821 and makes Bryant-Denny Stadium one Athletics Department to make its facilities all that Crimson Tide RHOADS STADIUM of the largest on-campus football stadiums in the nation. The most student-athletes and coaches need to be successful. Such was the The John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium was built in 2000 and recent renovation not only pushed capacity to 101,821, but gave late Mal Moore’s vision when he took over as Director of Athletics recently received enhancements that make the nation’s most packed Bryant-Denny Stadium an additional 36 skyboxes and 1,700 club in 1999 and so it remains today for the department as a whole. college softball venue an imposing site for visiting teams. That seats. The 2010 renovation marked the fourth expansion of this To that end, over the Alabama has undergone an unprecedented stadium, completed at a cost of $2.2 million, added right À eld tier magniÀ cent ediÀ ce since 1988 and the seventh time Bryant-Denny transformation, one that has touched all its facilities. This past seating to push stadium capacity past the 3,000 mark. The stadium Stadium has been expanded since it was originally completed in academic year, two project were completed that paid immediate was expanded for the third time in its short history following 2011 1929. Other expansions were completed in 1946, 1961, 1966, 1988, dividends - the complete renovation of the Sam Bailey Track and season, which brought the ofÀ cial capacity to 3,940. During the 1998 and 2006. The Tide beat Mississippi College, 55-0, in the À rst Field Stadium, which provides the Crimson Tide with a state-of-the- 2009 season, tier seating in the right À eld corner was added along game played at Denny Stadium, named for UA President George art training and competition facility and the completion of the new with a standing room concourse area that includes tables and drink Denny on September 28, 1929. The stadium was ofÀ cially dedicated Strength and Conditioning complex which links the Mal M. Moore rails. After the completion of the 2010 season, construction began October 5, 1929, when the Tide beat Ole Miss, 22-7. The stadium Athletic Facility with the Hank Crisp Indoor Facility and serves on an expanded clubhouse that will feature a new locker room, was re-named Bryant-Denny Stadium, in honor of legendary all 21 of Alabama sports. The new 37,000-square-foot strength expanded training room and player’s lounge, a new team video room coach Paul Bryant and Denny, on April 10, 1976, during the annual and conditioning complex features a state-of-the-art performance and lobby. The expanded clubhouse will connect to the new indoor A-Day game. The renovations over the past decade included a nutrition center to fuel Alabama student-athletes, physicians’ ofÀ ces practice facility that will include three batting cages and a bullpen. plaza connecting the stadium with University Boulevard. The plaza, and strength and conditioning ofÀ ces. which quickly became a focal point on game-day Saturdays, honors SEWELL-THOMAS STADIUM Alabama’s national championship coaches and commemorates the Sewell-Thomas Stadium is the home À eld of The University of Tide’s 15 national and 23 SEC titles. Alabama bettered its own Alabama baseball team. The stadium opened as Thomas Field record for the largest crowd to see a game in the state of Alabama on March 26, 1948, in honor of former Tide head coach Frank when a sell-out crowd of 101,821 fans À lled the seats in the Thomas. The stadium originally had a seating capacity of 2,000. In Crimson Tide’s 2010 season opener against San Jose State. Going 1978, the stadium was renamed Sewell-Thomas Stadium, adding the into the 2013 season, the Crimson Tide owns an impressive 225- name of former UA baseball standout and head coach Joe Sewell, 52-3 (.809) all-time record at Bryant-Denny Stadium and a 312-65-3 who spent 14 years with the Cleveland Indians and New York
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 68 6/28/2013 3:28:40 PM Yankees during his Hall of Fame baseball career. Currently referred The renovation also included suites for both programs that house facility that is nearly identical to what they will see when they get to by many as “The Joe”, Sewell-Thomas Stadium has been the the teams’ locker rooms, team areas, meeting and video rooms and to the championship season. The shot put throw area was relocated home of Alabama’s baseball team for 62 years, but has undergone coaches’ ofÀ ces. A weight room and athletics training facilities and redesigned at the west end of the track, outside of the oval, many changes. The complex has undergone two major renovations were also included in the project. Originally built in 1939, Foster combining the landing pits to provide a more functional and in 1996 and again in 2001. A video board was added in 2007. The Auditorium was named in 1942 for Richard Clarke Foster, president efÀ cient throws area. The inÀ eld was replaced with a new Tifway most recent additions came during the 2010 season as the Crimson of The University of Alabama from 1937-41. It was the largest and 419 hybrid Bermuda grass inÀ eld and provides the landing areas Tide clubhouse, meetings rooms, coaches locker rooms and team most expensive of 14 buildings added to campus between 1936 and for the javelin, hammer throw and discus. The cages for the throw room were completely renovated, giving Alabama one of the 1939 using funds from the Public Works Administration. events have been strategically placed with both “D zone areas” to À nest clubhouses in college baseball. In addition to the expanded allow for better meet management. Timing locations have been UA TENNIS STADIUM clubhouse, meeting rooms and team rooms, the hallways and walls added throughout the track area to allow for the use of the most Alabama tennis student-athletes have the privilege of playing in are lined with murals, depicting the deep history of UA baseball. current event timing techniques. The redesign also relocated and one of the À nest facilities in the country as the Alabama Tennis reconÀ gured the jumps area to make both training and competition COLEMAN COLISEUM Stadium was one of nine winners of the 25th Annual USTA Facility more efÀ cient. There are now two long jump runways, two pole The center of much of University of Alabama campus life since Awards Program. The outdoor complex, built in 2004, features 12 vault runways, two high jump aprons. During the renovations, the facility opened in 1968, Coleman Coliseum is home to Alabama hard courts with overhead seating for 2,000 spectators that faces permanent lights were installed, giving the Tide far more Á exibility men’s basketball. Opened on January 30, 1968, and originally all courts. The $4.2 million facility houses a team lounge with a Á at when it comes to training and competition. In addition to the track named Memorial Coliseum, Coleman Coliseum has served as the screen television and couches, a conference room, coaches’ ofÀ ces, renovations, the grandstand was upgraded with new seating and home court of the Alabama basketball team for 42 years and the player locker rooms with private restrooms and showers, a full- a complete renovation and expansion of the press box. A new women’s gymnastics team since 1985. One of college basketball’s service athletic training room and a concession stand with kitchen. entry plaza was also incorporated into the facility with displays À nest facilities then and now, the multi-purpose arena was ahead In addition, the facility contains an elevator from the À rst level to commemorate the history of Alabama track athletes, both in of its time when originally constructed at a cost of $4.2 million. up to the seating area. Not only is this complex conducive to the collegiate and Olympic competition. There is also a permanent The building occupies two acres of land with the roof reaching 90 highest level of competitive play, it is also a terriÀ c place for hosting awards area, created out of the same material as the track itself feet above the competition surface and almost 100,000 square feet school and community tournaments, with amenities for spectators of space in the main seating area. The arena was re-dedicated in and visiting teams. UA SOCCER STADIUM 1988 as Coleman Coliseum in honor of Jeff Coleman, a long-time The University of Alabama Soccer Stadium was built in 2004. It Crimson Tide historian, business manager for athletics and alumni ROBERTA ALISON BAUMGARDNER TENNIS FACILITY houses a team lounge complete with a Á at-screen television and director that served on the committee that oversaw construction In 2012, the tennis complex expanded even more with the addition couches, a conference room, coaches’ ofÀ ces, student-athlete and planning of the Coliseum. The coliseum houses athletic of the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility, which houses locker rooms with private restrooms and showers, a full-service department ofÀ ces (except for football, swimming and diving, men’s six indoor courts. Located adjacent to the outdoor stadium, the athletic training room and a concession stand with a kitchen. In and women’s tennis, women’s basketball and volleyball), the ticket Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility features a lobby, addition, the facility is equipped with a pair of locker rooms for and Tide Pride ofÀ ces, a club level room (the Crimson Tide Room), restrooms and overhead seating above the courts in addition to visiting teams and ofÀ cials. The outdoor complex features covered a President’s reception area (the C.M. Newton Room), an auxiliary seating at court level. The addition of the indoor not only provides bench areas for both teams and a press box with seating for 1,500 gymnasium, an equipment room, weight rooms, steam bath, training a facility for the teams to compete during inclement weather, but it spectators and standing room for many more. room, food service areas, photo studios, and locker room facilities also beneÀ ts Alabama when submitting bids to host events such as for athletes and staff. the NCAA Championship. DON GAMBRIL OLYMPIC POOL AT THE ALABAMA AQUATIC CENTER FOSTER AUDITORIUM SAM BAILEY TRACK AND FIELD STADIUM One of the nation’s “fastest” pools, the Alabama Aquatic Center The University of Alabama Athletics Department renovated and The Crimson Tide’s home track and À eld facility, named for has, during the past 30 years, hosted more than 200 major expanded Foster Auditorium to create a new home for the Crimson legendary coach and administrator Sam Bailey, was rebuilt from competitions including seven Southeastern Conference Swimming Tide’s volleyball and women’s basketball programs, beginning the ground up prior to the 2013 season, utilizing every inch of & Diving Championships. The Crimson Tide has built an in 2011. The remodel of Foster included refurbishing the arena the facility to give Alabama athletes everything they need to be impressive reputation for winning in the Aquatic Center. Since the portion of the building with new seating both on the Á oor level and successful at the highest level. The new design and layout ensures facility opened in 1981, the Crimson Tide men’s team has only lost a the second level which overlooks the court, creating an impressive that the Sam Bailey Track & Field complex is one of the premier handful of home dual meets. Two of the three SEC Championships competitive atmosphere for both sports. The restoration of the facilities in the nation. The new nine-lane track has a state of the Tide won in the decade of the 1980s (men’s titles in 1982 and venerable three-story building was completed in January of 2011 the art Beynon BSS -2000 track surface, which allows for a faster 1987) were won in the Aquatic Center. The Tide is tough to beat at in time for the women’s basketball game between Alabama and and more durable surface for both competition and training. The home - and the Aquatic Center is part of the reason why. Florida on Feb. 13, 2011, when the Tide defeated the Gators 64-59. redesigned track gives Tide athletes a training and competition
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 69 6/28/2013 3:28:42 PM ATTENDANCE
BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM COLEMAN COLISEUM Average Attendance – 101,821 Average Attendance – Men’s Basketball, 11,159; RHOADS STADIUM Gymnastics, 13,422 Average Attendance – 2,916 FOSTER AUDITORIUM SEWELL-THOMAS STADIUM Average Attendance – Average Attendance – 3,262 Volleyball, 977; Women’s Basketball, 1,145 UA SOCCER STADIUM Average Attendance – 799
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 70 6/28/2013 3:28:42 PM MARKETING & LICENSING
The impact and inÁ uence of athletics marketing has never 5TH GRADE FAST BREAK ALABAMA’S TRADEMARK LICENSING PROGRAM been more evident than in the current era of Alabama athletics. The University of Alabama women’s basketball program, the In 1981, The University of Alabama created a licensing program Alabama’s passionate fan base has largely earned a national Alabama Consortium for Educational Renewal (ACER), and to protect the marks and logos of the University and establish reputation for devotion based on its following of the Crimson Tide the Tuscaloosa City and County elementary schools continued cooperative relationships with licensees and retailers to assist in the football team. the partnership started in 2007-08 to provide athletically related further development of a market for ofÀ cially licensed products of educational initiatives for local 5th graders. The goal continues The University of Alabama. In recent years, that devotion and passion has become evident to be that the 5th Grade Fastbreak program be an annual event across the board as the seven Alabama sports that require tickets highlighted by the 5th Grade Fastbreak Game of the Year. The Licensing revenues are directed to The University of Alabama for admission (football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, goal is to engage Tuscaloosa 5th graders in educational initiatives to support scholarship programs as well as operations in other baseball, softball, gymnastics and volleyball) sold more than based on Alabama women’s basketball that will begin in the fall University departments. Royalties are paid by more than 700 800,000 tickets, generating in excess of $33.7 million in ticket semester and continue through the women’s basketball season ofÀ cially licensed manufacturers that produce products bearing revenue during the 2012-13 athletic year. (November-March). This year, 2,184 5th graders and teachers À lled the marks and logos of The University of Alabama. The licensing Foster Auditorium. program promotes a mutually beneÀ cial relationship between the The back-to-back national champion Crimson Tide football University and its licensees. team saw 712,052 fans packed Bryant-Denny Stadium (capacity: POWER OF PINK Royalty income from the licensing program is directed to The 101,821). The gymnastics team averaged 13,422 fans per meet, Alabama Athletics’ Power of Pink initiative, sponsored by University of Alabama’s Nation Merit Scholarships, the Paul W. which ranked the Tide second in the nation among all women’s Tuscaloosa Toyota, was started by Crimson Tide gymnastics coach Bryant Museum and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The collegiate programs. Alabama sold out Coleman Coliseum for its Sarah Patterson in 2004 to raise awareness in the À ght against breast marks of The University of Alabama are controlled under a licensing clash with SEC foe Kentucky on January 25, and posted a near- cancer in the West Alabama community. program administered by The Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC). sellout of 14,570 on February 15, against in-state rival Auburn. Any use of these marks requires written approval by CLC. Alabama’s softball team led the nation in attendance with a school “I realize that I am very lucky,” Patterson said. “Not only to be and national record of 2,916 fans per game. healthy, but also that I have access to excellent medical care. Not Between July 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013, Alabama generated in everyone is so fortunate, and I wanted to do something that would excess of $8.4 million in gross royalties, an increase of 11-percent In its second season back in Foster Auditorium they volleyball help those who need it most.” compared to the À rst nine months of the previous À scal year. team played in front of a record crowd of 1,670 vs. LSU. Soccer Alabama ranked second among all CLC institutions during the À rst set its all time single-game attendance record against Maryland with Within the UA athletics department the event has grown from quarter. 1,630 fans in the fall on the way to setting the single season total gymnastics to other sports to the point where Alabama Athletics’ and average attendance marks at 6,148 and 799, respectively. The Power of Pink, sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota, has events three The Tide’s Back-to-Back National Champions program is the women’s tennis team was sixth in the national in overall attendance times a year, in the fall, in the winter and in the spring, hosted by most successful in the history of collegiate athletics, generating in 2012-13. the Tide’s women’s teams. the most royalties for this type of program. Alabama developed highly successful SEC Football Champions and NCAA Men’s Golf Alabama athletics events provide the Tuscaloosa community and In the United States alone, a woman will be newly diagnosed with Champions programs. the state at large with consistent family-friendly attractions. Sports breast cancer every three minutes, and the odds of overcoming events at the Capstone are known for their exciting atmosphere at breast cancer are much higher if the disease is detected in the early That success followed a 2011-12 season that saw Alabama athletics affordable prices. stages, a fact that makes the Tide’s efforts even more vital. produce the most royalties revenue in school history with more than $9 million in revenue, a total that ranked only behind Texas CRIMSON TIDE REWARDS PROGRAM The Alabama Athletics Power of Pink 2012-13 slate featured nine nationally. Completing its third year, the Crimson Tide Rewards program women’s athletics events, including volleyball, cross country, soccer presented by Tuscaloosa Toyota allowed a record number of and swimming and diving in the fall; basketball and gymnastics in In November 2012, The University of Alabama began its Crafter’s members the opportunity to win great prizes, including Alabama the winter; and softball, tennis and rowing in the spring. Licensing Program, offering crafters an opportunity to use gear and exclusive fan experiences. Members earned points for each Alabama’s trademarks through a license. The pioneering program athletic event they attend. already includes over 30 licensed crafters.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 71 6/28/2013 3:28:44 PM MEDIA - ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS
Anything that happens in Alabama athletics is immediately ACCOLADES FOR THE INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS newsworthy throughout the state, the South and the nation. The COMMUNICATIONS STAFF: interest generated by Crimson Tide athletics teams provides In the summer of 2013, The University of Alabama Department of immeasurable exposure for The University of Alabama as a whole Athletics Communications garnered national recognition for excel- while serving as a symbol of excellence for the state itself. lence in publications by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The department earned a trio of “Best In The The University of Alabama’s Department of Athletics Nation” citations from CoSIDA and six awards overall, which tied the Communications ensures that accurate, important and timely Crimson Tide communications department for the most in NCAA information is distributed to news media throughout the state and Division I with six. nation. The communications department also guides the messaging and strategic communications efforts of the entire Department of CITATIONS AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLICATIONS: Athletics. The Department of Athletics Communications strives Roots Woodruff, Megan Herboth, Brent Hollingsworth to create a cooperative atmosphere that encourages coverage by Single Sport Guide (Rowing) - University Division a variety of nationally prominent media outlets. Crimson Tide Best in the Nation athletics has a global reach thanks in no small part to the efforts of the Athletics Communications staff via Alabama’s social media Rich Davi, Brent Hollingsworth outlets via www.RollTide.com, Facebook and Twitter. Volleyball Media Guide – University Division Best Cover in the Nation Staff members of the Athletics Communications ofÀ ce work at every UA home sports event while providing statistical information, Aaron Jordan, Doug Walker, Brent Hollingsworth game notes, personal insight on all UA student-athletes, historical Men’s Basketball Game Program – University Division perspective and strategic communications advice to all UA coaches Best Cover in the Nation and staff members. The staff works closely with Alabama’s athletics marketing department, Crimson Tide Productions, Crimson Tide Rich Davi, Brent Hollingsworth Sports Marketing and the Crimson Tide Sports Network to ensure Volleyball Media Guide – University Division that an expansive mix of athletics events are available for viewing or Second in the Nation listening by Alabama fans across Alabama, the nation and the world. The Athletics Communications ofÀ ce also serves as the backbone Rich Davi, Brent Hollingsworth of the athletics department’s crisis response initiatives as the staff Baseball Media Guide – University Division works with local, regional and national media outlets and journalists Second in the Nation as part of its layered coverage efforts. Aaron Jordan, Doug Walker, Brent Hollingsworth During the 2012-13 athletics year, the Department of Athletics Men’s Basketball Game Program – University Division Communications produced more than 1,000 news releases; arranged Second in the Nation more than 1,200 interviews with news media; and provided daily strategic media advice for Alabama’s more than 600 student-athletes.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 72 6/28/2013 3:28:45 PM ALABAMA NATIONAL MAGAZINE COVERS Men’s Basketball Gymnastics Football Nov. 9, 2012 vs. South Dakota State ESPNU Jan. 18, 2013 vs. LSU ESPN2/ESPNU Sports Illustrated Aug. 20, 2012 Nov. 15, 2012 vs. Oregon State ESPN2 Feb. 22, 2013 at Arkansas ESPN2/ESPNU ESPN The Magazine Nov. 26, 2012 Nov. 16, 2012 vs. Villanova ESPN2 March 8, 2013 at LSU ESPN2 Sports Illustrated Dec. 21, 2012 Dec. 1, 2012 at Cincinnati ESPN2 March 23 SEC Championships ESPN/ESPNU Sports Illustrated Jan. 14, 2013 Dec. 15, 2012 at VCU CBS College April 19-21 NCAA Championships ESPNU/ESPN3 Dec. 19, 2012 at Texas Tech ESPN3 NATIONAL TELEVISION COVERAGE Dec. 30, 2012 vs. Tulane ESPNU Indoor Track and Field Football Jan. 8, 2013 at Missouri ESPN Feb. 22-24, 2013 SEC Championships ESPN Family Sept. 1, 2012 vs. Michigan ABC Jan. 12, 2013 vs. Tennessee ESPN2 March 8-9, 2013 NCAA Championships ESPN Family Sept. 15, 2012 at Arkansas CBS Jan. 19, 2013 vs. Texas A&M FSN Sept. 29, 2012 vs. Mississippi ESPN Jan. 22, 2013 vs. Kentucky ESPN Outdoor Track and Field Oct. 13, 2012 at Missouri CBS Jan. 26, 2013 at Tennessee ESPN2 May 9-12, 2013 SEC Championship ESPN Family Oct. 20, 2012 at Tennessee ESPN Jan. 31, 2013 vs. Arkansas ESPN2 May 23-25, 2013 NCAA Regional ESPN Family Oct. 27, 2012 vs. Mississippi State ESPN Feb. 9, 2013 vs. LSU ESPN2 June 5-8, 2013 NCAA Championships ESPN Family Nov. 3, 2012 at LSU CBS Feb. 12, 2013 at Georgia ESPNU Nov. 10, 2012 vs. Texas A&M CBS Feb. 26, 2013 vs. Auburn ESPNU Women’s Soccer Nov. 24, 2012 vs. Auburn CBS March 2, 2013 at Florida ESPN Sept. 16, 2012 vs. LSU ESPN3 Dec. 1, 2012 vs. Georgia CBS March 5, 2013 at Mississippi ESPNU Jan. 7, 2013 vs. Notre Dame ESPN March 15, 2013 vs. Tennessee ESPNU Softball Baseball March 16, 2013 vs. Florida ESPN2 March 16, 2013 at South Carolina ESPN3 March 13, 2013 at Georgia ESPN3 March 19, 2013 vs. Northeastern ESPN2 March 23, 2013 vs. Auburn ESPN3 March 30, 2013 at Auburn ESPN3 March 23, 2013 vs. Stanford ESPN March 24, 2013 vs. Auburn ESPNU April 4, 2013 Arkansas ESPNU/ESPN3 March 26, 2013 vs. Maryland ESPN April 5, 2013 vs. Missouri ESPNU April 13, 2013 at Mississippi ESPN3 April 6, 2013 vs. Missouri ESPNU Women’s Basketball April 20, 2013 LSU ESPN3 April 21, 2013 vs. Mississippi State ESPN3 May 4, 2013 at Mississippi State ESPNU/ESPN3 Jan. 10, 2013 vs. Georgia ESPN3 April 25, 2013 at LSU ESPN2 May 5, 2013 at Mississippi State CBS Sports Network Jan. 13, 2013 at Mississippi ESPN3 May 8, 2013 vs. Texas A&M ESPNU May 11, 2013 Missouri ESPN3 Jan. 24, 2013 vs. Auburn ESPN3 May 9, 2013 vs. Florida ESPNU May 21, 2013 vs. Auburn ESPN3 Jan. 27, 2013 vs. Vanderbilt ESPN3 May 24, 2013 at Tennessee ESPN2 May 22, 2013 vs. LSU ESPN3 Feb. 17, 2013 at Auburn ESPN2/ESPN3 May 25, 2013 at Tennessee ESPN May 23, 2013 vs. Mississippi ESPN3 March 6, 2013 vs. Mississippi State ESPN3 Swimming and Diving May 24, 2013 vs. LSU ESPN3 March 7, 2013 vs. South Carolina ESPN3 May 31, 2013 vs. Troy ESPNU/ESPN3 Feb. 19-23, 2013 SEC Championships ESPN Family June 1, 2013 vs. Savannah State ESPNU/ESPN3 March 21-23, 2013 NCAA Championships (W) ESPN Family June 2, 2013 vs. Troy ESPNU/ESPN3 March 28-30, 2013 NCAA Championships (M) ESPN Family
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 73 6/28/2013 3:28:45 PM ROLLTIDE.COM
The ofÀ cial University of Alabama Athletics Department The site also makes getting the latest ofÀ cially licensed Crimson website, RollTide.com, features a number of different ways for Tide gear easier than ever with links to the online store as well fans to follow the Crimson Tide minute-to-minute. The website as the Crimson Tide’s photo store. provides the most up-to-date information about Alabama athletics through press releases, game recaps, team statistics The redesign has been structured in such a way to put the and coach and player interviews. Alabama also provides mobile Tide’s teams, student-athletes, coaches and championship device applications, for both iPhone and Android phones, tradition front and center in an online environment that allowing fans to have access to information about the Tide at provides fans with a treasure trove of Alabama-centric their À ngertips. information, news, videos and photos.
The latest redesign of RollTide.com, the ofÀ 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 unveiled in June of 2013. The new-look site was streamlined seasons in school history, with the Crimson Tide earning two for easier navigation and access to the information and more national titles, the UA athletics website generated more features Crimson Tide fans are looking for. The window to than 36 million page impressions, while producing more than the world for Alabama Athletics, the front page of RollTide. 8.5 million unique browser impressions. 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 2012-13 academic year, RollTide.com ranked No. in-depth information about those events that includes radio and 1 nationally in online store revenue and in the top À ve in total television information, live statistics and preview links as well page views, unique visitors, mobile application downloads, as recaps and stats. all-access revenue and mobile trafÀ c among CBSSports.com college network partners. The site’s retooled menu structure makes it easier than ever to move within the site, with links to each individual sport’s roster, Additionally, Alabama produced a total of 1,410 videos of schedule, ticket information, Twitter and Facebook feeds all original content in 2012-13, giving fans access to interviews available from the top navigation bar on every page of the site. with coach and players that would not otherwise be available.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 74 6/28/2013 3:28:47 PM THE TOTAL PROGRAM: ALL-SPORTS RANKINGS
In a year that saw The University of Alabama athletics department In the three year-history of the Capital One Cup, Alabama’s men win two national team titles and place seven teams in the top-12 have posted back-to-back sixth place À nishes, while the women nationally, the Crimson Tide once again fared well in the total sports were third in 2011-12 after winning three NCAA Championships in rankings. the spring and 18th in 2010-11.
The Alabama men À nished sixth in the Capital One Cup while the LEARFIELD SPORTS DIRECTOR’S CUP combined men’s and women’s program À nished 26th in the 2012-13 In the LearÀ eld Sports Director’s Cup, Alabama scored 740.50 LearÀ eld Sports Directors’ Cup Division I standings. points overall, including 100 points each for its national champion football and men’s golf teams. The Tide was 51st in the Directors’ In both rankings, Alabama was paced by its football team - winner Cup after the winter sports were tallied, but used another strong of three BCS National Championships in the last four years - in the spring - which included the men’s golf title as well as top-10 À nishes fall, its men’s golf team - winner of its À rst NCAA Championship by the women’s golf and softball teams and 11th place À nishes by in 2013 - in the spring, and its gymnastics team - which posted its the women’s tennis and men’s track and À eld teams – to jump 25 À fth top-three À nish in a row in 2013 – in the winter. places in the À nal standings.
CAPITAL ONE CUP In the Directors’ Cup, 20 total teams can be scored for the À nal In the Capital One Cup, Alabama’s men - paced by national standings, 10 men and 10 women. Alabama has 21 sports, nine men championships in football and men’s golf - À nished sixth after and 12 women. By way of comparison, Stanford, winner of the last scoring 80 points overall, just two points behind À fth-place Duke. 19 Directors’ Cups, has 37 sports. UCLA won the Men’s Cup with 92 points while North Carolina won the women’s side with 140 points. Alabama À nished 36th in the The Tide was one of seven Southeastern Conference teams to À nish Women’s Capital One Cup. in the top 30 in the À nal LearÀ eld Sports Directors’ Cup standings, and was less than 10 points out of 25th place. The Capital One Cup only counts top-10 national À nishes and uses a tiered points system. In the Men’s Capital One Cup, Alabama was Over the past 20 years, Alabama has posted a dozen top-30 À nishes one of three SEC teams to À nish in the top 10. in the Directors’ Cup, including the last six years in a row.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 75 6/28/2013 3:28:48 PM EQUITY
The days of women’s sports at The University of Alabama began sports, Alabama provides 185 athletic scholarships to its female in 1974, when À ve sports were added to the varsity list. The À rst student-athletes. women’s sports to take place on the Tuscaloosa campus were women’s basketball, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, women’s The University of Alabama is in the midst of an unprecedented swimming and diving and women’s volleyball, competing for the era of success, one that includes eight national championships À rst time during the 1974-75 academic year. from 2009-2013, half of which came from the Crimson Tide women. In 2011-12 alone – during which the University won four Women’s tennis joined the department in 1975, before women’s national championships, the most of any NCAA Division I school cross country and women’s indoor and outdoor track and À eld were – three of those four were won by women’s teams. The Alabama added prior to the 1977-78 school year. Women’s soccer was added gymnastics team captured its second NCAA title in a row and sixth in 1982, but was dropped as a varsity sport in 1989, before being overall. The Alabama women’s golf team became the À rst program reinstated in 1994. Women’s volleyball also took a brief break from at the Capstone outside of football and gymnastics to win a national varsity competition when it was dropped as a varsity sport in 1982, title. After making the Women’s College World Series for the eighth before being reinstated in 1989. Softball was the 11th women’s sport time in 2012, the Tide softball team to the school’s À rst national added to the UA varsity platform prior to the 1995-96 school year, title in the sport. making its À rst appearance in the spring of 1996. Alabama’s women continued to roll in 2012-13, producing a trio The most recent addition to the Alabama athletics department of top-10 À nishes, including a third place À nish by the gymnastics belongs to the Rowing team when it was added in 2006-07. Prior team in head coach Sarah Patterson’s 35th season at the Capstone, to beginning its seventh season as a varsity sport in 2011-12, the a Southeastern Conference title from the women’s golf team in rowing program received funding for the full allotment of 20 addition to a seventh place national À nish and another NCAA scholarships by the institution. With rowing reaching fully funded Regional title for the softball team and a 10th place national À nish. status, all 21 varsity sports at Alabama are fully funded in athletics scholarships, based on the maximum allowed by NCAA rules. Other highlights include the Alabama women’s tennis team winning its À rst regional championship and advancing to the NCAA With 12 women’s varsity teams at Alabama, the University had 258 Championship Round of 16 for the À rst time in school history. female student-athletes competing for the school during the 2012- The Tide À nished the year ranked just out of the top 10 at No. 11, 13 academic year. To complement the participation of women’s Alabama’s highest end of the year ranking in school history.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 76 6/28/2013 3:28:49 PM Attendance has continued to grow for a number of women’s sports KAYLA BRAUD – SOFTBALL ALEXIS PAINE – TRACK AND FIELD at the University. This past season, the women’s gymnastics team In a career À lled with accolades, four-time Alexis Paine closed out her senior season with averaged crowds of more 13,000 in À ve regular season competitions All-Southeastern Conference softball selection a Á ourish, earning À rst team All-American in at Coleman Coliseum as well as posting the highest attendance Kayla Braud À nished her senior season by the pole vault during the indoor and outdoor at any of the nation’s six regional competitions. The average earning the 2013 Senior CLASS Award as seasons. She posted the highest national attendance of 13,422 marked the second highest national total in well as an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. À nish of her career at the NCAA Outdoor gymnastics, and third highest among women’s collegiate sports The Eugene, Ore., native is a two-time Capital Once Academic Championships, taking fourth. She also won the 2013 Southeastern during the 2012-13 year. All-American and National Fastpitch Coaches Association Scholar- Conference Indoor and the NCAA East Preliminary Pole Vault Athlete. The public relations major carries a 3.7 grade point average Championships. In addition to breaking the school indoor and The softball program led the country once again in total attendance, and has been on the Dean’s List her entire career. Braud À nished outdoor pole vault records multiple times during the 2012-13 marking the sixth straight season that Alabama has led the country. the regular season with a .471 batting average and a team-high 90 season, she À nished the year with every spot on the Tide’s all-time Additionally, UA set a new NCAA record for total attendance, as hits. She scored 65 runs and recorded 23 RBI. In 2012-13, she was top-10 list both indoors and outdoors. 93,332 fans passed through the gates at Rhoads Stadium, to average selected as a À rst team All-SEC member for the third time in her 2,916 fans per game. career and was also named to the conference’s all-defensive team.
The 2012-13 season marked the second full season that women’s ALEXA GUARACHI – WOMEN’S TENNIS volleyball and women’s basketball played in Foster Auditorium. The Senior Alexa Guarachi had, arguably, the best facility was renovated to provide the two programs a state-of-the- season by a women’s tennis student-athlete at art facility that houses the practice and competition court, team Alabama, becoming the winningest player in locker rooms, athletic training facilities and weight rooms, as well as program history and the À rst to earn All- coach’s ofÀ ces and a team video room. Under head coach Ed Allen, America honors in both singles and doubles in the women’s volleyball team returned to Foster Auditorium for the same season. The Destin, Fla., native helped the Crimson Tide the À rst time since the 1995 in the fall of 2011, while the women’s to its À rst appearance in the NCAA Team Championship Round basketball team reopened Foster Auditorium on Feb. 13, 2011, with of 16, while also advancing to the NCAA Singles and Doubles a 64-59 win over Florida. Championship semiÀ nals. She À nished her collegiate career with 109 victories in singles and another 113 in doubles and was a three-time All-SEC First Team selection. TOP PERFORMERS STEPHANIE MEADOW – WOMEN’S GOLF DIANDRA MILLINER – GYMNASTICS After leading Alabama to the NCAA Women’s Gymnast Diandra Milliner won the 2013 Golf Championship in 2012, Stephanie NCAA Vault Championship after À nishing Meadow led the nation with the low scoring second in that event last season, boosting average in 2013, with a school-record Alabama’s individual national championship 71.24, carrying UA to the SEC and NCAA total to 24. The Wichita, Kansas native East Regional Championships and a top-10 À nish at the NCAA also earned a trio of All-American nods this season, giving her Championships. She won a school-record seven tournaments in six honors for her career. She also took second at the NCAA 2013, including the SEC and NCAA Regional titles. Ranked as Championships on the Á oor exercise after winning that event at high as No. 1 in the nation during the season, she became the À rst the Southeastern Conference and NCAA Regional championships UA player to be named SEC Golfer of the Year and earned SEC earlier in the season. A two-time Scholastic All-American and Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. A three-year member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Milliner also consensus 2013 All-American, Meadow is the À rst UA golfer to earn earned First Team All-SEC honors in 2013. À rst team All-America honors three years in a row. She also earned À rst team Academic All-America honors in 2013. She clinched the Curtis Cup for Great Britain and Ireland just prior to the start of the 2012-13 season in addition to winning the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 77 6/28/2013 3:28:50 PM The commitment and obligation to operate the intercollegiate athletics program in adherence to the principle of institutional control is both COMPLIANCE institutional and individual. The University is committed to maintaining control of its athletics programs through the responsible administra- tors, 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 mission of the UA Athletics Compliance OfÀ ce is to function A strong commitment to playing by the rules has seen Alabama within the realm of the University’s compliance structure, coordinat- Athletics to the national forefront in rules compliance. The ofÀ ce of ing, monitoring and verifying compliance with all NCAA and Confer- compliance works with Crimson Tide student-athletes, coaches, staff ence requirements, and to educate athletics department staff members, members, administrators, prospective student-athletes and their fami- student-athletes, the various constituencies of the University and the lies, fans, stakeholders, benefactors and the general public. That com- community regarding NCAA regulations. The Athletics Compliance mitment ensures adherence to NCAA rules and highlights the integrity OfÀ ce is committed to the principle of institutional control in the of The University of Alabama. operation of the athletics department in a way that is consistent with the rules and regulations of the NCAA, the Southeastern Conference The University of Alabama compliance department coordinates the and the University. University’s NCAA compliance efforts on behalf of 21 varsity sports and approximately 600 student-athletes. The department conducts VISION ongoing educational efforts, monitors activities and practices while The vision of the Athletics Compliance OfÀ ce is recognized as one constantly reviewing standards and practices to maintain and enhance of the most comprehensive and proactive compliance programs in the compliance. Staff members routinely work with key campus partners areas of institutional control, education, and rules violation prevention. on all compliance matters. The Athletics Compliance OfÀ ce is dedicated to maintaining the high- est standards of excellence and professionalism by working together The compliance department focuses on The University of Alabama’s with all athletics staff members, student-athletes, university person- core values: leadership, excellence, integrity and service. With that as nel, alumni, boosters, and the external community in an environment its guide, the Alabama Department of Athletics strives to compete and that promotes respect, communication and teamwork; by encouraging succeed at the highest level in all sports while exhibiting the highest professional growth in the area of rules compliance; by incorporat- level of integrity. ing in others the highest regard for ethical conduct; by fostering an environment that is supportive of the NCAA operating principle of COMMITMENT competitive equity; by seeking out diversity and gender equity; and Alabama Athletics is committed and obligated to the principle of by fostering individual empowerment and personal well-being of our institutional control in operating its athletics program in a manner that student-athletes. is consistent with the letter and spirit of NCAA, SEC and University rules and regulations.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 78 6/28/2013 3:28:53 PM STAFFING
EXECUTIVE STAFF 2012-13 HEAD COACHES 10 YEARS Bill Battle, Director of Athletics Ed Allen, Volleyball, Two years Melanie Gray, Administrative Specialist Mal Moore, Director of Athletics Emeritus Todd Bramble, Soccer, Five years Christopher Hildreth, Athletics Field Technician Shane Lyons, Deputy Athletics Director/COO Larry Davis, Rowing, Six years Brent Hollingsworth, CTP Director, Graphics/Publications Coordinator Finus Gaston, Executive Associate A.D./CFO Mitch Gaspard, Baseball, Four years Wendell Hudson, Head Women’s Basketball Coach Kevin Almond, Sr. Associate A.D. - Support Services Anthony Grant, Men’s Basketball, Four years Timothy Nix, Athletics Field Technician Milton Overton, Sr. Associate A.D. - Technology Advancement Wendell Hudson, Women’s Basketball, Five years Terri Noland, Accounting Specialist Ronny Robertson, Sr. Associate A.D. - Development George Husack, Men’s Tennis, One year Nancy Perry, Swimming and Diving Senior OfÀ ce Associate Jonathan Bowling, Associate A.D. - Compliance Jenny Mainz, Women’s Tennis, 17 years Susan Rosenstiel, Assistant Women’s Golf Coach Jon Dever, Associate A.D. - Student Services Patrick Murphy, Softball, 14 Years 15 YEARS Carol Park, Associate A.D. - Business Sarah Patterson, Gymnastics, 35 years Bernard Burroughs, Athletic Trainer Jeff Purinton, Associate A.D. - Football Communications Mic Potter, Women’s Golf, Eight years Kristi Dyer, Director of Development, Operations and Stewardship Marie Robbins, Associate A.D. - Senior Woman Administrator Dennis Pursley, Swimming and Diving, One year Alyson Habetz, Associate Head Softball Coach Douglas Walker, Associate A.D. - Communications Nick Saban, Football, Six years James Lott, Ticket OfÀ ce Accountant Jay Seawell, Men’s Golf, 11 Years Sherry Selby, Administrative Secretary ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Dan Waters, Track and Field/Cross Country, Two years
Jeff Allen, Assistant A.D. - Sports Medicine 20 YEARS Chris Besanceney, Assistant A.D. - Ticketing & Tide Pride SERVICE AWARDS Jill Lancaster, Director of Life Skills and Community Outreach Justin Brant, Director - Crimson Tide Productions 5 YEARS
Jim Carabin, General Manager - Crimson Tide Sports Marketing Jamie Blakney, Athletics Groundskeeper 25 YEARS Troy Finney, Director - Video Services Dana Duckworth, Assistant Gymnastics Coach Terry Jones, Assistant Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Tommy Ford, Assistant A.D. - Donor Programs Stephanie Godfrey, Academic Advisor Rand Harris, Director - Athletics Information Technology Josh Maxson, Associate Director of Athletics Communications 30 YEARS Jill Lancaster, Director - Life Skills and Community Outreach Ronnie Murray, Facilities and Grounds Mary Turner, Tide Pride Program Assistant Red Leonard, Director - Event Management Jason Nance, Olympic Sports Equipment Manager Brad Ledford, Assistant A.D. - Strategic Marketing Jessica Pare, Assistant Director of Athletics Communications 35 YEARS Matt Self, Director - Compliance Parker Patrick, Athletics Groundskeeper Lisa Patrick, Academic Administrative Secretary Brandon Sevedge, Director - Athletic Facilities Antoine Pettway, Men’s Basketball Director of Operations Sarah Patterson, Head Gymnastics Coach Thad Turnipseed, Associate A.D. - Special Projects Alecia Price, Assistant Director of Tide Pride Aaron Vold, Assistant A.D. - Major Gifts Matthew Self, Director of Compliance Jakob Walden, Assistant Equipment Manager Robert Wallace, Flight Operations Manager Bobby Williams, Assistant Football Coach
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 79 6/28/2013 3:28:54 PM CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION
CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION 2012-13 HISTORY the overall goal of making the University foremost in education with the À nest academic and student facilities possible. BOARD OF DIRECTORS In the 1920s, President George “Mike” Denny felt strongly that a Mr. Paul Bryant, Jr. nationally recognized football program would pay immeasurable “The commitment to improving all athletic facilities is a never- Mr. Angus R. Cooper, II dividends in elevating the image and prestige of The University of ending process,” said former UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore, Mr. John J. McMahon, Jr. Alabama. who spearheaded the task of providing student-athletes with the Mr. Scott M. Phelps best possible venues to compete in the nation’s most difÀ cult Dr. Judy Bonner Rose Bowl trips after the 1925 and 1926 seasons generated the type conference. Mr. James W. Wilson, III of response Denny yearned for and it added money to athletics Mr. John Russell Thomas department coffers as well. With payoffs from the bowls, plans were Prior to 2002, the athletics department had never raised funds Mr. William R. Battle, III made to build an on-campus stadium. In 1929, Denny Stadium, a through donors to maintain and build new facilities or to endow Mr. Thomas L. Patterson state-of-the-art facility with 12,000 seats, opened on the Tuscaloosa scholarships. That changed with the implementation of the Crimson Mr. Robert W. Moore campus. Tradition Capital Campaign for Athletics. Three years later, the Mr. Randy J. Billingsley Crimson Tide Foundation was established to help ensure that Mr. William Britt Sexton As the years passed and success in football added more gridiron the University maintains the level of excellence expected by its Mr. Larry W. Morris legends to Crimson Tide lore, the demands for a larger football supporters for years to come. Since its inception, the Crimson Tide Ms. Jamie Tisch stadium became obvious. Building upon the 12,000-seat structure, Foundation has raised approximately $152 million through gifts and Mr. C. Ray Hayes Bryant-Denny Stadium today has a capacity of 101,821. Through pledges. More than 2,600 separate gifts totaling approximately $16.3 Mrs. Karen P. Brooks decades of excellence, the overall athletic department grew from million was raised during the 2012-13 À scal year. Mr. Finis E. St. John, IV supporting four men’s sports teams into a multi-faceted athletics Mr. DeMeco Ryans program sustaining 21 teams in both men’s and women’s sports. The athletics department at The University of Alabama is self- Chancellor Robert E. Witt Chancellor Robert Witt, during his previous tenure as president, supporting; all private gifts contribute directly to the needs of embraced the Denny vision, supporting the athletic department our student-athletes, coaches and staff. University of Alabama with a keen understanding that a powerful program only enhances Athletics receives no funding from the State of Alabama. All gifts to the Crimson Tide Foundation are applied solely to the athletics department needs.
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 80 6/28/2013 3:28:54 PM MISSION SCHOLARSHIPS/ENDOWMENTS CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION FULLY ENDOWED The Crimson Tide Foundation was established in February 2005 UA Athletics is committed to offering the full number of SCHOLARSHIPS to beneÀ t The University of Alabama’s athletics department. Its scholarships authorized by the NCAA to our more than 650 • The John B. Thompson Memorial Football Scholarship purpose is to promote and encourage a continuing interest in, and student-athletes. Each year, mounting tuition and housing costs • Glenn Davenport Family Endowed Football Scholarship loyalty to, the intercollegiate athletics programs at The University place greater pressures on the athletics department. UA Athletics • The Philip, Blake and Preston Nichols Endowed Men’s of Alabama; to support the staff of the University’s Department currently funds approximately $14.5 million annually for student- Basketball Scholarship of Athletics in their efforts to coordinate, develop, maintain athlete scholarships in 21 varsity sports. However, the cost of • Denney Family Endowed Football Scholarship and improve a superior intercollegiate athletics program at the tuition continues to rise dramatically. Keeping pace with the • The Pizzitola Family Endowed Football Scholarship University. increasing scholarship costs is critical to remaining competitive • The A. J. Taft, Sr Endowed Atheltic Scholarship on a national level. In such a climate, private giving in the area • Huntsville Red Elephant Club Endowed Football GOALS AND OBJECTIVES of scholarship support is one of our highest priorities. Donors Scholarship The Crimson Tide Foundation provides a venue through which interested in supporting UA athletic scholarships may do so in two • The Bromberg Endowed Men’s Track Scholarship loyal alumni, fans and friends can give À nancial support to ways: • The Logan Martin Red Elephant Club Endowed Football the Athletic Department, while capturing all the current tax Scholarship beneÀ ts allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. Private support ESTABLISHING A NEW SCHOLARSHIP OR GIVING TO AN • McKinney Endowed Football Scholarship enables UA Athletics to increase its standing, in both athletics EXISTING SCHOLARSHIP • The Janet Chadwick Endowed Football Scholarship and academics, over competing universities beyond what can be Endowments are gifts that keep on giving. Endowments are • The J Douglas Phillips Endowed Scholarship accomplished with annual revenue from ticket sales, media rights permanently invested by The University of Alabama and generate • Daniel Foundation Scholarship #2 and other licensing agreements. earnings and interest for the purpose you choose to support • Daniel Foundation Scholarship #1 scholarships, coaches, facility maintenance, sport-speciÀ c • The J. D. & Margaret Johns Endowed Scholarship FACILITIES /CAPITAL PROJECTS program support, and much more. The goal of fully endowing • The Alberta Carruth & James McCullough Endowed UA Athletics is committed to providing À rst-class facilities for all the scholarship program is a top priority of the Crimson Tide Athletic Scholarship 21 varsity sports. In an era when every college and university is Foundation. A gift to the endowment program is invested into a • The Priscilla Hutchins Endowed Scholarship striving to recruit elite student-athletes and coaches to provide the pool of funds managed by the University. A portion of the earnings • The Stan Walker Endowed Scholarship in Swimming most competitive programs in the country, facilities have become from the investment provides annual scholarship support. The • The Logan Young Endow Scholarship an even more important component of winning; and for our fans, remaining earnings are reinvested to grow the endowment and • The Elizabeth and Peter Lowe Endowed Scholarship provides them with an unmatched game day experience that all can to provide scholarship and other program support in perpetuity. • Red Elephant Club of Baldwin County Endowed enjoy. Building and maintaining outstanding facilities – from playing Endowed scholarships cover tuition, educational fees, books, and Scholarship and practice À elds to the space surrounding them – is integral to room and board for our student-athletes. Other endowments may • Red Elephant Club of Wiregrass Endowed Scholarship attracting and retaining top-tier talent. Throughout the last decade, be speciÀ ed for teams, individual positions, coaching positions, • Red Elephant Club of Northeast Alabama Endowed athletics facility improvements on campus have been substantial, as facility maintenance or general program support. Scholarship evidenced by the recent expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium, the • Red Elephant Club of Mobile Endowed Football new men’s and women’s tennis stadium, the John and Ann Rhoads GIVING TO THE CRIMSON TIDE SCHOLARSHIP FUND Scholarship #2 • Red Elephant Club of Mobile Endowed Football Softball Stadium, the women’s soccer stadium, the Jerry Pate Golf (ANNUAL FUND) Scholarship #1 Center, renovations to Coleman Coliseum, and the Roberta Alison The Crimson Tide Scholarship Fund provides UA Athletics with • Mayer & Arlene Mitchell Endowed Scholarship in Athletics Baumgartner Indoor Tennis Facility. During the past year facilities annual scholarship support. UA Athletics currently funds student- • A-Club Alumni Association Athletic Scholarship in Honor and projects that were completed included a new weight room for athlete scholarships primarily from revenue associated with ticket of Mal M. Moore all student athletes which includes a state-of-the-art nutrition area sales, sales of licensed merchandise, television contracts, and other • Claborn Family Athletic Scholarship and a complete renovation of the Sam Bailey Track Stadium. The event-driven revenue. Private funding of scholarships is necessary • Douglas & Frances Lanier Foundation Athletic Scholarship summer of 2013 will see the completion of the Sarah Patterson to provide our student-athletes with the best opportunities for • Lanita D. Mayers Football Scholarship Champions Plaza. Future projects include construction of a new learning and personal growth at The University of Alabama. For • Nick@Noon Football Scholarship rowing boathouse. Athletic administration is constantly assessing every dollar contributed to this fund, UA Athletics is able to direct • Renfroe Family Men’s Golf Scholarship our facilities in order to provide the best venues for our student revenue to other priority areas of need for the Department to • DeMeco Ryans Football Scholarship athletes to train and compete. Private giving through the Crimson maximize our competitive advantage with rivals both on and off the • Paige L. Stagner, IV Athletic Scholarship Tide Foundation will be pivotal for the success of each of our playing À eld. future projects. • United RooÀ ng Manufacturing Women’s Basketball Scholarship
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 81 6/28/2013 3:28:55 PM A-CLUB ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS FOR 2012-13 MISSION & OBJECTIVES There is an executive committee of the Association consisting of Cecil Ingram III, President (Golf) The purposes of The University of Alabama A-Club Alumni the immediate past president, president, president-elect, secretary- Jerry Duncan, President-Elect (Football) Association are to provide a means for the former student-athletes treasurer, president of the Educational and Charitable Foundation, Mal Moore, Director of Athletics of The University of Alabama who earned varsity letters in any director of athletics or a designee within The University of Harry Lee, Secretary (Football) of the sports for men and women recognized by the NCAA to Alabama Intercollegiate Athletics, and ten (10) at-large members Ken Wilder, Chairman (Football) gather from time to time for certain social purposes, to promote the (at-large members include at least À ve different varsity men’s and/or Tommy Brooker, President of the A-Club Educational & interests and mission of The University of Alabama, and to support women’s sports). The immediate past president of the Association Charitable Foundation the Athletics Department, the athletic programs and the current serves as chairman of the Executive Committee. Any vacancies Paul Boschung (Football) student-athletes of The University of Alabama. occurring on the Executive Committee are À lled immediately by Matt Caddell (Football) an appointment by the Executive Committee. Five (5) are replaced Penny Davis (Volleyball) MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION annually for two-year terms. The Executive Committee, subject to Mike Dean (Football/Baseball) Current Database – Approximately 3,000 letter-winners the supervision and approval of the Association, has general control Morgan Dennis (Gymnastics) Active Members – Approximately 1,400 of the Association’s affairs. Ray Maxwell (Football) Terrance Meade (Basketball) LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFT GIVING Andy Phillips (Baseball) The ofÀ cers consist of the elected ofÀ cers: president, president- Revenue sources for the A-Club include, but are not limited to, the James Sanderson (Football Trainer) elect, secretary-treasurer, and the athletic director or a designee following: Ed Terrell (Tennis) from The University of Alabama Department of Athletics. Each • Dues ($50 per person annually) ofÀ cer, with the exception of the athletic director, serves for a two- • Meal card sales year term from the date of his/her election. Any ofÀ cer may serve • Donations from football lettermen for football season more than one term if nominated and re-elected. In the event of tickets three and four the death or resignation of any ofÀ cer, the vacancy shall be À lled • A-Club Classic golf events by the appointment of the successor for the unexpired term by the • Merchandise royalties Executive Committee. The ofÀ cers of the Association shall perform • Special projects as approved by the A-Club Executive such duties as commonly pertain to their respective ofÀ ces. Committee, e.g., “DeÀ ning Moments” DVD, 2009 BCS National Championship putter and A-Club Football Committee BBQ
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2012-13 Athletic Annual Report DRAFT.indd 82 6/28/2013 3:28:55 PM Donations made by the A-Club include, but are not limited to, the fol- ALUMNI GATHERINGS AND REUNIONS • Nov. 17 – Celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 lowing: Throughout the year each team hosts alumni gathering and reunions football team and their appearance in the 1963 Orange Bowl • Twenty percent of annual dues revenue goes to the A-Club and the 2012-13 season was no exception. Alabama celebrated • Jan. 25 - Alumni Night for UA gymnastics and the celebration Educational and Charitable Foundation its championship tradition in a number of ways, including the of the 25th anniversary of the Crimson Tide’s À rst NCAA • A sizeable portion from the revenue sources listed above goes to À rst reunion of football All-Americans, the 20th anniversary of Championship in 1988 as well as the 10th anniversary of the an A-Club Endowed Scholarship football’s 1992 National Championship season, the 25th anniversary 2003 SEC Championship squad • Token ($100) donations are made to the A-Club Educational of the Crimson Tide’s À rst NCAA Gymnastics Championship and • March 8-9 – 100-year celebration of Alabama basketball with a and Charitable Foundation in memory of any recently deceased the 30th anniversary of UA’s 1983 baseball squad that advanced to Friday night reception in the coliseum, halftime introductions, A-Club members the À nal game of the College World Series. and a post-game event • Sept. 22 – Celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1972 SEC • March 22-23 – All-time track & À eld reunion, held in PROGRAMS AND EVENTS championship football team conjunction with the newly minted John Mitchell Alabama A-Club activities throughout the year include, but are not limited • Sept. 29 – Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 1992 SEC Relays which was held in conjunction with the rededication of to, pre-game meals at every home football game, reunions for all and national championship football team the newly renovated Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium sports, the A-Club Classic golf events, the spring A-Day weekend, • Oct. 7 – Volleyball reunion at Foster Auditorium • April 19-20 – Reunion of former baseball players, with special and various events to raise funds for endowed scholarships. • Nov. 3 – Rowing reunion at the Head of the Hooch Regatta in emphasis on the 30th anniversary of the 1983 World Series Chattanooga, Tenn. team Services include newsletters, email blasts, the administration of • Nov. 10 – First-ever recognition weekend of all À rst team the A-Club football ticket program for football lettermen, and the football All-Americans coordination of A-Club Committees for all sports.
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HEAD ED ALLEN TODD BRAMBLE KRISTY CURRY LARRY DAVIS VOLLEYBALL SOCCER WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ROWING COACHES
MITCH GASPARD ANTHONY GRANT GEORGE HUSACK JENNY MAINZ BASEBALL MEN’S BASKETBALL MEN’S TENNIS WOMEN’S TENNIS
PATRICK MURPHY SARAH PATTERSON MIC POTTER DENNIS PURSLEY SOFTBALL GYMNASTICS 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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