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UNIVERSITY The PROGRAM MEDIA NOTES TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts ______1 INFORMATION Head Coach: Sarah Patterson Alma Mater: Slippery Rock State College 1978 ALABAMA COMMUNICATIONS: Alabama’s President ______2 Alabama & Overall Record/Years: 415-92-4/34 The Alabama Athletics Communications Location: Tuscaloosa, Ala. The ______3-4 Enrollment: 33,602 2IÀFH3KRQH(205) 348-3830 2IÀFHLVORFDWHGRQWKHJURXQGOHYHORI  , across the hall from the Athletics Administration ______5 Founded: April 12, 1831 e-mail: [email protected] practice facility. Conference: Southeastern (SEC) Volunteer Coach: David Patterson Back-to-Back National Champions______6-7 Colors: Crimson & White Alma Mater: Alabama 1982 INTERVIEWS: All interview requests Back-to-Back Individual Honors ______8 Record at Alabama/years: 415-92-4/34 Nickname: Crimson Tide should be made through Roots Woodruff Championship Celebration ______9-13 President: Dr. Judy Bonner e-mail: [email protected] RI WKH$ODEDPD&RPPXQLFDWLRQV2IÀFH Patterson Family Success ______14-15 NCAA Faculty Representative: Assistant Coach: Bryan Raschilla at least 24 hours in advance, at (205) Dr. Kevin Whitaker Alma Mater: Youngstown State 1989 348-2088. Gymnasts and coaches are not Patterson Plaza ______16-17 available on the day of competition until Record at Alabama/years: 179-45-1/16 Athletics Director: Mal Moore after completion of the meet. Coach Sarah Championship Anniversaries ______18-19 2IÀFH3KRQH(205) 348-0461 Deputy Athletics Director: Shane Lyons Patterson is available for interviews in Fan Support ______20-21 e-mail: [email protected] person or by telephone. Executive Associate Athletics Director: Facilities ______22-23 Finus Gaston Assistant Coach: Dana Duckworth CREDENTIALS: Credentials will be Classroom Success ______24-29 Senior Associate Athletics Directors: Alma Mater: Alabama 1993 Record at Alabama/years: 134-36-0/13 * issued to working media ONLY and should In the Community ______30-33 Kevin Almond, Milton Overton, be requested no later than 48 hours prior to 2IÀFH3KRQH(205) 348-8381 Ronny Robertson any home event. The Power of Pink______34-37 e-mail: [email protected] Associate Athletics Director/Senior * Spent nine years as a volunteer assistant Keeping Up with the Tide ______38-39 Woman Administrator: Marie Robbins INTERNET: Information about the University of Alabama’s athletics can The Medalist Club ______40-41 Associate Athletics Directors: Gymnastics Operations Director: Rita Martin be found several places on the internet, Jonathan Bowling, Jon Dever, 2IÀFH3KRQH(205) 348-3830 The Coaching Staff ______42-49 e-mail: [email protected] LQFOXGLQJWKHRIÀFLDOVLWHIRU&ULPVRQ Carol Park, Jeff Purinton, Tide Athletics at RollTide.com. The Tide’s Support Staff ______50-55 Thad Turnipseed, Doug Walker Administrative Assistant: Robin Kelley booster club, The Medalist Club, has a site Guide to the Crimson Tide ______56-57 2IÀFH3KRQH(205) 348-7600 at GymTide.com. For information about Assistant Athletics Directors: 2013 Roster ______58 Jeff Allen, Chris Besanceney, e-mail: [email protected] the University of Alabama, go to www. ua.edu. 2013 Crimson Tide Bios ______59-76 Tommy Ford, Brad Ledford, Aaron Vold Athletic Trainer: Monica Decker Traveling with Alabama ______77 Associate A.D./Communications: Strength and Conditioning Coach: Travis Illian MEDIA SERVICES: Up-to-date rankings and meet notes will be available to working 2012 in Review ______78-81 Doug Walker Director of Performance Nutrition: Amy Bragg Associate Communications Directors: media prior to the meet. Results will be Crimson Tide History ______82 Gymnastics Academic Advisor: Fern Hampton distributed following the competition. Aaron Jordan, Josh Maxson and Selected coaches and gymnasts will be Great Moments ______83-92 Roots Woodruff (gymnastics contact) Managers: Stephen Buckner, Anderson Lovelace, brought into the interview room following The Hall of Fame ______93-98 Assistant Communications Directors: Elizabeth Plant, Blake Sellers all home meets. Rich Davi, Jessica Paré and Skip Powers Marketing and Promotions: Krista Huffman Year-by-Year ______99-103 Athletic Department Photographer: VIDEO FEEDS: The University of Alabama and the NCAA ______104-105 Gymnastics Mailing Address: Alabama, through Crimson Tide Sports Kent Gidley P.O. Box 870393, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0393 National Titles and Honors ______106-115 Gymnastics Communications Contact: Marketing, offers weekly video packages available via FTP download consisting Tide All- ______116-117 Roots Woodruff Gymnastics Overnight Shipping Address: Coleman Coliseum — Room 339 of interviews with coaches and athletes, Office Phone: (205) 348-2088 Alabama and Regionals ______118-119 323 Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 taped video highlights and narrated tape e-mail Address: [email protected] packages from September through May. Alabama and the SEC ______120-121 The gymnastics team is featured in this SEC Championships ______122-124 Credits: 7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI $ODEDPD*\PQDVWLFV0HGLD*XLGHLVDSURGXFWRI WKH$WKOHWLF&RPPXQLFDWLRQV2IÀFHDQGZDVZULWWHQDQG package regularly during the season. Call the edited by Roots Woodruff. Additional editing credits to Pete LaFleur. The covers were created by Brent Hollingsworth. The book was printed by &RPPXQLFDWLRQV2IÀFHIRUPRUHGHWDLOV SEC Academic Honor Roll ______125 Interstate Printing of Mobile, Ala. Photography Credits: Primary photography by Kent Gidley and Amelia Brackin. Additional photography including dates of the feed and download E\0LFKHOOH&DUWHU-DVRQ+DUOHVV'U:LOOLDP&DVWOHPDQ3RUÀULR6RORU]DQR5REHUW6XWWRQ-DVRQ*HW]0LFKDHO3DOPHU*HUDOG'XWWRQ&KULV Alabama Records ______126-127 instructions. Dutton, Jeff Sipsey and Mark Lent. Special thanks to The Tuscaloosa News for use of their reproductions on page 39. Success Adds Up ______128 ROLLTIDE.COM 1 CHAMPIONSCHHAMA PIONO S

“It is with great pleasure that I accept the position of president of The University of Alabama. I am looking forward to working with the Board of Trustees, the Chancellor and our students, faculty and staff as we continue to build on the progress and momentum that have led our University to such unprecedented success. We have so much to be proud of and so much to look forward to and, together with our alumni, fans, friends and supporters, we will remain committed to excellence and quality in everything we do. Please join me as Team UA celebrates our storied past with a dynamic and energetic present and a EULJKWIXWXUHÀOOHGZLWKRSSRUWXQLW\µ

– Dr. Judy Bonner, President

When Dr. Judy Bonner was named president of the DQ\WKLQJWKH\VHWWKHLUPLQGVWRµ3DWWHUVRQVDLG University of Alabama in 2012, Sarah Patterson was on “Including becoming president of the University of hand for the announcement and it is hard to imagine $ODEDPDµ that there was anyone more excited. Dr. Bonner assumes the presidency during a time of ´,ZDVQ·WJRLQJWRPLVVWKDWIRUWKHZRUOGµ3DWWHUVRQ unprecedented growth and achievement in all areas of said. the University. Patterson and the Crimson Tide athletics department ´,WLVDQLQFUHGLEOHWLPHIRU$ODEDPDµ3DWWHUVRQVDLG were already very familiar with the long-time UA “I am so excited about all we have accomplished as a administrator. Dr. Bonner served as the interim University and I can’t wait to see where Dr. Bonner is president when three Alabama women’s teams won JRLQJWROHDGXVµ NCAA championships in the spring of 2012, including Dr. Bonner holds two degrees from The University the gymnastics team’s second in a row and sixth overall. of Alabama – the B.S. in nutrition and the M.S. in food “I think it is highly appropriate that in this, the 40th and nutrition – and the Ph.D. in human nutrition from anniversary of Title IX, that you were our president The State University. She was named dean of the when the Crimson Tide women led the nation with College of Human Environmental Studies at UA in WKUHH1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSVµ3DWWHUVRQVDLGDWWKH 1989 and, prior to that, served as special assistant to the championship luncheon Bonner hosted just before president, assistant academic vice president and head school resumed. of the department of human nutrition and hospitality When Dr. Bonner assumed the presidency on a full- management. time basis on November 1, 2012, Patterson gathered her She has held faculty positions at the University of WHDPWRJHWKHUWRVKDUHWKHQHZVRI WKH$ODEDPD·VÀUVW Alabama at Birmingham and The Ohio State University. female president. 'U%RQQHULVDQDFWLYHPHPEHURI FLYLFVFLHQWLÀF “I told our ladies that it just goes to show their and professional organizations and is the author of dreams have no ceiling and that they can truly do numerous articles. /LIHRQ7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI $ODEDPDFDPSXVLVGHÀQHGE\RSSRUWXQLWLHV,I \RXZDQW to get involved, join one of more than 350 student organizations, help plan concerts and speaker series, participate in intramural teams or run for student government.

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The Ferguson Center Game Room is the perfect place to unwind, test your skill at a video game, play a friendly game of pool or Ping-Pong, or enter a campus tournament. With seven pool tables, video games, a Ping-Pong table, computer gaming and televisions, the Game Room offers a fun escape from the daily pressures of college life.

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The University of Alabama’s director of Alabama athletes continue to bring home to the Capstone on a regular athletics since 1999, Mal Moore has made basis. an indelible mark on one of the nation’s In addition to making his mark on Alabama, Moore also has made most storied athletic programs, leading a a national impact as a key member of several prestigious NCAA and department that has enjoyed tremendous college football committees. Moore has served on the NCAA Division success athletically and academically and I Football Issues Committee, the SEC Athletic Directors Bowl has undergone an unprecedented period of Advisory Committee, and the Big Six Conferences Minority Coaches growth during his tenure. Forum. Through his guidance, Alabama’s athletics Moore’s distinguished record of service to UA began more than department remains focused on his vision of 50 years ago when he joined the Crimson Tide football squad as a having all Crimson Tide athletic teams and VFKRODUVKLSSOD\HUIRUFRDFK3DXO´%HDUµ%U\DQWIURP0RRUH student-athletes competitive at the highest has the distinction of being a part of nine national championship level nationally while continuing to elevate athletic facilities at the IRRWEDOOWHDPVDVDSOD\HUFRDFKDQGDWKOHWLFGLUHFWRU  Capstone to premier status nationally for all sports. 1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009 and 2011), 17 SEC championships and 39 During his tenure as director of athletics, Moore has overseen bowl trips. He is the only individual connected with the Tide program more than $200 million of capital improvements to University to be a part of nine national football championships. of Alabama athletic facilities. Those projects have encompassed In 2011, Moore was elected to the State of Alabama Sports Hall the entire scope of all Crimson Tide athletic programs and have of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach and an administrator. EHQHÀWWHGHYHU\$ODEDPDVWXGHQWDWKOHWHFRDFKDQGDGPLQLVWUDWRU The National Football Foundation then named Moore its 2012 John  7KURXJKRXWKLVFDUHHU0RRUHKDVZRUNHGZLWKDGLYHUVLÀHGÀHOG L. Toner Award winner, presented annually to the athletic director of constituents, from fellow coaches and former players, to fans and who has “demonstrated superior administrative abilities and shown the business community. All of those experiences and relationships – outstanding dedication to college athletics and particularly college in addition to his ability to unify those many constituents – have made IRRWEDOOµ him the ideal person to lead Alabama athletics in the 21st century. During a coaching career that spanned 31 years, Moore spent Moore’s dedication to and love of the University of Alabama was 22 of those at Alabama with stops at Montana State, Notre Dame recognized on March 28, 2007, when, as a permanent tribute to his life- and the NFL’s St. Louis and Phoenix Cardinals. At Alabama, Moore long contribution to the University of Alabama, the Board of Trustees VWDUWHGDV&RDFK%U\DQW·VJUDGXDWHDVVLVWDQWLQDQGWKHQZDV RI WKH8QLYHUVLW\RI $ODEDPDRIÀFLDOO\GHGLFDWHGWKHIDFLOLW\IRUPHUO\ GHIHQVLYHEDFNÀHOGFRDFKIRUVL[VHDVRQVEHJLQQLQJLQEHIRUH known as the Football Building as the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility. becoming quarterbacks coach from 1971-82, also serving as the Tide’s Under Moore’s direction, Alabama’s athletic teams have produced ÀUVWRIIHQVLYHFRRUGLQDWRUVWDUWLQJLQ+HUHWXUQHGDVRIIHQVLYH national championship teams in football (2009 and 2011), gymnastics coordinator under Gene Stallings from 1990-93 before moving into (2002, 2011 and 2012), women’s golf (2012) and softball (2012) and athletic administration. Southeastern Conference championships in football, basketball,  $JUDGXDWHRI WKH8QLYHUVLW\RI $ODEDPD0RRUHKROGVERWK baseball, gymnastics, men’s golf, women’s golf, men’s cross country DQXQGHUJUDGXDWHGHJUHHLQ6RFLRORJ\DQGD0DVWHU·V'HJUHH and softball. in Secondary Education from the Capstone. A native of Dozier, Alabama athletes have earned some of the highest honors the Ala., he was married to the former Charlotte Davis of Tuscaloosa SEC and NCAA have to offer, including SEC Athlete of the Year, SEC for 41 years before she passed away after a long illness in 2010. He Scholar-Athlete of the Year, NCAA Top VIII, NCAA Postgraduate has one daughter, Mrs. Steve (Heather) Cook of Scottsdale, Ariz., a Scholarships and NCAA Sportsperson of the Year. These honors granddaughter, Anna Lee, and a grandson, Charles Cannon. are over and above the individual conference and national titles that

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THAD TURNIPSEED DOUG WALKER JEFF ALLEN CHRIS BESANCENEY JON DEVER TOMMY FORD BRAD LEDFORD AARON VOLD DR. KEVIN WHITAKER ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSOCIATE A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. ASSISTANT A.D. FACULTY ATHLETIC SPECIAL PROJECTS COMMUNICATIONS SPORTS MEDICINE TICKETING / TIDE PRIDE STUDENT SERVICES DONOR PROGRAMS STRATEGIC MARKETING MAJOR GIFTS REPRESENTATIVE CHAMPIONS NCAA CHAMPIONS AGAIN | NATIONAL TITLE DEJA VU

 )RUWKH$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWLFVWHDPWKHÀQDO Bruins faltered. In 2012, the Gators went to HYHU\RQHLQWKHDUHQDZDLWLQJRQ$ODEDPD·VÀQDO “Championships always come down to the rotation of the 2012 NCAA Championships was WKHÁRRUZKLOHGHIHQGLQJFKDPSLRQ$ODEDPD competitor to see if it was enough to put the Tide last routine and no matter if it was a close meet or like déjà vu of the best kind. In fact, the Crimson headed to the beam and UCLA sat on a bye with on top once again. not a close meet, I knew I had to do my job and I Tide’s entire national championship experience in a score that would have won the previous two  :KLOHWKDWÀQDOURWDWLRQVHHPHGYHU\ knew that I was capable of doing it to the best of 2012 was reminiscent of 2011 in , when championships. familiar to the rest of the Crimson Tide veterans, it my ability,” Priess said. “The only thing that was $ODEDPDZRQLWVÀIWKQDWLRQDOWLWOHWKRXJKWKHUH If all that wasn’t enough, Alabama and Florida was a vastly different experience for Ashley Priess. going through my mind was to be calm, cool and were certainly twists along the way. ZHUHWLHGDWWKHPLGSRLQWRI WKDWÀQDOURWDWLRQ In 2011, following surgery on both ankles prior to collected and just do my job.” In 2011, Alabama headed into the just as the Bruins and Tide had been in 2011. the regular season, she had been on the sidelines as With every eye inside The Arena at Gwinnett FKDPSLRQVKLS·VÀQDOURWDWLRQRQO\DKHDG From there things were a little different. While her teammates powered their way to the title. Now Center on her, the Illinois native did just that. She of UCLA. In 2012, Alabama trailed No. 1 seed Alabama took the lead with its fourth routine in Priess was standing on the podium, waiting to PRXQWHGWKHEHDPDQGSURFHHGHGWRFRQÀGHQWO\ Florida by the same margin. In 2011, Alabama 2011 and never looked back, in 2012 the Gators salute the judges and compete for a championship. VZHHSWKURXJKDQHDUÁDZOHVVURXWLQH$IWHU KHDGHGWRWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHZKLOHGHIHQGLQJ retook the lead with their fourth routine and After senior Geralen Stack-Eaton’s 9.9 in the nailing her dismount, Priess raced down the NCAA champion UCLA took to the balance VWD\HGLQIURQWDIWHUWKHLUÀIWK:KHQWKHÀQDO ÀIWKSRVLWLRQ3ULHVVQHHGHGDWRWLHWKH podium steps and into the arms of her jubilant beam, and Oklahoma sat on a bye with a score Gator scored a 9.925, it gave Florida a team score Gators; anything better would win. After watching teammates. good enough to win, if the Crimson Tide and of 197.775, just ahead of the Bruins with in the same position the year “All the way through Ashley’s routine, we were before, Priess was ready. all grouped together and holding onto each other 6 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA

and talking to her as she was going through her “Ashley came back this year and used the hurt Stack-Eaton, resulting in a 49.625. A 49.275 on Stack-Eaton, the Tide’s anchors and leaders, found routine,” Stack-Eaton said. “We were saying ‘Okay, and frustration from a year ago to fuel herself the by the Tide and a 49.475 on the HDFKRWKHUKXJJHGÀHUFHO\WROGRQHDQRWKHU´:H come on, connect!’ and ‘Chest up!’ and ‘Stick!’ and and this team,” Patterson said moments after the by the Gators, allowed Florida to did it!” over and over before being whisked off ZHMXVWDOOMXPSHGXSLQWKHDLUZKHQVKHÀQLVKHG championship. SXOODKHDGJRLQJLQWRWKHVL[WKDQGÀQDOURWDWLRQ to be interviewed by ESPN. When the interviews We didn’t know what our fate was, but we just  :KLOHWKH7LGH·VÀQLVKLVWKHVWXIIRI OHJHQG VHWWLQJXSDQHGJHRIWKHVHDWFKDPSLRQVKLSÀQDOH were done, the two rejoined their team and just knew that we all did what we possibly could.” its entire championship run was magical and it for the second year in a row. as they had won the title, Alabama ascended the When Priess’ score came up, the celebration both started and ended on the balance beam. When all the scores were tallied, Alabama VWDLUVWRJHWKHUVWRRGEHKLQGWKHÀUVWSODFHEDQQHU VWDUWHGDOORYHUDJDLQDVDÁDVKHGJLYLQJWKH  $ODEDPDEHJDQ)ULGD\QLJKW·VVHPLÀQDOVHVVLRQ turned in the highest scores of the Super Six and accepted their second national championship Crimson Tide its second NCAA championship on the balance beam, setting the tone for the RQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHYDXOWDQGEDODQFHEHDP trophy in as many years and sixth in UA history. in a row, this time by just .075. All told, the top rest of the weekend with an extraordinary 49.6 The Tide’s 49.6 beam performance during the In the relative quiet of the post-championship ÀYHWHDPVÀQLVKHGZLWKVFRUHVRYHUDQGWKH performance. Kim Jacob started the Tide off VHPLÀQDOVPDWFKHGWKHKLJKHVWEHDPVFRUHLQ press conference, Priess told the gathered media GLIIHUHQFHEHWZHHQÀUVWDQGWKLUGSODFHZDVWKH with a 9.9, a scored matched by history of the national championships. what she felt had made the difference that day for closest in championship history at only a tenth of and Sarah DeMeo before Stack-Eaton and Priess Individually, Stack-Eaton scored a career-best Alabama. a point. powered through to the end with matching 9.95s. 39.700 while Priess posted a 39.575, the second- “Before the competition, we all had an “I said going into the championship that After its strong start, Alabama went on to total highest score of her career. During their two days assignment from the coaches to write down why it would be the closest and most competitive DWKHKLJKHVWVHPLÀQDOVFRUHRI HLWKHU of balance beam dominance, Jacob led off both we love being an Alabama gymnast and pretty championship that I had ever coached in,” session, edging out the Gators by .025. nights with a 9.9 while Williams, who competed much every single person answered that it was Patterson said. “I felt like because of the quality of In the Super Six, Alabama picked up where it RQWKHEHDPIRUWKHÀUVWWLPHLQWKH7LGH·VUHJXODU about the tradition, and that it was about how teams, it was going to come down to the very end, left off the night before, posting a 49.450 on the VHDVRQÀQDOHVFRUHGPDWFKLQJVRI KHURZQ we are all family and that we all have each other’s and it did.” ÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQFKRUHGE\DIURP6WDFN while Priess scored 9.95 both nights. backs through good times and bad,” Priess said. “I It certainly was a storybook ending to Priess’ Eaton. Things got even better on the , where In the joyous Crimson Tide pandemonium think that came out tonight, the way that we love comeback season, and it was all that Patterson had WKH\KDGÀYHRUEHWWHUURXWLQHVLQFOXGLQJD WKDWIROORZHGWKHFRQÀUPDWLRQWKDW$ODEDPDZDV each other and truly care about each other and I hoped for. 9.95 from Diandra Milliner and a 9.975 from indeed the 2012 national champions, Priess and think it brings out the best in us all.” ROLLTIDE.COM 7 CHAMPIONS BACK2BACK, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN Winning back-to-back NCAA Then, less than 24 hours after team titles wasn’t the only thing Alabama’s won its second NCAA causing the Alabama gymnastics team championship in a row and team a serious case of déjà vu during sixth overall, Geralen Stack-Eaton its four-day national championship extended the Crimson Tide’s three- trip to Duluth, Ga. in April of 2012. day dominance on the balance beam In addition to its second NCAA by winning the individual national championship in a row, the Crimson championship on the event with a Tide bookended the championships score of 9.9375. by doubling up on a pair of “During that beam routine that prestigious individual honors. was the calmest I’d ever been. I The night before the guess because I knew that was it FKDPSLRQVKLSVHPLÀQDOVGXULQJWKH and whatever happened, happened,” NCAA Championships Banquet, Stack-Eaton said. “I was just so calm Alabama senior Rachel Terry was and knew I was just going to go up presented with the NCAA Elite 89 there and give it my all. Before I was Award, marking the third year in a really calm and after I hit my Onodi, row a Crimson Tide gymnast has I was like ‘Yes! I made it.’ After I hit earned the honor and the second my dismount, I knew it was going to year in a row the senior from be good, but not that good.” Hoover, Ala., earned the award, It was Stack-Eaton’s second presented annually to the student- individual NCAA title in as many athlete with the highest cumulative \HDUVDIWHUZLQQLQJWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH grade-point average participating at LQ,WZDVDOVR$ODEDPD·VÀIWK WKHÀQDOVLWHIRUHDFKRI WKH1&$$·V LQGLYLGXDOEDODQFHEHDPWLWOHDQGÀUVW 89 championships. since Andreé Pickens won the title in Terry, who carried a perfect 4.0 1999. It was the Tide’s 23rd individual GPA for her career, followed in the national championship. Stack-Eaton footsteps of Kassi Price, who earned ZDVDOVRVHFRQGRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH the inaugural award as a senior in in 2012 after scoring a 9.9375. 2010 with a 4.0 GPA of her own. It was the perfect end to a very “I think it is a testament to the good weekend for the Horsham, Pa., ideals that are most important to this native, who scored a 9.9 or better on program that one of our ladies has WKHEDODQFHEHDPDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVH earned the Elite 89 Award in each in all three nights of the national RI LWVÀUVWWKUHH\HDUVLQH[LVWHQFHµ championships. She also earned four Sarah Patterson said. “It speaks All-America honors for the third year volumes about the level of excellence in a row, giving her 12 accolades for that our ladies aspire to on a daily KHUFDUHHUW\LQJKHUIRUÀIWKDOOWLPH basis.” at Alabama. A four-year Scholastic All- In the end, despite all the American, Terry majored in early individual honors, it was all about childhood education. She was team for Stack-Eaton. inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, “I think what meant the most to Kappa Delta Epsilon and Phi Eta me is that for two nights in a row, I Sigma honor societies and earned the was consistent for my team, and then College of Human Environmental on the last night, for myself,” Stack- Science’s Phi Upsilon Omicron Eaton said. “It was nice to prove to Award during her Tide career. myself that I could do that.”

8 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA A CHAMPION’S WELCOME

The 2012 Alabama gymnastics team returned to a champion’s welcome at Coleman Coliseum in the hours following Geralen Stack-Eaton won the Crimson Tide’s 23rd individual NCAA title and the day after the team used a superb balance beam rotation to power its way to its second national championship in a row. “As exciting and wonderful as it was to win this championship, to be able to bring it back to Tuscaloosa and share it with our amazing fans is just the best feeling in the world,” Sarah Patterson said. Alabama director of athletics Mal Moore and hundreds of fans were on hand to greet Patterson and the Crimson Tide’s latest national champions, ZKRIROORZHGWKHÁDVKLQJOLJKWVRI DSROLFHHVFRUW up Coliseum Drive before pouring out of the team bus led by the senior All-America trio of Ashley Priess, Geralen Stack-Eaton and Rachel Terry, DQGWKHKHDY\ZRRGDQGJROGWURSK\WKDWVLJQLÀHV Alabama’s sixth NCAA gymnastics championship and third in the past decade.

ROLLTIDE.COM 9 CHAMPIONS CELEBRATING BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS

While the 2012 gymnastics team was making its triumphant homecoming with its sixth NCAA championship trophy last April, the University of Alabama was already busy planning a celebration worthy of the latest Crimson Tide champions. So it came to past that just a week after the Tide scored a 197.850 to win the 2012 NCAA championship, Alabama head football coach Nick Saban, Director of Athletics Mal Moore and President Judy Bonner along with thousands of fans were on hand to congratulate the gymnasts, FRDFKHVDQGVWDII RQWKH7LGH·VÀUVWEDFNWREDFNQDWLRQDOFKDPSLRQVKLSV7KHQLJKWLQFOXGHGYLGHRV of the season, awards and words of praise.  ´,W·VYHU\GLIÀFXOWWREHWKHEHVW\RXFDQEHDVDWHDPµ6DEDQZKRVHRZQWHDPZRQWKH national title in January, said. “This team, winning back-to-back championships, I can’t tell you how proud I am and how I appreciate these young ladies for the hard work that they do, the great job that they’ve done in representing the University of Alabama and what their success has been over the last two years.” At the end of the celebration, as the pep band played, the gymnasts danced and sang along with WKH$ODEDPDÀJKWVRQJDVWKHDLUZDVÀOOHGZLWKFRQIHWWL$VWKHPXVLFFKDQJHGWR4XHHQ·V´:HDUH WKH&KDPSLRQVµWKH7LGHVHQLRUVGRXVHGKHDGFRDFK6DUDK3DWWHUVRQZLWKD*DWRUDGHEDUUHOÀOOHG with confetti. “Tonight is about honoring these 18 women who have achieved so much to continue our legacy, pride and tradition,” Patterson said earlier in the night.

10 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA PRESIDENTIAL RECOGNITION

When the University of Alabama started the 2011-12 school year, only two Crimson Tide teams, football and gymnastics, had won national championships. Through that extraordinary year, not only did those two sports win their 14th and sixth national titles respectively, but two more Alabama teams – women’s golf and softball – brought home NCAA trophies as well. With those four titles, Alabama not only led the nation in the most NCAA Division I titles in that season, but the three won in the spring were the most women’s titles over that same span. With that in mind, UA president Dr. Judy Bonner gathered the Alabama gymnastics, softball and women’s golf student-athletes, coaches and staff the day before classes got underway for the 2012-13 academic year for a luncheon to celebrate those spring titles. Alabama gymnastics, under head coach Sarah Patterson, won its sixth national title and second in a row in April. 7KHQLQODWH0D\0LF3RWWHUDQGWKHZRPHQ·VJROI WHDPZRQLWVÀUVW1&$$WLWOHZKLOH3DWULFN0XUSK\·VVTXDGZRQWKH 7LGH·VÀUVWQDWLRQDOVRIWEDOOWLWOHLQ-XQH “When each of you started school last fall, you were student-athletes, very good student-athletes, but student- DWKOHWHVµ%RQQHUVDLGLQRSHQLQJWKHOXQFKHRQ´

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In April of 2012, 18 women came together in one of the most exciting, and down- to-the-wire NCAA Championships in the history of collegiate gymnastics and won it all. In September, those women, their coaches and support staff gathered together on a warm Tuscaloosa Saturday night and – in front of 101,821 fans – the back-to-back NCAA champion Alabama gymnastics team received their championship during halftime of the Alabama-Mississippi football game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. “These ladies came to Alabama for the chance to be champions, for the opportunity to stand in front of 101,000 fans as national champions,” Sarah Patterson said. “It is what they work for every day. It is the goal, for both athletes and coaches, every year.”  7KHOLQHRI J\PQDVWVFRDFKHVDQGVWDII ZDONHGWRPLGÀHOGDWWKHVWDUWRI KDOIWLPHDQG one-by-one, they received their rings from Director of Athletics Mal Moore and as each of their names were called over the loud speakers, the gathered Alabama faithful roared their approval, culminating in a huge cheer when the announcer said, “Ladies and gentlemen please stand and deliver a rolling tide for your back-to-back national gymnastics champions.” It was the Crimson Tide’s sixth NCAA championship under coaches Sarah and David Patterson, and the third title in the past decade. “This was the 11th time David and I have received championship rings during a Crimson Tide football game, and it never gets old,” Patterson said. “Whether it was last year with the WHDPRU\HDUVDJRZLWKRXUYHU\ÀUVWFKDPSLRQVKLSWHDPWKHPHPRULHVRI WKHVH extraordinary moments we share bind these women together for a lifetime.”

12 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA A BUSY HOMECOMING WEEKEND

Within a very busy two-day period, Alabama mixed a celebration of the 2012 NCAA championship team with the introduction to the 2013 Crimson Tide squad during Alabama’s Homecoming weekend. The Tide started the weekend with its “Ghosts and Goblins” intrasquad. That night, Sarah Patterson spoke and the 2012 NCAA championship squad was recognized during the Homecoming pep UDOO\DQGERQÀUHRQWKH8QLYHUVLW\4XDG Alabama’s 2012 NCAA championship coaches Sarah Patterson, Patrick Murphy (softball) and Mic Potter (women’s golf) were named Grand Marshals of the Tide’s Homecoming parade, adding FKDPSLRQVKLSÁDLUWRWKHZHHNHQG·V´7LPHOHVV7UDGLWLRQVµWKHPH Patterson and Murphy were on hand to lead the parade, while Potter and his team were out of town competing. Both the 2012 and 2013 gymnastics teams were also part of the parade, greeting fans from WKHLUÁRDWWRZDUGWKHIURQWRI WKHSURFHVVLRQDVLWZRXQGLWVZD\ through town and campus. After the parade, gymnasts and coaches alike signed autographs on the Quad for fans young and old before heading to Bryant- Denny Stadium to watch the Tide football team trounce Mississippi State 38-7. At halftime of the game, Grand Marshals Patterson and 0XUSK\ZHUHUHFRJQL]HGDWPLGÀHOGLQIURQWRI IDQV

ROLLTIDE.COM 13 CHAMPIONS A PATTERSON FAMILY TRIPLE CROWN

Sarah and David Patterson have called the In December of 2008, Jessie added another her teammates informed. A two-word text from Alabama fans cheered them on, soaking wet in the University of Alabama home for 35 years and Alabama tie to the family when she married Brett Jessie “WE WON!!!” sent Jordan and the softball stands.” it is where they nurtured not only a tradition of Jones, a UA graduate who is a fan of all things team into a cheering frenzy. With that win, Sarah, David and Jordan are excellence within the Crimson Tide’s gymnastics Alabama, especially when it has a Patterson “It was so amazing, everyone went crazy,” EHOLHYHGWREHWKHÀUVWIDWKHUPRWKHUGDXJKWHU program, but a family of their own as their component to it. Jordan said. “I was just so happy and proud of my trio to win an NCAA Division I national daughters Jessie and Jordan grew up watching their When Jordan signed her national letter of parents.” championship in the same year, a historic feat for parents add to Alabama’s championship legacy, intent to play softball for the Crimson Tide in Shortly after Sarah and David returned from the Pattersons. one trophy at a time. WKHIDOORI VKHRIÀFLDOO\EHFDPHWKHODWHVW Duluth with the gymnastics team’s national The Patterson triple crown culminated in In time, both Jessie and Jordan joined the Patterson to make the Capstone her home. championship trophy in tow, they were in the Louisville, Ky., in July with Sarah serving as the family business. Jessie earned a pair of degrees “David and I could not be prouder that Jessie stands at Rhoads Stadium as Jordan and her keynote speaker at the Zeta Tau Alpha convention. from Alabama, graduating with a bachelor’s degree and Jordan chose to come to Alabama and be a teammates started to collect championship She shared her message about the Tide’s Power of in journalism in the spring of 2008 as well as a part of a place that we love so much,” Sarah said. hardware of their own. Sarah, David, Jessie and Pink breast cancer awareness initiative, which is master’s in journalism in 2010. In April of 2010, “It is truly a wonderful thing.” Brett were on hand when softball won its second also ZTA’s national philanthropy. She also talked she joined her parents on the UA staff when she It was in 2012, during a year that would see Southeastern Conference championship in a row. of lending a helping hand to those who need it was named the assistant editor for Alabama Alumni four Alabama teams win national championships, They were also on hand when softball won NCAA while Jessie, a ZTA alumnae and current advisor, Magazine. She is now a communications specialist that the Patterson family experienced a unique Regional and Super Regional Championships looked on. At the end of her talk, Sarah brought in the external affairs department within UA’s championship “Triple Crown” all their own. at home, earning the Tide’s eighth trip to the WKHURRPÀOOHGZLWKFDPSXVOHDGHUVIURPDFURVV Division of Student Affairs. It started in April when Sarah and David Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City. the country to their feet, cheering through their As an undergraduate, Jessie approached coached the Tide to its sixth NCAA gymnastics It was there in Oklahoma City, with David, tears. Alabama athletics from a different angle, championship and second in a row in Duluth, Ga. Sarah and Jessie looking on, that Jordan and her “She made 850 women cry,” Jessie said. “It was spending much of her career on the journalistic Jessie and Brett were on hand for the excitement teammates overcame Oklahoma in a rain-soaked an amazing and powerful moment.” VLGHRI VSRUWVVHUYLQJÀUVWDVDUHSRUWHUWKHQ RI WKHGRZQWRWKHZLUHÀQDOHZKLOH-RUGDQDQG game that extended well after midnight due to Moments later, the ZTA community brought VSRUWVHGLWRUDQGÀQDOO\PDQDJLQJHGLWRURI The her teammates were nearby, traveling to Atlanta ZHDWKHUGHOD\VWRFODLPWKH7LGH·VÀUVWQDWLRQDO tears to Sarah’s eyes. She knew that she was being Crimson White, Alabama’s student newspaper. on a bus, after winning an SEC series at Georgia. softball title. honored as the Convention’s Initiate, an honor She also spent three years covering high school Jordan was following the gymnastics scores on “Our ladies were extraordinary,” Sarah said. presented to one woman every two years, but football, along with Alabama football’s spring and her iPhone while the bus rolled along and getting “When the weather came, our players didn’t let it she had no idea of what was coming after her preseason football camps, for The Tuscaloosa News. frequent updates from Jessie, all the while keeping bother them, they danced in rain while the speech was over. When Sarah was done speaking, 14 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA

a member of the ZTA Foundation Board told Sarah was being able to share it with her daughter. Photos, clockwise, from the far left – 1. David, Sarah, and Jordan Patterson along with Bret and Jessie Jones at Bryant-Denny and the audience that a vote had been taken and the “It was all so wonderful, but to be able to Stadium after the gymnastics team received their championship rings. 2. Sarah, Jordan and David Patterson at 1 a.m. in ZTA Foundation would be donating $25,000 to the share that with Jessie, to be inducted into the same Oklahoma City after the softball team won the 2012 NCAA championship. 3. Jessie and Sarah at the Zeta Tau Alpha Conven- tion in July. 4. David and Sarah Patterson at the Gymnastics Championship Celebration in Coleman Coliseum. 5. The 2012 DCH Breast Cancer Fund. sisterhood that she found at Alabama, it was just NCAA Championship Softball Team in Oklahoma City. 6. Lynn Chapman, Sarah and Jessie at the ZTA Convention in July. “Zetas gathered in Louisville for the 2012 amazing,” Sarah said. Convention were moved by Sarah and her passion Sarah and David shared the success of 2012 IRUWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVWFDQFHUµ%HFN\.LUZDQ not just with their immediate family and gymnastics President of the ZTA Foundation said. “The Zeta family, but with their Crimson Tide coaching peers Tau Alpha Foundation Board voted to contribute as well. $25,000 toward her work with the Power of Pink. It “As an athletics department, we enjoyed so was an honor to have Sarah join our sisterhood and PXFKVXFFHVVWKDW,FDOOWKHFRDFKHVRIÀFHVXLWH the Convention body believed this was a good way in Coleman Coliseum ‘The Hall of Champions,’” WRIXUWKHUWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWWKLVGLVHDVHµ Sarah said. For Sarah and Jessie, it was a perfect way to cap During the 2011-12 academic season, not the incredible series of moments that came the only did Sarah and David win their sixth NCAA Pattersons’ way in 2012. gymnastics title, but their down-the-hall neighbors “I was so overwhelmed,” Sarah said. “I couldn’t Patrick Murphy and Mic Potter led the Tide fathom that they would make a donation of that WRLWVÀUVWVRIWEDOODQGZRPHQ·VJROI QDWLRQDO magnitude. All I kept thinking about was the impact championships, while Jay Seawell’s men’s golf team that donation would have on the lives of women won the SEC Championship and took second at the in the Tuscaloosa community. It was the crowning NCAAs. Farther down the hall, the men’s basketball moment of an amazing time.” and soccer teams both returned to their respective Appropriately enough, the ZTA Foundation will NCAA tournaments. All that success was kicked present the $25,000 donation on Friday, January 25, off by the football team winning its second national 2013, when Alabama hosts Kentucky for its annual championship in three years and 14th overall. Power of Pink meet. For Sarah one of the best “It was truly an amazing year for the Alabama aspects about the that July weekend with the ZTAs family,” Sarah said. “One that I’ll never forget.” ROLLTIDE.COM 15 CHAMPIONS THE SARAH PATTERSON CHAMPIONS PLAZA

Sarah Patterson’s hall-of-fame career has been recognized in gymnastics program, and the contributions that she has made Alabama won four national team titles during the 2011-12 numerous ways over the past 34 years, but perhaps none have to the University and the athletics department in general,” UA academic year, starting with the BCS football championship been as special as the honor bestowed upon her in the summer of Director of Athletics Mal Moore said. in January and culminating with the Tide winning its sixth 2012 by the University of Alabama and its Board of Trustees. The plaza, which is the result of two-plus years of ongoing J\PQDVWLFVDQGLWVÀUVWZRPHQ·VJROI DQGVRIWEDOOWLWOHVRYHUD During its June meeting, the UA Board of Trustees approved discussions and planning for a way to recognize and honor span of two months during the spring. construction of a Champions Plaza to honor the achievements of Alabama’s championship tradition, comes on the heels of a “I don’t really feel that this is about me,” Patterson said. “I the Crimson Tide athletics coaches and teams. It was also during tremendous year for Crimson Tide Athletics. feel that this is about the University. I think it is about recognizing that meeting, just weeks after Patterson led the Crimson Tide to “I have always been very proud to be a small part of the rich everyone. It is about championships, tradition, family and its sixth NCAA gymnastics championship, that the board voted history and tradition of the University of Alabama. In that light, I excellence. Those are the things we stand for.” unanimously to name the Plaza in her honor. am extremely humbled to be honored in this manner,” Patterson Sarah and David Patterson are celebrating their 35th year “We are thrilled to name this plaza in Sarah Patterson’s honor,” said. “I am truly grateful to our administration and the Board of at Alabama during the 2013 season. In addition to six national UA President Dr. Judy Bonner said. “As a coach, her ability to Trustees. David and I have spent our entire careers at Alabama titles, they have led the Tide to seven Southeastern Conference balance success in athletic, academic and community service and have loved watching the growth of women’s athletics over our championships and an NCAA-best 27 regional titles. They have endeavors has empowered her gymnasts to continue to lead lives 34 years at the Capstone. It is also extremely gratifying that this also led Alabama to the NCAA Championships for the past 30 of excellence and service after graduation.” honor comes in a year in which the Crimson Tide has enjoyed so years in a row. The plaza will be located between Coleman Coliseum and much success, winning four national championships. The success “For David and I and our children, the University has long Sewell-Thomas Stadium. our teams continue to enjoy is built on Alabama’s legacy and on been an integral part of our family’s lives,” Sarah Patterson said. “We named this plaza after Coach Sarah Patterson as a way the support we receive from the entire University, the Tuscaloosa “Our daughter, Jessie, earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees to honor the great success she has enjoyed over the years in the community, our fans and alumni.” from Alabama and now works on campus and Jordan is a member 16 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA of our championship softball team. So, for me, this is an honor Wilder, who lettered in football at the Capstone during the manner to further the mission of the University. It is one of the shared by my entire family.” 1960s, said. “Sarah has been such a great asset to our athletics highest honors bestowed by the University. The plaza will include brick and precision concrete walls and department and to the University. She is the last coach that Coach “I have a tremendous amount of respect for Dr. Sayers and will honor each of Alabama’s varsity sports and their history. (Paul) Bryant hired. Obviously it’s turned out to be a great hire.” what he meant to the University,” Patterson said. “One of my There will special recognition of the Crimson Tide’s NCAA and most memorable moments from any of our championships is SEC championship teams. Alabama Hospital Association’s Special Citation – 2010 of him holding the championship trophy up in one hand and “The plaza and Wall of Champions – located in the core Sarah Patterson and David DeSantis, co-owner and general having a look of such satisfaction as he presented it to the team. of the Athletics Complex – will provide a prominent and manager of Tuscaloosa Toyota, were honored in June of 2010 ,KDYHWKDWSLFWXUHLQP\RIÀFHDQGLWLVRQHRIP\PRVWSUL]HG appropriate way to recognize and honor our coaches and their by the Alabama Hospital Association (AlaHA) with its Special possessions. He had such a sincere appreciation for what we had WHDPVLQDVLJQLÀFDQWDQGODVWLQJZD\µ%RQQHUVDLG Citation Award. accomplished and that meant the world to me.“ There will also be an area to recognize Alabama’s national “Coach Patterson and Mr. DeSantis are individuals who truly FKDPSLRQVKLSFRDFKHVDQH[FOXVLYHFOXEWKDWJUHZLQÀUVW care about the health of our citizens, especially women and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame – 2003 ZKHQ0LF3RWWHU·VWHDPKHOGRII6RXWKHUQ&DOLIRUQLDRQWKHÀQDO battle against breast cancer,” said J. Michael Horsley, president As far as the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame goes, it came GD\RI WKHZRPHQ·VJROI QDWLRQDOFKDPSLRQVKLSWRFODLPLWVÀUVW of the Alabama Hospital Association. “They were instrumental sooner than Sarah Patterson thought it would. To be honest, she title, then when Patrick Murphy’s squad beat Oklahoma in a game in increasing cancer awareness and access to health care among wasn’t sure it would ever happen. WKDWZHQWGRZQWRWKHÀQDOEDWWHURIWKH:RPHQ·V&ROOHJH:RUOG women, particularly in the Tuscaloosa area. We celebrate their “I thought that if I ever did make it, it would be long after my Series. dedication to women’s health and are pleased to be able to career was over and you’d have to push me up in my wheelchair,” “I think this is a tremendous way to honor a coach that recognize their outstanding service with this award.” Patterson said with a laugh. has meant so much to not only our gymnastics program, but Patterson and DeSantis were honored for their work with the But her induction into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame our University as a whole,” Murphy said. “Sarah Patterson has Crimson Tide’s Power of Pink initiative, which has raised more came sooner rather than later. Sarah and David Patterson were in been a tireless champion for the athletics department and a than $1.35 million for the DCH Breast Cancer Fund. the midst of their 25th season coaching the Crimson Tide when great supporter of our program. To have our softball program The duo received the award at the annual DCH Leadership the induction ceremony rolled around on March 8, 2003. recognized in this manner is a great honor.” Forum during which Angel Pittman Burnett, a former club “For me, the most important thing to understand is that gymnast who succumbed to cancer in October 2009, was while it’s my name on the plaque, this honor is David’s and mine honored. together,” she said. “Because everything we’ve been able to PATTERSON HONORS “This is such an unexpected and wonderful honor,” Patterson accomplish over the past 25 years, we’ve done together.” Having the Crimson Tide’s Champions Plaza named for her is just said. “But I don’t think there’s any doubt that David and I, and Accompanied by family, friends and supporters, the Pattersons the latest honor in Sarah Patterson’s legendary Alabama career. During everyone involved in the Power of Pink, are inspired and driven traveled to Birmingham for the induction ceremony where they her 35 years at the Capstone, the four-time national coach of the year has to do what we do by people like Angel. She gives focus to all we were surrounded by living reminders of just how much they have DFFXPXODWHGHQRXJKDFFRODGHVWRÀOODERRNEXWWKHUHDUHDKDQGIXOWKDW are trying to accomplish.” accomplished over the years. Many of their former gymnasts stand out. made the trip from all over the country for the induction banquet. “I have been fortunate through my career to be honored for what David USAG Region 8 Hall of Fame – 2009 “To our student-athletes, past and present, you are the reason and I have achieved here at Alabama,” Patterson said. “Each award is When Sarah Patterson was inducted into the USA Gymnastics I continue to coach,” Patterson said during her induction speech. special, and each represents a different facet of what we’ve been able to Region 8 Hall of Fame it was an honor that touched on her entire ´7RVHH\RXJURZDQGPDWXUHLQWRFRQÀGHQWVXFFHVVIXO\RXQJ accomplish.” coaching career. women – doctors, lawyers, businesswomen and mothers – I stand “David and I have spent our entire professional careers in awe of your accomplishments in life and feel honored that Patterson A-Club Scholarship – 2011 in Region 8 as club and college coaches,” she said. “The David and I have been a small part of your success.” Prior to the 2011 Alabama-Auburn gymnastics meet, relationships we’ve developed over the past 30 years have been Patterson also thanked her staff, both past and present, the A-Club, UA’s letterwinners organization, announced the pivotal in our careers and our personal life.” making special mention of current assistant coach Bryan establishment of the Sarah Patterson A-Club Scholarship. Raschilla, past assistants Marc Cohen and Scott Mackall, and Several members of the A-Club Executive Committee, Sayers Distinguished Service Award – 2007 long-time administrative assistant Rita Martin. including former gymnast Patti Rice Eggers, were on hand for the  6DUDK3DWWHUVRQZDVVWXQQHGZKHQVKHÀUVWIRXQGRXWWKDWVKH “You believed in our dream and shared in our vision for meet to present a check for $50,000, representing the A-Club’s was to receive the E. Roger Sayers Distinguished Service Award, the future,” Patterson said. “I am grateful for your loyalty, your initial donation to the scholarship. The A-Club’s goal is to raise DEVROXWHO\ÁRRUHG support and most of all your friendship.” funds to the fully-endowed amount of $300,000. “Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I’d be Among the legends in the hall, Patterson is both worthy and Naming the scholarship in Patterson’s honor was the idea of nominated, much less be the recipient of the Sayers Award,” unique. In the history of the ASHoF, among its hundreds of Ken Wilder, current president of the A-Club. Wilder’s motion Patterson said. “That’s right up there with being selected to the LQGXFWHHV3DWWHUVRQLVERWKWKHÀUVWFRDFKRI DZRPHQ·VVSRUW was approved unanimously in a meeting of the A-Club Executive Alabama Sports Hall of Fame “ DQGWKHÀUVWIHPDOHFRDFK6KHEHFDPHRQO\WKHVL[WKZRPDQWR Committee. Created in 1996 by members of the President’s Cabinet gain entrance to the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. “The A-Club named this scholarship in Coach Patterson’s and the National Alumni Association, the E. Roger Sayers honor because of her long history with the gymnastics program Distinguished Service Award recognizes faculty and exempt and her tremendous accomplishments as our head coach,” administrative personnel who have performed in an exemplary ROLLTIDE.COM 17 CHAMPIONS CRIMSON TIDE CHAMPIONSHIP ANNIVERSARIES

With a championship tradition as long and rich as WKDWZRXOGPHDQ:KHQZHÀQDOO\ZRQLWZDVDQ EHIRUHÀQLVKLQJRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH)RU5REELQV After being greeted by hundreds of fans at WKHRQHWKH$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWLFVSURJUDPKDVVLJQLÀFDQW incredible feeling, and to do it at home in front of and her teammates, the beam was the key. Coleman Coliseum, there was a parade down anniversaries tend to pop up with great regularity. In addition our fans made it even more special.” “We nailed six beam routines,” Robbins said. University Boulevard that culminated in a to being Sarah and David Patterson’s 35th season coaching at The Tide scored an SEC Championship “After that, I think we liked our chances of getting celebration ceremony at the base of . Alabama, the 2013 season once again affords the Crimson record 190.15, nearly a point better than second- ÀYHJRRGÁRRUVFRUHV:HNQHZDWWKDWPRPHQW The state legislature also declared April 30, 1988 as Tide the opportunity to celebrate a pair of championship place Georgia, to take the title. It marked the we had a chance.” “Alabama Gymnasts Day.” anniversaries. ÀUVWWLPHDQ\WHDPKDGVFRUHGDDWWKH6(&  $ODEDPDÀQLVKHGVWURQJRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH “The whole experience was amazing,” Kustoff Championships. tallying an NCAA Championships record 190.050, said. “What I remember the most was that we had 25th Anniversary Alabama kept things rolling at the regional more than a half point ahead of host school Utah. so much fun. We really enjoyed being together.” 1988 NCAA and SEC Champions championships in Baton Rouge, La., scoring an  :LQQLQJWKH1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSWKHÀUVW For Robbins, it was the camaraderie that made The 1988 season is where the Crimson Tide’s NCAA-record 191.750 to advance as the No. 1 seed for Alabama outside of football, set off a slew of the difference. championship legacy began. There had been to the NCAA Championships in Salt Lake City, FHOHEUDWLRQVVWDUWLQJRQWKHÁRRURI WKH+XQWVPDQ “No team in any sport can underestimate the individual titles before that point, including four Utah. Center in Salt Lake City and continuing into the fall value of team chemistry,” Robbins said. “Our national championships from Penney Hauschild, “I think even though we were the top seed when the team received their championship rings seniors that year did a lot toward developing that. but prior to 1988 Alabama’s team titles were limited going into nationals, we still felt like we were the DWPLGÀHOGGXULQJWKH$ODEDPD9DQGHUELOWIRRWEDOO We had a group that loved to be with each other to four regional championships. underdogs,” Marie Robbins, a sophomore on the game. and weren’t ready for the season to be over.” Then came the 1988 Southeastern Conference 1988 team, said. “I think that the difference from “There was so much that went along with The accomplishments of the 1988 Crimson Championships, held in Coleman Coliseum, my freshmen year to that year was our scoring winning those championships that was new to us,” Tide were especially poignant following a series of and the beginning of what would be a perfect potential. I felt that if we did the same job that we Kustoff said. “We were coming back to campus conversations between Sarah and David Patterson championship season. had at regionals, then we had a chance.” after nationals in the motor home and looking out before the season. “Winning SECs at home was huge,” Alli Beldon Being the top seed gave Alabama the Olympic the window and seeing police cars coming up beside “We had gotten to a point going into the ’88 Kustoff, a senior captain on the 1988 team, said. rotation, meaning it would start on vault and then us and then moving up in front of us with their season, after coming up a little short in ’87, where “I just remember Barb Mack talking about how advance to the uneven bars and balance beam OLJKWVÁDVKLQJ,WWRRNXVDPLQXWHWRUHDOL]HWKDWZH we had some long talks about our philosophy of close they had come to winning SECs and what were getting a police escort to the Coliseum.” developing the whole person and being involved

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in the community and stressing academics and SRLQWRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH'DYLG3DWWHUVRQ·VDUPV “We had lost SECs by such a small margin “She said the same things she always said,” Miles were we still going to try to keep that focus,” David are thrown in the air and the rest of the team is the year before, so the upperclassmen knew how recalled. “She told me to get up there and have fun, Patterson said. “We decided that yes, even if we VFUHDPLQJLWVH[FLWHPHQWDV0LOHVODQGVKHUÀQDO much every .025 of a point meant,” Newberry said. to just do what I knew how to do.” never win a championship, this is the way we want pass to clinch the title. “We just kept getting better as the meet went on, That’s just what Miles did, unleashing the huge to run our program.” “The biggest memory I have, the routine that building to Ashley’s routine, to that moment.” tumbling that was her trademark in front of a huge  6RWKHWLWOHVPDUNHGQRWRQO\WKHÀUVWLQD ,UHPHPEHUWKHPRVWLV$VKOH\ÀQLVKLQJRQWKH Everyone had done her best to put the meet Alabama crowd at Bartow Arena in Birmingham, VWULQJRI FKDPSLRQVKLSVHDVRQVEXWWKHDIÀUPDWLRQ ÁRRUµ0LFKHOOH5HHVHU1HZEHUU\DVRSKRPRUH in Miles’ hands. Sophomore Jeana Rice had scored Ala. of everything the Pattersons held dear as coaches. in 2003, said. “It was an amazing year with such a a career-best 39.750 to win the all-around, taking Miles’ score of 9.975 pushed Alabama to a “I feel like 1988 validated our program,” Sarah young team. We had a lot of fun all along the way, top honors on the balance beam and uneven bars 197.575 and a .050 win over Georgia. Patterson said. “It validated our philosophy of EXW,FDQFOHDUO\UHPHPEHU$VKOH\·VÁRRUURXWLQH along the way. Newberry and freshman Larissa “I remember looking over at the end of my nurturing the total person – athletically, academically and everyone coming unglued in the crowd after Stewart posted career-best marks of 9.9 on the routine and seeing everyone jumping around,” and as members of the community around them her landing.” balance beam and uneven bars, respectively. On the Miles said. “I remember running over and almost – and still win championships. From that point on,  )RU0LOHVLWZDVWKHÀUVWRI IRXULQGLYLGXDO6(& ÁRRU.ULVWLQ6WHUQHUWKH7LGH·VORQHVHQLRUDQG knocking Bryan (Raschilla) over and then hugging David and I knew we could do things our way and ÁRRUH[HUFLVHWLWOHVDQGHDVLO\WKHPRVWH[FLWLQJ sophomore Stephanie Kite posted scores of 9.95 Sarah and all my teammates. It was an amazing continue to build a championship program.” “That was probably when I realized that I and 9.925 respectively to set things up for Miles. moment.” enjoyed gymnastics, that it was a lot of fun,” Miles $VVKHSUHSDUHGIRUWKDWÀQDOURXWLQH*HRUJLD For Sarah Patterson, the way her young team 10th Anniversary said. “To be able to see everyone get so excited, to was already done, sitting on a 197.525. A quick came together still resonates. The 2003 SEC Champions clinch that title with the score being so close, and to calculation revealed that a 9.925 by Miles would tie “I remember that half of our team were There is a larger-than-life mural that covers one be able to do it as a freshman was awesome.” the Bulldogs, anything better by the rookie would freshmen that year,” Sarah said. “There were wall of the dance studio within the Crimson Tide’s Miles electric routine closed out a back-and- win. GHÀQLWHO\VRPHJURZLQJSDLQVLQWKHEHJLQQLQJ gymnastics practice facility that captures the exact forth battle between Alabama and Georgia, a battle Sarah Patterson, knowing the score needed for as everyone worked to settle in, but by the end moment that Alabama won the 2003 Southeastern that seemed to be an extension of the 2002 SEC WKH7LGH·VÀIWK6(&FKDPSLRQVKLSZDONHGRYHUWR they’d come together as a team and on that night in Conference Championship and Ashley Miles Championships, which Alabama lost to Georgia by 0LOHVDWWKHVLGHRI WKHÁRRUPDWDQGFDOPO\JDYH Birmingham, they became champions.” cemented her place as Alabama’s exclamation just .05. the freshman her usual pep talk.

ROLLTIDE.COM 19 CHAMPIONS A VERY CROWDED HOUSE: ALABAMA GYMNASTICS FANS 2011-12 NCAA Women’s Attendance Leaders Rank Team Sport Average Attendance 1. Tennessee Basketball 14,414 2. Utah Gymnastics 14,352 3. Alabama Gymnastics 12,827 4. Louisville Basketball 10,670 5. Iowa State Basketball 9,805 2011-12 SEC Women’s Attendance Leaders Rank Team Sport Average Attendance 1. Tennessee Basketball 14,414 2. Alabama Gymnastics 12,827 3. Georgia Gymnastics 8,768 4. Kentucky Basketball 6,282 5. Florida Gymnastics 6,200 Alabama’s Yearly Home Attendance Averages 1. 13,786 ______2010 10. 10,274 ______2004 2. 12,827 ______2012 11. 9,815 ______1998 3. 12,730 ______2011 12. 9,510 ______2000 4. 12,578 ______2006 13. 9,427 ______1999 5. 12,141 ______2008 14. 9,301 ______1996 6. 11,284 ______2007 15. 8,983 ______2002 7. 10,570 ______2005 16. 8,496 ______2001 8. 10,484 ______2009 16. 8,120 ______2003 9. 10,301 ______1997

For Alabama gymnasts, competing at home is electrifying. and 6,000 more than Florida. Overall, the Tide was second among all “Our crowds are so special and you really can’t replicate it Marching into Coleman Coliseum, hearing their names called one by SEC women’s programs, just behind Tennessee basketball. anywhere else,” 2011 Honda Award winner Kayla Hoffman one as 13,000-plus fans roar their approval – it is an experience like Two 2012 Tide meets drew more than 14,000 fans and two said. “It’s just an amazing feeling. We have amazing fans and an no other. others drew over 12,000. The 2012 season also marked the third year HOHFWULI\LQJDWPRVSKHUH,·OOGHÀQLWHO\PLVVUXQQLQJRXWDQGIHHOLQJ  ´2XUODGLHVKDYHZRUNHGIRUVRPHVLQFHWKH\ZHUHIRXUDQGÀYH in a row that the UA gymnastics team drew four or more crowds like you were a part of something great.” years old, in relative obscurity,” Sarah Patterson said. “They don’t get of more than 12,000 fans. Alabama’s 2012 meet against Arkansas Outstanding fan support can push a good team to greatness near the recognition during their club careers, even at the Elite level, marked the Tide’s ninth sellout since 1997 and eighth in the past DQGDJUHDWWHDPWRFKDPSLRQVKLSVDIDFWFOHDUO\H[HPSOLÀHGE\WKH that they will here. I think the recognition they get here is one of the seven years. Nationally in 2012, Alabama and Utah were the only two Alabama gymnastics program. The Crimson Tide has won three nicer aspects of their careers.” gymnastics teams with attendance averages over 11,000. NCAA championships at home in front of some of the biggest In 2012, on the way to its second NCAA championship in a The Tide’s 2012 turnout was nothing new when it came to crowds in NCAA history. row and sixth overall, the Crimson Tide was once again among the crowding Coleman Coliseum. It was the ninth year in a row that the The journey from Alabama’s inaugural meet in 1975 to the national leaders when it comes to women’s athletics attendance. Tide has averaged more than 10,000 fans per meet, a stretch that packed houses of the past dozen years has been a long one. Success Alabama, which averaged 12,827 fans per meet, was ranked in the includes a school and SEC record 13,786 fans per meet in 2010. LQWHUPVRI ´ER[RIÀFHWRWDOVµFDPHJUDGXDOO\EXLOWE\HDFK top three nationally in 2012, standing alongside Tennessee basketball During that span, Alabama made history in 2008 when it became generation of Alabama gymnasts and Utah gymnastics as the only women’s programs to draw more WKHÀUVWVFKRROLQJ\PQDVWLFVKLVWRU\WRGUDZWZRFURZGVRI RYHU “I remember in the early days, looking up into the stands than 11,000 fans per event. It was the Tide’s second-highest average 15,000 fans in a single season. In 2006, Alabama set a school and between rotations and being able to count the crowd . . . easily,” in school history. Southeastern Conference single-meet record of 15,162. Patterson said. “But we worked at it, every year, in ways big and Patterson takes a great deal of pride not only in the number of “Our fans love when we win,” Patterson said. “And they love small. It was important to us not only to have a great team, but that fans her program draws year-in and year-out, but the type of fans when we bring home championships, but they are just as appreciative people see that team as well.” who come to see her gymnasts compete. of our success in other areas as well. The fans appreciate the type The fan support shown the Alabama gymnastics team not only “Our fans are truly amazing,” Patterson said. “They are so of people who are involved in the program, the emphasis on heralds the program’s success, it sparks that success. enthusiastic, knowledgeable and supportive; they are constantly community involvement and academics; it’s the total package. That’s “The crowd can elevate your performance another notch, to a lifting our ladies to new heights. They are without a doubt the best why people support us.” level above where it has been,” Patterson said. “We have used that in fans in the country.” That appreciation is a two-way street. Alabama gymnasts are a lot of different respects. I like the type of crowd we have. I think In 2012, the Tide once again led all Southeastern Conference mindful of how great their fan base is. It is one factor that draws they’ve become extremely educated in the sport of gymnastics, and gymnastics teams, averaging 4,000 more fans per meet than Georgia athletes to the Tide. they continue to get better every year.” 20 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Noteworthy Attendance Figures ‡ $ODEDPDVHWWKHVFKRRODQG6RXWKHDVWHUQ Conference single-season attendance record of 13,786 fans per meet in 2010. ‡ $ODEDPDGUHZDVFKRRODQG6(&UHFRUG 15,162 fans for its Jan. 20, 2006, meet against Florida. ‡ $ODEDPDDYHUDJHGIDQVSHUPHHWLQ 2012, the second-highest average in program history and the third-highest in all of women’s collegiate athletics during the 2011-12 aca- demic year. ‡ $ODEDPDVROGRXW&ROHPDQ&ROLVHXPIRUWKH ninth time in school history and for the eighth time in the past seven years on Feb. 17, 2012, against Arkansas. ‡ 2QO\WZRVFKRROV$ODEDPDDQG8WDKKDYH produced crowds of 15,000-plus. Over the past 10 years, Alabama has led the way with eight of the 14 crowds over 15,000. ‡ 7KH7LGH·VPHHWVDJDLQVW*HRUJLDDQG $UNDQVDVLQPDUNHGWKHÀUVWWLPHLQ collegiate gymnastics history that a program drew over 15,000 fans to two different meets in the same season. ‡ $ODEDPDKROGVWKHWRSVLQJOHPHHW attendance marks in SEC history. ‡ $ODEDPDKDVGUDZQFURZGVRI SOXV WLPHVVLQFHÀUVWEUHDNLQJWKHNEDUULHU ALABAMA GYMNASTICS, SOLD OUT! on March 4, 1995, when 12,021 fans flooded Coleman Coliseum for the Tide’s meet against More than 40 times since 1995, crowds parking out at DCH and not to start the meet new SEC and Alabama record when a standing Georgia. of more than 10,000 fans have poured into yet and there’s still people in the lobby and they URRPRQO\FURZGRI ÀOOHGWKHDUHQD Coleman Coliseum to cheer on the Crimson Tide haven’t gotten in yet. When they were singing the “Tonight was the result of a lot of long, hard ‡ $ODEDPDKDVDYHUDJHGPRUHWKDQIDQV J\PQDVWLFVWHDP%XWÀOOLQJWKH&ROLVHXPDOO National Anthem, I was looking up in the stands work,” Patterson said at the time. “More than just SHUPHHWLQGLIIHUHQWVHDVRQVLQFOXGLQJÀYH the way to the top, without a seat to be had? At and I realized all these seats are full. There are over the sellout crowd though was the support for the when the Crimson Tide averaged over 12,000. Alabama that has happened an amazing nine times 15,000 people here to see Alabama gymnastics and cause. Tonight if one woman helps herself or a since 1997 and eight times in the past seven years, to see these truly amazing female athletes.” loved one, then all our work will be worthwhile.” Alabama Gymnastics including the 2012 meet against Arkansas. In 2006, the Crimson Tide opened its home The Crimson Tide reached another amazing Coleman Coliseum Sellouts Long one of the top draws in women’s season in the newly renovated Coleman Coliseum milestone in 2008 when it sold out back-to-back 1. 15,043 vs. Georgia 2-1-97 DWKOHWLFV$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWLFVKDGLWVÀUVWVHOORXWLQ versus the . Both teams were meets, drawing 15,075 fans for the Georgia and 2. 15,162 vs. Florida 1-20-06 1997 when a then-capacity 15,043 fans crammed wearing pink for the second annual Power of Arkansas meets. 3. 15,075 vs. Auburn 1-26-07 the Coliseum on Feb. 1 for the Alabama-Georgia 3LQNPHHWWRUDLVHDZDUHQHVVIRUWKHÀJKWDJDLQVW “It is such a tremendous sight, to see 15,000 4. 15,075 vs. Georgia 2-1-08 meet. breast cancer. Patterson had asked the Tide fans to IDQVÀOOXS&ROHPDQ&ROLVHXPDQGWRKHDUWKHP 5. 15,075 vs. Arkansas 2-8-08 “That was one of the most memorable wear pink and they responded in force. cheering our ladies on,” Patterson said. “But to moments of our career,” Sarah Patterson said. “I Before the end of warm-ups word came down, have that happen twice in one year was truly 6. 15,075 vs. Auburn 2-27-09 remember people calling and saying they’re still WKHPHHWZDVDVHOORXWWKHÀUVWIRUDQ\VSRUWVLQFH amazing and one of the great highlights of my 7. 15,075 vs. Arizona 2-19-10 the Coliseum renovation, and there was a career.” 8. 15,075 vs. Auburn 2-11-11 9. 15,075 vs. Arkansas 2-17-12 ROLLTIDE.COM 21 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA GYMNASTICS FACILITIES

Whether for practice, competition or the time in between, 2012 NCAA championship team and the 2011 Patterson said. “It’s just another way we can help intra-squad. It gives us the freedom to do that or WKH$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWLFVSURJUDPXWLOL]HVVRPHRI WKHÀQHVW Southeastern Conference championship team, as them be the best that they can be.” to have everyone on four different events at the athletics facilities in the nation and those facilities continue to well as several Alabama legends. All aspects of the complex come together in a same time. We have the room and the staff to do get better all the time. The passageway that leads from the gym marriage of form and function that gives Alabama that and be effective with it. Also, we put enough also features seven images that are highlighted a training edge. That is important to the coaching diverse things into the design of the facility where The Frances Smith E\ZRUGVWKDWGHÀQH&ULPVRQ7LGHJ\PQDVWLFV staff, which spent countless hours in designing the it is very helpful in terms of teaching new skills.” tradition of excellence. 12,500 square-foot gym, but the most important The main practice area includes an in-ground Practice Facility “As we were preparing for this renovation, we aspect of the space isn’t readily apparent to the trampoline and tumbling strips. The sound system Long one of the most spacious and well- asked our alumni to help us come up with words casual observer. that drives the Tide’s practices is top-notch, designed training gyms in the nation, the Frances WKDWGHÀQHGZKDW$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWLFVZDVDOO “Our facility was designed to totally minimize VXUURXQGLQJWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDUHDZLWKWKHVDPH Smith Gymnastics Practice Facility was revitalized about,” Sarah Patterson said. “We were able to and alleviate impact on the gymnasts,” Sarah level of sound Alabama will encounter in a meet during the summer of 2012, giving it a new look incorporate the seven words that they came up Patterson said. “Not only is it a beautiful facility, setting. that included all new crimson matting among with – tradition, family, excellence, heart, service, but if you look closely you will notice that it was The practice gym also includes a state-of-the- other amenities. champions and leadership – throughout our designed with the gymnasts’ bodies in mind.” art video analysis system, provided by the Tide’s “Since we moved in after the 1996 season, facilities. I think it’s one of the more meaningful Multiple soft landing pits are available for all booster organization, The Medalist Club. our facility has been one of the best in the nation, testaments to what our program stands for.” four apparatus, giving the Tide the freedom to “It is an unbelievable tool in the gym,” but this summer’s renovations really took it to a The Tide’s team suite also received some train skills in enhanced safety. That setup also gives Bryan Raschilla said. “It’s like having three extra new level,” Sarah Patterson said. “When you step upgrades during 2012, including new hot and cold Alabama the capability of teaching a variety of coaches.” inside, you’re in a facility worthy of champions.” therapy tubs in the gymnastics training room. skills at the same time. The system has several playback and analysis The new look includes reminders of the “Expanding our training room’s therapy room “We have the equipment and space to chose options that are in use every day in practice, Crimson Tide’s rich championship heritage, to include both hot and cold tubs is one of those how we want to run practice,” David Patterson allowing the coaches to provide instant feedback highlighted by larger-than-life murals of the Tide’s things that will pay immediate dividends in terms said. “We can split into two or three groups or on a routine. Having three complete systems in the of helping our ladies recover after practices,” Sarah we can all be on one event if we are having an gym running at all times allows the coaches and 22 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA

gymnasts constant analysis. The system also helps A separate 2,000 square-foot aerobics/dance at enhancing the meet-day atmosphere. The new the 1991, 1996 and 2002 NCAA championships compress the time it takes to make a change to a studio is connected to the main practice area and amenities feature an array of state-of-the-art and the 1988, 1993 and 1999 SEC Championships. skill or routine, allowing the gymnasts to get more includes the Tide’s cardio equipment as well as a video boards, including a center-hung display that The Tide hosts its 13th NCAA Regional out of each practice. separate sound system that is utilized during its IHDWXUHVIRXUPDVVLYHKLJKGHÀQLWLRQYLGHRSDQHOV Championship in the spring of 2013. “The video system a huge help for us,” senior workouts. ÁDQNHGE\WZRYLGHRULQJV7KHHQWLUHXQLWZHLJKV The Coliseum also houses the gymnastics All-American Ashley Priess said. “It allows you to In addition to a fully equipped training room, more than 12,000 pounds. The center display is FRDFKHVRIÀFHVXLWHZKLFKZDVUHQRYDWHGGXULQJ make corrections quicker, which ultimately helps the Tide’s team suite includes the locker room accompanied by a pair of video and stat displays the summer of 2012 to highlight a championship \RXLPSURYHIDVWHUDQGPRUHHIÀFLHQWO\µ as well as a team room that includes study and on each end of the facility. legacy that includes six national championships, In addition to a variety of playback options, the computer stations and a meeting space. The latest enhancements also include more seven SEC titles as well as countless individual coaches can also compare and contrast routines “Our goal is to always ensure that our ladies ÁRRUVHDWLQJIRUWKHIDQVEULQJLQJWKHFURZG DFFRODGHV,QDGGLWLRQWRWKHFRDFKHVRIÀFHVWKH XVLQJDYDULHW\RI WRROVZLWKLQWKH'DUWÀVK3UR have everything that they need to be successful closer than ever to the action. suite includes a conference room and a workroom software. and our team suite is part of that commitment,” Coleman Coliseum saw its greatest DVZHOODVRIÀFHVIRUJ\PQDVWLFV·DGPLQLVWUDWLYH “If we really want to get in-depth and break Sarah Patterson said. “From a study area and transformation prior to the 2006 season, when staff. down technique and skills, we can use the system’s team meeting room to having a training room the entire facility was updated in grand fashion. The overall renovation to the Tide’s athletic SimluCam and StroMotion features which were positioned between our practice gym and Behind a bold modernized facade, the interior facilities, which entailed a more than $200 million both used at the Olympic Games,” Raschilla said. competition arena, our facilities are amazing.” lobbies and concourses were expanded and capital building campaign, also included a new The video system is just the newest technical upgraded. In the main seating area, 15,000-plus strength and conditioning center and an athletic addition to Alabama’s state-of-the-art training seats, all theater style, welcome gymnastics crowds training center that is among the nation’s very facility, which is part of the Coliseum annex Coleman Coliseum along with a 6,400 square-foot club area along the best. Both facilities are located in the Mal Moore completed in 1996. The main practice space boasts There are few atmospheres better in collegiate east side of the arena. Athletic Facility, adjacent to Coleman Coliseum. a design that is at once attractive and extremely athletics than a gymnastics Friday night in All these amenities enhance Coleman Another aspect of the athletics department’s functional. The equipment is all arranged to make Coleman Coliseum – from the roar of the crowd Coliseum’s reputation as one of the best places building campaign over the past decade that has WKHÁRZRI SUDFWLFHH[WUHPHO\ÁXLG7KHUHDUHÀYH when Alabama marches in through the last in the nation to watch gymnastics. Since the paid huge dividends is the Bill Battle Academic uneven bars stations, six balance beams, two vaults routine. That atmosphere has only improved over gymnastics team began competing in the Coliseum &HQWHUDW3DXO:%U\DQW+DOORQHRI WKHÀQHVW DQGDQRYHUVL]HGÁRRULQSODFH the past several years, following major upgrades in the late-1980s, Alabama has hosted some of the academic centers in the nation, which opened in to the main arena of Coleman Coliseum aimed biggest gymnastics meets in the country, including 2005 (for more on Bryant Hall, see page 26). ROLLTIDE.COM 23 CHAMPIONS CLASSROOM SUCCESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Always a source of pride, Alabama gymnastics’ academic excellence has hit an impressive stride over the past 25 years, providing some truly awe-inspiring results. ‡ 2YHUWKHSDVWGHFDGH$ODEDPDKDVEHHQD À[WXUHDWWKHWRSQDWLRQDOO\LQWHDPJUDGH point average among all gymnastics programs. The Crimson Tide has been especially sharp in its NCAA championship seasons – posting a 3.5 or better team GPA in 2012, 2011, 2002 and 1988 and above a 3.0 in all six national championship seasons. ‡ $IWHUWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVSRVWHG an Alabama record 3.6 team GPA, the Tide would go on to better that mark in 2011 with a 3.71. ‡ $ODEDPDJ\PQDVWVKDYHHDUQHG NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, more than any other gymnastics program in the nation. ‡ &ULPVRQ7LGHJ\PQDVWVKDYHHDUQHG6(& The University of Alabama is one of the Over that two-year span, Alabama gymnasts have a great deal of natural ability. They’re all Postgraduate Scholarships, more than any nation’s top scholastic institutions and the Crimson earned 27 Scholastic All-America honors while bright young women, but I attribute our success other gymnastics program in the SEC. Tide gymnastics program is among those leading every member of the team posted over a 3.1 GPA. to the fact that they come in here knowing that ‡ 7KUHH$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWV.ULVWLQ6WHUQHU the charge of academic excellence, earning The Tide’s academic prowess is nothing VFKRROFRPHVÀUVW7KH\NQRZZHIHHOWKDWZD\ Meredith Willard and Julie Estin, have earned countless honors and continually producing new. Alabama gymnasts have earned 12 NCAA and they take the support system, which is second the H. Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete outstanding results in the classroom. and 10 Southeastern Conference postgraduate to none, and they surround themselves with it and of the Year, presented annually to the top The Tide’s tremendous success is in direct scholarships since 1983, with both totals leading work within that system. That’s why we do so well. student in the league. correlation to the level of importance the coaching all gymnastics programs on the national and If the same student came in here and worked the ‡ 7KH7LGHHDUQHGDSURJUDPUHFRUG staff puts on academics. Priority one at Alabama is conference levels. Additionally, three Alabama same amount of time, but didn’t use the support Scholastic All-America honors in 2011 and a great education that will catapult Tide gymnasts gymnasts have been named the H. Boyd system, I don’t think her grades would be as followed that with 13 honors in 2012. into exciting futures. McWhorter Scholar Athlete of the Year, the SEC’s good.” ‡ $ODEDPDKDVHDUQHG6FKRODVWLF$OO “From the day we begin recruiting an athlete most coveted academic honor. The McWhorter is In fact, some of Alabama’s greatest success America honors since the award’s inception in to the day she walk across the stage at graduation, bestowed on the conference’s top senior student- stories involve student-athletes that came in as 1991, averaging nearly 10 honors a year over we stress academics as the most important aspect athlete, regardless of sport and carries with it a at-risk students. Through a combination of their the past decade. of their experience here at Alabama,” Sarah $15,000 scholarship that can be applied to the RZQKDUGZRUNXQÁDJJLQJVXSSRUWIURPWKH ‡ 7KH7LGH·V6(&$FDGHPLF+RQRU5ROO Patterson said. “I want our ladies to win national graduate program of the recipient’s choice. coaching staff and the resources Alabama put at accolades in 2012 is the league record for a championships and I want them to break records, While the Tide has built a sparkling reputation their disposal, they were able to graduate. They single year, bettering the mark set by Alabama EXWÀUVWDQGIRUHPRVW,ZDQWWKHPWRGRWKHEHVW in the academic arena, it is not just a case of letting then went on to careers that might not have been in 2011 by one. they can in the classroom.” a squad of naturally academically-talented athletes possible without the education they received at the ‡ $ODEDPDKDVHDUQHG6(&$FDGHPLF+RQRU The emphasis the coaching staff puts on loose in the classroom. Capstone. 5ROOKRQRUVWLPHVVLQFHWKHDZDUGZDVÀUVW academics has paid huge dividends. On its way to “Many of our athletes are what I would Once a prospective student-athlete signs, it is given out in 1984, more than two dozen better winning back-to-back NCAA championships in consider average students, and yet they continue to up to her how successful she is academically. But than the rest of the league. That total includes 2011 and 2012, Alabama posted two of its highest perform at above-average levels, and that is what because of Alabama’s Center for Athletic Student an average of 12 honors per year since 2000. team grade-point averages in school history, a I am most proud of,” Patterson said. “There’s a Services and the commitment of its coaches, every ‡ $ODEDPDKDVDYHUDJHGRYHUDWHDP*3$ school record 3.71 in 2011 and a 3.55 in 2012. misconception, I think, that all these young ladies opportunity for success is there for the taking. for the past 18 years in a row. 24 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA NCAA & SEC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS  2QHRI WKHPRVWFRYHWHGDQGGLIÀFXOWWRDFTXLUHQDWLRQDOKRQRUV while Alabama gymnastics has produced 12 NCAA postgraduate Scholarships, including Hoffman in 2011. The Tide’s 10 SEC available to collegiate athletes, the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship scholarship recipients, including 2011 senior Kayla Hoffman, the scholarships also leads all gymnastics programs. LVDZDUGHGWRDWKOHWHVLQWKHLUÀQDO\HDURI FRPSHWLWLRQZKRKDYH CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year. The Tide’s total leads All told, 14 Alabama gymnasts have earned either NCAA or performed with distinction both athletically and academically. all gymnastics programs. In addition to the NCAA honors, Alabama SEC postgraduate scholarships, with eight earning both. Some programs never have an athlete receive the scholarship, gymnasts have earned 10 Southeastern Conference Postgraduate

Kayla Hoffman Kassi Price Stephanie Kite Kristin Sterner Andreé Pickens Kayla Hoffman, now Kayla Kassi Price helped Alabama Stephanie Kite helped In 2003, Kristin Sterner, In 2002, Andreé Pickens, Hughes, led Alabama to the to an SEC championship Alabama to an NCAA and now Dr. Kristin LeGrand, now Andreé Houston, 2011 NCAA championship during her years at the SEC championship during became the sixth Alabama BECAMETHElRST#RIMSON as well as a pair of SEC Capstone. In 2010, she also her years at the Capstone. In gymnast to earn both an Tide gymnast to earn the Championships during became the 11th Alabama 2004, she also became the NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Southeastern Conference’s her UA tenure. She also gymnast to earn an NCAA 10th Alabama gymnast to Scholarship. She was also Community Service became the 12th Alabama gymnast to earn Postgraduate Scholarship and the seventh earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the third to be named SEC Scholar-Athlete Postgraduate Scholarship, which was an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and the to earn both an NCAA and SEC Postgraduate was named the 2004 CoSIDA Academic All- of the Year. An NCAA Top VIII honoree and lRSTAWARDEDIN!STHEPRESIDENTOF eighth to take home both an NCAA and SEC 3CHOLARSHIP!LABAMASlRSTTHREE YEAR !MERICAOFTHE9EAR AlRSTFORA#RIMSON4IDE .#!!7OMANOFTHE9EARlNALIST 3HEEARNED Alabama’s Student Athlete Advisory Board, she Postgraduate Scholarship. Hoffman earned Academic All-America, she also earned the athlete. She is currently the executive director three championship rings at Alabama, directed the Tide’s student-athletes to new the Honda Award, SEC Female Athlete of the inaugural NCAA Elite 88 Award. After earning a of the Laps for CF Foundation which raises including the 2002 NCAA championship and heights in the area of community outreach Year and the NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award as master’s degree in sports administration from MONEYINTHElGHTAGAINST#YSTIC&IBROSIS the 2000 and 2003 SEC titles. A graduate and service. She is currently the tutorial a senior. She is now teaching at The Goddard Alabama, she is the director of marketing and of Michigan State Medical School, she is coordinator for the Marsha Sharp Center for School in Baltimore, Md. customer relations at DragonFly Athletics. practicing family medicine in Vancouver, Wash. Student-Athletes at Tech University.

Merritt Booth Meredith Willard Dana Dobransky Katherine Kelly Good Merritt Booth, now Meredith Willard, now Dana Dobransky, now Dana Kelleher Kelly Good, now Kelly Baham, Merritt Baumgartner, was Meredith Luber, graduated Duckworth, earned both SEC Katherine Kelleher, now graduated with an SEC and part of NCAA and SEC with an SEC and NCAA and NCAA Postgraduate Katherine Laubenthal, NCAA championship ring Championship squads. championship ring as well Scholarships to go with an graduated with an NCAA and a matching pair of She earned six All-America as the 1996 NCAA All-Around SEC Championship ring, and SEC championship ring scholarships to go with them. HONORS THREEEACHlRSTAND title. She also took home an NCAA championship to keep her NCAA and SEC The All-American attended SECONDTEAM!lNALISTFORTHE.#!!7OMANOF an NCAA and SEC scholarship. An 11-time ring and a pair of individual NCAA balance Postgraduate scholarships company. A three- Alabama-Birmingham where she received a the Year award and a four-year Scholastic All- lRST TEAM!LL !MERICA .#!!4ODAYS4OP6))) beam titles. In the fall of 1996, she returned time All-American, SEC Champion and two-time master’s of science in physical therapy. She America, she earned an NCAA Postgraduate award winner and NCAA Woman of the Year to Alabama to obtain a master’s of business Regional Champion, she graduated with a works for Healthsouth in Richmond, Va. Scholarship. Booth used her scholarship to lNALISTDURINGHER5!TENURE SHEOBTAINED administration. After more than a decade DEGREEINCORPORATElNANCEANDINVESTMENT earn a physician’s assistant degree at South a master’s of business administration from in the corporate world, including a highly management. She is a Systems Consultant for Alabama. UNC-Charlotte and worked for public relations SUCCESSFULTURNWITH0lZER0HARMACEUTICAL  Blue Cross Blue Shield in Birmingham. company Racing Champions, whose hottest she joined the Alabama coaching staff full property is NASCAR. time in the fall of 2008.

Marie Robbins Julie Estin Barbara Mack Julie Garrett Marie Robbins graduated Julie Estin, now Dr. Julie Barbara Mack, now Barbara *ULIE'ARRETTWASTHElRST with one NCAA and two SEC Vaughn, a 1987 recipient Harding, earned the NCAA Alabama gymnast to receive Championship rings as well of both the NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Scholarship an NCAA Postgraduate as an SEC Postgraduate Postgraduate Scholarships, in 1985. Mack was an All- Scholarship. Garrett was also scholarship. The four-time All- attended Alabama- American, SEC and Regional THE4IDESlRST!LL !MERICAN American and two-time SEC Birmingham medical school champion and the winner of and SEC champion. She Champion graduated from Alabama Law School. and is a Tuscaloosa area pediatrician. During her the AMF American Award as the nation’s most competed before the Southeastern Conference She then went to work for the Southeastern tenure at the Capstone, Vaughn was a six-time outstanding senior. She was also a Rhodes awarded postgraduate scholarships. The league Conference. She returned to Alabama as !LL !MERICAN TWO TIME3%#CHAMPION lVE TIME 3CHOLARSHIPlNALIST-ACKUSEDHERSCHOLARSHIPS lRSTPRESENTEDITSSCHOLARSHIPIN Associate Athletics Director for Compliance 2EGIONALCHAMPIONAND!LABAMASlRST3%# to go on to Georgetown Law School. She served as in 1996 and was promoted to Senior Woman Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She was also a two- a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice and Administrator in 2002. time GTE Academic All-American. is now in private practice.

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THE CENTER FOR ATHLETIC STUDENT SERVICES The Center for Athletic Student Services (CASS) is a mainstay of can’t help but be proud to give tours to recruits and their parents. are 16 information stations that provide student-athletes with news the University of Alabama’s academic success. Bryant Hall demonstrates the level of commitment to academics of about tutorials, study sessions and even practice schedules. The Crimson Tide’s academic home, the Bill Battle Academic the University of Alabama and its athletics department. With over CASS is headed by Associate Athletics Director for Student Center at Paul W. Bryant Hall, is the crown jewel in Alabama’s $125- 50,000 square feet, a student-athlete can meet with their advisor, Services Jon Dever. In addition to Hampton, Dever is assisted by plus million Crimson Tradition building initiative. work with a tutor, attend their orientation class, use the math lab, Heather Anders, Tom Buttram, Brenda Elliott, Stephanie Godfrey, “This project was certainly one of our focal points when we reading lab, writing lab, or computer lab – all within Bryant Hall – Lance Walker, Lisa Patrick, Evan Cardwell, Molly Dowd, Tyler started the renovations of our athletic facilities,” athletics director which a tremendous asset for them and their busy schedules.” 5REHUWVDQG-R\%XUURXJKV7KHVWDII DOVRLQFOXGHVÀYHLQWHUQVDQG Mal Moore said. “Academics are at the center of our mission at Among the building’s many amenities is a 48-seat computer lab more than 60 part-time tutors. Alabama and we wanted to create a place that would aid all our with up-to-date equipment and software. The computer lab also The CASS staff works as a liaison between the athletics student-athletes in their educational pursuits. Bryant Hall provides houses 25 laptop computers that can be checked out by student- department, undergraduate divisions, and the administrative everything we need in that regard.” athletes for use on road trips. There are math, English, and writing RIÀFHVRI WKH8QLYHUVLW\7KHVWDII DVVLVWVZLWKFODVVVFKHGXOLQJ Through the auspices of the Crimson Tradition Fund, Alabama labs as well as individual study rooms. The athletic academic advisor and registration, makes sure all athletes are maintaining satisfactory took its former athletic dorm and converted it into a 55,000 square- RIÀFHVDUHDOVRKRXVHGLQWKHEXLOGLQJDORQJZLWKVHYHUDOVWXG\ progress toward their degrees, monitors academic eligibility and IRRWVWDWHRIWKHDUWIDFLOLW\WKDWEHQHÀWVDOOSOXV&ULPVRQ7LGH lounges, two 50-seat classrooms and a 140-seat classroom. provides career counseling. The advisors also secure tutors and student-athletes. The classrooms utilize cutting-edge teaching devices, including schedule study sessions. “Bryant Hall is an incredible facility for our student-athletes,” digital overhead projectors and “smart boards” that allow instructors The building also houses the Crimson Tide’s Academic Hall of Fern Hampton, the gymnastics team’s academic advisor said. “I to interact with students on the go. Throughout the building, there Fame and its nationally recognized LifeSkills program. 26 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA MAKING THE GRADE ACADEMIC ADVISOR The Crimson Tide’s Center FERN HAMPTON for Athletic Student Services Fern Hampton, Assistant Director of the Center for Athletic (CASS) provides many services Student Services, is in her 12th year with the athletics department and that help Alabama gymnasts her eighth working with the gymnastics program. make a smooth transition “Fern is an absolute dream to work with,” Sarah Patterson said. into the world of collegiate “She works very hard and is dedicated to making sure that our ladies academics. CASS provides have everything they need to be successful in the classroom.” tutors, study sessions and works That dedication is just one of the reasons that Patterson nominated with student-athletes to help Hampton and her CASS colleagues for the University’s Sam S. May them develop study, note taking Commitment to Service Award, which recognizes departments that and organizational skills. CASS demonstrate exceptional service to their constituents. will also provide a personal “I can’t think of anyone who is more deserving of the May award monitor that helps guide the than the CASS staff,” Patterson said. “Jon Dever, Fern and everyone student-athlete as long as she or at Bryant Hall do so much to make sure that our student-athletes get the team’s academic advisor feels the absolute most out of their academic experiences. I’m very proud it is necessary in order for that of them and thrilled that they were recognized with this honor.” student-athlete to be successful Associate Athletics Director Jon Dever, Hampton and the entire CASS staff was recognized with in the classroom. the May Award in October of 2012 during the Alabama president’s annual State of the University All-American and Scholastic address. All-American Kayla Hoffman In addition to this latest honor, Hampton has also received the David Dutton Memorial Award, is a shining example of what a given to individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty for the Alabama gymnastics program. student-athlete can accomplish Hampton’s job includes helping the athletes under her guidance map out their academic plan, from when utilizing all the resources picking a major and registering for classes to requesting a personal monitor and scheduling a tutor. that Alabama and CASS put at In her 20th year overall with the University, Hampton worked in student recruitment through the their disposal. Hoffman came XQGHUJUDGXDWHDGPLVVLRQVRIÀFHEHIRUHMRLQLQJWKHDWKOHWLFVGHSDUWPHQW to the University after being “I really enjoy working with gymnastics,” Hampton said. “They are very dedicated young women homeschooled since the fourth who work very hard to make sure they are getting the most out of their academic opportunities.” grade. For Alabama gymnasts, the impetus to succeed academically is all around them. The coaching staff “Kayla is certainly a role makes it clear from day one that their very best is expected in the classroom, while their teammates model for someone who encourage them to excel through both word and deed. And while the bar is set high by the coaches and comes to college after being athletes themselves, Hampton is there to add her encouragement and provide the tools for that success. homeschooled,” Sarah Patterson “There are tremendous resources here at Alabama and we make sure that the student-athletes have said. “She came in, worked hard and used all the resources the University and athletics department full access to them, that they have everything they need to be successful,” Hampton said. “I absolutely put at her disposal and really excelled, earning a 4.0 GPA and Scholastic All-America honors as a believe you get a top-rate education at the University of Alabama, and we’re continuing to expand our freshman and going on to enjoy a truly phenomenal career, both in the classroom and in the gym.” services in the Center for Athletic Student Services. If you look at the growth, not just in athletics, but  +RIIPDQÀQLVKHGKHUFDUHHUZLWKDJUDGHSRLQWDYHUDJHLQKXPDQGHYHORSPHQWDQGIDPLO\ across the board, it’s an exciting time to be on this campus.” VWXGLHV$ÀUVWWHDP&DSLWDO2QH&R6,'$$FDGHPLF$OO$PHULFDQVKHZDVDOVRQDPHGWKH Hampton’s interaction with a student-athlete starts on their recruiting trip. She sets up individual Academic All-America of the Year. appointments within the department of the recruit’s area of study and then the recruit is given a tour Hoffman’s academic prowess, enhanced by the tools the CASS Center put at her disposal, led to of campus and learns about the services provided by CASS. From that point on, she works with the the Union, N.J., native earning NCAA and Southeastern Conference Postgraduate Scholarships. She athletes until the day they graduate. was also voted the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011. One of the key factors that makes the Winnipeg, Manitoba native’s job easier is the commitment the An amazing senior season culminated in Hoffman receiving the NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award, coaching staff has to the education process. which honors the nation’s top eight senior student-athletes for excelling athletically and academically “One of the things that has impressed me the most is Sarah’s total accessibility for any questions as well as making a difference in the community. on academic issues,” Hampton said. “I can walk in at any point and we take care of business. Her “That’s exactly what I wanted,” Hoffman said on balancing her athletic and academic accessibility and desire for her student-athletes to be successful academically makes it clear she considers accomplishments. “I wanted to be someone who was an excellent student and an excellent athlete. I it a top priority.” wanted to show future athletes here at our University that you can be both. That really meant a lot to Hampton and her husband Robert Meintzer have two children, a son Robbie, and a daughter me.” Caroline.

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2011 and 2012 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner Rachel Terry Three-time Academic All-American and 2010 NCAA Elite 88 Award winner Kassi Price

CRIMSON TIDE HONOR ROLL NCAA Elite 89 CoSIDA Academic CoSIDA Academic Kayla Hoffman Rachel Terry Montgomery Tiffany Byrd Mandy Chapman Chasity Junkin 2012 Rachel Terry All-America All-Region Kim Jacob 2008 Alyssa Chapman Dana Pierce Krista Gole Lexa Evans Kara Stilp 2011 Rachel Terry 2011 Kayla Hoffman, 2007 Cassie Martin Megan Mashburn Kayla Hoffman Bianca Puello Erin Holdefer Robin Hawkins Meredith Willard 2010 Kassi Price  lRSTTEAM 1994 Sheryl Dundas Jordan Moore Jennifer Iovino Erin Rightley Lauren Holdefer Gina Logan 1993 Dana Dobransky 2010 Kassi Price, Diandra Milliner Ricki Lebegern 2005 Mari Bayer Shannon Hrozek April Makinson Sheryl Dundas NCAA Postgraduate NCAA Foundation  lRSTTEAM Leadership Conference Ashley Priess Brittany Magee Rachael Stephanie Kite Alexa Martinez Chasity Junkin Scholarship 2009 Kassi Price, Geralen Stack-Eaton Cassie Martin Delahoussaye Alexa Martinez Whitney Morgan 1992 Dana Dobransky 2011 Kayla Hoffman 2006 Courtney Priess  lRSTTEAM 2001 Andreé Pickens Rachel Terry Megan Mashburn Shannon Hrozek Whitney Morgan Lissy Smith Sheryl Dundas 2010 Kassi Price 2008 Kassi Price, Hannah Toussaint Amanda Meredith Laxton Andreé Pickens Raegan Tomasek Chasity Junkin 2004 Stephanie Kite third team National Association of 2010 Becca Alexin Montgomery Michelle Reeser Michelle Reeser 1998 Merritt Booth Katherine Kelleher 2003 Kristin Sterner 2004 Stephanie Kite, Collegiate Gymnastics Alyssa Chapman Ashley O’Neal 2004 Mari Bayer Kristin Sterner Mandy Chapman Shea McFall 1998 Merritt Booth  lRSTTEAM Coaches Scholastic Mary Hauswirth Casey Overton Rachael 2001 Natalie Barrington Lexa Evans 1991 Dana Dobransky All-America 1997 Meredith Willard 2003 Stephanie Kite, Kayla Hoffman Kassi Price Delahoussaye Tiffany Byrd April Makinson Sheryl Dundas 2012 Becca Alexin 1993 Dana Dobransky  lRSTTEAM Ricki Lebegern Kaitlin White Johnna Gay Krista Gole Danielle McAdams Katherine Kelleher Kaitlyn Clark 1992 Katherine Kelleher 2003 Kristin Sterner, Megan Mashburn 2007 Alyssa Chapman Lauren Holdefer Robin Hawkins 1997 Merritt Booth Shea McFall Sarah DeMeo 1989 Kelly Good  lRSTTEAM Kassi Price Ricki Lebegern Shannon Hrozek Katie Hornecker Mandy Chapman Ria Domier 1987 Julie Estin 1998 Merritt Booth, Ashley Sledge Brittany Magee Stephanie Kite Stephanie Kite Heidi Harriman H. Boyd McWhorter Lindsey Fowler 1985 Barbara Mack third team Rachel Terry Cassie Martin Meredith Laxton Alexa Martinez Danielle McAdams SEC Scholar Athlete Lora Leigh Frost 1983 Julie Garrett 1997 Meredith Willard, 2009 Alyssa Chapman Amanda Michelle Reeser Jeana Rice Meredith Willard of the Year Kim Jacob  lRSTTEAM Jocelyn Fowler Montgomery 2003 Mari Bayer Kristin Sterner 1996 Merritt Booth 2003 Kristin Sterner Diandra Milliner CoSIDA Academic 1993 Dana Dobransky, Kayla Hoffman Casey Overton Rachael 2000 Lexa Evans Lisa Gianni 1997 Meredith Willard All-America At-Large Brooke Parker second team Ricki Lebegern Kassi Price Delahoussaye Robin Hawkins Danielle McAdams 1987 Julie Estin Team Member of Ashley Priess 1992 Dana Dobransky, Brittany Magee Kaitlin White Lauren Holdefer Katie Hornecker Marna Neubauer the Year Rachel Terry SEC Gymnastics second team Megan Mashburn 2006 Melanie Banville Shannon Hrozek Alexa Martinez Meredith Willard 2011 Kayla Hoffman Hannah Toussaint Scholar Athlete 1988 Kelly Good, Amanda Mari Bayer Stephanie Kite Whitney Morgan 1995 Merritt Booth 2004 Stephanie Kite Kayla Williams of the Year third team Montgomery Rachael Dana Pierce Sara Scarborough Chasity Junkin 2011 Becca Alexin 2012 Kim Jacob 1987 Julie Estin, Ashley O’Neal Delahoussaye Michelle Reeser Lissy Smith Danielle McAdams Alyssa Chapman 2011 Kayla Hoffman  lRSTTEAM Casey Overton Brittany Magee Kristin Sterner Kristin Sterner Marna Neubauer Sarah DeMeo 2005 Michelle Reeser 1986 Julie Estin, Kassi Price Cassie Martin 2002 Natalie Barrington Dara Stewart Meredith Willard Ria Domier  lRSTTEAM Ashley Priess Amanda Helen Burgin 1999 Natalie Barrington 1994 Sheryl Dundas Lindsey Fowler 28 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA SEC Postgraduate 1990 Marie Robbins Commerce & Business Human Environmental Dept. of Management Charles A. Odewahn Council of Presidents Outstanding Graduate Outstanding Senior in Scholarship 1986 Julie Estin Administration Athlete Sciences - Phi Upsilon Recognition of Managerial Excellence Freshman Academic Students in Sports Human Environmental 2011 Kayla Hoffman 1985 Barbara Mack of the Year Omicron Award for Excellence Award Achievement Award Management Award Sciences Award 2010 Kassi Price 1997 Meredith Willard Outstanding Freshmen 2008 Amanda 2002 April Makinson 2003 Dana Pierce 2009 Kaitlin White 2012 Rachel Terry 2003 Kristin Sterner Commerce & Business 1996 Meredith Willard 2010 Rachel Terry Montgomery 2002 Andreé Pickens Administration 1985 Patti Rice Linda Lantz Hallmark Phi Mu Patience Jean Wickstrom Liles Outstanding Graduate Austin Cup Commerce & Business Consumer Sciences Stevens Award Endowed Scholarship Students in Sports 1997 Meredith Willard Administration New College 2010 Kassi Price Service Award 2006 Dana Pierce 2010 Megan Mashburn Management Award 1993 Dana Dobransky College of Arts and Outstanding Outstanding Sciences Dean’s Undergraduate Award Independent Studies/ 2005 Shannon Hrozek 2012 Kassi Price 1992 Katherine Kelleher Commerce & Business Award of Merit Out-of-Class Outstanding Work in Highest Scholastic 1990 Marie Robbins 1992 Katherine Kelleher Administration 1985 Barbara Mack Learning Experiences Dow Chemical Natural Sciences Average in Marketing Human Environmental 1989 Kelly Good Austin Scholar 1992 Shea McFall 1993 Dee Foster Undergraduate Award 2007 Rachael - Junior Sciences - Emily 1987 Julie Estin 2010 Kassi Price University of Alabama 1991 Katherine Kelleher 2003 Stephanie Kite Delahoussaye 2009 Kassi Price Strong Award Outstanding Junior Outstanding Cassie Martin 2012 Rachel Terry SEC Community F. David Mathews 1986 Julie Estin Alpha Epsilon Rho Healthcare William Ray Moore Harry D. Bonham Service Team Award Outstanding TCF Management Marketing Club Comer Mathematics Physical Sciences Council of Presidents’ Jacqueline Davis 2012 Ria Domier Senior Award Undergraduate Highest Scholastic 1997 Meredith Willard Medal Scholar Freshman Academic Endowed Scholarship 2011 Alyssa Chapman 1993 Dana Dobransky Student Average - Senior 1988 Julie Estin 2003 Rachael Achievement Awards- 2012 Rachel Terry 2010 Kassi Price Alumni Student 2002 Krista Gole Delahoussaye Human Environmental 2010 Kassi Price Dept. of Marketing 2009 Ricki Lebegern Award — University Freshman Scholarship 2001 Krista Gole Science of Alabama National Recognition of Outstanding Marketing 2008 Ricki Lebegern Achievement Award in 1999 Gina Logan National Society of 2009 Jocelyn Fowler Alumni Association Excellence Senior 2007 Courtney Priess Women’s Athletics 1998 Gina Logan Collegiate Scholars Rachel Terry 2002 Andreé Pickens 2010 Kassi Price 2010 Kassi Price 2006 Dana Pierce 1986 Kelly Good 2011 Jordan Moore 2008 Megan Mashburn 1997 Meredith Willard 2009 Kassi Price Economics Freshman 2005 Dana Pierce 2009 Jocelyn Fowler Birmingham College of Arts & 2004 Stephanie Kite Achievement Award 2004 Stephanie Kite Kayla Hoffman Dean Bernie Sloan Chapter Sales & Sington Soaring Spirit Sciences — Woodrow 2001 April Makinson 2008 Kassi Price Spirit of New College Award 2004 Rachael Marketing Executive Paul W. Bryant Alvin David Family 1994 Kara Stilp 2001 Stephanie Kite Award 2000 Andreé Pickens Delahoussaye International Award Memorial Award Student-Athlete 2009 Cassie Martin 1997 Meredith Willard Award New College Award of 2003 Shannon Hrozek 2010 Kassi Price 2011 Kayla Hoffman Barbara Rene 1993 Dee Foster 2004 Kristin Sterner Excellence in Athletics 2002 Michelle Reeser 2003 Kristin Sterner Shoemake Memorial Arthur Ashe Award 1989 1988 NCAA Team 2003 Andreé Pickens 1993 Dee Foster Scholarship 1997 Meredith Willard 2008 Ashley O’Neal Champions 1988 Julie Estin 2001 Lexa Evans 1992 Katherine Kelleher HONOR SOCIETIES XXXI Danielle McAdams Blue Key Danielle McAdams Ricki Lebegern Kappa Tau Tina Rinker Stephanie Kite Phi Beta Kappa Shannon Hrozek Phi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Merritt Booth Amanda Lexa Evans Shea McFall Gina Logan Alpha Marie Robbins Patti Kleckner Merritt Booth Jennifer Iovino Kathy Bilodeau Lambda Morgan Dennis Montgomery Kassi Price Whitney Morgan Brittany Magee Lexa Evans Tracey Tillman Barbara Mack Julie Estin Chasity Junkin Katherine Kelleher Melanie Banville Lexa Evans Jordan Moore Andreé Pickens Megan Mashburn Robin Hawkins Meredith Willard Brittany Magee Kelly Good Stephanie Kite Kassi Price Mari Bayer Dee Foster Whitney Morgan Cardinal Key Dana Pierce Danielle McAdams Alexa Martinez Cassie Martin Barbara Mack Meredith Laxton Meredith Willard Rachael Kelly Good Kassi Price Cassie Martin Kassi Price Amanda Omega Chi Alexa Martinez Cassie Martin Ricki Lebegern Delahoussaye Robin Hawkins Kristin Sterner Kassi Price Michelle Reeser Montgomery Lambda Sigma Epsilon Megan Mashburn Brittany Magee Phi Upsilon Amanda Ashley Miles Rachel Terry Erin Rightley Whitney Morgan Lindsey Fowler Tina Rinker Shea McFall Phi Delta Phi April Makinson Omicron Montgomery Andreé Pickens Raegan Tomasek Delta Sigma Pi Tina Rinker Kassi Price Amanda Amanda Natalie Barrington Cassie Martin Mandy Chapman Kassi Price Omicron Delta Marie Robbins Stephanie Kite Dara Stewart Lissy Smith Montgomery Montgomery Danielle McAdams Raegan Tomasek Erin Rightley Kappa Ashley Sledge Beta Alpha Psi Kassi Price Meredith Willard Raegan Tomasek Kassi Price Heather Nasser Phi Eta Sigma Amanda Mari Bayer Kristin Sterner Michelle Reeser Meredith Willard Ashley O’Neal Melanie Banville Montgomery Pi Tau Sigma Tau Beta Pi Alli Beldon Meredith Willard Gamma Beta Golden Key Mortar Board Andreé Pickens Mari Bayer Jordan Moore Katie Hornecker Whitney Morgan Kathy Bilodeau Beta Beta Beta Phi Mari Bayer Kappa Delta Pi Alli Beldon Kassi Price Helen Burgin Whitney Morgan Tina Rinker Merritt Booth Alpha Lambda Shay Murphy Merritt Booth Merritt Booth Rachel Terry Dana Dobransky Patti Rice Tiffany Byrd Dana Pierce Psi Chi Mandy Chapman Delta Kristin Sterner Mandy Chapman Mandy Chapman Julie Estin Erin Rightley Alyssa Chapman Kassi Price Lauren Holdefer Dana Duckworth Ashley Ford Lexa Evans Rachael Kappa Delta Pi Lexa Evans Tina Rinker Sheryl Dundas Bianca Puello Lissy Smith Julie Estin Lindsey Fowler Beta Gamma Ashley Ford Delahoussaye Dana Pierce Kelly Good Marie Robbins Ashley Ford Sara Scarborough Sigma Lexa Evans Lisa Gianni Lauren Graffeo Lexa Evans Katherine Kelleher Kristin Sterner Jocelyn Fowler Rachel Terry Stephanie Kite Dee Foster Lauren Graffeo Erin Holdefer Krista Gole Patti Kleckner Tracey Tillman Lindsey Fowler Raegan Tomasek April Makinson Kelly Good Robin Hawkins Lauren Holdefer Robin Hawkins Barbara Mack Ann Wilhide Lisa Gianni Holly Voorheis Alexa Martinez Chasity Junkin Katie Hornecker Katie Hornecker Katie Hornecker Kassi Price Meredith Willard Lauren Graffeo Meredith Willard Stephanie Kite Kassi Price Katherine Kelleher Shannon Hrozek Patti Rice Katherine Kelleher Robin Hawkins April Makinson Meredith Willard Gina Logan Chasity Junkin Erin Rightley Kim Kelly Katie Hornecker ROLLTIDE.COM 29 CHAMPIONS MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY “Tuscaloosa has been home for David and I color pink, David Patterson’s nearly decade-long for more than 30 years,” Patterson said. “So as involvement with a cause close to his heart is VRRQDVWKHWRUQDGRKLWZHNQHZWKDWÀUVWZHKDG LGHQWLÀDEOHE\DUHGMHUVH\DQGWZRZKHHOV6WDUWLQJ to make sure the Alabama gymnastics family was in 2002 and up until back surgery limited his riding ok, which thankfully everyone was, and then we time a few years ago, he was part of the Camp went about helping, as much as we could, to get Smile-A-Mile fund raiser, “The Ride of Love,” the community we love get back on its feet.” which is based around the 150-plus mile bike ride Which is why Patterson and the Tide hosted from Tuscaloosa to Camp SAM, located on the a “Tornado Relief ” meet when came shores of Lake Martin at Children’s Harbor. to town in 2012. During the meet, relief workers The fundraiser was started by Stephanie from Tuscaloosa and Joplin, Mo., which was also Wilkins, Camp Smile-A-Mile’s community relations devastated by a tornado during the spring of the manager, in 2001. In 2002 David Patterson, a 2011, were honored. The 2012 season also saw cancer survivor himself, joined Wilkins and The Duckworth create ReadBAMARead, a foundation Ride and its impact grew exponentially from there. dedicated to restocking the libraries of community “The whole decision process involved my schools that lost everything in the 2011 tornado. ÀYH\HDUDQQLYHUVDU\RI KDYLQJNLGQH\FDQFHUµ Through the years, Sarah Patterson has worked David Patterson said. “I wanted to do more for with dozens of worthwhile causes, including others with cancer. I had known Stephanie for serving as chairperson for the Help & Hope several years because she had been our team %DUEHFXHWKHSURFHHGVRI ZKLFKEHQHÀWWKH'&+ nutritionist, so I decided I would get involved with Regional Medical Center’s Cancer Center, as well her project.” From day one, Sarah and David Patterson “It’s just neat to see the love our coaches have as working with the United Way, Cystic Fibrosis, Camp Smile-A-Mile is an organization that knew that their program would be about one for our community,” Sarah Patterson said. “That United Cerebral Palsy, Easter Seals and the gives children with cancer a place to go for camp thing: helping prepare young ladies for life beyond love stems from spending the majority, if not our Salvation Army. where they can be themselves and get treatment, gymnastics. They were going to compete for entire, professional careers here.” Over the past several years Sarah Patterson’s go without prosthetic limbs and hair, and be championships and academics were going to be Despite their many hours in the community, work with the DCH Medical Center Foundation around others who are like them for support. priority one – but more than that, they were going the coaches’ biggest impact is on the lives of their has taken things to an entirely new level. In David Patterson isn’t the only member of the to encourage their gymnasts to be a part of the athletes. With each class they introduce to the December of 2004, she joined with the DCH Alabama gymnastics family who has made The larger community around them, to have a sense IXOÀOOPHQWWKDWFRPHVZLWKFRPPXQLW\VHUYLFH Foundation to create the DCH Breast Cancer Ride. In addition to Wilkins, who served as the of balance outside the gym as well as within. They they create another generation of Alabama Fund and the Power of Pink initiative to help raise Tide’s nutritionist, assistant coach Bryan Raschilla were going to make sure that their gymnasts knew gymnasts who take those lessons out into the PRQH\DQGDZDUHQHVVLQWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVW and team physician Jimmy Robinson have both the importance of making a difference. world. cancer. The results have been phenomenal. The made the trek. Former gymnasts Kristin Sterner After 34 years, count the Patterson philosophy “Learning to be involved in the community at Crimson Tide has hosted eight “pink” meets, and Whitney Morgan have also ridden for the cause. as a rousing success: winning championships, this young point is something you can take with bringing more than 120,000 people to Coleman “It is a tremendous cause and it means a great earning countless academic honors, and above all, you for the rest of your life,” Sarah Patterson Coliseum. deal to me that so many members of the Tide graduating successful women who are outstanding said. “If you’ve learned to give back and be very For her hard work, Sarah Patterson was named family have chosen to get involved in the Ride,” members of their communities. XQVHOÀVKZLWK\RXUWLPHZKLOHLQFROOHJHWKHQ to the DCH Foundation, Inc. board in 2005. David Patterson said. “Hopefully that will be our greatest legacy when you are grown, settled, mature and have Most important to Sarah Patterson is that In addition to taking part in the Ride of Love, – the fact that these student-athletes have left your own career, you will continue to give back to through her work with the cause and as a member and putting his graphic design skills to good use here and gone on to make their marks, not just society.” RI WKHERDUGWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVWFDQFHULQWKLV for the Power of Pink, Raschilla has also swung a professionally and in their lives, but in giving When a tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa community has reached a new level. hammer for Habitat for Humanity and, after the back,” David Patterson said. “It’s very rewarding in April of 2011, days after Alabama returned “I’m proud to be a part of such an effort,” she 2011 tornadoes, he took his chain saw and helped to see so many of them involved in great projects WRWRZQZLWKLWVÀIWK1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSWKH said. “Everywhere I’ve gone, everyone I’ve talked friends, neighbors and strangers alike clear debris in their communities.” Pattersons sprang in to action, opening their to about what we’re trying to do has been so very and fallen trees. When it comes to working in the community, home to those displaced by the damage the storm positive. No one has said no and everyone has “I love Alabama and the city of Tuscaloosa,” the Pattersons, along with assistant coaches Bryan caused. Sarah Patterson also went to work helping asked how they can help. It’s very gratifying to see Raschilla said. “It’s such a great community and it’s 5DVFKLOODDQG'DQD'XFNZRUWKGHÀQLWHO\OHDG raise money for relief efforts, as part of telethons the community embrace such an important cause.” an amazing place to raise a family. For me, lending by example. They are all active in making the and on a special “Hey, Coach!” radio broadcast in While Sarah’s work with the DCH Breast a helping hand is a small way that I can give back to community in which they live a better place. the days and weeks that followed. &DQFHU)XQGLVPRVWUHDGLO\LGHQWLÀHGZLWKWKH a place that has given me and my family so much.”

30 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA ALABAMA GYMNASTS LEND A HELPING HAND

On a bright, sunny, fall Saturday, members of The gymnasts were also involved in Tuscaloosa’s children do,” Sarah Patterson said. “At a time of “The community has already given so much the 2013 Alabama gymnastics team, gymnasts, recovery from the April 2011 tornado that tore a year when they are stressed with exams, getting to this team in terms of support,” Pickens said. coaches and staff, grabbed buckets, sponges, soap swath through the middle of town. In addition to ready to travel home for the holidays and all “When you have crowds in excess of 10,000, it’s a and towels and gathered in a parking lot along helping with relief efforts in the days and weeks that goes with the end of the semester, that one great tribute to our program. This is our small way McFarland Boulevard to raise money for “Suds for that followed the tornado, they also took part in a afternoon puts so much in perspective.” to give to them.” Sully” by cleaning up Tuscaloosa’s roads one car, Habitat for Humanity work day. During the season Alabama gymnasts are busy throughout the The Tide continues to roll in this crucial truck and SUV at a time. they hosted Missouri – whose state also suffered community, whether it is taking part in Easter Seals’ area. Junior Ria Domier was named to the SEC’s “It was a great day for a great cause,” Sarah from severe tornado damage – in a Tornado annual Walk With Me fundraiser; speaking to local Community Service Team in 2012. Other gymnasts Patterson said. “We washed a lot of cars and raised Relief meet, sporting black and silver leotards school children about staying away from drugs named to the team include: Alyssa Chapman (2011), over $3,000 for the Sully Adams Special Needs with the date of the Tuscaloosa tornado, 4-27-11, and alcohol; organizing a bake sale to raise funds Kassi Price (2010), Ricki Lebegern (2009 and 2008), Trust.” emblazoned on the back, as well as a houndstooth for Project AngelTree; painting faces and helping Courtney Priess (2007), Dana Pierce (2006 and A member of the Alabama gymnastics family, ribbon, the symbol adopted by the town to signify kids with their somersaults during the Tide’s annual 2005) and Stephanie Kite (2004). Sully Adams is the son of Tracey and Jason Adams. the slogan “T-Town Never Down.” Halloween Extravaganza; or helping raise awareness In addition to team projects, each gymnast Tracey, then Tracey Tillman, was part of the The Tide’s longest-standing project is the RISE IRUWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVWFDQFHUZLWKWKH3RZHURI  ÀQGVKHURZQZD\WRPDNHDGLIIHUHQFHIURP &ULPVRQ7LGH·VÀUVW1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSWHDP Christmas Party where, for more than 20 years, Pink meet. working in soup kitchens to visiting the elderly at in 1988. Sully, now 10, was born with a rare brain the gymnastics team takes one afternoon just “In the grand scheme of things, we are trying assisted living facilities, and nearly every gymnast disorder that causes seizures and developmental before exams hit and welcomes the children of the to develop the most balanced student-athlete has encouraged schoolchildren through various delays. In 2008, Sully underwent successful surgery Stallings RISE Center, which includes special needs possible,” Patterson said. “That balance includes speaking engagements. to arrest the seizures. In September of 2012, he children in its classes, for their annual Christmas helping out where we can. There is no doubt that “Any time you have a recognizable student- had another surgery to help deal with the ongoing party, entertaining them in the Tide’s practice gym. our ladies understand the importance of giving athlete volunteering her time, it shows people complication from the disorder. The children love it, running, laughing and back, of stepping up to help where they can. It is in the community the type of individuals we “This was family,” senior Ashley Sledge said. having a wonderful time. It’s also safe to say that the one of the aspects of this program that I am most have involved in our program,” Patterson said. “We wanted to do whatever we could to help Sully gymnasts probably get as much out of it as the kids, proud of.” “Community service helps our student-athletes and his family. I think it’s one of the neatest things FRPLQJDZD\UHHQHUJL]HGDQGUHDG\IRUWKHÀQDO In 2002, two-time NCAA champion Andreé to realize that winning and losing aren’t the entire about our program. If someone within our family, push into the New Year. Pickens earned the Southeastern Conference game. The collegiate experience should be about the University or the community needs help, we try “There’s no doubt that our ladies get as much Community Service Award for her tireless work in the experiences of life. Our involvement with these and be there to do what we can, to lend a hand.” out of working with the RISE program as the the Tuscaloosa and University communities. programs does just that.”

ROLLTIDE.COM 31 CHAMPIONS ReadBAMARead OFF TO A GREAT START

The 2012 Alabama gymnastics team with, from the left, Sarah Patterson, David DeSantis, Terri DeSantis, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley, Dana Duckworth and Donna Benjamin. In the days that followed the tornado that immediately that this was something that could $ODEDPDVFRUHVGXULQJWKH&ULPVRQ7LGH·VÀUVW ReadBAMARead throughout the season had ripped through Tuscaloosa in April 2011, help make a real difference in our community,” three meets in 2012. already made such a huge difference, so when they came pouring into the West Alabama community Duckworth said. The Tide tallied 62 scores of 9.8 or better over presented the second check, I was just speechless.” IURPQHDUDQGIDUÀOOLQJLPPHGLDWHQHHGVOLNH Armed with her legendary energy and LWVÀUVWWKUHHPHHWVZKLFKPHDQWWKDW7XVFDORRVD Duckworth’s surprise and excitement brought food, shelter and clothing for those displaced by enthusiasm, Duckworth and co-founder Donna Toyota donated $12,400 to ReadBAMARead a huge grin to Sarah Patterson’s face during the the storm. Benjamin put together a foundation that would prior to Alabama’s “Tornado Relief Meet” against presentation. It was in the days that followed the tornado help raise money to stock the libraries of the Missouri on March 9, 2012. With Alabama “There were only about three people who that Dana Duckworth started thinking about the schools once they are rebuilt. Governor Robert Bentley and Sarah Patterson knew about the second check prior to the event,” long-term efforts that would be needed to help the “We know this is a long term-project but we on hand, David and Terri DeSantis presented Patterson said. “It was great to be able to surprise community get back on its feet. believe this is something that people will continue Duckworth, Benjamin and ReadBAMARead with Dana, because she has worked so hard on behalf “We discovered that, in addition to all the other to be passionate about as we move down the road a check for $12,400. of this cause.” damage and destruction, there were also three to recovery from the tornado,” Duckworth said. What Duckworth didn’t know prior to that  7KHQH[WGD\5HDG%$0$5HDGKHOGLWVÀUVW elementary schools and one middle school that “People recognize the importance of education Friday night was that DeSantis and Tuscaloosa 10K race and 1-Mile Fun Run with more than 200 either lost their entire library in the storm or had for our children and that readers are leaders.” Toyota partnered with Toyota Motor Sales USA men, women and children taking part in the races most of their library book inventory destroyed,” ReadBAMARead took off immediately. for an additional donation in matching funds. WKDWVWDUWHGDQGÀQLVKHGDW&ROHPDQ&ROLVHXP Duckworth said. Through a pair of fundraisers and direct 6RPRPHQWVDIWHUSUHVHQWLQJWKHÀUVWFKHFNIRU “We are so proud of everything that we’ve That knowledge was a lightbulb moment for donations, the foundation quickly raised $7,000 $12,400, the DeSantises presented a second check accomplished so far and are thankful to everyone Duckworth and at that moment ReadBAMARead towards its ultimate goal of $150,000. for $10,000, for a total of $22,400. who helped make all this possible,” Duckworth was born. Off to a good start, ReadBAMARead got a “That was such an amazing night,” Duckworth said after the race. “None of this would have “I’ve always believed that reading is big boost when David DeSantis and Tuscaloosa said. “David DeSantis and everyone at Tuscaloosa been possible without sponsors, volunteers and fundamental to all learning, and I knew Toyota pledged $200 for every 9.8 or better that Toyota are so incredible and their support of runners. The entire board of directors from 32 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA THE DAVID DESANTIS COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

ReadBAMARead sends their gratitude. This was ReadBAMARead followed its initial 10k and fun an amazing and valuable learning experience and it run with a Color Run fundraising race in September was worth every late night, every planning meeting of 2012. and every opportunity to ask the community to be “The Color Run was so much fun,” Duckworth involved.” said. “Everyone was wearing white, and as each During the Crimson Tide’s celebration of its back-to-back national championships, the Several area elementary schools chose teams runner completed a portion of the race, they were Alabama gymnastics team celebrated one of its own for her work in the community. of six students to represent their school during the spattered with different colored cornstarch. At the During the festivities in Coleman Coliseum in April of 2012, assistant coach Dana races. The fastest team won a $25 Yogurt Mountain ÀQLVKHYHU\RQHZDVDFRORUIXOPHVVµ Duckworth was presented with the David DeSantis Community Service Award for her gift card for each member of the team. Rock Quarry  $OOWRJHWKHUWKURXJKLWVÀUVWIXOO\HDURI HYHQWV tireless work in bringing the ReadBAMARead to life. In conjunction with co-founder Donna Elementary had the winning team, followed by Verner ReadBAMARead has raised $55,000. Duckworth and Benjamin, Duckworth started the foundation to help restock the libraries of Tuscaloosa-area and Alberta Elementary. Other schools that had Benjamin’s initial goal for ReadBAMARead is 10,000 schools that were destroyed by the April 2011 tornado that tore through Tuscaloosa. teams in the 1-Mile Fun Run included Cottondale, bound, library-quality books that cost approximately The Tide’s community service award is named for the co-owner of Tuscaloosa Toyota. University Place, Maxwell and Taylorville. $15 each for the rebuilt schools. Beyond that, they ,WZDVÀWWLQJWKDW'H6DQWLVZDVRQKDQGWRSUHVHQW'XFNZRUWKZLWKWKHDZDUGEHDULQJKLV During the weeks leading up to the races, several want to provide a means for people who love QDPHDVKHDQG7XVFDORRVD7R\RWDZHUHELJVXSSRUWHUVRI 5HDG%$0$5HDGLQLWVÀUVW elementary schools collected their spare change for Tuscaloosa and the West Alabama community year, combining with Toyota Motor Sales USA to contribute $22,400 to the fund during the ReadBAMARead. The school that raised the most continuing to support its recovery. Crimson Tide’s 2012 Tornado Relief meet against Missouri. won a $1,000 gift from Mackin Educational Services “It’s my hope that our foundation will give “David DeSantis is so much more than just a great businessman,” Sarah Patterson said. to buy library books for their own library. The school people who want to help a way to stay involved in “He works tirelessly in the community and has been one of the greatest champions of with the most entries in the race won a visit by the recovery effort of our city, and at the same time both the Power of Pink initiative and in helping ReadBAMARead get off the ground. His children’s author Allison Stoutland, from Inch by Inch help facilitate the education of the next generation of generosity and giving spirit is unmatched. He is someone that our ladies can look to as an Books. Verner Elementary won both contests. Tuscaloosans,” Duckworth said. example of what it means to be a good neighbor and citizen.” “One of the things that really stands out about On March 2, 2013, the Saturday after Alabama’s In addition to lending a generous hand to ReadBAMARead and many other community today is that there are so many children here home meet against UCLA, ReadBAMARead will outreach efforts, DeSantis has been an integral part in the Crimson Tide’s Power of Pink today making a difference for kids their own age,” partner with the Kiwanis of Greater to Tuscaloosa initiative, helping raise more than $1.25 million for the DCH Breast Cancer Fund through Duckworth said. “It is truly a case of children helping to host the inaugural Tuscaloosa Half Marathon and the annual Tuscaloosa Toyota/DCH Foundation Golf Classic and Nite on the Green events. children.” Radiology Clinic Fun Run.  6FKRODVWLF$OO$PHULFDQ$O\VVD&KDSPDQHDUQHGWKH'H6DQWLV$ZDUGDVDÀIWK\HDU Duckworth-Morris Real Estate, an 80-book level For more on ReadBAMARead, visit www. senior in 2011 while All-American Kassi Price earned the 2010 honor and All-American sponsor, won the award for the most number of ReadBAMARead.org. Ricki Lebegern became the inaugural recipient of the award in 2009. participants in the 1-Mile Fun Run. ROLLTIDE.COM 33 CHAMPIONS THE POWER OF PINK Even the NFL and Major League Baseball have gotten into the act with NFL players wearing pink gloves, chinstraps and shoes during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October and MLB players using pink bats on Mother’s Day in a show of VXSSRUWLQWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVWFDQFHU “When I look around at all the meets and events and how this has spread through the sports world, it is an unbelievable feeling,” Patterson said. “It’s such a vital cause and these events really bring DWWHQWLRQWRWKHÀJKWWKDWJRHVRQHYHU\GD\,FDQ·W help but smile when I’m out grocery shopping, or working out, or wherever I am, and I see someone wearing a Tuscaloosa Toyota Power of Pink T-shirt, and there is rarely a day that goes by when I don’t see someone wearing one, because that tells me that the message continues long after the event is over.” Alabama gymnastics will host its ninth “Drive 4 the Cause” meet Friday, Jan. 25, 2013 when the come to Coleman Coliseum with their pink leotards. “We have this amazing platform at Alabama and I knew that it was something that we could use to help the women of this community,” she said. “If just one woman comes to our meets and is helped by what we’re doing, then it’s all been worth it.” While others sing her praises for all she has From the left – Sarah Patterson, David DeSantis, Molly Baldwin, Bryan Kindred and Lance Wyatt present a check for $206,000 during the 2012 Drive for the Cause meet to the DCH Breast GRQHLQWKHFRPPXQLW\HVSHFLDOO\LQWKHÀJKW Cancer Fund, pushing the fund’s eight-year total to over $1.2 million. against breast cancer, Patterson said she receives Pink shakers, pink shirts, even the occasional So she picked Alabama vs. Auburn on Feb. 4, sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota, has events three so much more than she gives. pink boa – once a season, everyone puts on 2005, and designated it as the “Drive 4 the Cause” times a year, one in the fall, one in the winter and “I am so fortunate to not only be in a position WKHLUEHVWSLQNRXWÀWVJUDEVWKHLUIDYRULWHSLQN meet. She asked everyone to mark the date and to one in the spring when UA women’s teams host where I can offer this help,” she said. “But to be accessories and heads to Coleman Coliseum for a “Think Pink, Wear Pink.” events. able to work with so many wonderful, dynamic gymnastics meet. The pink isn’t as much a fashion  6LQFHWKDWÀUVWPHHWWKHQXPEHUVKDYHEHHQ The Power of Pink has gone beyond UA people who are out there every day making a statement, but a show of support for Sarah staggering. Over the past eight years more than athletics and Tuscaloosa, exploding into a nation- difference in this community is truly amazing. I Patterson’s Power of Pink initiative, now in its IDQVKDYHÀOOHG&ROHPDQ&ROLVHXPZLWK wide cause. Since the Crimson Tide hosted its draw on their enthusiasm and spirit.” ninth year. pink for the annual event, including an Alabama ÀUVWPHHWLQPRUHWKDQWKUHHGR]HQRI WKH From the beginning, support for Patterson’s It started with a simple idea. Sarah Patterson and Southeastern Conference record 15,162 fans nation’s top gymnastics programs have either Power of Pink initiative was swift and widespread. ZDQWHGWRKHOSUDLVHDZDUHQHVVIRUWKHÀJKWDJDLQVW in 2006 and matching sellouts of 15,075 in 2007, hosted or participated in a “pink” meet, including She started to talk to the leaders in the Tuscaloosa breast cancer, a disease that has touched the lives 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. every member of the Southeastern Conference. community about her idea and everyone she talked of so many women around the world. “I have been so amazed at how the community The Women’s Basketball Coaches Association to got on board, offering advice and support. “I realize that I am very lucky,” Patterson has responded to this, how it has been embraced started its pink initiative in 2007, encouraging its “So many people have worked extremely hard said. “Not only to be healthy, but also that I have at every turn and how it continues to grow day-by- members to participate in a “Think Pink” week and put in long hours for this worthy cause, this access to excellent medical care. Not everyone is day,” Patterson said. that has now evolved into the WBCA’s “Pink YLWDOÀJKWµ3DWWHUVRQVDLG´:KDWZHDOOUHDOL]HLV so fortunate, and I wanted to do something that Within the UA athletics department the event Zone.” that as coach Paul Bryant was fond of saying ‘The would help those who need it most.” has grown from gymnastics to other sports to the There have been similar efforts in women’s price of victory is high, but so are the rewards.’ I point where Alabama Athletics’ Power of Pink, soccer and volleyball at the collegiate level as well. can think of no greater reward, no better return 34 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA THE DCH BREAST CANCER FUND

The DCH Foundation established a fund to support Sarah Patterson’s Power of Pink initiative in the winter of 2004. Donations can be made to the DCH Breast Cancer Fund by mailing a check to: DCH Foundation, 809 University Blvd. E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401. The DCH Breast Cancer Fund should be noted 7HEN!LABAMASOLDOUTTHE0OWEROF0INKMEET ITMARKEDTHESIXTHTIMEINTHEEVENTSHISTORYTHATMORETHAN PINK CLADFANSHAVElLLED#OLEMAN#OLISEUM on the memo line of the check. on the investment of time and resources so many have impact of this disease, I felt it was important to use saw the paper ... it was just incredible,” Patterson said put forth, than beating this disease.” our sport, its visibility, and this event as a platform of the pink edition. The DCH Foundation, Inc., Among those who joined with Patterson in to help raise the awareness of breast cancer and how The coverage has not only been state-wide, with was established in 1973 to the early days of the Power of Pink initiative was women can protect themselves from this disease.” stories in all Alabama’s daily papers and on TV news provide a way for citizens of Larry O’Neal, who was DCH’s vice president of Patterson also found a more-than-willing partner broadcasts, but nation-wide as well. USA Today has West Alabama to help create development at the time. O’Neal not only encouraged in local businessman David DeSantis, the co-owner of featured the meet extensively and, for three years in a for themselves the best health 3DWWHUVRQZKHQVKHÀUVWEURXJKWWKHLGHDIRUWKHFDXVH Tuscaloosa Toyota. row, the Alabama gymnastics program was featured system in the nation. to him, but he immediately went to work to support “We have come so far because of the vision of in Time magazine as part of Toyota’s ad campaign her efforts. David DeSantis,” Patterson said. “He is without a that recognizes dealerships making an impact in the More about the DCH Breast “I will always be grateful to Larry O’Neal, for doubt the most charitable businessman that I have community. Cancer Fund: The DCH listening to me and my vision for this event and ever been associated with. Everyone that has been “To be in Time was certainly amazing,” Patterson Breast Cancer Fund’s purpose believing in me and the power of dreams,” Patterson associated with this endeavor will tell you that David’s said. “But most importantly, it is yet another way to get is to promote awareness and said. “Without Larry, none of this would have been drive and can-do spirit has been a driving force for the WKHZRUGRXWDERXWRXUÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVWFDQFHUµ provide educational programs possible.” Power of Pink.” The Power of Pink continues to grow every on prevention and early Through the auspices of O’Neal and the DCH Media coverage of the Alabama gymnastics team’s day, and because of the way Tuscaloosa has taken detection of breast cancer. Regional Medical Center, the DCH Breast Cancer Power of Pink campaign has been extensive to say to the Power of Pink, women in the West Alabama The Fund also provides breast Fund was set up within the DCH Foundation. The the least. Six times The Tuscaloosa News has produced a FRPPXQLW\KDYHVRPHRQHLQWKHLUFRUQHULQWKHÀJKW screenings to women in need fund is designed to provide disadvantaged women special “GymDay” section on the “pink” meet as well against breast cancer. of those services. Patients with the means for early detection and treatment of as providing Alabama front-page exposure the next “Coach Sarah Patterson’s ‘Power of Pink’ who meet the eligibility breast cancer. day. And in October of 2010, the entire Birmingham gymnastics meets have provided a highly visible requirements will be provided “Every three minutes a woman in the News went pink, not only producing a slate of stories vehicle to raise funds for a very worthy cause – the assistance to pay for early is diagnosed with breast cancer, but how many women RQWKHÀJKWDJDLQVWEUHDVWFDQFHULQFOXGLQJDVWRU\RQ DCH Breast Cancer Fund,” O’Neal said. “Through detection services at the DCH experience problems that go undetected due to a lack Patterson’s Power of Pink efforts, but every page was her efforts and initiative the DCH Foundation Cancer Center. Eligibility RI NQRZOHGJHRUOLPLWHGÀQDQFLDODELOLWLHVWRXQGHUJR printed on pink paper as well. established the Breast Cancer Fund in December criteria will be prepared and WHVWLQJ"µ3DWWHUVRQVDLG´$IWHUZDWFKLQJÀUVWKDQGDV “Tom Arenberg, the sports editor of the %HFDXVHRI KHUYLVLRQDQGSDVVLRQLQÀJKWLQJ provided upon request. friends, family members and loved ones deal with the Birmingham News, explained what they were going to breast cancer, lives will be saved. What better legacy do, so I knew what was coming, but when I actually can one create during a lifetime?” ROLLTIDE.COM 35 CHAMPIONS LIGHTING THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA PINK

Since 2005, it has been customary for the inside of Coleman Coliseum to be ÀOOHGZLWKSLQNDWOHDVWRQFHD\HDUWRKLJKOLJKW6DUDK3DWWHUVRQ·VEUHDVWFDQFHU awareness campaign, the Power of Pink. There were pink shakers, pink 10 cards and the fans all came wearing their pink to support the cause. Then, in 2010, associate professor Craig Wedderspoon, along with instructor Jamey Grimes and graduate assistant Joe McCreary, all from UA’s Department of Art and Art History, spearheaded the effort to light the outside of the coliseum in pink as well. That year, with technical assistance from Tim Porter, Phillip Trull, Donny Jones and other campus electricians along with Col. Duane Lamb, UA Assistant Vice President/Facilities and Grounds, Coleman Coliseum was bathed in pink light from Bryant Drive all the way to the front doors. From that point on, the pink lights have continued to grow and grow. In 2011, the coliseum was surrounded in pink light, all the way around the building. It was in 2012 that the project of light the night pink for breast cancer awareness really took off, with Wedderspoon and company once again lighting the Coliseum area pink while Lamb and his crew took things across campus, lighting the University of Alabama’s most recognizable landmark, Denny Chimes, in pink as well as the water of the Ferguson Center fountain and University Rec Center. “I am so thankful to Col. Lamb and Craig Wedderspoon and everyone who helped turn our campus pink,” Patterson said. “From the moment the lights went on I started to get texts and photos of Denny Chimes, the Coliseum, the fountain and locations all over campus that were glowing pink in support of breast cancer awareness and the Power of Pink. It was a truly beautiful sight.”

36 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Standing Alongside Heroes Supporting the DCH Breast Cancer Fund

It has become one of the most uplifting and poignant moments during the Support for Sarah Patterson’s Power of Pink initiative sponsors. The event also gave non-golfers a way to be a Alabama gymnastics team’s annual Power of Pink/Drive for the Cause meet. has been tremendous from the very start – from the SDUWRI WKH3RZHURI 3LQN)URPWKDWÀUVWGLQQHUDKLJKO\ For the past three seasons, Crimson Tide gymnasts have forgone their usual more than 120,000 fans who have poured into Coleman successful annual fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Fund introductions during the pink meet and instead they come into the spotlight with a &ROLVHXPDOOZHDULQJSLQNIRUWKH&ULPVRQ7LGH·VÀUVW has evolved as well as one of Tuscaloosa’s “must attend” special guest. Tony Giles, Alabama’s longtime public address announcer, introduces eight “Drive 4 the Cause” meets, to the spread of events, one that features live and silent auctions, music, each gymnast by class and by name and then introduces a breast cancer survivor. Two pink events throughout the athletics department, the dancing and great food all for a great cause. The 2012 Nite at a time, gymnast and survivor, step into the spotlight when their names are called Southeastern Conference and ultimately the nation. on the Green was held at the Cypress Inn Pavilion on the DQGWKHQÀUHZRUNVH[SORGHDVWKHVXUYLYRUZDYHVWRWKHFURZGDGGLQJDGGLWLRQDO Support has been equally impressive for the events and Black Warrior River. The 2011 event, held at the Bryant poignancy to an already inspirational night. organizations that raise money for the DCH Breast Cancer Conference Center on the UA campus, featured American The tradition began when a fan sent a message to Sarah Patterson suggesting it. Fund, especially A Nite on the Green and the Tuscaloosa Idol’s Taylor Hicks.  ´)URPWKHEHJLQQLQJWKH3RZHURI 3LQNKDVEHHQDERXWKHOSLQJZRPHQÀJKW Toyota/DCH Foundation Golf Classic. Because of those The Tuscaloosa Toyota/DCH Foundation Golf breast cancer and these women standing next to our ladies put a human face on that two events, along with the generous support of the West Classic follows A Nite on the Green a day or two later. ÀJKWµ3DWWHUVRQVDLG Alabama community, funding raced past the $1 million While the tournament itself is always a lot of fun, the The 2012 survivors, honored prior to the Alabama-Arkansas meet on Feb. 18, mark in 2010. Since 2010, another $350,000 has been excitement really builds at the end of the day with the start included Paulette Dillard, Shirley Cook, Lynn Purser, Jami Patrick, Rebecca Depiazza, donated to the fund, including more than $100,000 from of the annual shootout where one lucky golfer wins a new Kate Brinkley, Maggie Lee, Peggy Reed, Joann Barden, Vicki Santina, Beverly events in 2012. car courtesy of Tuscaloosa Toyota. Nickerson, Jean Each, Jan Livingston Leopard, Shiann Norris, Josephine Hollins, Kay “The generosity of the West Alabama community “The support for these events, and the Power of Pink Corbin, Lucille Decarpe and Carol Sue Jenkins. never ceases to amaze me,” Patterson said. “Every year, as a whole, has been phenomenal,” said David DeSantis, “Seeing all of the pink just kind of set the stage for tonight,” Geralen Stack-Eaton through the good times and the tough times, people co-owner of Tuscaloosa Toyota and one of the chairs of said after the 2012 Power of Pink meet. “As we walked out with our survivors on our continue to reach deep to help those around them.” A Nite on the Green and the Golf Classic. arm, it was just so inspiring to see them and what they’ve endured and how much The DCH Breast Cancer Fund was started in the fall In addition to the money raised by the two annual they’ve fought through. To me that set the bar for tonight.” of 2004 to support Patterson’s Power of Pink initiative, events, Zeta Tau Alpha sorority – the UA chapter of Like those that came before them, the 18 women introduced in 2012 ranged from providing awareness, education, screenings and support which has been an integral part of hosting the Tide’s Drive those diagnosed only weeks before the meet to those who are 20-year survivors. for those in need in the West Alabama area. for the Cause meets – donated $25,000 to the fund during A Nite on the Green evolved from a dinner held the summer of 2012 in honor of Sarah Patterson, the before the 2005 Golf Classic to thank players and keynote speaker at the ZTA’s national convention.

ROLLTIDE.COM 37 CHAMPIONS KEEPING UP WITH THE CRIMSON TIDE FOLLOW THE TIDE As for keeping up with the day-to-day aspects of the Tide, the Internet continues to make that easier all the time. The gymnastics team keeps everyone in the know with its own Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts, which are all BamaGymnastics. Patterson also has her own Facebook BamaGymnastics Twitter feed – @UACoachSarah. Twitter @BamaGymnastics Fans can also access a pair of websites @UACoachSarah devoted to the Alabama gymnasts and their YouTube BamaGymnastics DFFRPSOLVKPHQWV7KHRIÀFLDO8QLYHUVLW\RI  Alabama Athletics site is located at RollTide. com. The other key site for those who want to be at the highest level and I wanted people to know in the know about UA gymnastics is GymTide. about it. Some of the ways in which we receive com, which is a product of Alabama’s booster coverage boggles my mind, but the amount of organization, The Medalist Club. The group was coverage is what I had hoped for.” RQHRI WKHÀUVWERRVWHURUJDQL]DWLRQVIRUDQ\VSRUW Coverage from Alabama’s dozen daily Whether it’s on TV, online or on the radio, 2012 national championship was broadcast on the to have its own website. Since the 2000 season, Jan newspapers has grown to the point that Patterson keeping up with the Alabama gymnastics team ESPN family of network. Davis has been providing live online commentary has a weekly media availability to accommodate all has never been easier. Newspapers, television, Magazines devoted to Crimson Tide athletics, of all the Tide’s meets, routine-by-routine, on the writers. The Tuscaloosa News has produced several radio, magazines and the Internet ... if it carries such as Bama Magazine, Crimson Magazine and GymTide.com. “GymDay,” special sections. The gymnastics team information, you can be guaranteed Alabama Tuscaloosa Magazine routinely cover the gymnastics To round out the family affair on GymTide. is a regular on the front page of the state’s sports gymnastics has a voice in it. program, but national magazines such as Sports com, Jan and Leesa Davis’ brother Jim has been sections and occasionally makes its way onto “A1,” Over the past 30 years, coverage of the Illustrated and Glamour magazine have also featured providing photography and videography for the the front page of the paper. Crimson Tide gymnastics program has grown Tide gymnasts. In 2005, Sports Illustrated on Campus site since its inception in the late 1990s. Through Alabama is also one of the few women’s teams exponentially. There’s no secret formula for the featured four-time NCAA Champion Ashley Miles as the Davis family and a host of other hardworking in the nation that has a full program for each of Tide’s media success. Alabama wins – a lot – with one of six collegiate athletes to watch, regardless of volunteers, Alabama gymnastics enjoys its home events. Crimson Tide Sports Marketing, six NCAA championships and seven Southeastern sport or gender and in 2012 Sport Illustrated covered unprecedented online coverage. the marketing arm of the athletic department, Conference titles since 1988 to go with more than Alabama’s Tornado Relief meet against Missouri. “When I started, I had no way of knowing the produces a full-color, 56-page program for each 400 regular-season wins since 1979. Crimson Tide gymnastics also has its own advances that would be made in communication regular-season home meet. The souvenir programs The second part of Alabama’s formula for weekly television show. The “Sarah Patterson and technology,” Patterson said. “But I did know include interviews, statistics, features and opponent media success is interest. To have such a wide Show” is in its 14th season in 2013. The half-hour that I wanted Alabama to compete and achieve information. variety of media outlets covering the program on television program, co-hosted by longtime Tide a regular basis, Alabama had to prove that people personality Tom Roberts, is broadcast to millions cared. An average of 11,000-plus fans per meet of homes per week. RYHUWKHSDVWGR]HQ\HDUVFHUWDLQO\TXDOLÀHVDV The Tide is also featured on a weekly video feed interest. that sends highlights and interviews to television “It’s not just enough to win if you want the stations around the country to be used in local and media to cover you,” Sarah Patterson said. “You national broadcasts. have to convince them that people care. Once our All of the Tide’s home meets are streamed live attendance started to rise into the thousands, I over the Internet via RollTide.com and Alabama think the newspapers and television stations started is in the ninth year of simulcasting all its meets on to understand.” the radio and Internet. Rich Robinson and Leesa  7KH&ULPVRQ7LGHKDVDOVREHQHÀWHGIURP Davis will be calling all the action again in 2013. the SEC’s broadcast package with ESPN and The broadcasts originate from WVUA-FM in Fox Sports. Once again, all six of Alabama’s 2013 Tuscaloosa and are available over the Internet at regular-season SEC meets will be broadcast as part www.newrock907.com. of the league’s groundbreaking television deal. The Patterson is a regular on the Tide’s weekly radio 2013 SEC Championships will air on both ESPN2 program, “Hey, Coach!” Radio hosts throughout DQG(6318$IWHUKDYLQJLWVÀUVWÀYH1&$$ the state who prefer lively and knowledgeable championships broadcast on CBS Sports, the Tide’s guests on their shows call on Patterson often. 38 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA CRIMSON TIDE GYMNASTICS OVER THE AIRWAVES ALABAMA GYMNASTICS IN THE NEWS In addition to being regulars on television, on the internet and in magazines, Crimson Tide gymnastics is also front page news for Alabama’s daily newspapers. Alabama gymnastics has also warranted its own special section in The Tuscaloosa News on average of once a year over the past decade. Those special sections usually come in conjunction with the Tide’s biggest meet of the season and explore a variety of topics, including the art of vaulting, the physics of gymnastics, Alabama’s ever-growing attendance and the Power of Pink initiative.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS CRIMSON TIDE VS. RAZORBACKS RECORD: 7-0, 4-0 SEC RANKING: NO. 6 RECORD: 7-3, 5-2 SEC RANKING: NO. 5 HEAD COACH: SARAH PATTERSON HEAD COACH: MARK AND RENE COOK POWER OF PINK MEET

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By DON KAUSLER JR. opponents, two of the next-best News Tuscaloosa Bureau teams in the SEC, and the top- TUSCALOOSA — Two halves ranked Crimson Tide showed more make a whole. The second half of than a glimpse of the complete one game and the first half of the team it will become before the 2010 next game might add up to 60 min- season is over. utes, yet that’s not the idea of col- Consider the combined numbers lege football or the ideal of Ala- from the two halves, and notew ho bama coach Nick Saban. similar the splits are: Oh, but if Alabama ever puts to- y Points: 41 (17 vs. Arkansas, 24 gether halves such as the second 30vs. Florida). minutes at Arkansas and the first y Points allowed: 6 (3 vs. Arkan- 30 minutes against Florida in one game, pity the opponent. sas, 3 vs. Florida). These were consecutive top-10 See ALABAMA Page 3D AP TOP 25 POLL By Aaron Suttles Sports Writer

TUSCALOOSA t the end of a long blue foam Auburn up to No. 8; runway sits a leather-wrapped A table, 287 pounds in weight, an- chored to the fl oor by two 105-pound cast-iron weight plates at its base. Menacing in appearance, unforgiving Oregon jumps Boise St. even, this rounded apparatus must be traversed with precision. The slightest By RALPH D. RUSSO POWER OF imperfection — an unpointed toe, a fl exed The Associated Press knee or a bent elbow — won’t escape the acute eye of those who sit in judgment. After running away from Stan- PINK MEET The tiniest fl aw, although not visible to the ford, Oregon jumped over Boise untrained eye, will cost you. State and into No. 3 in The Associ- They run full speed, streaks of pink, po- ated Press college football poll on nytails fl ailing — from west to east along Sunday. the back wall in Coleman Coliseum — cov- NEWS STAFF/LINDA STELTER ering the 82 feet of runway in a blur. Mere The top two spots in the rank- seconds after they’ve begun, it’s complete. Alabama gymnastics coach Sarah Patterson watches senior All-American and Scholastic All- ings remained unchanged. Ala- Six University of Alabama gymnasts will American Kayla Hoffman on the balance beam wearing the pink leotard that the Tide wears bama is No. 1 and Ohio State is No. travel those 82 feet tonight, and one thing is during its annual Power of Pink meet. 2, just the way it’s been since the almost certain. preseason. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Alabama will dominate those 82 feet. Auburn moved up from 10th to CRIMSON TIDE For all of the Crimson Tide’s ups and eighth this week. It’s the Tigers’ downs this season, you can always count on 7LGH J\PQDVWLFV FRDFK 6DUDK 3DWWHUVRQpV best ranking since late in the 2006 GLENN BAESKE/THE HUNTSVILLE TIMES the vault to right the ship. season. RECORD:7-1, 2-1 SEC And it’s not just this season. Dating back Auburn offensive lineman RANKING: No. 6 ‘‘We haven’t talked about it,” Au- to 2008, Alabama has scored a 49 or better in FDQFHU DZDUHQHVV SURJUDP PDNHV VFUHHQLQJ Ryan Pugh lifts running back 46 consecutive meets. burn coach Gene Chizik said. “I That’s dominance. think (the players have) a really Onterio McCalebb to UA’s average vault score of 49.271 ranks WUHDWPHQW DYDLODEOH WR ORZHULQFRPH ZRPHQ good on the fact that really celebrate a touchdown in VS. second only to Florida (49.371), which leads doesn’t affect anything one way or Saturday’s game. the nation in every event. By JACOB CARPENTER the other. Obviously, it’s nice wher- Alabama’s lowest vault score this sea- News staff writer ever they have you, but I don’t INSIDE son, 49.15, came in the opening meet young mother with two supporters put on fund-think that has any bearing on the against Penn State. That score would TUSCALOOSA kids who didn’t have in- raisers, with proceeds way anybody thinks or prepares. y Auburn needs different tackling currently rank sixth in the nation. surance?” Patterson going to the DCH Regional We simply don’t talk about it.” style against Kentucky / 3D After the Tide shook the rust off niversity of Alabama said. Medical Center. The cen- Meanwhile, for the first time in and got competition ready, it has gymnastics coach Sarah Thus was born in 2004 ter, in turn, pays for the y Jon Solomon votes Oregon scored 49.5 (Arkansas), 49.25 Patterson sat in a Tusca- the spark for Patterson’s cost of mammograms, 10 years, Texas fell out of the Top No. 2 / 2D (Boise State), 49.25 (MetroPlex loosa doctor’s office “Power of Pink” initia- medical procedures and25. Two more traditional powers UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY Challenge), 49.2 (Florida) and with a thought she y UAB’s Wilson makes the most tive and DCH Breast other breast cancer-re- 5D WILDCATS 49.275 (Auburn). couldn’tU shake. Cancer Fund, the two lated needs for lower-in- See POLL Page 5D of move to defensive end / It’s a rarity for Sarah Pat- She knew it was highly unlikely branches of what has come women in West Ala- terson’s club to be beaten she had breast cancer – she RECORD:2-4, 0-4 SEC become one of West Ala- bama. on the vault. It’s a rarity for hadn’t experienced any health is- RANKING:UNRANKED bama’s most prominent cancer To date, the DCH Breast Can- Alabama gymnasts not to sues and her insurance provided awareness and prevention drives. cer Fund has put $850,000 into stick their landings. It’s top-quality care – but she kept The “Power of Pink” program, the medical center, and this gotten to the point where thinking about women with the /68pV /HV 0LOHV LV it is a rarity for an Ala- which has drawn about 88,000 weekend’s “A Nite on the Green” ■ When: 7:30 p.m. disease who didn’t have similar fans to Coleman Coliseum for the event coupled with an annual ■ Where: Coleman Coliseum bama gymnast to score preventative options. lower than a 9.8. annual pink-themed gymnastics golf outing likely will push that ■ Radio: 90.7 FM “My husband and I had always meet, is Patterson’s most visible number past $1 million. SEE VAULT | 2C D ZDONLQJ SXQFK OLQH been community involved, but I venue for bringing awareness to “When we got to $500,000, I really felt a calling that if I had the preventative breast cancer meas- just thought it was awesome, but ou’ve heard the Les Miles will ever be in college football — best of care and there’s nothing ures. now I think of how much care hen it comes to the Power INSIDE jokes by now. The man trans- only led the Ole Miss disaster from With the DCH Breast Cancer of Pink, the University of formed into a verb, as in, “Be last year by 2 percent. ■ ART OF THE VAULT: A breakdown of what judges wrong with me, what about the Fund, Patterson and a team of See PINK Page 3D Y Alabama gymnastics team careful you don’t Miles that finish.” Miles promised many times to fix W look for during the vault | 2C and 9C is scoring a . The Tide is ■ KEY PLAYERS: Senior Kayla Hoffman leads a young LSU’s national championship LSU’s recurring problems with PHOTO ILLUSTRATION | ANTHONY BRATINA AND MARION R. W 16-0 in Power of Pink meets (which Alabama team | 9C CHASE FOR THE SPRINT CUP coach has become a walking punch clock management. It’s been an ■ STATS AND STANDINGS: See where the Tide ranks line. My favorite on Twitter, in a raises breast cancer awareness) it against the nation’s best | 2C nod to a “Saturday Night Live” skit: has competed in at home and “Les Miles worse than MacGruber See SOLOMON Page 3D away. Tonight, the No. 6 Crimson Biffle keeps title hopes alive at clock management.” In all seriousness, how does this Tide will try to make it 17 as the ANTHONY BRATINA CARTER, | MICHELLE LEPIANKA PHOTO ILLUSTRATION STAFF No. 5 Arkansas Razorbacks come keep happening? How does an SEC By JENNA FRYER coach with a national title make so to town. many mistakes that ESPN can legit- The Associated Press that could mean trouble for ev- eryone besides Johnson andimately run a poll asking fans to INSIDE KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Greg Denny Hamlin: Only once inname that coach’s worst end-game Biffle is back in the title hunt, and Chase history has the eventualblunder? ■ THE CALL: Laura Owens breaks Jimmie Johnson has resumed his champion been ranked lower By the way, you know your end- down tonight’s meet between the normal spot atop the NASCAR than second after Kansas. Whogame blunders are bad when, as of Crimson Tide and Razorbacks to see leaderboard. was that? Johnson, who ralliedSunday afternoon, the Tennessee which team has the edge | 2C Kansas Speedway once again from eighth in points after Kan-fiasco — as bad a finish as there ■ THE CALL: Rosters for Alabama and played a major role in the Chase sas in 2006 to win the first of his Arkansas | 2C for the Sprint Cup championship, four consecutive titles. ■ RESULTS: Alabama’s all-time And here he is again, rallying which got a whole lot tighter after from as low as 21st midway BRAVES 8, PHILLIES 7 A results in Power of Pink meets | 2C a fast-paced Sunday race domi- through the race Sunday to finish

From Tuscaloosa to Little Rock, Ark., to Los Angeles, Calif., and all the Crimson Tide stops in between, Alabama gymnastics fans who can’t see all the action live can once again follow along on the radio courtesy of the Alabama Gymnastics broadcast, sponsored by the Medalist Club and broadcast in conjunction with WVUA-FM. “Our radio broadcast has been such a success over the years,” Sarah Patterson said. “It’s another way that we’re able to keep the Crimson Tide nation informed, whether they’re across the state or around the world. It’s especially nice when we’re on the road and our hometown fans can keep up with all the action.” Leesa Davis is in her ninth season broadcasting the Alabama gymnastics meets and is joined on the air by Rich Robinson, in his second season. The duo makes Alabama the only team in the nation to have all its meets, home and away, regular and postseason, broadcast on the radio and the Internet. The enterprise has been a resounding success, with fans who can’t attend the Tide’s meets following on the radio or through WVUA’s web presence. There are even those who listen to the call while at the meets. In addition to describing the action, the broadcasts include gymnast and coach interviews, trivia quizzes and post-meet wrapups. For their hard work in covering the Crimson Tide, the Davis family – sisters Jan and Leesa and brother Jim – were honored with the 2007 David Dutton Memorial Award, which goes to those individuals who go above and beyond for the Alabama gymnastics program. With Leesa on the radio, Jan providing online commentary for GymTide.com and Jim taking care of photography and video for the web, the Davis trio makes sure Alabama fans stay up-to-date.

ROLLTIDE.COM 39 CHAMPIONS THE MEDALIST CLUB: THE BEST SUPPORTED BY THE BEST After looking at the system that was on Patterson's wish list, The Medalist Club came to a decision. "We looked at it and after talking it through we decided to see LI ZHFRXOGÀQDQFHWKHZKROHWKLQJ*RHUW]VDLG7KDQNVWRRXU generous supporters and Medalist Club members we were able to buy the whole system. We were glad to be able to do that, to add one more piece that will help keep Alabama at the forefront of collegiate gymnastics." More than just providing the program with amenities for its team room and the video system, Patterson believes The Medalist Club provides the team with an important link in its chain of success. “This goes beyond the realm of a plain booster organization that SURYLGHVÀQDQFLDOVXSSRUWµ3DWWHUVRQVDLG´7KHHPRWLRQDOVXSSRUW they provide is what sets them apart from any other organization.” “This is a group of people focused together on providing support for our student-athletes in terms of fellowship in a family atmosphere,” Patterson explained. “They have taken the art of being a fan and turned it into something that allows everyone, including WKHVWXGHQWDWKOHWHVWRHQMR\WKHEHQHÀWRI LWµ Families are a focal point of the booster group. With the inception of “Tide Tykes/Tide Teens” in 1999, children have had the chance to hang out with the gymnasts in their own special reception. That program continues the sense of family that the Tide gymnastics program has fostered over the past 34 years under Sarah and David Patterson. “It’s a great family activity,” Patterson said. “It provides children ZLWKWKHRSSRUWXQLW\WREHLQYROYHGZLWKVRPHWHUULÀFUROHPRGHOVµ The Medalist Club is also instrumental in helping the Tide host the many SEC and NCAA competitions that have come to Tuscaloosa and Coleman Coliseum over the years, including the 1991, 1996 and 2002 NCAA Championships and a dozen NCAA Regional Championships. Alabama will look to the club again in the spring of 2013 when it once again plays host the NCAA Regional Championships. 2013 Medalist Club president Dr. Dolores Burroughs and 2012 president Lance Hocutt stand in front of the Crimson Tide’s national championship display during a recent “The support we get from The Medalist Club in hosting Medalist Club board meeting. championship meets is one of the reasons that our hospitality is  2IÀFLDOO\RUJDQL]HGLQ7KH0HGDOLVW&OXEZDVIRUPHG WKH\KDYHÀOOHG&ROHPDQ&ROLVHXPDVZHOODVDUHQDVDURXQGWKH nationally known,” Patterson said. to support all aspects of Alabama gymnastics. Since that time, the country, to support our ladies and help carry them to the very top.” The Medalist Club is continually growing and changing, working group has grown to over 300 memberships representing more than Cheering the Tide on to championships is far from the Medalist diligently to remain at the forefront of support organizations. 700 people. Club’s only purpose. Through the years, the club has helped support For the eighth season in a row, the club will help underwrite the As the Alabama gymnastics program continues to grow, so the team in a variety of ways, including extra touches such as helping radio broadcasts of all the Tide’s meets, home and away, on WVUA- does its fan base. The Medalist Club seeks not only to cheer on the IXUQLVKWKHWHDPURRPZLWKFRPSXWHUVDÁDWVFUHHQWHOHYLVLRQDQG FM and the Internet. gymnasts but also provide a means by which fans can come together most recently a state-of-the-art video system for the gym. The club’s website, GymTide.com, sponsored through corporate in an organized way to support the program. "The Medalist Club is always looking for ways to make our great SDUWQHUVKLSVZDVDPRQJWKHQDWLRQ·VÀUVWERRVWHUFOXEVLWHVDQG “Through everything we accomplished last year, the Medalist program better," 2010 club president Jack Goertz said. "When we remains one of the best with a variety of features that allow Tide Club was there with us,” Sarah Patterson said. “The amazing support asked Sarah, ‘What can we do, what's your dream?’ She said the fans to get to know and keep up with the program. The highly we receive from our fans, especially the Medalist Club, is vital to our coaching staff had been looking at an integrated video system and popular site boasts innovative and informative features in a wide program continuing to excel at a championship level. Year after year, that a donation toward that would be a big help." array of formats, all designed to give a comprehensive look at one of the nation’s top collegiate programs.

40 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA The Medalist Club Postgraduate Scholarship The Sarah Patterson Distinguished Alumni Award

From the left – 2012 Medalist Club president Lance Hocutt, Sarah Patterson, 2012 Medalist Club Postgraduate Scholarship From the left – Sarah Patterson, 2012 Distinguished Alumni Jamie Jenkins Burke, Candace Burge, Senior Vice President of recipient Ricki Lebegern and scholarship chairman Michelle Reeser. the award’s sponsor, The Bank Of Tuscaloosa, and Medalist Club board member Pat Huet. One of the unique and wonderful aspects of we are about athletes and education.” For Jamie Jenkins, now Jamie Burke, the was announced as the 2012 Sarah Patterson The Medalist Club is its postgraduate scholarship  $Q\RQHZKRKDVPDGHDVLJQLÀFDQW 2012 Arkansas meet was more than just another Distinguished Alumni award winner. program designed to provide members of the contribution to the Alabama gymnastics alumni night and more than just another Power  7KHDZDUGÀUVWSUHVHQWHGLQ Crimson Tide gymnastics family a chance to program may apply for the postgraduate of Pink meet. It was also a night of surprises, recognizes members of the Alabama gymnastics continue their education at the University of scholarship. Potential recipients include alumni, honors and tremendous pride. family who have gone on to lead lives of Alabama. trainers and managers. The funding is awarded A staunch supporter of Alabama gymnastics’ distinction, an apt description of Burke’s post- As a former Alabama gymnastics All- upon completion of eligibility and graduation. Power of Pink since its inception in 2005, Burke Alabama accomplishments. A 1991 UA graduate American and Scholastic All-American, Michelle  7KHVFKRODUVKLSZDVWKHÀUVWRI LWVNLQGWREH saw the cause take on a special meaning when with a degree in early education, she is in her Reeser, the chair for the postgraduate scholarship awarded. her mother Carol Sue Jenkins was diagnosed 20th year as a special education teacher in the committee, recognizes the importance and “It’s nice to set the standard,” Patterson with breast cancer in the previous year. A West Alabama community. VLJQLÀFDQFHRI DZDUGLQJWKHVFKRODUVKLSV said. “We lead the nation in NCAA and SEC member of the Crimson Tide family since her Currently teaching at Vestavia Elementary “The Medalist Club has always been a postgraduate scholarship winners in our daughter’s days as a UA gymnast, Carol Sue was School, Burke has been honored several times tremendous asset to the gymnastics program,” program. This is just another arena that we have one of the 18 breast cancer survivors honored for her work in special education, including Reeser said. “This scholarship shows that they opened up to our student-athletes.” prior to the Arkansas meet. being named the Vestavia Hills City Rotary Club are as committed to academic excellence as the All-American Ricki Lebegern, a member of “That was very special for me, because my Teacher of the Year and the Alabama Federation coaches, gymnasts and staff are.” the 2009 SEC championship team, is the most mom is a trooper and a survivor and truly one Council of Exceptional Children Alabama  5HHVHUVSHDNVIURPÀUVWKDQGH[SHULHQFH recent recipient of the scholarship. Lebegern is of the most amazing women that I know,” Burke Special Education Teacher of the Year. having earned an MC Scholarship while pursuing pursuing a master’s in business administration. said. Burke followed pre Anne (Wilhide) Dziadon, a master’s degree in accounting. Past recipients include Lexa Evans, Gwen After being introduced with the alumni 2011; Meredith (Willard) Luber, 2010; Dr. “This again demonstrates that The Medalist Spidle, Andreé Pickens, Alexa Martinez, Michelle and looking on as her mother was introduced Julie (Estin) Vaughn, 2009; Dana (Dobransky) Club supports student-athletes,” coach Sarah Reeser, Kaitlin White, Ashley O’Neal, Sara in front of the sold-out crowd of 15,075 fans, Duckworth, 2008; Marie Robbins, 2007; Patti 3DWWHUVRQH[SODLQHG´,WH[HPSOLÀHVWKHWKLQJV Scarborough, Kassi Price and Morgan Dennis. Burke had another special moment waiting for (Rice) Eggers, 2006; and the award’s inaugural about the program that we want to emphasize: KHU%HWZHHQWKHÀUVWDQGVHFRQGURWDWLRQVVKH recipient Barbara (Mack) Harding, 2005.

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42 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA In their 35 years at Alabama, Sarah and David Patterson have While the past two years have been extraordinary, that kind of “Coach Bryant loved a winner,” Sarah Patterson said. “So when built a program that has excelled and thrived at the highest levels in excellence in all areas is far from new to the Crimson Tide under the ZHKDGVRPHVXFFHVVWKDWÀUVW\HDUKHJDYHXVIRXUVFKRODUVKLSVWR all areas of the collegiate experience, leading the Crimson Tide to Pattersons, who have built a program that has remained a constant UHFUXLWZLWKDQGWKDWZDVRXUÀUVWUHFUXLWLQJFODVVµ championship performances in the gym and the classroom while among the nation’s elite for more than 30 years. That sustained The duo promised that class that Alabama would make it to making a difference in the community around them. greatness led to the Pattersons becoming the only coaches in the national championships during their careers. As seniors, that “Our philosophy has always been that if you develop the collegiate gymnastics history to win NCAA titles in four different ÀUVWUHFUXLWLQJFODVVPDUFKHGLQWRWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSV whole person, not just the gymnast, that the scores will take care GHFDGHV²ZLWKWKHÀUVWFRPLQJLQWKHVIROORZHGE\WZRLQWKH ZKHUHWKH7LGHÀQLVKHGDQDPD]LQJIRXUWKLQWKHLUÀUVWQDWLRQDO of themselves,” Sarah Patterson said. “We look for those that want 1990s, one in the 2000s and now two in the 2010s. championship appearance. to excel in everything they do, who want to be part of a family With six NCAA championships to her credit, Sarah has joined The rest, as the saying goes, is history. The Tide has not missed environment and who want to be involved in community – to us, Alabama football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant for the most career an NCAA Championships appearance since, making it 30 in a that’s what it means to be ‘Built by Bama.’ I think that philosophy national championships by a Crimson Tide head coach. In addition row in 2012, the second longest streak in the history of collegiate is why Alabama gymnastics has been so gymnastics. successful over the years.” During that 30-year span, Alabama became one That success reached a fevered pitch over of just four teams in collegiate gymnastics history the past two seasons as Alabama reached new to win an NCAA championship. The Tide has also heights. In 2012, Alabama won its second ÀQLVKHGLQWKHWRSVL[WLPHVLQFOXGLQJWRS NCAA championship in a row, marking WKUHHÀQLVKHV WKHÀUVWWLPHWKH&ULPVRQ7LGHJ\PQDVWLFV In addition to being in their 35th season at program has won back-to-back national titles. Alabama, the Pattersons are also celebrating Over that two-year span, 10 gymnasts earned WKHWKDQQLYHUVDU\RI WKHLUÀUVWQDWLRQDODQG 29 All-America honors, Geralen Stack-Eaton FRQIHUHQFHFKDPSLRQVKLSVLQ,I WKH7LGH·VÀUVW earned back-to-back individual national titles recruiting class earning a trip to the 1983 national and Kayla Hoffman received the 2011 Honda championships built the foundation for Alabama’s Award, Southeastern Conference Female success, the 1988 SEC and NCAA championship Athlete of the Year and NCAA Top VIII team cemented the Tide’s place among the nation’s honors. elite programs. It also gave credence to the coaching The Tide has been just as successful in the philosophy that Sarah and David Patterson had classroom over the past two years, with 18 utilized since day one of their coaching career. gymnasts earning 27 Scholastic All-America “That season proved you could have our honors, including a school-record 14 in 2011. philosophy and have those priorities and still be 5DFKHO7HUU\EHFDPHWKHÀUVWJ\PQDVWWRHDUQ successful at the highest level,” Sarah Patterson said. the NCAA’s Elite 89 Award in back-to-back “It showed you could coach for a championship, seasons with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. \RXFRXOGLQVWLOOWKDWDFDGHPLFVXFFHVVZDVÀUVWDQG As a team, Alabama posted lofty GPAs during foremost, and you could treat your student-athletes both championship runs, including a school- as maturing individuals who you want to see become record 3.71 GPA in 2011. On a conference better citizens who will continue to grow after level, Hoffman and Kim Jacob were voted graduation.” SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year Alabama followed the 1988 NCAA crown with by the league’s coaches in 2011 and 2012, respectively. Tide gymnasts to forging Alabama into a football juggernaut, the foundation for national championships in 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2012. The Tide also earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll 34 times, a the Tide’s gymnastics success was also “Built by Bear” after Bryant, collected SEC titles in 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009 and 2011. total that includes a school and SEC-record 17 honorees in 2012. in his role as Alabama’s athletics director, hired Sarah straight out of Individually, Alabama gymnasts have earned 277 All-America In the midst of all their athletic and academic success, the Slippery Rock State College in the summer of 1978. honors and 23 individual NCAA championships. Seven times Tide maintained an active presence in the community, spending The last coach hired by Bryant, Sarah gives the legendary coach a member of the Crimson Tide has earned the Honda Award, hour upon hour of their free time lending a helping hand to those credit for helping launch the Tide to its current level of success. presented annually to the nation’s top gymnast. UA gymnasts have in need, including such outreach projects as the Power of Pink  ´,ZDVWKHÀIWKFRDFKLQÀYH\HDUVDQGWKHUHKDGQ·WEHHQD also earned the NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award – presented annually and ReadBAMARead, plus working to help the West Alabama ZLQQLQJUHFRUGGXULQJWKHÀUVWIRXU\HDUVµ6DUDK3DWWHUVRQVDLG´, to the nation’s top-eight senior student-athletes, regardless of gender community recover from the April 2011 tornado that cut a swath didn’t know it at the time, but the plan was to drop the program after or NCAA division – four times. through the Tuscaloosa community. The Tide also continued its the season.” Patterson-coached athletes have earned 22 NCAA and SEC worth with the Stallings RISE Center, Project AngelTree, Easter  $ODEDPDZRQVHYHQPHHWVWKDWVHDVRQDVPDQ\DVWKHÀUVWIRXU SRVWJUDGXDWHVFKRODUVKLSVDQRWKHUÀJXUHWKDWLVEHVWLQWKHQDWLRQ Seals and a host of other causes. years combined and that caught Bryant’s attention. as well as 175 Scholastic All-America and 246 SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades.

ROLLTIDE.COM 43 CHAMPIONS While those numbers just scratch the surface of out into the world, they will have gained so much the Pattersons’ accomplishments, they do outline from that experience that they will always be giving a pattern of success that is extraordinary even people. That’s something that’s very important.” among the nation’s elite collegiate programs. That is One of the reasons that the Pattersons have one of the reasons that when ESPN began making been so successful over the years is that the tenets plans to start a new unit within its sports empire of excellence upon which the Alabama program targeted to women, ESPN/W, they asked Sarah to has been built have been constant from day one. serve on the advisory panel. “The core of what we are today hasn’t changed It is also why when the University of Alabama from 20, 30 years ago,” Sarah Patterson said. “Now decided to create a “Champions Plaza” in front we’ve gotten a little older and a little wiser, but of Coleman Coliseum, its Board of Trustees when you get right down to it we still have the same voted unanimously to name it after Sarah philosophy, the same goals and the same drive to Patterson in recognition of all she and David have succeed on all levels that we did at the start.” accomplished. There have been some changes along the way, Such recognition of their contributions to including David Patterson’s retirement from the the landscape of women’s athletics over the past University in the fall of 2008, which allowed him 34 years is certainly gratifying, but what Sarah to assume the volunteer coaching position. He had and David Patterson are most proud of is the surgery after the 2005 season to fuse four vertebrae success their gymnasts enjoy after they leave in his spine to help ease chronic back problems. Alabama. After spending their collegiate careers at “Nothing has really changed as far as the the Capstone, Tide gymnasts invariably go on to gymnasts are concerned,” David Patterson said. lead lives of distinction, both professionally and “The biggest difference is that now my relationship personally. with our student-athletes begins when they come “Winning championships never grows old,” on campus, instead of on the recruiting trail.” Sarah Patterson said. “And I have thoroughly While he isn’t on the road recruiting, or spotting enjoyed watching our ladies take home conference in the gym, David Patterson still plans practices as and national championships and awards, but he always has and he is still in the gym every day, there is nothing like the sense of satisfaction I watching, teaching and encouraging. get watching our ladies go out into the world and In addition to her coaching duties, Sarah use what they learned at Alabama, both in the Patterson is the driving force behind the Power classroom and in the gym, to make themselves RI 3LQNLQLWLDWLYHWKDWUDLVHVDZDUHQHVVLQWKHÀJKW successful. It is simply the best feeling in the against breast cancer and has raised more than world.” $1.25 million for the DCH Breast Cancer Fund  $ODEDPD·VDOOWLPHURVWHULVÀOOHGZLWKKLJKO\ established by Alabama gymnastics and the DCH successful doctors and lawyers, mothers and Foundation in 2004 to help women in need prevent, executives, teachers and engineers and they all detect and treat breast cancer. In 2005 she was also share the common thread that they learned the named to the DCH Foundation Board. She also habit of success at Alabama. That fact is probably speaks to groups throughout the state of Alabama the single greatest measure of Sarah and David and she and David are always there to lend a hand Patterson’s three decades of success at Alabama. with local causes. The Pattersons are also extremely proud of the She has served in Alabama’s athletic role their current gymnasts and alumni play in the administration as Associate Athletics Director since community. 1985 and was on the SEC Executive Committee, “I think as David and I have matured, we’ve the NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee and placed a greater emphasis in our own lives on the NCAA Recruiting Committee. community service and how we can help,” Sarah In addition to their extensive Alabama Patterson said. “I feel that if we can instill that gymnastics family, the Pattersons have two quality – that characteristic of giving – in our daughters of their own, Jessie and Jordan, both athletes when they are 18 to 22, and they have of whom have made their way to the University the sense of accomplishment that working in the of Alabama. Jessie has earned bachelor’s and community gives, then when they graduate and go master’s degrees from Alabama and joined her

44 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA parents on the UA staff in 2010 when she was ALABAMA UNDER THE PATTERSONS named assistant editor of Alabama’s Alumni Year at Alabama: 35th Overall Regular Season Record: 415-92-4/34 years Magazine. She is now a communications specialist in UA’s Division of Student Affairs. During her — 6 NCAA Team Championships — 5 SEC Athletes of the Year THE PATTERSON RECORD undergraduate days, Jessie worked as a reporter, - 1988, 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2012 — 3 SEC Scholar Athletes of the Year WKHQVSRUWVHGLWRUDQGÀQDOO\PDQDJLQJHGLWRURI  — 7 SEC Team Championships — 56 individual SEC Championships SEC Regional NCAA , the University of Alabama’s - 1988, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011 — 80 All-SEC honors Year Record Finish Finish Finish student paper. — 27 NCAA Regional Team Championships — 10 SEC Postgraduate Scholarships 2012 11-1-0 2nd 1st 1st Jordan joined in the family enterprise when -1983-85, 1987-96, 1998-03, 2005-12 — 246 SEC Academic Honor Roll accolades 2011 11-1-0 1st 1st 1st she earned a scholarship to play softball for the — 4 NCAA Today’s Top VIII honorees — 6 SEC Gymnast of the Year honors 2010 9-2-0 2nd 1st 3rd Crimson Tide, joining Patrick Murphy’s squad — 7 Honda Awards (National Gymnast of the Year) — 3 SEC Freshman of the Year honors 2009 8-5-0 1st 1st 2nd in the fall of 2009. Since that time, she and her — 23 individual NCAA championships — 8 NCAA Region Gymnast of the Year honors 2008 10-4-0 2nd 1st 6th WHDPPDWHVZRQ$ODEDPD·VÀUVW1&$$6RIWEDOO — 12 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships — 135 individual NCAA Regional Championships 2007 8-2-0 3rd 1st 9th championship in 2012 as well as back-to-back — 3 NCAA Elite 89 honors — SEC single-meet attendance record 2006 14-1-0 2nd 1st 3rd SEC championships. — 62 athletes have earned 277 All-America honors (15,162 vs. Florida; 1/20/06) 2005 11-3-0 3rd 1st 2nd “After all the years of having Jessie and Jordan — 71 athletes have earned 175 Scholastic — SEC single-season attendance record 2004 12-1-0 2nd 2nd 3rd in the stands as David and I coached, there is All-America honors (since 1991) (13,786 per meet; 2010) 2003 10-7-0 1st 1st 2nd nothing quite like the feeling of satisfaction we 2002 12-3-0 2nd 1st 1st get from seeing our daughters enjoy such success SARAH PATTERSON DAVID PATTERSON 2001 15-2-1 2nd 1st 4th at Alabama,” Patterson said. “Being able to be 2000 14-3-0 1st 1st 5th there as a family, watching in the rain as Jordan CAREER CAPSULE CAREER CAPSULE 1999 8-3-0 2nd 1st 3rd and her teammates won the 2012 World Series is Education: Slippery Rock State College (Pa.), 1978 Education: University of Alabama, 1982 1998 10-3-0 4th 1st 3rd a thrill I will never forget.” Major: Physical education Major: Coaching and public relations 1997 13-2-0 4th 2nd 9th And while the Pattersons may spend much 1996 12-1-0 2nd 1st 1st of their time outside of work as softball parents, Honors: Honors: 1995 15-1-0 1st 1st 2nd they both have a variety of hobbies and interests — Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza — 2011 Lewis Each Courage Award 1994 7-3-1 2nd 1st 2nd that keep them busy. (named in 2012) — 1992 & 1993 NCAA Central Region 1993 9-2-0 2nd 1st 2nd Sarah, in her scant spare time, is an — Sarah Patterson A-Club Endowed Scholarship Assistant Coach of the Year 1992 9-4-0 2nd 1st 3rd enthusiastic scrapbooker, a legendary baker of (established in 2011) — 1982-83 Alabama State Gymnastics 1991 16-0-0 2nd 1st 1st FRRNLHVDQGDELJFRXQWU\PXVLFIDQÀOOLQJKHU — Alabama Sports Hall of Fame Association Coach of the Year 1990 14-1-0 1st 1st 2nd iPod with Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Toby (inducted March 2003) 1989 13-3-0 2nd 1st 3rd Keith, Kenny Chesney and others. — National Coach of the Year Club Coaching Achievements: 1988 14-3-2 1st 1st 1st David has become skilled in woodworking - 1986, 1988, 1991, 2002 — Named assistant coach for the 1989 and 1991 1987 12-5-0 3rd 1st 4th over the past several years, creating ever larger — SEC Coach of the Year World University Games 1986 18-2-0 3rd 2nd 3rd and more intricate projects, graduating to pieces - 1985, 1995, 2000, 2010 — Bama Bounder Age Group Club 1985 16-4-0 2nd 1st 4th of furniture that are proudly displayed in the — 1997 U.S. World University Games s NATIONALCHAMPIONS 1984 15-5-0 — 1st 6th Patterson home. coach (silver medal) s REGIONALCHAMPIONS 1983 15-1-0 — 1st 4th  $QDFFRPSOLVKHGÁ\ÀVKHUPDQKH·VFDXJKWD — 1983 U.S. World University Games coach s STATECHAMPIONS 1982 17-2-0 — — — ÀVKLQDOOVWDWHVDIWHUFKHFNLQJ0LVVRXULRII  — Honorary member of the University of Alabama 1981 14-1-0 — — — his list in May of 2010. In the community, he National Alumni Association 1980 16-4-0 — — — helped spearhead the “Ride of Love”, a one-day, — Alabama State Gymnastics Association 1979 7-7-0 — — — 150-mile bicycle ride through Alabama to raise Coach of the Year 1978-79 money for Camp Smile-A-Mile, which caters to children with cancer. Administration: With lives as busy as they have ever been, — ESPN/W Advisory Panel, 2010-present 6DUDKDQG'DYLG3DWWHUVRQÀQGWKHLUGD\VÀOOHG — DCH Foundation Board, 2004-present with family and work and the wide variety of — Associate Athletic Director, 1985-present details that intertwine everything together. It is an — Senior Woman Administrator, 1985-96 intricate act of balance to keep everything going — NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Committee, 1985-90 at such a high level for such a long time, but it is a — NCAA Recruiting Committee, 1991-96 balancing act at which they excel and thrive. — SEC Executive Committee, 1988-91

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BRYAN RASCHILLA ASSISTANT COACH To Bryan Raschilla, now in his 17th season with the Crimson Tide, there is no better place to be than the University of Alabama and no better job than coaching its gymnastics team. “I absolutely love what I am doing,” Raschilla said. “I get to meet and build relationships with some really wonderful people. The chance to work with this caliber of student-athlete, I don’t think you get anywhere else. And what I like the most is that it’s not just about gymnastics and it’s not just about the four years they’re here on campus. Being at Alabama is about creating lifelong relationships.” Most importantly to him, Raschilla has seen class after class of Alabama gymnasts come through the program, grow as athletes and people and graduate, ready to make something great of their lives. “I’m at Alabama to be a part of a program that does things the right way,” Raschilla said. “I have the good fortune to coach athletes who excel in academics, athletics and community service. To be able to have some part in their development is really at the heart of why I coach.” Since he joined the Tide for the 1997 season, Raschilla has helped coach Alabama to NCAA championships in DQGDVZHOODVDWULRRI 1&$$UXQQHUXSÀQLVKHVDQGWRSVL[QDWLRQDOÀQLVKHVRYHUDOO:LWK Raschilla on board, the Tide also owns two of the past four Southeastern Conference titles and four overall, with league championships coming in 2011, 2009, 2003 and 2000. Alabama gymnasts have won 12 individual NCAA titles during his tenure, including Geralen Stack-Eaton’s 2011 NCAA Exercise and 2012 NCAA Balance Beam Championships. The Tide has earned 169 All-America honors and 149 Scholastic All-America honors during his tenure. On a conference level, in addition to the team titles, Alabama has won 40 individual SEC titles and been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll 186 times since Raschilla arrived. The Crimson Tide’s tradition of excellence has garnered a staunch following, another aspect of the program that he loves. “There is no better program in the country in terms of atmosphere,” Raschilla said. “Coleman Coliseum is the best arena to compete in. We draw between 12,000 and 15,000 people per home meet and we’ve sold out multiple times, bringing over 15,000 fans in to watch our ladies compete.” Raschilla’s excitement about Alabama goes far beyond the gymnastics program, extending to the University as a whole. “I love the energy this campus has and how it’s growing all the time,” Raschilla said. “There’s not a better time to be here than right now, and it’s not just because Alabama won four national championships in 2012 and gymnastics won its second in a row. It’s great people coming together to do amazing things. If you look at how the student body has grown and how campus has grown right along with it, today’s students enjoy the best of the best all the time.” For Raschilla the campus atmosphere makes Tuscaloosa a great place to raise his family. And while he and wife Laura are both Ohio natives, their son Adam, born in 1998, and daughter Kathryn, born in 2001, were both born in Alabama.

46 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA So how did the 6-foot, 5-inch redhead with a degree in graphic design get involved in the one BRYAN RASCHILLA sport he’d never tried? “I probably get asked that question a hundred CAREER CAPSULE times a year,” Raschilla said with a laugh. Family: Wife – Laura Asked to spot for his high school team, Son – Adam Raschilla’s interest continued to develop Daughter – Kathryn throughout his time at Youngstown State Hometown: Mineral Ridge, Ohio University in Ohio when he coached age-group Education: Youngstown State University gymnastics. After 11 years of club gymnastics (Ohio), 1989 DQGFRXQWOHVVVWDWHFKDPSLRQVQDWLRQDOTXDOLÀHUV Major: Graphic Design and national team members, he moved into the Record at Alabama/Years: 170-44-1/16 collegiate arena. “I started in 1983 and I’ve been coaching ever The Crimson Tide with Raschilla since,” Raschilla said. — 3 NCAA Team Championships - 2002, 2011, 2012 Following a two-year stretch coaching at — 4 SEC Team Championships the University of Michigan, Raschilla came to - 2000, 2003, 2009, 2011 Alabama and in his years in Tuscaloosa with the — 14 NCAA Regional Team Championships Crimson Tide, Raschilla has accumulated masses - 1998-2003, 2005-12 of great memories, but for him, it’s not just the — 12 individual NCAA championships championships, the honors and the victories that — 6 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships stick with him. — 5 SEC Postgraduate Scholarships “As a coach, I think some of my greatest — 38 athletes with 169 All-America honors The Raschillas, from the left – Kathryn, Adam, Laura and Bryan memories come from those moments that no one — 149 Scholastic All-America honors “Both our children were born here, we have Raschilla also brings a talent for graphic design else sees,” Raschilla said. “It’s those moments in — 3 SEC Athletes of the Year — 2 SEC Scholar Athletes of the Year family that moved here to be with us and to get to bear on the Tide’s posters, logos, advertising, the gym when someone is having a hard time, but — 186 SEC Academic Honor Roll honors warm,” Raschilla said with a laugh. “Laura and media guide covers along with a host of other they push through anyway. It’s breakthroughs in — 40 individual SEC Championships I may be from Ohio originally, but we consider projects. His most recent work is on display in the practice, and all the hard work along the way that — 51 All-SEC honors ourselves Alabamians now and we feel fortunate Crimson Tide’s newly revitalized practice facility. sets up the championship moments. Those are — 4 NCAA Today’s Top VIII Awards to be raising our family in Tuscaloosa. It’s a strong Raschilla produced the graphics design for the some of my best memories.” — 8 NCAA Region Gymnast of the Year honors community, one that’s growing all the time.” larger-than-life murals that populate the gym. — 6 SEC Gymnast of the Year Honors As his own family has grown, Raschilla has — SEC Freshman of the Year come to appreciate the family aspect of the Tide — SEC single-meet attendance record gymnastics program more and more. (15,162 vs. Florida; 1/20/06) “I am impressed and amazed by how our — SEC single-season attendance record ladies stay connected to the program and to (13,786 per meet; 2010) each other,” Raschilla said. “They also remain big fans and supporters of the team, from those who graduated over 30 years ago to those who graduated last year. There is just a tremendous bond, one that lasts a lifetime, and it’s truly a family, one that is there in the good times and the tough times.” His duties with the Crimson Tide are as wide- ranging as his talents. “Bryan not only brings his keen technical analysis to the team, he also brings the sort of stability that is expected of this program,” Sarah Patterson said. “After all, he is now in his 17th year with us, which adds a comforting continuity for the athletes.”

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50 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA That admiration is a two-way street. Bragg’s addition to the Tide’s health and wellness team has made an already great program even better. “She’s so knowledgeable and helps educate our ladies in areas of how you can be a great student-athlete,” Patterson said. “I think Amy in conjunction with Travis Illian, our strength coach, and Monica Decker, our athletic trainer, along with the knowledge our coaches bring to the table, gives us a huge advantage in keeping our student- DWKOHWHVKHDOWK\DQGVWURQJ$P\KDVGHÀQLWHO\ taken it to a different level. It allows us as coaches to focus on other aspects that will help us be great.” A recognized leader in collegiate sports nutrition, Bragg has presented at numerous professional conferences and has written for or been quoted by 7KH1HZ

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Dr. Jimmy Robinson Dr. Craig Buettner Dr. Jeff Laubenthal Dr. Les Fowler Dr. James Andrews Dr. Lyle Cain Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician Team Physician

ALABAMA’S TEAM PHYSICIANS &UDLJ%XHWWQHUWRMRLQKLPDQGDQRWKHUÀYHDIWHUWKDWZKHQ-HII  In addition to the attention of Robinson, Buettner and Laubenthal was asked to join the practice. Laubenthal, Alabama has several specialists on call including former When Dr. Jimmy Robinson discusses his work with the Alabama “Both Craig and Jeff were handpicked,” Robinson said. “Both Alabama quarterback Dr. Les Fowler who serves as the department’s Crimson Tide, you can hear the excitement in his voice. have the right kind of personalities and are smart as can be to boot. orthopedist. “When I was doing my residency, I got bit by the sports medicine :KHQ,LGHQWLÀHGWKHPWKURXJKWKHUHVLGHQF\SURJUDPDQGWKH\ Alabama athletes can also count on Dr. James Andrews who bug,” Robinson said. “The more I worked with the teams, the more I caught the sports medicine bug, we tried to set them on the path serves on the Tide’s medical staff as a consultant. Andrews is one wanted to do this kind of medicine.” that would bring them back here. Both men are big Alabama fans, so of the world’s foremost orthopedic surgeons, internationally known One of Robinson’s rotations during his Family Practice working with the athletics department was a big incentive.” DQGUHFRJQL]HGIRUKLVVFLHQWLÀFDQGFOLQLFDOUHVHDUFKFRQWULEXWLRQV Residency in Tuscaloosa was with Alabama team physician Dr. Bill Laubenthal in particular is very familiar with the Alabama in knee, shoulder and elbow injuries and his skill as an orthopedic DeShazo. Not only did Robinson work the required hours of his athletics department. Not only is he a former standout baseball surgeon. Many of the world’s outstanding athletes seek his expertise rotation, but he found himself hanging around and helping out even player for the Tide, but he is married to former All-American in sports injuries. His work with Andreé Pickens’ ruptured Achilles’ when he wasn’t on duty. gymnast Katherine Kelleher. tendon allowed her to not only compete her senior year but compete As a matter of fact, Robinson traveled with the gymnastics team Now the three men serve as the primary physicians for the at a higher level than before the injury. Pickens led Alabama to the WR6DOW/DNH&LW\LQDQGZDVRQKDQGIRUWKH7LGH·VÀUVWHYHU Crimson Tide. Robinson and his colleagues are involved in all levels 2002 NCAA championship and captured the NCAA uneven bars NCAA championship. Robinson and that team are celebrating their RI DQDWKOHWH·VKHDOWKFDUHIURPWKHÀUVWSK\VLFDORI WKH\HDUEHIRUH crown that same year. 25th anniversary in 2013. an athlete can even start practice, to an exit physical at the end of an In the fall of 2006, Andrews and Dr. Lyle Cain, another “It was a blast,” Robinson said. “I was still in training and just athlete’s career, and everything in between. The hours involved are Alabama team physician, removed bone chips from both of Terin getting interested in sports medicine. So to be out there with the long to say the least, but for Robinson and his cohorts the effort is Humphrey’s elbows, allowing her greater range of motion than she J\PQDVWVZKHQWKH\ZRQWKHÀUVWFKDPSLRQVKLS$ODEDPD·VHYHUKDG worth it. had in many years. Their expertise had Humphrey back in the lineup RXWVLGHRI IRRWEDOOLWZDVGHÀQLWHO\DQH[FLWLQJPRPHQWµ “I’m a fan and the opportunity to work with the department is for the start of the season, and winning her second NCAA uneven After completing a fellowship in sports medicine at the Cleveland better than a paycheck,” Robinson said. “To me, the biggest thrill bars championship by April of 2007. Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, Robinson received a call from Sang Lyda, is when I get to work with an athlete and maybe something I do the athletic trainer in charge of the Tide’s Olympic Sports. Dr. helps them be as good an athlete as they can be. There’s nothing DeShazo was retiring and Lyda wanted to know if Robinson would like feeling that in some small way, I made a positive difference in an ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF be interested in taking over as the team physician for the Olympic individual or team’s performance.”  .HHSLQJ&ULPVRQ7LGHJ\PQDVWVÀQHWXQHGLVWKH1RMRE Sports programs. It was an opportunity Robinson jumped at. Robinson’s expertise in sports medicine has reached international of the University of Alabama trainers. Their “body shop” is the “I came back and opened a practice in August of 1989 and have acclaim. At the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, he was one of eight state-of-the-art training room located in Coleman Coliseum, and been with the University ever since,” Robinson said. team physicians for the U.S. Olympic squad. He served in the same their tools consist of hot and cold whirlpools, electrical stimulation As Robinson’s practice began to grow, he began to look for capacity at the 1998 Goodwill Games and 1999 Pan Am Games. and ultrasound machines, tape and pre-wrap and QDA spray, and a someone to join him. With high standards, his search took quite brain full of knowledge needed to make sure each gymnast performs a while. Robinson had been practicing seven years when he asked to her full potential. The Tide gymnasts also have a full training 52 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA

The Alabama Gymnastics Team Suite includes a training room, equipped with the latest equipment, which allows the One of the upgrades to the Alabama Gymnastics Team Suite during the renovations that took place during the summer of Crimson Tide gymnasts to receive treatment and individual attention without leaving their team area. 2012 was the addition of full-sized hot and cold tubs, an invaluable resource in keeping Crimson Tide gymnasts healthy. room within its team suite, that includes all the amenities necessary to keep everyone in top shape. In the summer of 2012, Alabama upgraded its gymnastics training room to include full-sized hot and cold tubs. There is also a massage therapy room within the Tide’s suite. In addition to the areas within Coleman Coliseum, there is also an extensive training facility in the Mal Moore Athletic Facility. Jeff Allen serves as the Crimson Tide’s Director of Sports Medicine as well as being the Head Football Trainer. Rodney Brown is the Director of Rehabilitation Services. Amy Bragg, Alabama’s Director of Performance Nutrition, in her second year with the Crimson Tide, works with all UA teams. The Coleman Coliseum training room is staffed by seven full-time athletic trainers, including Sherry Kimbro (soccer and rowing), John Morr (men’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf), Joe Hoffer (baseball and men’s and women’s tennis), Bernard Burroughs, (men’s and women’s track DQGÀHOG 0RQLFD'HFNHU J\PQDVWLFVDQGPHQ·VDQGZRPHQ·VVZLPPLQJDQGGLYLQJ (ULQ:HDYHU (softball) and Jeri Zemke (women’s basketball). Assisting Allen with football are athletic trainers Ginger Gilmore and Jeremy Gsell as well as graduate assistants Ryan Vicknair and Sean O’Conner. The Coliseum staff also consists of seven graduate assistant athletic trainers: Matt Doell (swimming and diving), Aaron Doss (swimming and diving), Kayleigh Zavadil (men’s and women’s WHQQLV 7LQD0H\HU ZRPHQ·VWUDFNDQGÀHOG .DWLH2·)ODKHUW\ URZLQJ %URRNH+DYHQV URZLQJ  Danielle Davis (volleyball) and Lisa Basarab (spirit teams). Athletic trainers can spend an average of 10 to 12 hours a day on the job depending on what point of the season the team is in. Alabama ensures the safety of its athletes by assigning at least one athletic trainer to each team to cover home and away events, conditioning, practice and travel. The Alabama Gymnastics Team Suite also includes a massage therapy room.

ROLLTIDE.COM 53 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA GYMNASTICS SUPPORT STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF MANAGERS For every minute that Alabama gymnastics shines in the white-hot spotlight of national success, there are thousands of behind-the-scene details that make it possible. For the Crimson Tide, there are two women charged with handling those details and keeping everything running smoothly. Rita Martin, the gymnastics operations director, and Robin Kelley, the Tide’s administrative assistant, work hard every day to keep the Alabama gymnastics world shining bright and running like a well-oiled machine.

From the left – Blake Sellers, Stephen Buckner, Elizabeth Plant and Anderson Lovelace With jobs that vary on a moment-to- Buckner, Lovelace and Sellers are charged Rita Martin Robin Kelley moment basis, the Alabama gymnastics with setting up equipment for practice each Director of Gymnastics Operations Administrative Assistant team’s crew of managers are vital to the day and helping put things in the proper Crimson Tide’s success. place during practice and meets. As director of gymnastics operations, Rita Robin Kelley is in her 11th year as an Stephen Buckner, now in his third year A native of Scottsdale, Ariz., Buckner Martin is responsible for a wide variety of tasks, administrative assistant with the gymnastics with the gymnastics program, is the veteran joined the manager staff in the fall of from daily paperwork to being the meet director program, though she has been a part of the of the staff while Anderson Lovelace, 2010 and is currently pursuing a doctorate for home events to coordinating the pre-meet light athletics department for the past 13 years. Elizabeth Plant and Blake Sellers are all in degree in exercise physiology after already show that accompanies the gymnasts’ entrance into The Northport, Ala., native performs a wide WKHLUÀUVW\HDU obtaining his bachelor’s and master’s degrees Coleman Coliseum and everything in between. variety of duties, including keeping up with the  $OOIRXUKDYHVSHFLÀFGXWLHVWKDWNHHS in exercise physiology from Alabama. He The New Jersey native has been a part of the program’s correspondence and recruiting efforts. them busy – making sure each gymnast has is also an instructor in UA’s Department athletics department for more than 25 years and the She also travels with the Tide, taking care of the the right apparel, videotaping routines and of Kinesiology. A graduate of Scottsdale University for more than 30. When Sarah Patterson details on the road. LQGLYLGXDOVNLOOVSOD\LQJÁRRUH[HUFLVHPXVLF Christian Academy, Buckner is married to added Associate Athletics Director to her list of “Robin does so many things for us,” Sarah or moving the mats and springboards into Alicia Crossen Buckner. duties in 1985, Martin became her assistant. Patterson said. “She is invaluable on the road, position during practice and at meets. The Lovelace is a native of Orlando, Fla., and “Rita is so great at keeping everything together,” taking care of all the arrangements, from where we main job description is simply helping the a graduate of William R. Boone High School. Patterson said. “She allows us to be our best stay to where we eat and how we get from here to team run smoothly. $VHQLRUZLWKDGRXEOHPDMRULQÀQDQFH EHFDXVHVKHKDQGOHVDOOWKHÀQHSRLQWVVRZHOOµ there.” Plant, who is charged with a variety of and mathematics, he is the son of Gary and Martin and her husband Buddy have a Kelley and her husband Jay have two sons, in-gym duties during practice and meets, Lucinda Lovelace. daughter Kelly, who is a University of Alabama Tanner, who is a freshman at the University of also keeps up with the gymnasts’ apparel Sellers is a native of Tuscaloosa and undergraduate, and two sons, Paul and Brett, both Alabama, and Jesse. and equipment. A junior majoring in public a graduate of Tuscaloosa Academy. A of whom are UA graduates. relations, Plant is a Tuscaloosa native. A freshman majoring in business, he is the son graduate of American Christian Academy, of Bruce and Sherri Sellers. she is the daughter of Tim and Vickey Plant.

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Justin Beverly Christopher Kent Tony Terry BRANT CHANDLER ENGLAND GIDLEY GILES GRIMM Director of Crimson Tide Assistant Ticket TideTV Director of Athletic Public Address Coleman Coliseum Productions Manager Producer Photography Announcer Manager

Rand Brent Krista Josh Jill Jason HARRIS HOLLINGSWORTH HUFFMAN KIDD LANCASTER NANCE Director of Information Crimson Tide Productions Assistant Director of Assistant Director of LifeSkills and Community Athletic Equipment Technology Graphic Designer Marketing and Promotions Information Technology Outreach Director Manager

Tom Jamaal Ashley Joe James ROBERTS WALTON WATERS WHITEHEAD ZIEGELBAUER Sarah Patterson Director of Marketing Assistant Director of Assistant Coleman Crimson Tide Productions Show Host and Promotions Event Management Coliseum Manager Editor

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THE 2013 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS TEAM: BUILT BY SWAT

For Crimson Tide coaches Sarah and David Patterson, now in for the year. The 2013 team decided to build off the concept that will be tough to replace. Going into the 2012 season, Alabama had to their 35th season at the Capstone, as well as assistant coaches Bryan “Stronger We Are Together,” or SWAT. replace Honda Award winner Kayla Hoffman, and in 2013 Alabama Raschilla and Dana Duckworth, the process of building a team is the “The closeness and camaraderie that you build early on is so has to replace two-time individual NCAA champion and 12-time All- same no matter its makeup. important,” Patterson said. “It is what is going to help you get American Geralen Stack-Eaton. “It really doesn’t matter if we’re returning a majority of our through the tough times in the season, through the ups and downs – Despite that loss, Alabama has its most experienced team in routines from a championship team as we did last season, or if we’re it’s going to help you down the road.” recent memory, one that includes 15 veterans and only two freshmen. going to be counting on half our routines coming from the freshman The Tide’s veteran core got a big boost following the 2012 NCAA class as we have at different times, the dynamic is always different,” Championships when eight-time All-American Ashley Priess, who Sarah Patterson said. “Every year you start fresh, every year it’s a new The Veterans sat out her junior year following surgery on both ankles, decided to team, with different chemistry and personality. So we work on that For the second year in a row, the Alabama gymnastics team UHWXUQIRUDÀIWK\HDU7KH,OOLQRLVQDWLYHZHQWDOODURXQGIRUWKH7LGH from day one, coming together and discovering that team’s identity.” goes into the season having lost just four routines from its NCAA throughout the second half of the 2012 season and punctuated her  (DFKIDOOWKHWHDPFRQYHQHVDQGÀQGVLWVIRFXVDVDJURXSD championship lineup due to graduation. Just like the year before, comeback by clinching Alabama’s second NCAA championship in a process that often includes coming up with a slogan or touchstone those four routines were crucial to the Crimson Tide’s success and row with a 9.95 on the balance beam.

56 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA  3ULHVVRQO\WKHVHFRQGÀIWK\HDUVHQLRULQSURJUDPKLVWRU\LVMRLQHGLQ Alabama’s home slate is particularly impressive, starting off with LSU the senior class by three-time All-American Marissa Gutierrez, two-time All- RQ)ULGD\-DQDQGÀQLVKLQJRXWZLWKQDWLRQDOSRZHUKRXVHV8&/$DQG The Details American Ashley Sledge and Becca Alexin. Gutierrez and Sledge were mainstays Oklahoma on March 1 and March 15, respectively. In between those meets, RI WKH7LGH·VYDXOWDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHOLQHXSVZLWK6OHGJHDOVRVKLQLQJRQ Alabama will host its ninth annual Power of Pink meet on Jan. 25 when ‡‡ $ODEDPDLVWKHGHIHQGLQJ1&$$DQG the uneven bars, the same event where Alexin has made her mark over the past Kentucky comes to town. The UK meet will also be the Tide’s annual Alumni NCAA Regional Champions two seasons. Gutierrez matched her career high of 9.95 on the vault at the 2012 Night, during which the 1988 team will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its ‡‡ 7KHUHDUHJ\PQDVWVRQWKLV\HDU·V national championships while Sledge scored a career-best 9.975 on the vault to NCAA and SEC Championships while the 2003 SEC Championship team will roster – 4 seniors (LQFOXGLQJÀIWK\HDUVHQLRU open the 2012 season. celebrate its 10th anniversary. Alabama will also face in-state rival Auburn on Ashley Priess), 6 juniors, 5 sophomores The junior class is comprised of four-time All-American Kim Jacob, three- February 15 in a critical midseason clash in Coleman Coliseum. and 2 freshmen – which ties the 2012 time All-American Diandra Milliner, two-time All-American Sarah DeMeo, The road will be just as challenging if not more so with trips to Florida, team for the second largest squad in Olivia Carisella, Ria Domier and Lindsey Fowler. Arkansas and Georgia as well as the season opener against newly minted SEC school history  -DFREFRPSHWHGRQDOOIRXUHYHQWVGXULQJKHUÀUVWWZR\HDUVDQGJDYH member Missouri. The Tide will also face off against the LSU Tigers for the ‡‡ (LJKW$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWVHDUQHG the Tide a stellar leadoff on the balance beam throughout the season, second time during the 2013 season in Baton Rouge. All-America honors last season and ÀQLVKLQJWKLQJVRII E\VFRULQJPDWFKLQJVRQERWKQLJKWVRI WKHQDWLRQDO “Any time you go into a season as the defending champion, everyone on seven are back this season: Seniors championships. Milliner, who also competed on all four events in 2012, scored your schedule circles that meet in red,” Patterson said. “We’re facing the most Ashley Priess, Marissa Gutierrez and a perfect 10 on the vault in the second meet of the regular season and then competitive schedule we have assembled in several years. The ultimate goal is to Ashley Sledge, juniors Kim Jacob, capped things off as the NCAA runner-up on the vault. DeMeo, who competed SUHSDUHRXUODGLHVWREHRQWKHÁRRUWKHODVWQLJKWRI WKHVHDVRQZLWKDFKDQFH Sarah DeMeo and Diandra Milliner and on both the beam and uneven bars week-in and week-out, scored a season-high to win a championship. We want to be the best and to do that you have to sophomore Kayla Williams RI RQWKHEDODQFHEHDPGXULQJWKHVHDVRQDQGZDVRQHRI ÀYH$ODEDPD compete against the best week in and week out.” ‡‡ $ODEDPDUHWXUQVRI LWVURXWLQHV gymnasts to score a 9.9 or better at the national championships. The postseason begins Saturday, March 23, with the SEC Championships in from last year’s NCAA championship The sophomore class features All-American Kayla Williams, Kaitlyn Clark, Little Rock, Ark., while Alabama will host the NCAA Regional Championships team Hunter Dennis, Lora Leigh Frost and Brooke Parker. on Saturday, April 6. The NCAA Championships return to Los Angeles and ‡‡ 7KHUHDUHIRXULQGLYLGXDO1&$$ Williams came into her own toward the end of her rookie year. A part of the 3DXOH\3DYLOLRQIRUWKHÀUVWWLPHVLQFH Regional Champions on this year’s team vault lineup throughout the season, she joined the Tide’s balance beam lineup “It’s always great for our ladies and our fans when we can host a – DeMeo, Gutierrez, Priess and Sledge with the last meet of the regular season and scored 9.9 on both nights of the championship,” Patterson said. “Coleman Coliseum is one of the best ‡‡ 3ULHVVKDVDOVRZRQWZRLQGLYLGXDO6(& national championships. She also scored a season-high 9.9 on the vault at the environments in collegiate athletics and that rises to an entirely different level titles national championships. Clark was part of the Tide’s vault and uneven bars during a championship.” ‡‡ 6DUDKDQG'DYLG3DWWHUVRQDUHLQWKHLU throughout the year, posting season-best scores of 9.9 on both events during 35th season coaching the Crimson Tide WKHUHJXODUVHDVRQ)URVWZDVSDUWRI WKH7LGH·VÁRRUOLQHXSWKURXJKRXWWKH Building to the End ‡‡ $VVLVWDQWFRDFK%U\DQ5DVFKLOODLVLQKLV regular season, scoring a season high of 9.9. By its very nature, collegiate athletics is about change. Seniors graduate and 17th season coaching at Alabama freshmen join the process. A team’s chemistry changes year to year, its lineup ‡‡ $VVLVWDQWFRDFK'DQD'REUDQVN\ The Rookies can change meet to meet, but at Alabama the goal is always the same, and that is Duckworth, is in her 18th season with As for the newcomers, after several years of large freshman classes, the the secret to the Tide’s phenomenal success over the years. the Tide, including four years as a Tide has only two rookies for 2013. Lauren Beers and Carley Sims make up “We will strive for excellence in everything we do every day,” Patterson said. gymnast, nine as a volunteer assistant Alabama’s smallest incoming class since 2000. Both women are looking to make ´$QGRQWKHODVWQLJKWRI WKHVHDVRQZHZDQWWREHRQWKHÁRRUDWWKHQDWLRQDO FRDFKDQGÀYHDVDIXOOWLPHDVVLVWDQW an immediate impact on the Tide’s 2013 lineup. championships, with a chance to win.” coach ‡‡ 7KH&ULPVRQ7LGHLVFRPLQJ The Crimson Tide’s 2013 Schedule off its 30th consecutive NCAA The Schedule DATE OPPONENT / EVENT LOCATION TIME Championships appearance, making it A veteran group will certainly be an asset as the Tide moves through a very Fri., Jan. 11 Missouri Columbia, Mo. 6:30 p.m. one of only two schools in the nation challenging regular season slate that includes six teams that advanced to last Fri., Jan. 18 LSU Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7:30 p.m. with an active streak of more than 13 \HDU·V1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSVÀQDOVLWHLQFOXGLQJUXQQHUXS)ORULGDDQGWKLUG Fri., Jan. 25 Kentucky (Power of Pink) Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7:30 p.m. national championship appearances in a SODFH8&/$DORQJZLWK$UNDQVDVDQG2NODKRPDZKLFKÀQLVKHGVL[WKDQG Sat., Feb. 2 Georgia , Ga. 4:00 p.m. row VHYHQWKUHVSHFWLYHO\2YHUDOOHYHU\WHDPRQWKH7LGH·VVFKHGXOHÀQLVKHGLQWKH Fri., Feb. 8 Florida Gainesville, Fla. 7:00 p.m. ‡‡ $ODEDPDLVRQHRI MXVWIRXUWHDPVWR top-25 in 2012. Fri., Feb. 15 Auburn Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7:30 p.m. win an NCAA championship, taking Fri., Feb. 22 Arkansas Fayetteville, Ark. 7:00 p.m. home the crown in 2012, 2011, 2002, Fri., March 1 UCLA Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7:30 p.m. <<< The 2013 Alabama gymnastics team, bottom row, from the left – Olivia Carisella, 1996, 1991 and 1988 Fri., March 8 LSU Baton Rouge, La. 7:00 p.m. Lindsey Fowler, Lora Leigh Frost, Ria Domier. Middle row – Brooke Parker, Lauren ‡‡ $ODEDPDKDVDOVRZRQVHYHQ6(&WLWOHV Beers, Diandra Milliner, Kim Jacob, Marissa Gutierrez, Ashley Sledge, Kaitlyn Clark, Fri., March 15 Oklahoma Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7:30 p.m. including two of the past four, and an Sarah DeMeo. Top row – Becca Alexin, Kayla Williams, Carley Sims, Ashley Priess, Sat., March 23 SEC Championships Little Rock, Ark. TBA NCAA-best 27 regional championships Hunter Dennis. Sat., April 6 NCAA Regional Championships Tuscaloosa, Ala. TBA April 19-21 NCAA Championships Los Angeles, Calif. TBA ROLLTIDE.COM 57 CHAMPIONS 2013 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GYMNASTICS ROSTER Name Year Exp. Ht. Hometown Club Team Returning All-Americans (7) Returning Regional Champions (4) Becca Alexin Sr. 3L 5-5 Cordova, Tenn. GymStars Gymnastics Sarah DeMeo (2): 2012 — Beam* Sarah DeMeo (1): 2012 — Beam 2011 — Bars Marissa Gutierrez (1): 2012 — Floor Lauren Beers Fr. HS 5-4 Warren Center, Pa. Southern Tier Gymnastics Academy Marissa Gutierrez (3): 2012 — Vault, Floor* Ashley Priess (3): 2010 — Beam Olivia Carisella Jr. 2L 5-2 , La. Elite Gymnastics 2011 — Vault 2009 — All-Around, Beam Kaitlyn Clark Soph. 1L 5-1 Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Precision Gymnastics Kim Jacob (4): 2012 — Floor*, Bars* Ashley Sledge (1): 2012 — Bars 2011 — All-Around, Beam Sarah DeMeo Jr. 2L 5-0 Overland Park, Kan. Eagle Gymnastics Diandra Milliner (3): 2012 — Vault, Floor* Returning SEC Champion (1) Hunter Dennis Soph. 1L 5-4 Westampton, N.J. Will-Moor School of Gymnastics 2011 — Bars* Ashley Priess (2): 2010 — All-Around, Beam Ashley Priess (8): 2012 — Beam, Bars*, Ria Domier Jr. 2L 5-1 Davis, Calif. Davis Diamonds Gymnastics All-Around* Returning All-SEC (6) Lindsey Fowler Jr. 2L 5-4 Birmingham, Ala. JamJev Gymnastics 2010 — Beam Sarah DeMeo 2011 — Second Team 2009 — Bars, Beam, Freshman Lora Leigh Frost Soph. 1L 5-2 Decatur, Ala. Calvin Twisters Floor*, Marissa Gutierrez 2011 — Second Team Marissa Gutierrez Sr. 3L 5-2 Houston, Texas WGA Texans All-Around* Kim Jacob 2011 — Second Team Freshman Kim Jacob Jr. 2L 5-2 Raleigh, N.C. Superior Gymnastics Ashley Sledge (2): 2012 — Bars* 2011 — Vault Diandra Milliner 2011 — Second Team Diandra Milliner Jr. 2L 5-3 Wichita, Kan. Folger’s Gymnastics Kayla Williams (1): 2012 — Beam* Freshman Ashley Priess 2012 — Second Team Brooke Parker Soph. 1L 5-0 Lorton, Va. Capital Gymnastics * Denotes second team All-America honor 2010 — First Team Ashley Priess Sr. RS-3L 5-3 Wheaton, Ill. Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Returning Scholastic 2009 — Second Team Carley Sims Fr. HS 5-4 Birmingham, Ala. JamJev Gymnastics All-Americans (12) Freshman Ashley Sledge 2011 — Second Team Ashley Sledge Sr. 3L 5-3 Fairview Heights, Ill. World Class Gymnastics Becca Alexin, Kaitlyn Clark, Sarah DeMeo, Ria Domier, Lindsey Fowler, Lora Leigh Frost, Kayla Williams Soph. 1L 5-2 Huntington, W.Va. Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Returning SEC Kim Jacob, Diandra Milliner, Brooke Parker, Academic Honor Roll (14) Ashley Priess, Ashley Sledge, Kayla Williams HEAD VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT ASSISTANT Becca Alexin, Olivia Carisella, Kaitlyn Clark, COACH COACH COACH COACH Sarah DeMeo, Ria Domier, Lindsey Fowler, Lora Leigh Frost, Marissa Gutierrez, Kim Jacob, Sarah Patterson David Patterson Bryan Raschilla Dana Duckworth Diandra Milliner, Brooke Parker, Ashley Priess, 35th Year 35th Year 17th Year 14th Year Ashley Sledge, Kayla Williams PRONUNCIATION GUIDE State-by-State Olivia Carisella ______Cara-selluh Diandra Milliner ______Dee-ann-dra Alabama Illinois New Jersey Texas Sarah DeMeo ______Duh-may-oh Ashley Priess ______Preess Lindsey Fowler Ashley Priess Hunter Dennis Marissa Gutierrez Ria Domier ______Doh-meyer Bryan Raschilla ______Rah-shill-uh Lora Leigh Frost Ashley Sledge North Carolina Virginia Carley Sims Kansas Kim Jacob Brooke Parker GYMNASTICS SUPPORT STAFF Sarah DeMeo West Virginia Kaitlyn Clark Diandra Milliner Lauren Beers Kayla Williams Director of Gymnastics Operations: ______Rita Martin Ria Domier Administrative Assistant: ______Robin Kelley Louisiana Tennessee Assistant Athletic Trainer: ______Monica Decker Olivia Carisella Becca Alexin Managers: ______Stephen Buckner, Anderson Lovelace, Elizabeth Plant, Blake Sellers Academic Advisor: ______Fern Hampton Class Breakdown Strength and Conditioning Coach: ______Travis Illian Seniors (4) -XQLRUV  Sophomores (5) Freshmen (2) Director of Performance Nutrition: ______Amy Bragg Becca Alexin Olivia Carisella Kaitlyn Clark Lauren Beers Marketing and Promotions Director: ______Krista Huffman Marissa Gutierrez Sarah DeMeo Hunter Dennis Carley Sims Ashley Priess Ria Domier Lora Leigh Frost Ashley Sledge Lindsey Fowler Brooke Parker Kim Jacob Kayla Williams Diandra Milliner 58 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA

Becca ALEXIN Senior | 3L | 5-5 | Bars, Beam, Floor Hometown: Cordova, Tenn. Major: General Health Studies High School: Faith Heritage Academy Club: GymStars

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Junior Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... competed in the uneven bars lineup seven times, posting a season-best 9.825 against Florida ... earned President’s List honors (4.0 grade-point average) for the spring semester.

2011 | Sophomore Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... competed in the uneven bars lineup 12 times, including the entire championship season ... scored a career-high 9.875 to take second on the uneven bars at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Championships ... made her debut in Alabama’s competitive lineup with a 9.85 on the uneven bars against Boise State ... earned President’s List honors (4.0 grade-point average) for the fall semester.

2010 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... joined Alabama on Dec. 26, 2009, for the second semester ... a knee injury kept her from the Crimson Tide’s lineup ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better GPA) for the spring semester.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Graduated early to join Alabama in January ... competed for Gymstars where she was coached by her parents Gene and Donna Alexin, who also coached former Tide All-American Lissy Smith DQG6(&)UHVKPDQRI WKH

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Jennifer Rebecca Rae Alexin ... daughter of Donna and Gene Alexin ... sisters, Billie, Shelly and Scarlett ... brother, Gene ... born December 20, 1991.

ALEXIN’S TOP SCORE: Bars: 9.875

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Lauren BEERS Freshman | HS | 5-4 | All-Around Hometown: Warren Center, Pa. Major: Exercise Science High School: Home Schooled Club: Southern Tier Gymnastics Academy

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by Daile Van Patten and Michael Morse at Southern Tier Gymnastics Academy in Endwell, N.Y. ... two-time 861DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSTXDOLÀHUÀQLVKHGWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDWWKH9,6$1DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSVZKHUH VKHZDVDOVRQLQWKRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHÀQLVKHGLQWKHWRSLQDOOIRXUHYHQWVDWWKH$PHULFDQ&ODVVLFWDNLQJ VL[WKLQWKHDOODURXQGÀYHWLPHFRPSHWLWRUDWWKH86-XQLRU2O\PSLF1DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSVÀQLVKLQJVHFRQGLQ the all-around in 2012 and fourth in 2008 ... carried a 4.0 grade-point average for her high school career.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: )XOO1DPH/DXUHQ.%HHUVGDXJKWHURI3DWULFLDDQG5LFN%HHUVKDVÀYHEURWKHUV²%UDQGRQ6DPXHO1RDK Nicolas and Andrew ... has one sister – Rachel ... born April 1, 1994.

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Olivia CARISELLA Junior | 2L | 5-2 | All-Around Hometown: New Orleans, La. Major: Food and Nutrition High School: Baton Rouge Episcopal Club: Elite Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Sophomore Earned a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second year in a row.

2011 | Freshman SEC Academic Honor Roll ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the spring semester.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by Johnny Moyal and Jessica Connor at Elite Gymnastics ... prior to Hurricane Katrina, was coached by Larisa DQG$QDWRO\,YDQRYÀYHWLPH-XQLRU2O\PSLF1DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSTXDOLÀHUÀQLVKHGVHYHQWKLQWKHDOODURXQG DQGÀIWKRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH-XQLRU2O\PSLF1DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSVWRRNQLQWKRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH DQGWKRQWKHYDXOWDWWKH-XQLRU2O\PSLF1DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSVDQGÀQLVKHGWKLQWKHDOODURXQG5HJLRQ 8 all-around champion in 2006 and 2009 ... took second in the all-around at the 2008 Region 8 championships ... won WKHYDXOWXQHYHQEDUVDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH5HJLRQFKDPSLRQVKLSVJUDGXDWHGIURP%DWRQ5RXJH(SLVFRSDO School.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Olivia Dianne Carisella ... daughter of Dianne and Jim Carisella ... brother, the late Jay Carisella, ran track and cross country at Northeastern University ... born January 29, 1991.

ROLLTIDE.COM 61 CHAMPIONS Kaitlyn CLARK Sophomore | 1L | 5-1 | All-Around Hometown: Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Major: Exercise Science High School: Ontario Christian Club: Precision Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... competed on the uneven bars in all 14 meets of the season ... scored a career-high 9.9 on the uneven bars at Oklahoma ... scored a career-high 9.9 on the vault against Arkansas ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the spring semester.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Member of the United States National Team ... coached by Trent and Jill Spaulding at 3UHFLVLRQ*\PQDVWLFVÀQLVKHGQLQWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDWWKH86$6HQLRU1DWLRQDO &KDPSLRQVKLSVÀQLVKHGWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDWWKH86$6HQLRU1DWLRQDO Championships ... took part in the 2009 USA World Championship team selection camp ... participated in the 2008 Pan American Gymnastics Union training camp ... active Girl Scout since kindergarten ... graduated from Ontario Christian High School ... member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Kaitlyn Rene Clark ... daughter of Monique and Dan Clark ... sister – Breanna ... brothers – Mathew and Kyle ... born June 5, 1993.

CLARK’S TOP SCORES: Vault: 9.900 | Bars: 9.900 | Beam: 9.600

62 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Sarah DEMEO Junior | 2L | 5-0 | All-Around Hometown: Overland Park, Kan. Major: Interdisciplinary High School: Blue Valley Club: Eagle Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Sophomore Second team Balance Beam All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... NCAA Seattle Regional Balance Beam Champion ... competed on the uneven bars in every meet of the season ... competed on the balance beam in 13 of 14 meets in 2012 ... tied her career best of 9.950 to win the balance beam title against North Carolina ... also won the balance beam against Florida ... posted a season-best 9.875 on the uneven bars against North Carolina ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the fall and spring semesters.

2011 | Freshman)LUVWWHDP8QHYHQ%DUV$OO$PHULFDQ6FKRODVWLF$OO$PHULFDQÀQLVKHGWKLUGRQWKHXQHYHQEDUVDWWKH NCAA Championships Individual Event Finals ... Second team All-SEC ... SEC All-Freshman ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ÀQLVKHGVHFRQGRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPDWWKH1&$$7XVFDORRVD5HJLRQDODQG6(&&KDPSLRQVKLSVZLWKPDWFKLQJVFRUHV of 9.9 ... named SEC Gymnast of the Week after scoring a career-best 39.450 in the all-around and 9.950 on the balance EHDPZLQQLQJERWKDJDLQVW/68VFRUHGDFDUHHUEHVWRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDJDLQVW/68QDPHG6(&)UHVKPDQ Gymnast of the Week after the Tide’s meet at Georgia ... competed in the all-around in half of the Tide’s meets during the UHJXODUVHDVRQFRPSHWHGLQLQGLYLGXDOHYHQWVGXULQJWKHVHDVRQSRVWLQJÀYHZLQVLQFOXGLQJIRXUEDODQFHEHDPWLWOHVDQG an all-around win ... scored a career-best 9.875 on the vault at Georgia ... scored a career-high 9.9 on the uneven bars in the VHPLÀQDOVRI WKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVZRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPLQKHUÀUVWPHHWIRUWKH7LGHZLWKDDJDLQVW3HQQ State, the highest score on any event in the meet ... named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade-point average) for both the fall and spring semesters.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by Kim Fuchs and Kami Claridge at Eagle Gymnastics ... three-year member of the U.S. National Team ... won the /HYHOQDWLRQDOEDODQFHEHDPWLWOHDQGÀQLVKHGVHFRQGLQWKHDOODURXQGZRQWKH/HYHOQDWLRQDOXQHYHQEDUV WLWOHZRQWKHDOODURXQGWLWOHDWWKHVWDWHDQGUHJLRQDOOHYHOLQDQGZDVÀIWKQDWLRQDOO\JUDGXDWHGIURP%OXH9DOOH\ High School ... four-year member of the Principal’s Honor Roll.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Sarah Christine DeMeo ... daughter of Susan Lucas and Craig DeMeo ... sister – Allison... stepsisters – Melissa, Lauren and Candice ... stepbrothers – Kyle and Connor ... born January 29, 1992.

DeMEO’S TOP SCORES: All-Around: 39.450 | Vault: 9.875 | Bars: 9.900 | Beam: 9.950 | Floor: 9.875

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Hunter DENNIS Sophomore | 1L | 5-4 | Vault, Bars, Floor Hometown: Westampton, N.J. Major: General Studies High School: Holy Cross Club: Will-Moor School of Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Freshman Joined the Crimson Tide in January for the spring semester ... exhibitioned ERWKYDXOWDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVH

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Graduated early from Holy Cross High School and joined the Crimson Tide in January for the spring semester ... coached by Kim and Kevin Bonus, John Wilton and Jeanne Kane at Will- 0RRU6FKRRORI *\PQDVWLFV-XQLRU2O\PSLF1DWLRQDOTXDOLÀHUVL[WLPH5HJLRQ &KDPSLRQVKLSFRPSHWLWRUZRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH,*,&KLFDJR6W\OH,QYLWDWLRQDOZRQ WKHDOODURXQGYDXOWDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH6SRUWVSOH[7HDP&ODVVLF

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Hunter Alexandra Dennis ... daughter of Carla and Al Dennis ... sister, Morgan, is a former Alabama gymnast who earned eight All-America honors and won the 2007 NCAA Floor Exercise Championship during her Crimson Tide career ... born April 6, 1994.

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Ria DOMIER Junior | 2L | 5-1 | Vault, Bars, Floor Hometown: Davis, Calif. Major: Chemical Engineering High School: Davis Senior Club: Davis Diamonds Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Sophomore Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... named to the 2012 SEC Gymnastics Community Service Team ... exhibitioned vault multiple times through the season ... named to the President’s List (4.0 grade-point average) for the fall and spring semester ... carries a 4.0 GPA for her career.

2011 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... named to the President’s List (4.0 grade-point average) for the fall semester ... earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for the spring semester.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by Hilde Aune and James Major at Davis Diamonds Gymnastics ... won the vault at the 2010 Norcal Level 10 State Championships and took second on the balance beam and fourth in the all-around ... took fourth on the vault at the 2010 Region 1 Championships ... took third in the all-around and on the vault at the 2010 Junior Olympics NIT Championships as ZHOODVWDNLQJÀIWKRQEDODQFHEHDPÀQLVKHGWKLUGRQWKHYDXOWDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH Norcal Level 10 State Championships ... graduated from Davis Senior High School ... National 0HULWÀQDOLVW1DWLRQDO$36FKRODUFRSUHVLGHQWRI WKH'+66FLHQFH%RZO7HDPSURMHFW coordinator for the DHS Chapter of the California Scholarship Federation ... 2008 National Science League Chemistry school champion ... 2010 National Science League Physics school co-champion.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Ria Chandra Domier ... daughter of Vinita and Calvin Domier ... brother, Arvin ... born October 1, 1992.

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Lindsey FOWLER Junior | 2L | 5-4 | All-Around Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. Major: Early Childhood Education High School: Oak Mountain Club: JamJev Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Sophomore Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... made her debut in the Tide’s FRPSHWLWLYHOLQHXSRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDW.HQWXFN\QDPHGWRWKH3UHVLGHQW·V/LVW JUDGHSRLQWDYHUDJH  for the spring semester ... earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for the fall semester ... carries a 4.0 GPA for her career.

2011 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, Phi Eta Sigma and Lambda Sigma honor societies ... Council of Presidents Freshman Academic Achievement award winner ... named to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for the fall and spring semesters.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by John and Dara Lowery and David and Kelly Hill at JamJev Gymnastics ... her coach Dara (Stewart) Lowery was an All-American gymnasts for the Crimson Tide ... 2009 Level 10 state champion on the vault and UXQQHUXSRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQG/HYHO5HJLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSTXDOLÀHU /HYHOVWDWHFKDPSLRQRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPDQGXQHYHQEDUV-XQLRU1DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSVTXDOLÀHU 2007 Level 10 state balance beam champion ... graduated from Oak Mountain High School ... class salutatorian ... member of the National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the Spanish Honor Society.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Lindsey Elaine Fowler ... daughter of Laurie and Tony Fowler ... brothers, Zack and Riley ... born August 14, 1991.

FOWLER’S TOP SCORE: Floor: 9.650

66 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Lora Leigh FROST Sophomore | 1L | 5-2 | All-Around Hometown: Decatur, Ala. Major: General Health Studies High School: Decatur Heritage Christian Academy Club: Calvin Twisters

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... VFRUHGDFDUHHUEHVWRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDJDLQVW$UNDQVDVQDPHGWR the President’s List (4.0 grade-point average) for the spring semester ... earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for the fall semester ... carries a 3.97 GPA for her career.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Lora Leigh Frost ... daughter of Vicki and Barry Frost... born February 28, 1993.

FROST’S TOP SCORE: Floor: 9.900

ROLLTIDE.COM 67 CHAMPIONS Marissa GUTIERREZ Senior | 3L | 5-2 | V, BB, FX Major: Early Childhood Development Hometown: Houston, Texas High School: Clear Brook Club: Woodland Gymnastics Academy

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Junior )LUVWWHDP9DXOW$OO$PHULFDQ6HFRQGWHDP)ORRU([HUFLVH$OO$PHULFDQÀQLVKHGIRXUWKLQWKHYDXOWDWWKH NCAA Championships Event Finals ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... NCAA Seattle Regional Floor Exercise Champion ... competed on the vault in all 14 meets... won the vault against Missouri, tying her career-best with a 9.95 ... also won the vault DW.HQWXFN\DQG/68WLHGKHUFDUHHUEHVWVFRUHVRQWKHYDXOW  EDODQFHEHDP  DQGÁRRUH[HUFLVH  DJDLQVW )ORULGDZLQQLQJWKHÁRRURSHQHGWKHVHDVRQE\WDNLQJÀUVWRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDJDLQVW*HRUJLDZLQQLQJKHUÀUVWFROOHJLDWH ÁRRUWLWOHWLHGKHUFDUHHUKLJKRI RQYDXOWLQWKHVHPLÀQDOVRI1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVFRPSHWHGLQLQGLYLGXDOHYHQWV during the season ... earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better GPA) for the fall semester.

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PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached at Woodland Gymnastics Academy by Debbie Kaitchuk and Deana Parish, who also mentored former Alabama NCAA champion Andreé Pickens, and JP Lavacheny ... earned a silver medal on the vault at the 2006 Junior Olympic National &KDPSLRQVKLSVÀQLVKHGVL[WKRQWKHYDXOWDQGWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDWWKH-2&KDPSLRQVKLSVZRQWKH7H[DV state vault and balance beam titles ... voted “Most Athletic” of the senior class ... graduated on the Distinguished Achievement plan.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full Name: Marissa Yvonne Gutierrez ... daughter of Ana and Mario Gutierrez ... brothers – Mario, Mark and Michael ... sisters- in-law – Leigh and Adrienne ... born May 16, 1991.

GUTIERREZ’S TOP SCORES: Vault: 9.950 | Beam: 9.875 | Floor: 9.925

68 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Kim JACOB Junior | 2L | 5-2 | All-Around Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. Major: Exercise Science High School: Homeschooled Club: Superior Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Sophomore Second team Uneven Bars and Floor Exercise All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Gymnastics Scholar- $WKOHWHRIWKH

2011 | Freshman First team All-Around and Balance Beam All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... Second team All-SEC ... SEC All-Freshman ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... scored a career-best 9.95 in the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals, the highest EDODQFHEHDPVFRUHRI WKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVÀQLVKHGVHYHQWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDWWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVÀQLVKHGHLJKWK on the balance beam at the NCAA Championships Individual Event Finals ... closed out the season by going all-around in back-to-back nights at the NCAA Championships, after competing in the all-around only twice in the regular season, including a career-best 39.425 in WKH6XSHU6L[7HDP)LQDOÀQLVKHGVHFRQGRIIWKHEDODQFHEHDPDWWKH1&$$7XVFDORRVD5HJLRQDODQG6(&&KDPSLRQVKLSVZLWKD each time ... won the balance beam at Arkansas from the leadoff spot ... competed 40 routines during the season, including going on the balance beam in all 14 meets ... earned the Crimson Tide’s Lewis Each Courage Award ... named to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for the fall and spring semesters.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Kimberly Anne Jacob ... daughter of Victoria and Michael Jacob ... brother, Rick ... sisters, Tina, Kelsie, Steph and Jenny ... born September 18, 1991.

JACOB’S TOP SCORES: All-Around: 39.425 | Vault: 9.825 | Bars: 9.875 | Beam: 9.950 | Floor: 9.875

ROLLTIDE.COM 69 CHAMPIONS Diandra MILLINER Junior | 2L | 5-3 | All-Around Hometown: Wichita, Kan. Major: General Health Studies High School: Maize Club: Folger’s Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Sophomore NCAA Championships Vault Runner-up ... First team Vault All-American ... Second team Floor Exercise All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... scored a perfect 10.0 to win the vault against Florida ... became the 14th Alabama gymnast to score at least one 10.0 during her career and the eighth to score a 10.0 on the vault ... competed on the vault and balance beam in all PHHWVRIWKHVHDVRQZRQWKHYDXOWDW/68DQGDJDLQVW1RUWK&DUROLQDPDWFKHGKHUFDUHHUKLJKRI RQWKHÁRRUDJDLQVW$UNDQVDV scored a career-high 9.9 to win the balance beam against Florida ... made her Crimson Tide all-around debut at Auburn ... scored 9.95 on the YDXOWLQERWKWKHVHPLÀQDOVRIWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVDQGWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSV6XSHU6L[7HDP)LQDOVFRPSHWHGURXWLQHVGXULQJ the season ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the spring semester.

2011 | Freshman Second team Balance Beam All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... scored a 9.95 in the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals, tying with teammate Kayla Hoffman for the highest vault score of the night ... second team All-SEC ... SEC All-Freshman ... joined the Crimson Tide on Dec. 26 for the second semester after graduating from high school early ... twice named SEC Freshman Gymnast of the Week, after the Tide’s meets against Auburn and LSU... posted a career-high 9.975 on the vault against LSU ... scored a 39.450 against Kentucky LQKHUÀUVWDOODURXQGDSSHDUDQFHVFRUHGDFDUHHUKLJKRQWKHXQHYHQEDUVDJDLQVW.HQWXFN\VFRUHGDFDUHHUEHVWRQWKHÁRRU exercise against Kentucky and LSU ... competed 40 routines during the season, scoring 9.9 or better 10 times | seven on the vault and three on WKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQFKRUHG$ODEDPD·VYDXOWOLQHXSLQDOOPHHWVZRQÀYHRI LQGLYLGXDOYDXOWWLWOHVGXULQJWKHUHJXODUVHDVRQVFRUHGD FDUHHUKLJKRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPDWWKH0HWURSOH[&KDOOHQJHLQWKHÀUVWURXWLQHRIKHUÀUVWPHHWIRUWKH&ULPVRQ7LGHVKHZRQWKHYDXOW against Penn State with a 9.9 ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the spring semester.

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PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Diandra Quinn Milliner ... daughter of Traci and Reuben Milliner ... sisters – Aleah and Micala ... born October 18, 1992.

MILLINER’S TOP SCORES: All-Around: 39.450 | Vault: 10.000 | Bars: 9.825 | Beam: 9.900 | Floor: 9.925

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Brooke PARKER Sophomore | 1L | 5-0 | All-Around Hometown: Lorton, Va. Major: General Business High School: South County Secondary Club: Capital Gymnastics National Training Center

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... made her debut LQWKH&ULPVRQ7LGH·VFRPSHWLWLYHOLQHXSDW2NODKRPDRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHVFRUHGD FDUHHUKLJKRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDJDLQVW0LVVRXUL

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by Tatiana Perskaia and Oleksandr Vorobyov at Capital Gymnastics National 7UDLQLQJ&HQWHU6HQLRU,QWHUQDWLRQDO(OLWHÀQLVKHGWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDQGZDVQLQWK on the uneven bars at the 2009 USA Senior National Championships ... graduated from South County Secondary School.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Brooke Kathleen Parker ... daughter of Nora and Michael Parker ... brother, Jayce ... born September 2, 1993.

PARKER’S TOP SCORE: Floor: 9.750

ROLLTIDE.COM 71 CHAMPIONS ASHLEY PRIESS: A PERFECT LANDING After sitting out her junior season following surgery So Priess changed her dream. She RQERWKDQNOHV$VKOH\3ULHVVPRXQWHGDQDPD]LQJ had longed to compete in college, so her FRPHEDFNLQZKLFKFXOPLQDWHGZLWKKHUFOLQFKLQJ desire shifted from Olympic individual to Alabama’s sixth NCAA championship with a 9.95 FROOHJLDWHWHDPJORU\6KHPDGHÀUVWWHDP on the balance beam. Following the championships, $OO$PHULFDLQHDFKRI KHUÀUVWWZR 3ULHVVFKRVHWRFRPHEDFNDVDÀIWK\HDUVHQLRURQO\WKH years at Alabama, along with scholastic second in Alabama gymnastics history. The NCAA’s All-America and dean’s list honors. &KDPSLRQ0DJD]LQHZDQWHGWRNQRZPRUHDERXWWKH Then more injuries started Illinois, native and this is what they found out: threatening that new dream. A minor left ankle injury turned into a major Ashley Priess saw the easy path. But it’s problem during the 2010 NCAA WKHGLIÀFXOWFKRLFHWKDWWXUQHGWKH$ODEDPD championships. Priess landed a vault gymnast into a leader. awkwardly and walked gingerly toward She stood on the sidelines of the 2011 assistant coach Dana Duckworth. NCAA championships, both ankles healing One of Priess’ tendons had ripped from major tendon injuries, feeling detached free, chipping part of the bone with IURPKHUWHDPPDWHVDVWKH\FHOHEUDWHGWKHLUÀUVW it. And after that fall, just as the left national title since 2002. Graduation was six ankle was starting to heal, years of months away, and it tempted her with thoughts stress in her right ankle set up a of moving on in life. Priess previously turned similar injury during an awkward away from her Olympic dreams because of a uneven bars dismount. If that wasn’t beam PDMRULQMXU\:DVLWZRUWKÀJKWLQJWRSXUVXH discouraging enough, Priess then dropped DVWKHFKDPSLRQVKLSV·ÀQDO another? a glass pitcher on her foot during a class performer, needing a 9.875 to pull Alabama into The answer became obvious as Priess presentation. The shattered glass sliced through a tie with Florida for the lead, the leader was stood victoriously on the podium last April, the top of her foot. emerging. holding her team’s national championship Priess wondered if all the injuries were  6KHUHOD[HGWKURXJKWKHÀQDOURXWLQHDQG WURSK\FRPSUHKHQGLQJZKDWWKHGLIÀFXOWSDWK sending her a message. And after watching ZKHQVKHGLVPRXQWHGZLWKDWZLVWLQJEDFNÁLSWR coaxed out of her. To outsiders she was the from an uninvolved, disconnected spot on the her team’s hysteric celebration, the scoreboard gymnast whose near-perfect beam routine in sidelines as Alabama won the 2011 title, part of UHÁHFWHGWKHVWRU\ERRNÀQDOH3ULHVVVFRUHGD WKHFKDPSLRQVKLSV·ÀQDOSHUIRUPDQFHUDOOLHG Priess urged her to quit. But she couldn’t shake 9.95 – the highest score of the championship, the Crimson Tide to its second consecutive title. the feeling that her career wasn’t supposed to sealing Alabama’s title. But to those who witnessed Priess’ daily battles, end in emotional defeat. After being raised in “Some things are meant to be,” said the moment branded Priess a leader. a sport that praises individual performances, Alabama coach Sarah Patterson. “That was a “I proved that my ability to compete for a Priess embraced the team concept. GHÀQLQJPRPHQW7KDWZDVPHDQWWREHµ team purpose was greater than as an individual,” Her comeback started small, rehabbing  %XWWKHVWRU\LVVWLOOZULWLQJLWVÀQDOFKDSWHUV she said. “I felt so grateful for every person who from nerve damage incurred during surgery Priess graduated midway through her senior was part of that journey.” that affected the movement of her toes. Once season, and when her gymnastics career ends And that journey was long and painful. she could walk normally, Priess stepped up to this spring she will also hold a master’s degree Priess’ career began as a promising Olympic the mental barrier of attempting a routine as in sports management. The next step: a Ph.D in hopeful, spending seven years in the U.S. teammates and coaches cheered each step. leadership studies, through which Priess plans national program and earning a spot on the Priess started with the bars and beam in to teach and spread the messages of mental U.S. Senior International Elite team – one the summer, and began tumbling by the fall. toughness she learned via gymnastics. step removed from Olympic competition. The vault followed into the winter, each step a “I always had it in my brain,” Priess said. “I But fractures in her spine forced her to spend frustrating challenge to develop her timing and just didn’t grasp it until I went through some several months in a turtle-shell brace and accept FRQÀGHQFH struggles.” WKDWKHU2O\PSLFGUHDPVZHUHÀQLVKHG  3ULHVVGLGQ·WVWDUWIHHOLQJFRQÀGHQWXQWLO E\%ULDQ+HQGULFNVRQ&KDPSLRQ0DJD]LQH February. But by the time she stepped on the

72 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Ashley PRIESS Senior | RS-3L | 5-3 | All-Around Major: Sport Management (Master’s Degree) Hometown: Wheaton, Ill. High School: Lakota West Club: Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2011 | Junior Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor high of 9.9 on the vault against Oklahoma/North Carolina, at the 2013 | Redshirt Senior 5HWXUQVDVWKHVHFRQGÀIWK\HDUVHQLRULQ Roll ... surgery on both ankles after the 2010 season, one in the SEC Championships and during the NCAA Super Six Team Finals Alabama gymnastics history ... president of the Alabama Student- summer and one in the fall, sidelined her for the 2011 season ... ZHQWLQWKHDOODURXQGWKHÀQDOPHHWVLQDURZDIWHUPDNLQJKHU Athlete Advisory Committee ... graduated in December of 2011 with a named to the Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the debut against LSU, scoring 39.250 or better seven times ... scored a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish ... currently pursuing a master’s degree in fall and spring semesters. career-high 9.925 on the uneven bars against Kentucky, a score she VSRUWPDQDJHPHQWÀUVW$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWWRHDUQDQXQGHUJUDGXDWH matched against ... competed in 57 events during the season, degree and start a master’s degree while still competing. 2010 | Sophomore First-team All-American on the balance beam the second highest total on the team, including the uneven bars, ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... won the balance beam with a EDODQFHEHDPDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHLQHYHU\PHHWHDUQHG'HDQ·V/LVW 2012 | Senior First team Balance Beam All-American ... Second 9.875 and was second in the all-around at the NCAA Lexington (3.5 or better GPA) for the fall semester. team All-Around and Uneven Bars All-American ... Scholastic All- Regional Championships ... 2010 SEC All-Around and Balance American ... Second team All-SEC ... SEC Academic Honor Roll %HDP&KDPSLRQÀUVWWHDP$OO6(&6(&*\PQDVWRI WKH:HHN PREP HIGHLIGHTS: ... team co-captain ... earned the Tide’s Lewis Each Courage Award (3/23) ... posted the highest balance beam score on both night’s Coached by Mary Lee Tracy at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy ... clinched the Tide’s sixth NCAA Championship title by tying her RI WKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVZLWKDLQWKHVHPLÀQDOVDQGD ... seven-year member of the USA National Team ... a Senior career-high score of 9.95 on the balance beam in the Super Six GXULQJWKH1&$$6XSHU6L[7HDPÀQDOVZRQHYHQWWLWOHV International Elite, she was a member of the 2006 USA World 7HDP)LQDOVÀQLVKHGVHYHQWKRII WKHEDODQFHEHDPDWWKH1&$$ during the season, including six uneven bars and 10 balance beam &KDPSLRQVKLS7HDPÀQLVKLQJWKLQWKHDOODURXQGDQGKHOSLQJ Championships Event Finals ... anchored the Crimson Tide’s uneven titles ... won the balance beam in the season opener for the second the U.S. to the silver medal ... took second in the all-around at the bars in every meet of the season ... competed on the balance beam year in a row, scoring a 9.9 to once again clinch a season-opening 2008 International Exchange ... competed with former Alabama DQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHLQRI PHHWVDQFKRUHGWKH7LGH·VEHDP win at Auburn ... earned the Tide’s Spirit of the Week award after All-American Kassi Price on the 2006 U.S. World Cup team in Lyon, OLQHXSWLPHVFRPSHWHGLQWKHDOODURXQGIRUWKHÀUVWWLPHVLQFH meets against Arkansas and Kentucky and Performance of the Week France, winning the balance beam and uneven bars ... earned a silver the 2010 season against Florida with a winning score of 39.550 ... award after competing against LSU ... produced 20 routines of 9.9 DQGEURQ]HPHGDOLQWKHEDODQFHEHDPDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHUHVSHFWLYHO\ won the all-around against North Carolina with a career-best score or better ... earned the team’s Lewis Each Courage Award ... named at the 2006 World Cup event in Ghent, Belgium ... earned a silver of 39.625 ... also went in the all-around against Missouri and the the Crimson Tide’s co-captain along with Morgan Dennis ... earned medal on balance beam and was seventh in the all-around at the entire championship season ... scored a 9.9 on the uneven bars to Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better GPA) for the spring semester. 0DVVLOLD*\P&XSLQ0DUVHLOOHV)UDQFHÀQLVKHGÀIWKRQWKH win the event against North Carolina ... clinched each of the Tide’s balance beam and sixth in the all-around and on the uneven bars and ÀUVWWKUHHPHHWVDVWKH&ULPVRQ7LGH·VÀQDOJ\PQDVWLQLWVÀQDO 2009 | Freshman First-team All-American on the balance beam ÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH86$&KDPSLRQVKLSVDQG URWDWLRQ²DJDLQVW*HRUJLDVKHVFRUHGDRQWKHÁRRUIRUWKHZLQ and the uneven bars ... second-team All-American in the all-around 2006 U.S. Classic all-around champion. at the Penn State Quad meet, she scored a 9.85 on the uneven bars DQGÁRRUH[HUFLVH6FKRODVWLF$OO$PHULFDQ6(&$FDGHPLF to beat Penn State; and she scored a 9.925 on balance beam to beat Honor Roll ... posted a career-best 39.575 in the all-around during PERSONAL INFORMATION: Auburn ... also clinched the Tide’s win at LSU, scoring a 9.925 on the NCAA Super Six Team Finals ... won the all-around and the Full Name: Ashley Elizabeth Priess ... daughter of Mel and Linda the balance beam to win the event and the meet ... won the balance balance beam with a career-high 9.95 at the NCAA Northeast Priess ... her sister Courtney is a former Alabama gymnast ... received beam against Arkansas with a score of 9.925 ... won the vault with Regional Championships ... earned Second Team All-SEC and SEC her undergraduate degree in Spanish ... pursuing a master’s degree in DFDUHHUEHVWDW2NODKRPDZRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHZLWKD $OO)UHVKPDQKRQRUVEHFDPHWKHÀUVWJ\PQDVWWRHDUQ6(& sport management ... born March 8, 1990. 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Carley SIMS Freshman | HS | 5-4 | All-Around Major: Pre-Physical Therapy Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. High School: Ramsay Club: JamJev Gymnastics

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by former Alabama All-American Dara (Stewart) Lowery as well as John Lowery and David Hill at JamJev Gymnastics ... double-medalist at the 2011 U.S. Junior Olympic National Championships ... ÀQLVKHGVHFRQGRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQGWKLUGRQWKHYDXOWDWWKH-21DWLRQDO&KDPSLRQVKLSVDIWHU SRVWLQJWKUHHWRSÀQLVKHVDWWKHVDPHPHHWLQÀYHWLPHFRPSHWLWRUDWWKH86-XQLRU2O\PSLF National Championships ... won four events, including the all-around, at the 2011 Region 8 Championships, and was second on the balance beam ... won all four events and the all-around at the 2011 Alabama State Championships ... maintained a 3.5 grade-point average through high school.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full Name: Carley Victoria Sims ... daughter of Pam and Carl Sims ... brother – Bryant Felder ... sister – Brianna ... born January 5, 1994.

74 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Ashley SLEDGE Senior | 3L | 5-3 | All-Around Major: Public Relations Hometown: Fairview Heights, Ill. High School: Belleville East Club: World Class Gymnastics

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2013 | Senior Graduated in December of 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in public relations with a minor in sociology ... currently pursuing a second degree in general studies ... member of the Alabama Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s executive committee.

2012 | Junior Second team Uneven Bars All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... NCAA Seattle Regional Uneven Bars Champion ... team co-captain ... competed in the Crimson Tide’s vault and uneven bars lineup in all 14 meets of the season ... opened her junior season with a career-best 9.975 on the vault against Georgia ... won the uneven bars at Oklahoma with a 9.925, which tied her career-best score ... made her collegiate debut in the all-around against Georgia, winning it with a 39.450 ... prior to the Georgia meet, her last all-around was as a junior in high school ... won the all-around at Kentucky ... tied her career best in the all- DURXQGDJDLQVW)ORULGDZLWKDÀQLVKHGWKLUGRQWKHVTXDGLQQXPEHURI URXWLQHVLQFRPSHWLWLRQZLWKLQGXFWHGLQWR;;;, the University of Alabama’s elite women’s honorary.

2011 | Sophomore )LUVWWHDP9DXOW$OO$PHULFDQÀQLVKHGVHYHQWKRQWKHYDXOWLQWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSV,QGLYLGXDO(YHQW)LQDOV 6HFRQGWHDP$OO6(&6(&$FDGHPLF+RQRU5ROOZRQÀYHLQGLYLGXDOWLWOHVGXULQJWKHVHDVRQIRXURQWKHXQHYHQEDUVDQGRQHRQ WKHYDXOWFRPSHWHGURXWLQHVGXULQJWKHVHDVRQVFRULQJRUEHWWHUWLPHVÀYHRQWKHYDXOWDQGIRXURQWKHXQHYHQEDUVVFRUHG DFDUHHUEHVWDQGFDPHDZD\ZLWKKHUÀUVWFROOHJLDWHYDXOWZLQDW*HRUJLDVFRUHGDFDUHHUKLJKRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDJDLQVW Kentucky and at the SEC Championships ... posted a career-high 9.925 on the uneven bars at the Metroplex Challenge ... for the second \HDULQDURZRSHQHGWKHVHDVRQZLWKDZLQRQWKHXQHYHQEDUVVFRULQJDWRWDNHÀUVWSODFHDJDLQVW3HQQ6WDWHPDGHKHUGHEXWLQ $ODEDPD·VFRPSHWLWLYHÁRRUH[HUFLVHOLQHXSDW)ORULGDPDGHKHUGHEXWLQ$ODEDPD·VFRPSHWLWLYHEDODQFHEHDPOLQHXSDW$UNDQVDV earned Dean’s List (3.5 or better grade-point average) honors for the spring semester.

2010 | Freshman Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... SEC Freshman of the Week (1/12) ... won the uneven bars DJDLQVW$XEXUQLQKHUÀUVW&ULPVRQ7LGHURXWLQHWLHGIRUÀUVWRQWKHXQHYHQEDUVZLWKDFDUHHUEHVWDJDLQVW$UNDQVDVWLHGKHU FDUHHUEHVWRQWKHXQHYHQEDUVLQWKH1&$$6XSHU6L[7HDPÀQDOVZLWKDPDGHKHUYDXOWGHEXWDW2NODKRPDSRVWLQJD earned the Tide’s Spirit of the Week award against Oklahoma ... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better GPA) for both the fall and spring semesters.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: Coached by Donna Berutti, Patrick Hulliung and Scott King at World Class Gymnastics ... named Region 5 Athlete of the Year after winning the 2005 Junior Olympic National All-Around title ... third in the all-around at J.O. Nationals after winning the Illinois State All- Around Championship in 2007 ... twice attended training camps at the Olympic Training Center ... won the all-around at both the 2008 Navy Pier and Circle of Stars meets.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full Name: Ashley Arleen Sledge ... daughter of Sandra and Ashley Sledge ... sister, Sandra ... her father Ashley played football at Southern Illinois University, winning a national championship in 1983 ... born August 31, 1991.

SLEDGE’S TOP SCORES: All-Around: 39: 450 | Vault: 9.975 | Bars: 9.925 | Beam: 9.850 | Floor: 9.900

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Kayla WILLIAMS Sophomore | 1L | 5-2 | All-Around Hometown: Huntington, W.Va. Major: Public Relations High School: Huntington Club: Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy

ALABAMA HIGHLIGHTS: 2012 | Freshman Second team Balance Beam All-American ... Scholastic All-American ... SEC Academic Honor Roll ... scored a career-high 9.9 on the vault at the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals ... scored a career-high 9.9 on the balance beam against North Carolina WLHGKHUFDUHHUKLJKRIRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPLQERWKWKHVHPLÀQDOVRIWKH1&$$ Championships and the NCAA Super Six Team Finals... earned Dean’s List honors (3.5 or better grade-point average) for the spring semester.

PREP HIGHLIGHTS: 2009 World Vault Champion ... member of the United States 2009 World Championship team ... coached by Mary Lee Tracy at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, the same gym that produced Alabama senior All-American Ashley Priess ... won the vault at the USA Junior and Senior National Championships as well as the World Championships in 2009... three-year member of WKH5HJLRQ$OO6WDUWHDPZRQWKH-XQLRU2O\PSLF1DWLRQDODOODURXQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQG vault titles in 2009 ... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL INFORMATION: Full name: Kayla Rose Williams ... daughter of Elizabeth and William Williams ... born February 28, 1992.

WILLIAM’S TOP SCORES: Vault: 9.900 | Beam: 9.900

76 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA TRAVELING IN STYLE WITH THE CRIMSON TIDE Oh, the places they’ll go! An Alabama competition, the bus takes Alabama gymnast will travel far and wide during back to the airport, where the charter her Crimson Tide tenure and will get plane stands ready to whisk them back to there in style. Alabama travels to the vast Tuscaloosa. majority of its competitions by charter On longer trips, especially during plane, keeping time away from home to the postseason, Alabama travels with its a minimum. Chartering also allows Sarah massage therapist, allowing them to get Patterson to adjust departure times to massages in preparation for competition. best accommodate her athletes’ class :KLOHPDQ\WULSVÀQGWKH7LGHÁ\LQJ schedules. in and out of town for a meet, the trips Nothing brings a team together like are sometimes stretched to accommodate time on the road. Time on the plane some exploring. is spent studying, reading, listening to In four of the past seven years, music and watching movies. Time is also trips to the West Coast have allowed spent chatting, singing and generally Alabama to see the sites, including having a good time. stops in Seattle, and a trip to the Space Just to make sure everything runs Needle and the exterior set of “Grey’s smoothly on a trip, a laminated travel Anatomy”, San Francisco, for cable car card is handed out before the Tide sets rides and wandering around Fisherman’s off for the Tuscaloosa Airport, detailing Wharf, and Los Angeles, with tours of the schedule, what to wear and other Hollywood. important information. The gymnasts aren’t the only ones During the regular season, once the hitting the road for away meets. The plane touches down, a bus comes plane- Tide has a dedicated group of family, side to pick the Tide up and take them to friends and fans who follow them from the hotel. The team then makes its way one end of the country to the other. to a team dinner, usually at a well-known There is never a meet that doesn’t see local restaurant that has the kind of some crimson and white-clad fans in the variety where the gymnasts, coaches and stands. And for those that can’t make staff can sample local cuisine or personal it to an away meet, the Tide is the only favorites. school in the country whose home and Back at the hotel after dinner, away meets are broadcast on the everyone goes their own way, some back radio and online as well. to their room to study or chat, some gathering in one room or another to watch a movie. %UHDNIDVWXVXDOO\ÀQGVHYHU\RQHRQ their own, after which there is a trip to the mall arranged for those who want to hit the shops. Team lunch starts the pre-meet ritual, with the Tide taking over a section of a local restaurant or having the meal catered at the hotel. After the

ROLLTIDE.COM 77 CHAMPIONS 2012 SEASON IN REVIEW the 21st time in school history that the Tide KDVÀQLVKHGHLWKHUÀUVWRUVHFRQGDWWKHOHDJXH championships. After the championships, it was announced that by a vote of the league’s coaches Kim Jacob was named the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year. She became the second consecutive Alabama gymnast to earn the honor, following in the footsteps of 2011 senior Kayla Hoffman. The All-American and Scholastic All-American holds a perfect 4.0 grade-point average entering her junior season. Seniors Ashley Priess and Geralen Stack-Eaton both earned second team All-SEC honors during the 2012 championships. It was the third year for both gymnasts to earn All-SEC honors. It was also announced during the championships that Ria Domier was named to the SEC Gymnastics Community Service Team. The sophomore dedicated countless hours to community service, especially in the days that followed the devastating tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa in April of 2011. During the regular season, senior Geralen The Alabama gymnastics team enjoyed another own on the vault, leading the Tide to 49.600 on Packed House spectacular season in 2012, taking the baton from the vault and the win against the Florida Gators. Stack-Eaton was twice named SEC Gymnast of On the way to a perfect 5-0-0 mark at home the Crimson Tide’s national championship football Stack-Eaton and Milliner became the 13th the Week, giving her four such honors for her in 2012, Alabama posted the second-highest team in January and carrying it through its own hot and 14th UA gymnasts to score a 10.0 during career, while sophomore Diandra Milliner earned attendance average in school and Southeastern start into the postseason for yet another national their careers. The previous time two UA gymnasts the honor once. Conference history, with 12,827. The Tide had a championship. Not only did the Tide gymnastics scored 10.0s in the same year was in 2003. That capacity turnout of 15,075 for its Power of Pink team win its sixth NCAA championship and season Miles scored four 10.0s – three on the vault meet against Arkansas, marking the ninth time the Regional Championships second in a row, it also continued to excel in the DQGRQHRQWKHÁRRU²ZKLOH-HDQD5LFHVFRUHG gymnastics team has sold out Coleman Coliseum Alabama made its long trip to the University classroom as well as making a difference in the 10.0s on the balance beam and vault. and the eighth time in the past seven years. of Washington campus and Alaska Airline community around them. Off to a great start, Alabama continued to roll Alabama opened the season with 14,501 for its Arena a successful one, winning the NCAA through the rest of the season, going undefeated meet against Georgia, while a total of 12,457 fans Seattle Regional Championship and advancing in Southeastern Conference competition for the The Regular Season braved stormy weather to see Alabama take on the WRWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSÀQDOVIRUWKHWK ÀUVWWLPHVLQFHDIWHUSRVWLQJD FRQVHFXWLYH\HDU$ODEDPDÀQLVKHGQHDUO\DIXOO It’s hard to get things off to a much better Florida Gators. The Tide also drew 12,936 fans for 196.125 win at LSU. Overall, the Tide lost only SRLQWDKHDGRI WKHUHVWRI WKHÀHOGSRVWLQJWKH VWDUWWKDQ$ODEDPDGLGLQ'XULQJWKHÀUVW LWVWRUQDGRUHOLHI PHHWDJDLQVW0LVVRXULRQWKHÀUVW once in 2012, falling by .150 at then-No. 2 highest score on all four apparatus. The Tide rotation of the season, senior Geralen Stack-Eaton weekend of spring break. The Tide ranked third in Oklahoma, to post an 11-1-0 record. It marked the DOVRZRQIRXURI WKHÀYHLQGLYLGXDOWLWOHV6HQLRU scored a 10.0 on the vault against the Georgia attendance among all collegiate women’s programs 25th time since Sarah and David Patterson took Geralen Stack-Eaton won the all-around as well Bulldogs, leading Alabama to a 49.550 team and joined Tennessee basketball and Utah over the program that Alabama has won 10 or as sharing the uneven bars title with junior Ashley score on vault and the win. Prior to Stack-Eaton’s gymnastics as the only three women’s programs more regular-season meets. 6OHGJHDQGWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHFKDPSLRQVKLSZLWK perfect score, Ashley Miles was the last Alabama to average over 11,000 fans per contest during the Alabama closed the regular season with a win junior Marissa Gutierrez while sophomore Sarah gymnast to earn a 10.0, posting one each on 2011-12 academic year. over North Carolina, marking the Tide’s 29th DeMeo won the balance beam. WKHYDXOWDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH1&$$ consecutive home victory. The Tide’s home win Stack-Eaton was also announced as the NCAA Championships Super Six Team Finals. streak includes a 19-0-0 regular-season mark and The Southeastern Conference Central Region Gymnast of the Year, giving Not to be outdone, three meets later, a 10-0-0 record as host of the 2009 and 2011 After going undefeated against the SEC during Alabama that honor in back-to-back years after sophomore Diandra Milliner scored a 10.0 of her NCAA regional championships. WKHUHJXODUVHDVRQ$ODEDPDÀQLVKHGVHFRQGDWWKH Kayla Hoffman earned the accolade in 2011. 2012 SEC Championships with 196.775. It marked Overall, UA gymnasts have been named the 78 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Individually, senior Rachel Terry and VRSKRPRUH.LP-DFREOHGWKHZD\%RWKÀQLVKHG the season with cumulative GPAs of 4.0. Terry earned her second NCAA Elite 89 Award, given to the student-athlete with highest GPA at the national championships while Jacob was voted the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league’s coaches. Overall, 13 UA gymnasts earned Scholastic All- America accolades in 2012, one shy of the school record set in 2011. Among UA’s 2012 Scholastic All-Americans, ÀYH²7HUU\VHQLRU$VKOH\3ULHVV-DFRE sophomore Lindsey Fowler and sophomore Ria 'RPLHU²ÀQLVKHGWKHVHDVRQZLWKFXPXODWLYH GPAs of 4.0, while all 18 members of the 2012 VTXDGÀQLVKHGWKHVHDVRQZLWKDFXPXODWLYH*3$ of a 3.1 or better. In addition to Domier, Fowler, Jacob, Priess and Terry, juniors Becca Alexin and Ashley Sledge, sophomores Sarah DeMeo and Diandra Milliner, and freshmen Kaitlyn Clark, Lora Leigh Frost, Brooke Parker and Kayla Williams all earned Scholastic All-America in 2012. Alabama also had a conference-record 17 Central Region Gymnast of the Year eight times exercise. The Tide then turned things up a notch, Stack-Eaton, who led the Tide with a career- gymnasts earn a place on the SEC Academic since 1999. scoring a 49.625 on the vault, the highest total of best 39.700 in the all-around during the Super Six, Honor Roll, bettering the previous mark set by the the night on any event. At the halfway point of came back the next day and won the Tide’s 23rd Tide in 2011. The NCAA Championships the meet, Alabama led by .175. A 49.275 on the LQGLYLGXDO1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSDQGÀIWKRQWKH XQHYHQEDUVVHQWWKH7LGHWRLWVÀQDOHYHQWWKH EDODQFHEHDP6KHDOVRÀQLVKHGVHFRQGRQWKH Crimson Tide Honors Less than a month after competing in Duluth, balance beam, .025 behind Florida and in need of ÁRRUH[HUFLVHZKLOHVRSKRPRUH'LDQGUD0LOOLQHU In addition to honoring its back-to-back Ga., in the SEC Championships the Crimson Tide another extraordinary rotation to get past UCLA, was runner-up on the vault. national titles, the Crimson Tide handed was back in the Arena at Gwinnett Center looking ZKLFKZDVVLWWLQJRQDE\HLQWKHÀQDOURWDWLRQ A total of eight Alabama gymnasts earned out several individual accolades during the IRUWKHLUVL[WK1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSDQGÀUVW with a 197.750, and to have a chance against the All-America honors in 2012, led by Stack-Eaton Championship Celebration. back-to-back titles in school history. The going *DWRUVKHDGHGWRÁRRUH[HUFLVHZKHUHWKH\KHOG and Priess with four and three honors, respectively. Senior Ashley Priess earned the Tide’s highest wouldn’t be easy, with one of the most competitive the highest team score of the season. Milliner, junior Marissa Gutierrez and sophomore honor, the Lewis Each Courage Award. She and ÀHOGVLQWKHKLVWRU\RI WKHVSRUWDVVHPEOHGMXVW The lead teetered back and forth throughout Kim Jacob each earned two All-America accolades senior Geralen Stack-Eaton and junior Ashley outside Atlanta. the last rotation and by the time all six Gators had while junior Ashley Sledge, sophomore Sarah Sledge were voted tri-captains. Alabama got the NCAA Championships gone, they had scored a 197.775, .025 ahead of the DeMeo and freshman Kayla Williams all collected The Tide’s senior managers Lauren Adair, 6HPLÀQDOVRII WRDKRWVWDUWZLWKWKHWKLUGKLJKHVW Bruins and waiting to see what Tide senior Ashley one a piece. Caleb Hooks and Russ Guin were presented with balance beam total in school history, a 49.600. Priess would do. It seemed like fate that it would the David Dutton Memorial Award, given to those From there, the Tide never looked back winning come down the Wheaton, Ill., native who was who go above and beyond for the gymnastics WKHHYHQLQJVHVVLRQRI WKHVHPLÀQDOVZLWKD sidelined during the Tide’s 2011 championship run Classroom Excellence program. 197.675, just .025 ahead of the top-seeded Florida following surgery on both ankles. The Crimson Tide followed up its sixth NCAA Assistant coach Dana Duckworth, co- *DWRUV$UNDQVDVÀQLVKHGWKLUGLQWKHHYHQLQJ Fellow senior Geralen Stack-Eaton had scored championship with another stellar performance in founder of ReadBAMARead, earned the David session, putting a trio of SEC teams in the NCAA DLQWKHÀIWKVSRWRI WKH7LGH·VOLQHXSPHDQLQJ the classroom, producing the highest team grade- DeSantis Community Service Award and Lance Super Six Team Finals against the Pac12 trio of that a 9.875 from Priess would tie the Gators, point average among the Southeastern Conference Hocutt, outgoing president of the Tide’s booster UCLA, Utah and Stanford that advanced from the anything better would win. gymnastics teams in 2012 and the eighth best organization the Medalist Club, was presented with afternoon session. Priess left nothing to chance, scoring a near- among all gymnastics programs, after posting the Pat Huet President’s Award. Alabama jumped out to another strong start perfect 9.95 to give the Tide the title by less than a a 3.55 team grade-point average. It marked the LQWKH1&$$6XSHU6L[7HDPÀQDOVSRVWLQJWKH tenth of a point. seventh year in a row UA gymnasts have posted a KLJKHVWVFRUHRI WKHQLJKWDRQWKHÁRRU team GPA of 3.4 or better. ROLLTIDE.COM 79 CHAMPIONS THE 2012 SEASON Team Results Individual Results Date Ala. Rank Ala. Score Opponent (Opp. Rank) Opp. Score Att. Site Overall SEC Jan. 13 No. 2 196.475 Georgia (9) 196.325 14,501 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1-0-0 1-0-0 Becca Alexin V UB BB FX AA Lindsey Fowler V UB BB FX AA Jan. 21 No. 5 196.175 Penn State (9) 196.100 3,016 State College, Pa. 2-0-0 1-0-0 Georgia — 9.800 — — — Florida — — — 9.700e — @Quad Meet — 9.800 — — — @Kentucky — — — 9.650 — Michigan State 192.875 3-0-0 1-0-0 @Auburn — 9.725 — — — North Carolina — — — 9.750e — Cornell 188.850 4-0-0 1-0-0 Florida — 9.825 — — — Career Best — — — 9.650 — Jan. 27 No. 6 196.325 Auburn (16) 196.250 7,299 Auburn, Ala. 5-0-0 2-0-0 @Kentucky — 9.775 — — — Feb. 3 No. 6 197.725 Florida (3) 196.900 12,457 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6-0-0 3-0-0 Arkansas — 9.625 — — — Lora Leigh Frost V UB BB FX AA Feb. 10 No. 2 196.000 Kentucky (26) 194.700 1,644 Lexington, Ky. 7-0-0 4-0-0 @LSU — 9.725 — — — Georgia — — — 9.350 — Feb. 17 No. 6 197.650 Arkansas (5) 196.125 15,075 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 8-0-0 5-0-0 Missouri — 9.775e — — — @Quad Meet — — — 9.850 — Feb. 24 No. 3 197.025 LSU (13) 196.575 4,013 Baton Rouge, La. 9-0-0 6-0-0 North Carolina — 9.850e — — — @Auburn — — — 9.625 — March 2 No. 5 197.150 Oklahoma (2) 197.300 2,139 Norman, Okla. 9-1-0 6-0-0 Career Best — 9.875 — — — Florida — — — 9.625 — @Kentucky — — — 9.675e — March 9 No. 4 197.175 Missouri (14) 195.375 12,936 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 10-1-0 6-0-0 Kaitlyn Clark V UB BB FX AA Arkansas — — — 9.900 — March 16 No. 4 197.625 North Carolina (37) 194.075 9,165 Tuscaloosa, Ala. 11-1-0 6-0-0 Georgia 9.825 9.275 — — — @LSU — — — 9.725 — March 24 No. 3 196.775 SEC Championships 7,170 Duluth, Ga. 2nd @Quad Meet 9.850 9.775 9.600 — — Missouri — — — 9.825 — Florida (1) 197.150 @Auburn 9.850 9.725 — — — North Carolina — — — 9.825 — Georgia (3) 196.575 Florida 9.825 9.825 9.725e — — Career Best — — — 9.900 — LSU (8) 196.425 @Kentucky 9.750 9.750 — — — Kentucky (24) 194.350 Arkansas 9.900 9.800 9.575e — — Marissa Gutierrez V UB BB FX AA Arkansas (10) 194.175 @LSU 9.775 9.800 — — — Georgia 9.875 — 9.225e 9.900 — @Oklahoma 9.875 9.900 — — — @Quad Meet 9.900 — — 9.675 — Auburn (14) 194.100 Missouri 9.800 9.875 — — — @Auburn 9.850 — 9.825 9.725 — April 7 No. 4 197.025 NCAA Seattle Regional 2,251 Seattle, Wash. 1st North Carolina 9.825e 9.775 — — — Florida 9.950 — 9.875 9.925 — LSU (9) 196.075 SEC Champs. 9.875 9.750 — — — @Kentucky 9.900 — 9.750 9.825 — Washington (23) 195.825 NCAA Regional — 9.825 — — — Arkansas 9.875 — 9.800 9.875 — Arizona (16) 195.075 .#!!3EMIlNALS ˆ    ˆ @LSU 9.925 — 9.775 9.825 — Iowa (30) 194.600 NCAA Super Six --- 9.850 ------@Oklahoma 9.875 — 9.325 9.900 — Central Michigan (36) 194.150 Career Best 9.900 9.900 9.600 — — Missouri 9.950 — 9.100 — — !PRIL .O  .#!!#HAMPIONSHIP3EMIlNAL  $ULUTH 'A ST North Carolina 9.850 — 9.825e 9.900 — Sarah DeMeo V UB BB FX AA SEC Champs. 9.900 — — 9.875 — Florida 197.650 Georgia — 9.150 9.775 — — NCAA Regional 9.900 — — 9.875 — Arkansas 197.150 @Quad Meet — 9.850 — — — NCAA Semifinals 9.950 — — 9.850 — Ohio State 196.525 @Auburn — 9.475 9.850 — — NCAA Super Six 9.900 — — 9.900 — Georgia 196.500 Florida — 9.850 9.900 — — @NCAA Individuals 9.8063 — — — — Oregon State 196.475 @Kentucky — 9.175 9.800 — — Career Best 9.950 — 9.875 9.925 — April 21 No. 4 197.850 NCAA Super Six Duluth, Ga. 1st Arkansas — 9.850 9.775 — — Florida (1) 197.775 @LSU — 9.800 9.900 — — Kim Jacob V UB BB FX AA UCLA (2) 197.750 @Oklahoma — 9.850 9.725 — — Georgia — — 9.825 9.825 — Missouri — 9.725 9.825 — — @Quad Meet — — 9.750 9.800 — Stanford (10) 197.500 North Carolina — 9.875 9.950 — — @Auburn 9.750 — 9.850 9.825 — Utah (7) 197.375 SEC Champs. — 9.800 9.825 — — Florida 9.775e — 9.825 9.850 — Arkansas (8) 196.300 NCAA Regional — 9.825 9.900 — — @Kentucky — — 9.850 9.700 — .#!!3EMIlNALS ˆ   ˆ ˆ Arkansas — 9.800e 9.900 9.825 — NCAA Super Six — 9.575 9.775 — — @LSU — — 9.875 9.800 — Career Best 9.875 9.900 9.950 9.875 39.450 @Oklahoma — 9.850 9.825 9.800 — Missouri — 9.850 9.850 9.725 — Hunter Dennis V UB BB FX AA North Carolina — 9.800 9.850 9.825 — @Auburn 9.175e — — — — SEC Champs. — 9.850 9.725 9.850 — @Oklahoma — — — 9.775e — NCAA Regional — 9.850 9.825 9.800 — Missouri — — — 9.775e — .#!!3EMIlNALS ˆ 9.875 9.900 9.850 — Career Best — — — — — NCAA Super Six — 9.800 9.900 9.850 — Career Best 9.825 9.875 9.950 9.875 39.425 Ria Domier V UB BB FX AA Georgia 9.725e — — — — @Quad Meet 9.400e — — — — @Kentucky 9.600e — — — — Arkansas 9.650e — — — — Career Best — — — — —

80 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Diandra Milliner V UB BB FX AA Geralen Stack-Eaton V UB BB FX AA Georgia 9.875 9.100e 9.700 9.700 — Georgia 10.000 9.875 9.850 — — Team Scores NCAA Championships Scores @Quad Meet 9.875 — 9.850 9.825 — @Quad Meet 9.875 9.575 9.500 — — Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals ‡$SULO_'XOXWK*D @Auburn 9.850 9.750 9.750 9.650 39.000 Florida 9.925 9.825 — — — Georgia 49.550 48.625 49.100 49.200 196.475 Florida 10.000 — 9.900 9.900 — @Kentucky 9.775 9.850 — 9.850 — @Quad Meet 49.425 49.075 48.725 48.950 196.175 — SUPER SIX TEAM FINAL @Kentucky 9.825 — 9.800 9.800 — Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals Arkansas 9.950 9.900 9.700 9.950 39.500 @Auburn 49.325 48.975 49.200 48.825 196.325 Arkansas 9.925 — 9.825 9.925 — @LSU 9.750 9.875 9.875 9.900 39.400 Alabama 49.625 49.275 49.500 49.450 197.850 Florida 49.600 49.250 49.425 49.450 197.725 @LSU 9.925 — 9.225 9.900 — @Oklahoma 9.950 9.900 9.775 9.900 39.525 Florida 49.475 49.425 49.475 49.400 197.775 @Oklahoma 9.875 9.800e 9.775 9.825 — Missouri 9.825 9.900 9.925 9.900 39.550 @Kentucky 49.100 49.000 48.850 49.050 196.000 UCLA 49.525 49.475 49.400 49.350 197.750 Missouri 9.900 — 9.850 — — North Carolina 9.825 9.800 9.900 9.925 39.450 Arkansas 49.525 49.300 49.225 49.600 197.650 Stanford 49.550 49.350 49.325 49.275 197.500 North Carolina 9.950 — 9.725 — — SEC Champs. 9.725 9.900 9.700 9.900 39.225 @LSU 49.300 49.150 49.350 49.225 197.025 SEC Champs. 9.800 — 9.775 9.825 — Utah 49.400 49.300 49.350 49.325 197.375 NCAA Regional 9.850 9.900 9.775 9.875 39.400 @Oklahoma 49.525 49.450 48.925 49.250 197.150 NCAA Regional 9.850 — 9.800 9.775 — NCAA Semifinals 9.800 9.900 9.950 9.900 39.600 Arkansas 49.450 49.175 49.225 48.450 196.300 .#!!3EMIlNALS  ˆ   ˆ NCAA Super Six 9.975 9.875 9.900 9.950 39.700 Missouri 49.325 49.350 49.325 49.175 197.175 NCAA Super Six 9.950 — 9.850 9.900 — @NCAA Individuals — — 9.9375 9.9375 — North Carolina 49.475 49.275 49.525 49.350 197.625 @NCAA Individuals 9.825 — — — — Career Best 10.000 9.925 9.950 9.950 39.700 @SEC Championships 49.325 49.275 48.825 49.350 196.775 — PRELIMINARIES Career Best 10.000 9.825 9.900 9.925 39.450 @NCAA Regionals 49.325 49.350 49.225 49.125 197.025 AFTERNOON SESSION Rachel Terry V UB BB FX AA .#!!3EMIlNAL   49.600 49.275 197.675 Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals Brooke Parker V UB BB FX AA @Kentucky — 9.625e — — — UCLA 49.275 49.450 49.325 49.350 197.400 @Auburn — 9.000e — 9.200e — North Carolina — 9.625e — — — @NCAA Super Six 49.625 49.275 49.500 49.450 197.850 Florida — 9.600e — — — Career Best 9.900 9.875 — 9.850 — Season Best 49.625 49.450 49.600 49.600 197.850 Utah 49.525 49.225 49.175 49.275 197.200 Arkansas — — — 9.800e — Stanford 49.300 49.300 49.375 49.150 197.125 @Oklahoma — — — 9.600 — Hannah Toussaint V UB BB FX AA Oklahoma 49.125 49.225 49.325 49.250 196.925 Missouri — — — 9.750 — @Kentucky — — 8.925e — — Season High Scores Nebraska 49.225 49.150 49.000 49.250 196.625 Career Best — — — 9.750 — Career Best — — 9.875 9.875 — Gymnast V UB BB FX AA LSU 49.250 48.950 49.250 49.100 196.550 Ashley Priess V UB BB FX AA Kayla Williams V UB BB FX AA Becca Alexin — 9.825 — — — Georgia — 9.875 9.850 9.900 — Georgia 9.800 — — — — Kaitlyn Clark 9.900 9.900 9.600 — — EVENING SESSION @Quad Meet — 9.850 9.775 9.225 — @Quad Meet 9.800 — — — — Sarah DeMeo — 9.875 9.950 — — Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals @Auburn — 9.925 9.925 9.775 — @Auburn 9.850 — — — — Lindsey Fowler — — — 9.650 — Alabama 49.400 49.400 49.600 49.275 197.675 Florida 9.875 9.875 9.900 9.900 39.550 @Kentucky 9.750 — — — — @Kentucky — 9.825 9.625 — — Arkansas 9.875 — — — — Lora Leigh Frost — — — 9.900 — Florida 49.575 49.450 49.350 49.275 197.650 Arkansas — 9.900 9.925 9.950 — @LSU 9.800 — — — — Marissa Gutierrez 9.950 — 9.875 9.925 — Arkansas 49.275 49.275 49.450 49.150 197.150 @LSU — 9.875 9.925 9.800 — @Oklahoma 9.825e — — — — Kim Jacob 9.750 9.875 9.900 9.850 — Ohio State 49.175 48.975 49.225 49.150 196.525 @Oklahoma 9.950 9.875 — 9.825 — Missouri 9.850e — 9.850e — — Diandra Milliner 10.000 9.750 9.900 9.925 39.000 Georgia 49.600 49.400 48.275 49.225 196.500 Missouri 9.850 9.850 9.875 9.875 39.450 North Carolina 9.875 — 9.900 — — Brooke Parker — — — 9.750 — Oregon State 49.050 49.150 49.300 48.975 196.475 North Carolina 9.925 9.900 9.925 9.875 39.625 SEC Champs. — — 9.800 — — SEC Champs. 9.875 9.875 9.700 9.900 39.350 NCAA Regional 9.800 — 9.825 — — Ashley Priess 9.950 9.925 9.950 9.950 39.625 NCAA Regional 9.875 9.875 9.875 9.725 39.350 NCAA Semifinals 9.850 — 9.900 — — Ashley Sledge 9.975 9.925 9.850 9.875 39.450 NCAA Semifinals 9.800 9.900 9.950 9.825 39.475 NCAA Super Six 9.900 — 9.900 — — Geralen Stack-Eaton 10.000 9.900 9.950 9.950 39.700 NCAA Regional NCAA Super Six 9.900 9.875 9.950 9.850 39.575 Career Best 9.900 — 9.900 — — Kayla Williams 9.900 — 9.900 — — NCAA Individuals — — 9.850 — — TEAM TOTALS 49.625 49.450 49.600 49.600 197.850 Championships Scores Career Best 9.950 9.925 9.950 9.950 39.625 ‡$SULO_6HDWWOH:DVK Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals Ashley Sledge V UB BB FX AA Georgia 9.975 9.800 9.800 9.875 39.450 Alabama 49.325 49.350 49.225 49.125 197.025 @Quad Meet 9.925 9.800 9.750 9.800 39.275 LSU 49.000 48.925 49.100 49.050 196.075 @Auburn 9.925 9.850 8.700 9.850 38.325 Washington 49.200 49.075 48.675 48.875 195.825 Florida 9.850 9.875 9.850 9.875 39.450 Arizona 49.100 48.100 49.000 48.875 195.075 @Kentucky 9.850 9.800 9.650 9.875 39.175 Iowa 48.625 48.950 48.425 48.600 194.600 Arkansas 9.875 9.850 — — — @LSU 9.875 9.800 — — — C’trl Michigan 48.650 49.025 48.325 48.150 194.150 @Oklahoma 9.875 9.925 9.825 — — Missouri 9.725 9.875 — 9.825 — North Carolina 9.875 9.900 — 9.800 — SEC Champs. 9.875 9.850 — 9.825 — SEC Championships Scores NCAA Regional 9.850 9.900 — 9.800 — ‡0DUFK_'XOXWK*D .#!!3EMIlNALS   ˆ  ˆ Vault Bars Beam Floor Totals NCAA Super Six 9.875 9.875 — 9.850 — Florida 49.525 49.375 49.050 49.200 197.150 Career Best 9.975 9.925 9.850 9.900 39.450 Alabama 49.325 49.275 48.825 49.350 196.775 Georgia 49.175 49.200 49.050 49.150 196.575 LSU 49.375 48.900 49.000 49.150 196.425 Kentucky 49.000 48.575 48.725 48.050 194.350 Arkansas 49.050 48.850 48.700 47.575 194.175 Auburn 48.900 48.825 48.675 47.700 194.100

ROLLTIDE.COM 81 CHAMPIONS CRIMSON TIDE HISTORY: A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE – A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS It started quietly. The University She didn’t ask about salary, or facilities or the equipment and the mats and at the end of in 1991, 1996, 2002, 2011 and 2012. Under equipment. When the letter came asking if she every practice we’d have to break it all down their direction, Alabama is the only gymnastics of Alabama’s brand-new gymnastics would be Alabama’s head coach, Patterson, again.” program to win NCAA championships in four all of 22 years old and just out of Slippery Things progressed quickly though. Their different decades. VTXDGXQGHUWKHGLUHFWLRQRI 5LNL Rock State College, gave the Crimson Tide an ÀUVWVHDVRQ6DUDKDQG'DYLGVFRXUHGWKH Everything else has progressed as well. emphatic and unequivocal “yes.” dorms on campus looking for anyone with Alabama is also one of the nation’s top 6XWWRQWKDWÀUVW\HDUFDPHWRJHWKHU  +HUÀUVWPRYHDV$ODEDPD·VFRDFKZDV WXPEOLQJH[SHULHQFHMXVWVRWKH\FRXOGÀOOWKHLU academic programs, earning a national-best 12 to hire David Patterson, coming out of his lineup. They were though, doing some far more NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and over in the fall of 1974 and would freshman year as a Crimson Tide diver, as LPSRUWDQWUHFUXLWLQJIDUWKHUDÀHOG 246 SEC Academic Honor Roll honors. And an assistant coach. The couple, married in  ,QVLJQLQJWKHLUÀUVWFODVV6DUDKDQG'DYLG long gone are the days of stray volleyballs FRPSHWHIRUWKHÀUVWWLPHLQ-DQXDU\ 1984, then turned to the task at hand, taking a made one basic promise to their recruits. They Á\LQJWKURXJKSUDFWLFH6LQFHWKH7LGH team without a winning season and creating a promised the freshmen of 1980 that they has trained in a state-of-the art practice facility RI 7KDWÀUVWWHDPÀQLVKHG juggernaut that has performed at the highest would go to the national championships. dedicated to gymnastics alone. third at the state championships and conceivable level for three decades.  ´7KHÀUVWUHDOGHÀQLQJPRPHQWRI RXU The fanbase has grown by leaps and Fast foward 34 years and “Dancing with SURJUDPZDVWKHÀUVW\HDUZHZHQWWR1&$$Vµ bounds. Alabama gymnastics is one of the top sixth at the regionals. Through the the Stars”, “American Idol” and “Modern 6DUDKVDLG´2XUÀUVWUHFUXLWLQJFODVVZDVLQ draws in women’s collegiate athletics, averaging Family” are keeping everyone glued to the TV their senior year. We had promised them that a school and SEC-record 13,786 fans in 2010 ÀUVWIRXUVHDVRQVRI WKHSURJUDP set while “The Avengers” reigns supreme at we would make it to NCAAs. In their junior and ranked second in the nation for all women’s WKHER[RIÀFH2QWKHUDGLRWKHODGLHVUXOHWKH \HDUZHÀQLVKHGWKDQGWKH\WRRNWHDPV sports in 2011 and third in 2012. That wasn’t there are four different coaches and chart with Adele, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and At the end of 1982, we all knew that we had always the case, though. Taylor Swift topping the music charts. And RQH\HDUWRIXOÀOORXUFRPPLWPHQWWRWKHVH “In the early days, we’d have three dozen QRZLQQLQJVHDVRQVDQGWKHUHLVWDON ÀQGVWKHOLWWOHSURJUDPWKDWFRXOGQ·WTXLWH ladies. Seeing it happen their senior year, people and two dozen would be Ann Wood’s ÀQGLWVIHHWEHIRUH6DUDKDQG'DYLG3DWWHUVRQ making it to the NCAA Championships — I family and friends,” Sarah Patterson said. about discontinuing the program. came along has won six NCAA championships, couldn’t have been prouder.” Most importantly to the Pattersons is that seven Southeastern Conference crowns, 27  2QHSURPLVHIXOÀOOHGDQGDQRWKHUJRDO the student-athletes who helped turn Alabama 7KDWWDONZLOOFRPHWRDQDEUXSW NCAA Regional titles, 23 individual NCAA on the horizon. Sarah and David built their into a national powerhouse have themselves halt soon though, because things championships and earned 277 All-America program, almost from scratch on the simple developed into outstanding women making honors. premise that Alabama would develop the a difference in the world around them. The are about to get better for the young The adventures along the way came fast whole person instead of just the athlete. From 7LGH·VDOOWLPHURVWHULVÀOOHGZLWKGRFWRUV and furious. Sarah found herself explaining the beginning, Patterson-coached student- lawyers, mothers and executives all excelling at program, much, much better. to her boss Paul “Bear” Bryant, the Tide’s athletes excelled not only in the gym, but the highest level. legendary football coach and athletics director, in the classroom as well. And beyond that, “We are so proud of all the ladies who In the summer of 1978, why a wrestling with a hole in the middle they developed lives outside of both. By the have come through our program and every ZRXOGQ·WGRDVDÁRRUH[HUFLVHPDW mid-1980s, the Pattersons began to wonder if championship won and every honor earned,” ´*UHDVHµUHLJQHGDWWKHER[RIÀFH “Once I explained what we needed,” their system would take the Tide to a national Sarah Patterson said. “But more than anything, Sarah Patterson said, “Coach Bryant told championship. They began to wonder if the we are proud of the tremendously rich and DQG$%%$·V´7DNHD&KDQFHRQ coach Sam Bailey (Bryant’s right-hand man Tide could truly have the best of all worlds. full lives they go on to lead after graduation. administratively) to get us what we needed. The answer came as another emphatic yes in To have been a small part of their success is a 0HµÀOOHGGDQFHÁRRUVFRDVWWRFRDVW Coach Bryant wanted all our sports to be ZKHQWKH7LGHZRQLWVÀUVW6RXWKHDVWHUQ great thrill.” “Laverne and Shirley” was the most winners and he was willing to provide us with Conference and NCAA championships. That attitude has created more than one of the tools.” “Before ‘88, I think sometimes we looked the nation’s best overall athletic programs, it has popular TV series on the air, though And the facilities that Sarah hadn’t asked back and said, ‘Maybe you can’t have this built a family that stretches back to the class of about when taking the job, started as Foster philosophy of developing the whole person 1979 and up through the freshmen of 2012. it was in re-runs. It is the summer of Auditorium, where the Tide shared its practice and be number one.’ When we won, it was a And that mindset gives credence to another top space with the volleyball team. validation of that philosophy. We could do it song from 1978 by Sister Sledge, one that sums 1978 and things are about to turn “It was interesting,” David Patterson said. this way and be successful on all fronts. We may XSWKHÀUVW\HDUVRI $ODEDPDJ\PQDVWLFV “Every once in a while you’d have a stray not win every year, but we will be successful.” under Sarah and David Patterson. “We are around for the Crimson Tide, because volleyball come zinging through practice.  $QGMXVWWRSURYHWKDWZDVQRÁXNH family … I got all my sisters and me…” Sarah Patterson has said yes. Before every practice we’d have to set up all the Pattersons led the Tide to NCAA titles 82 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA GREAT MOMENTS IN ALABAMA GYMNASTICS HISTORY OneO of the Geralen greatest Stack-Eaton legacies in closes out ccollegiate her amazing athletics continues when Crimson Tide career on July 1, 2012, Sarah by winning her second and David Patterson individual NCAA begin their 35th year championship and coaching the Alabama Alabama’s 23rd overall gymnastics team. They on April 22, 2012, by are the longest-tenured taking top honors on coaches in Alabama the balance beam. The athletics history and own Horsham, Pa., native six NCAA championships ALSOlNISHESSECONDON and 30 consecutive THEmOOREXERCISEAFTER NCAA Championships AfterA leading the Alabama gymnastics program winning the event in appearances. Together, the to numerous titles, both team and individual, on 2011. She is the sixth Pattersons have won NCAA the national, regional and conference level, the Alabama gymnast to championships in the UUniversity of Alabama bestows a singular honor on win multiple national 1980s, 1990s and 2000s the Crimson Tide’s legendary head gymnastics coach when the titles and the fourth to as well as two already the Board of Trustees announce on June 15, 2012 that it will name win NCAA gold on two SWITHTHElRSTBACK the newly approved Champions Plaza for Sarah Patterson. The different apparatus. to-back national titles of plaza, which will be located in front of Coleman Coliseum, will their careers coming in include brick and precision concrete walls and will honor each 2011 and 2012. of Alabama’s varsity sports and their history. There will be special recognition of Alabama’s NCAA and SEC championship teams, as well as every Crimson Tide team’s history.

)NASCENARIOTHATFEELSFAMILIAR !LABAMAGOESINTOTHElNAL rotation of the NCAA Championships on April 21, 2012, within .025 of the Florida Gators, with one team headed TOTHEBALANCEBEAMANDTHEOTHERTOTHEmOOREXERCISE "UTUNLIKETHEYEARBEFORE WHEN!LABAMAlNISHEDOFFITSlFTH.#!! TITLEONTHEmOOREXERCISETOBEAT5#,! THISTIMEITWASTHE#RIMSON Tide headed to the beam and instead of leading by .025, as it had in 2011, Alabama trailed Florida by the smallest margin possible. The lNALOUTCOMEWASTHESAMETHOUGH AS!LABAMAPOSTEDATO beat the Gators by .075 and third-place UCLA by a tenth of a point, THESMALLESTMARGINBETWEENlRSTANDTHIRDIN.#!!HISTORY)TMARKS THElRSTTIMETHAT!LABAMAHASWONBACK TO BACKNATIONALTITLES4HE Tide’s victory is assured by senior Ashley Priess, who scores a 9.95 in THECHAMPIONSHIPSlNALROUTINE)TWASAlTTINGlNISHFORTHE7HEATON  Ill., native who was sidelined during Alabama’s 2011 championship run following surgery on both ankles. Led by senior Geralen Stack-Eaton’s career-best 39.700 all-around score, Alabama posts the highest SCORESOFTHENIGHTONTHEVAULT mOOREXERCISEANDOFCOURSEBALANCE beam. A total of eight UA gymnasts earn 16 All-America honors, led by Stack-Eaton’s four honors and three by Priess. Junior Marissa Gutierrez and sophomores Kim Jacob and Diandra Milliner earn a pair of All- America honors while junior Ashley Sledge, sophomore Sarah DeMeo and freshman Kayla Williams earn one each. Senior Rachel Terry, junior Becca Alexin, sophomores Olivia Carisella, Ria Domier, Lindsey Fowler and Hannah Toussaint, and freshmen Kaitlyn Clark, Hunter Dennis, Lora Leigh Frost and Brooke Parker round out Alabama’s championship team. ROLLTIDE.COM 83 CHAMPIONS GREAT MOMENTS IN ALABAMA GYMNASTICS HISTORY When Rachel Terry accepts the On her way to being NCAA Elite 89 Award on April one of the most 19, 2012, during the NCAA decorated student- Championships banquet in athletes in Alabama $ULUTH 'A SHEBECAMETHElRSTGYMNAST history, Kayla Hoffman adds to earn the award twice. The Hoover, Ala., SEC Female Athlete of the native’s two-year reign in 2011 and 2012 Year honors to her resume also keeps the award, which is presented when SEC Commissioner Mike annually to the student-athlete with the Slive hands her the honor at highest cumulative grade-point average the SEC Legends Dinner on PARTICIPATINGATTHElNALSSITEFOREACH December 2, 2011. She is the of the NCAA championships, exclusive to lFTH#RIMSON4IDEGYMNAST the Crimson Tide after Kassi Price won and sixth Alabama athlete to the inaugural award in 2010. Terry, who earn the award. carried a perfect 4.0 GPA for her career, graduated from the Capstone with a degree in early childhood education in May 2012, as both an All-American and Scholastic All-American.

Every year, athletics directors around the country select the nation’s top senior student-athletes, regardless of gender or NCAA division, and honor them with the NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award. On November 1, 2011, the NCAA announces that Kayla Hoffman is the fourth Crimson Tide gymnast to earn the award, which recognizes senior student-athletes who have completed their athletic eligibility for their success in competition, in the classroom and in the AlreadyAl named the Bryant Award Winner, community. giveng annually to the athletic department’s ttop student-athlete, the SEC Gymnast of the YeYear, the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year and the NCAA Central Region Gymnast of the Year, Kayla Hoffman adds to her growing list of honors on June 9, 2011, when she not only earns First Team Academic All-America honors, but is also honored as KaylaKa Hoffman reaps the rewards of a truly remarkable senior season when she the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the is named the 2011 Honda Award winner on April 27, 2011. She is the sixth UA Year. Hoffman is the second Alabama gymnast to earn ggymnast to win the honor that annually recognizes the nation’s best gymnast. the accolade, joining 2004 honoree Stephanie Kite.

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Alabama goes into THElNALROTATION of the NCAA Championships leading UCLA by the slightest of margins and comes out on the other side as national champions on April 16, 2011, in Cleveland, Ohio. Alabama starts the meet with the highest scoring vault rotation of the day ANDlNISHESWITHTHEHIGHEST mOOREXERCISESCORELEDBYJUNIOR Geralen Stack-Eaton’s 9.925 and senior Kayla Hoffman’s  THETWOHIGHESTmOOR scores of the meet. Leading the Bruins by just .025 going INTOTHElNALROTATION !LABAMA ends up winning by more than a quarter of a point, posting a 197.650, its second-highest An extraordinary weekend in Cleveland, Ohio, turns golden all over again on score of the season, to UCLA’s AprilA 17, 2011, when Geralen Stack-Eaton follows up the Crimson Tide’s 197.375. In addition to giving teamte win the day before with the NCAA Floor Exercise Championship. !LABAMAITSlFTH.#!!TITLE THE It is the junior’s fourth postseason title of the year and Alabama’s 22nd victory, coming on the heels of individual national title. SEC and NCAA Regional titles, also caps the Tide’s second championship “triple crown.” On March 19, 2011, for the Seven Alabama gymnasts ssecond time in three years earn 13 All-America honors aand seventh time overall, led by Stack-Eaton’s four ththe honors and Hoffman’s three. raises the Southeastern Conference Freshman Kim Jacob earns a Championship trophy aloft. Starting pair of All-America honors while on the uneven bars, Alabama got sophomores Marissa Gutierrez better with every rotation and was and Ashley Sledge along with led by junior Geralen Stack-Eaton, rookies Sarah DeMeo and who won the balance beam and Diandra Milliner all earn one mOOREXERCISETITLES ANDSENIOR each. Seniors Alyssa Chapman Kayla Hoffman, who won the vault and Megan Mashburn, juniors title with a 9.95. In addition to Rachel Terry and Ashley Priess, Stack-Eaton and Hoffman, who both sophomore Becca Alexin and EARNEDlRSTTEAM!LL 3%#HONORS  freshmen Olivia Carisella, Ria sophomores Marissa Gutierrez and Domier, Lindsey Fowler, Jordan Ashley Sledge both earn second team Moore and Hannah Toussaint honors while rookies Sarah DeMeo, are also part of Alabama’s Kim Jacob and Diandra Milliner championship team. earn both second team and SEC All- Freshman accolades. Seniors Alyssa Chapman and Megan Mashburn, juniors Rachel Terry and Ashley OnOn March 19, 2011, Kayla Hoffman kicks her senior season into high gear Priess, sophomore Becca Alexin, WWHENSHEBECOMESTHElRSTSTUDENT ATHLETEINLEAGUEHISTORYTOWINBOTH and freshmen Olivia Carisella, Ria SSEC Gymnast of the Year and the SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Domier, Lindsey Fowler, Jordan Moore YeYear honors in the same season. and Hannah Toussaint round out the Tide’s championship roster. ROLLTIDE.COM 85 CHAMPIONS GREAT MOMENTS IN ALABAMA GYMNASTICS HISTORY -ORETHAN FANSCAMETOTHE#RIMSON4IDESlRST0OWEROF0INKMEETINFOLLOWEDBYAN!LABAMAAND 3%#RECORD FANSTHENEXTYEAR4HATSECOND0OWEROF0INKMEETALSOSAWTHElRSTCHECKPRESENTATIONTO THE$#("REAST#ANCER&UNDn !FASTlVEYEARSLATER THEPROCEEDSOFTHE4USCALOOSA4OYOTA$#( &OUNDATION'OLF#LASSICANDTHElFTH.ITEONTHE'REENFUNDRAISERSIN/CTOBERPUSHTHE$#("REAST#ANCER&UNDTOA major milestone. On Feb. 19, 2011, prior to the start of the seventh annual Power of Pink meet, a check for $1 million dollars, representing the total raised for the DCH Breast Cancer Fund since its inception, is presented to the DCH Foundation in front of 14,000-plus cheering fans.

It has become such a CrimsonC Tide habit that itit’s doubtful many fans noticed when on April 10, 2010, Alabama passed another milestone, winning its 25th NCAA Regional title. On the way to the victory, which propelled the Tide to its 28th consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, UA Kassi Price, who earned countless academic honors during her gymnasts swept the individual Crimson Tide career, takes home the inaugural NCAA Elite 88 Award events with sophomores on April 24, 2010. The honor, which Sarah Patterson called the Geralen Stack-Eaton and Ashley culminating honor of Price’s career, is presented to the student-athlete 0RIESSTAKINGlRSTANDSECOND with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the respectively in the all-around. The lNALSSITEFOREACHOFTHE.#!!SCHAMPIONSHIPS0RICERECEIVESTHE Tide’s regional title total ranks as award at the NCAA Championship Awards Brunch, during which she is the best in the nation. Only four also recognized with her third uneven bars All-American honor. times since NCAA competition began in 1982, has Alabama not )NANOTHERlRST +ASSI0RICEBECOMESTHElRST!LABAMA won a regional team title, and all student-athlete to earn a place on the prestigious CoSIDA four times the Tide was second. Academic All-American At-Large Team three times in a CAREERWHENSHEISNAMEDTOTHElRSTTEAMONMay 20, 2010. The at-large team spans 13 women’s sports, including bowling, ROWING FENCING lELDHOCKEY GOLF GYMNASTICS ICEHOCKEY  LACROSSE RImE SKIING SWIMMINGANDDIVING TENNISANDWATER polo.

&ORGEDINTHElREOFATOUGHREGULARSEASON !LABAMASTEAMSTARTS to peak at just the right time and on March 21, 2009, with a total team performance, Alabama wins its sixth Southeastern Conference Championship. The Crimson Tide starts the meet in Nashville, Tenn. withh THEBESTVAULTSCOREOFTHEMEETANDNEVERLETSUP lNISHINGOFFWITHA TO beat second-place Georgia by nearly four-tenths of a point. Junior Morgan Dennis OPENSTHEMEETBYWINNINGTHE3%#VAULTTITLEANDlNISHESOFFTHE4IDESTITLEWITH AWINONTHEmOOREXERCISE3HEEARNS!LL 3%#HONORSFORTHETHIRDYEARINAROW Junior Ricki Lebegern, sophomore Kayla Hoffman and freshman Ashley Priess all earn second team All-SEC honors while rookies Priess, Geralen Stack-Eaton and Caitlin Sullivan make up more than half of the SEC All-Freshman list. Seniors Brittany Magee, Amanda Montgomery and Ashley O’Neal, juniors Alyssa Chapman, Casey Overton, Kassi Price and Jacqueline Shealy, sophomore Megan Mashburn along with freshmen Jocelyn Fowler, Erika Pearson and Rachel Terry all do their part to bring home the big trophy to Tuscaloosa.

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"EINGlRSTISNOTNEWTO"ARBARA-ACK(ARDING!SAN!LABAMAGYMNASTINTHEEARLYS SHEWASTHElRST ANDTODATEONLY  FRESHMANTOBECHOSENCAPTAINOFA3ARAH0ATTERSONCOACHEDTEAM3HEALSOLED!LABAMATOITSlRST.#!!CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCEASASOPHOMOREIN(ARDINGWASAMONG!LABAMASlRST!LL !MERICANSAND.#!!2EGIONALAND3%# Champions. And on September 6, 2008 SHELEDTHEWAYAGAIN BECOMINGTHElRSTFEMALETOBEHONOREDWITHTHE0AUL7"RYANTT Alumni-Athlete Award, which recognizes those outstanding alumni whose accomplishments since leaving the Capstone represent excellence in the areas of character, contributions to society, professional achievement and service to their community. It wasn’t THElRSTTIMETHAT(ARDINGWASHONOREDWITHANAWARDBEARINGTHENAMEOF!LABAMASLEGENDARYFOOTBALLCOACH WHOWONSIX national championships with the Crimson Tide during his 25-year Alabama career. She was the inaugural winner of the Paul W. Bryant Scholar-Athlete Award as a senior in 1985.

AlabamaA caps the 2007 season with a pairp of individual NCAA championships ono April 26, 2007, when junior and freshman Morgan Dennis take home the nation’s top prize on the uneven bars and mOOREXERCISE RESPECTIVELY(UMPHREY WHOALSOWON WhenWh Alabama sells out its 2008 meeting with the 2005 NCAA Uneven Bars title, is the sixth Tide Georgia,G it is exciting, but nothing new. The gymnast to win multiple national championships. TideT has sold out one meet each of the two $ENNISBECOMESTHElFTH!LABAMAGYMNASTTOWIN previouspr seasons and three times prior to the an NCAA title as a rookie. It is the sixth year in a 2008 season, but on Feb. 8, 2008, the Crimson Tide row that Alabama has won at least one individual once again makes history by selling out its second meet NCAA title. in as many weeks with 15,075 on hand to see Alabama take on Arkansas. The Tide, one of only two schools to draw more than 12,000 for a single meet, becomes the lRSTPROGRAMINCOLLEGIATEGYMNASTICSHISTORYTOHAVE 15,000-plus fans at two meets in a single season.

On May 3, 2006, Ashleyshley Miles wins AAlabama’slabbama’s sixth Honda AwaAward,rd, Already a legend, Ashley Mileses cappingc a senior seasoneason that includesincludes her fourthfourth NCAANCAA title with the secures her legacy on April nationaln gymnast of the year award. A month later, she becomes a top-top- 22, 2006, by winning her thirdrd lNALISTFORTHE(ONDA "RODERICK#UP GIVENANNUALLYTOTHENAl NDA "RODERICK#UP GIVENANNUALLYTOTHENATIONTIONSTOPSTOP NCAA vault championship, makingmaking herher onlyonly female athletes. Shehe receives her HondaHondda Award in front of 92,000-plus92,000-plus the second gymnast in NCAA history,history, and fans at half timeme of an Alabama footballfootball game.game. lRSTINMORETHANYEARS TOWINATRIOOFOWINATRIOOF VAULTTITLES3HElNISHEDHERCAREERWITHFOURCAREER WITH FOUR individual national titles, tyingng her forfor third in NCAA history. OnOn OctoberOctober 29,29, 20052005, Michelle ReeserReeeser caps offoff her CrimsonCrimsonn Tide career by beingbeing honoredhoonored at thethe NCAANCAA WomanWoman ofof thethe YearYear Doing the amazing is nothing BanquetBanquet inin .Indianapolis. new for Ashley Miles, and She is thethe fourthfourth Alabama so no one is surprised when gymnast toto be named a top-10top-10 on March 25, 2006, she becomeses lNALISTFORTHEHONORANDTHENINTHTOBElNALISTFORTHEHONORANDTHENINTHTOBE THElRSTGYMNASTIN3OUTHEASTERNRN honored asas a state winner. As a senior,senior, TheyT came in droves to support Sarah Patterson’s Power of Pink Conference history to win the ReeserReeser earnedearnned All-AmericaAll-America honorshonors on initiativein and they brought their friends, and on January 20, 2006, for same event four years in a row thethe balancebalancee beambeam andand was namednamed oonlyn the second time in school history, an Alabama gymnastics meet TAKINGHOMETHE3%#mOOREXERCISECISE the SEC GymnasticsGymmnastics Scholar-Scholar- sells out, drawing a Southeastern Conference and Alabama record 15,162 fans TITLE3HElNISHESHERCAREERWITHTH AthleteAthlete ofof thethe Year.Year. to Coleman Coliseum. It is the largest collegiate gymnastics crowd in the nation 20 individual postseason titles, since 1993 and the third largest all-time. Everyone at the UA-Florida gymnastics including four NCAA championships,ships, meet, both teams included, wears pink in support of “Drive 4 the Cause.” The meet six SEC titles and 10 NCAA Regionalional RAISESAWARENESSFORTHElGHTAGAINSTBREASTCANCER championships.

ROLLTIDE.COM 87 CHAMPIONS GREAT MOMENTS IN ALABAMA GYMNASTICS HISTORY Jeana Rice won six postseason titles as a senior, including a clean sweep of the Southeastern Conference, NCAA West Regional and NCAA All-Around Championships and lNISHESHERCAREERWITHAN.#!! record 18 All-America honors. For all that she accomplished, on April 23, 2004, Rice is named the 2004 Honda Award Winner given annually to the AshleyA Miles had scored other 10s, nation’s best gymnast. It marks the anda she’d even scored 10s at the lFTHTIMEAN!LABAMAGYMNASTEARNS NCNCAA Championships before, but that recognition. She is also named none were as dramatic as her back-to-back On August 22, 2004, freshman-to-be Terin Humphrey, SEC “Athlete of the Year” by the 10s on April 22, 2005, during the NCAA Super wwho had already helped guide the United States conference’s athletics directors. Six Team Final, when the San Antonio, Texas ttoo a silver medal in the team competition at the NATIVEPOSTSPERFECTMARKSONTHEmOOREXERCISE 202004 Athens Olympics, earns a silver of her own on and vault, leading Alabama to a second-place the uneven bars. When she joins the Crimson Tide on On April 17, 2004, Ashley Miles TEAMlNISH Dec. 26, 2004, after traveling with the T.J. Maxx Tour of BECOMESTHElRST#RIMSON4IDE #HAMPIONSTHROUGHTHEFALL SHEBECOMESTHE4IDESlRST gymnast to defend an NCAA /LYMPIANANDlRST/LYMPICMEDALIST(UMPHREYKEEPS vault title. For good measure, she THINGSROLLINGALONGINTHATlRSTSEASONWITHTHE4IDE  throws in the NCAA Floor Exercise winning the NCAA Uneven Bars Championship. title as well. Miles becomes the lRST!LABAMAGYMNASTTOWINTWO different NCAA apparatus titles in the same season. In addition to In a show of WINNINGTHE.#!!mOOREXERCISE overwhelming crown, Miles repeats as SEC and generosity, .#!!2EGIONALmOOREXERCISE businessman champion. Steve Smith makes a $1 On March million gift to the Crimson 8, 2003, Tradition Fund in honor of his mother, a life-long Sarah Alabama fan who Patterson “never misses a home is inducted gymnastics meet.” In into the honor of his donation, Alabama the University of Sports Hall of Not only will Kristin Sterner graduate with three Alabama gymnastics Fame. She is championship rings, including one for the 2002 NCAA practice facility, part just the sixth of the Coleman Coliseum championship and one each for the 2000 and 2003 woman ever Annex, is dedicated the “Frances Smith Southeastern Conference titles, but she will also earn 11 elected to the Gymnastics Practice Facility” on November 5, 2004. All-America honors, serve as the Tide’s captain as a junior and hall and the senior and post a 3.9 grade-point average in biology during lRSTFEMALECOACHh)TSMYNAMETHEYREGOINGTOCALL her standout career. Such excellence is recognized on May 29, On January 12, 2003, Andreé Pickens caps a careerr thatthat is out,” Sarah Patterson said of the honor. “But as anybody 2003, when Sterner is named the Southeastern Conference’s second to none with the most prestigious award givenven byby the who has followed our program knows, it is honoring Scholar-Athlete of the Year. It marks the third time in school NCAA. The 14-time All-American and two-time NCAAAA championchampion what David and I have accomplished together.” The history that an Alabama gymnast has earned this award, with is chosen as one of the NCAA Today’s Top VIII, an awardward that induction comes on the heels of the Tide’s fourth NCAA Sterner joining Julie Estin (1987) and Meredith Willard (1997). spans both men and women as well as all sports andnd divisions ofof thethe championship under the Pattersons and Sarah Patterson Sterner will also earn the prestigious NCAA Top VIII Award, NCAA. Not only is Pickens chosen for this award, shee is also asked being named National Coach of the Year for a fourth time. making her the third Alabama gymnast to do so, joining to give the keynote address, delivering a speech thatat bringsbrings thosethose )TPRECEDES!LABAMAWINNINGITSlFTH3%#CHAMPIONSHIP Willard (1997) and Andreé Pickens (2002). gathered at the NCAA Convention to their feet. UNDERTHE0ATTERSONSANDPOSTINGITSTHTOP lNISHAT THE.#!!#HAMPIONSHIPS WHERETHE4IDElNISHESSECOND 88 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA After wowing fans throughout the season with her soaring vaults, on April 26, 2003, freshman Ashley Miles impresses the toughest crowd of all by winning THE#RIMSON4IDESlRSTNATIONALVAULTCROWN  SCORINGAONHERlRSTVAULTANDAON her second to secure the NCAA championship in Lincoln, Neb. Miles had already scored two 10.0s in NCAA Championship competition, winning the .#!!#ENTRAL2EGIONmOOREXERCISETITLEWITHA PERFECTMARKANDSCORINGADURINGTHElRST night of the NCAA team competition.

It’s March 15, 2003, and Alabama wins Southeastern Conference title No. 5 in a competition AnAndreé Pickens wins her second NCAA championship and the 13th in Alabama that comes down to the Tide’s last competitor on the last event, clipping second-place Georgia hhistory on April 20, 2002. It is her 12th routine in three days and the Houston, 197.275-197.225. Junior Jeana Rice wins the all-around, balance beam and uneven bars and is 44EXASNATIVEISEXHAUSTED BUTSHElNDSTHEENERGYFORONEMOREROUTINE THELAST named SEC Gymnast of the Year, marking the fourth year in a row an Alabama athlete has won the award. of her career, and makes it count. The 14-time All-America and winner of both the &RESHMAN!SHLEY-ILESPOSTSAmOOREXERCISEROUTINETHATNOTONLYCLINCHESTHE4IDESTITLEBUTWINS AAI American Award and the Honda Award for Gymnastics, scores a 9.925 to win. the event and earns her All-SEC honors as well. Freshman Larissa Stewart posts a career best on the With a tired wave to a crowd that is giving her a standing ovation, Pickens closes uneven bars, earning second team All-SEC honors in the process and sophomore Michelle Reeser’s leadoff out a career that was legendary even before she won the title. balance beam routine earns her second team All-SEC honors on that event. Senior Kristin Sterner, juniors Lauren Holdefer and Stephanie Kite, sophomores Alexis Brion and Shannon Hrozek and freshmen Mari SSenior Andreé Pickens has the most dominating performance in Southeastern Bayer, Rachael Delahoussaye, Dana Filetti, Dana Pierce and Lauren Pruitt all do their part to bring home CConference Championship history on March 23, 2002, when she wins four of the the big trophy to Tuscaloosa. llVEINDIVIDUALTITLESUPFORGRABSTHATNIGHTAT"ARTOW!RENA.OTONLYISSHETHElRST gymnast to win four SEC titles in one year, she also earns her third SEC Gymnast of the Year honor. Pickens becomes the only gymnast to win the award more than once. She lNISHESHERCAREERWITHSEVEN3%#TITLES INCLUDINGTWOALL AROUNDS THE3%##OMMUNITY Service Postgraduate Scholarship and the SEC Athlete of the Year award. Alabama rolls to NCAA championship No. 4 on April 19, 2002, in Coleman Coliseum with a rock- solid performance on all four events, especially the balance beam, WHERETHE4IDElNISHED off the meet (and all the other teams) for the AlabamaA travels to Gainesville for the 2000 Southeastern Conference fourth time in a row. CChampionship and falls into a groove that carries it through a Senior Andreé Pickens dodominating performance to win SEC title No. 3 on March 18, 2000. posts the night’s top Sophomore Andreé Pickens wins the vault, uneven bars and all-around titles and all-around score and ISNAMED3%#'YMNASTOFTHE9EAR3HEANDFRESHMAN+RISTIN3TERNEREARNlRST EARNSlVE!LL !MERICA team All-SEC honors, while juniors Katie Hornecker and Dara Stewart (pictured honors in leading the above with their championship rings) along with sophomore Natalie Barrington all Tide to victory. In all, Alabama earns a meet-high 14 All-America honors with sophomore Jeana Rice earning earned second team All-SEC honors. Seniors Lexa Evans and Gina Logan, juniors three, junior Kristin Sterner and sophomore Alexis Brion taking two a piece while senior Natalie Barrington Robin Hawkins, April Makinson and Lissy Smith, sophomores Krista Gole, Alexa and freshman Shannon Hrozek earn one each. Seniors Alexa Martinez, Whitney Morgan and Raegan Martinez, Whitney Morgan and Raegan Tomasek and freshman Sara Scarborough Tomasek, junior Sara Scarborough, sophomores Helen Burgin, Tiffany Byrd, Erin Holdefer, Lauren Holdefer round out the championship roster. and Stephanie Kite and freshman Michelle Reeser round out the championship roster. ROLLTIDE.COM 89 CHAMPIONS GREATGREAT MMOMENTSOMENTS ININ ALABAMAALAB GYMNASTICS HISTORY

The shine on Meredith Willard’s career, in and out of the gym, continues to grow. On January 11, 1998, the Clemmons, N.C., NATIVEBECOMESTHElRST Alabama athlete to earn the NCAA’s prestigious Top VIII award, given annually to the nation’s top eight senior athletes regardless of gender, sport or division. The award encompasses athletics, academics and character. OneO fan after another made their way into Coleman Coliseum on February 1, 1997, UUNTILlNALLY JUSTBEFOREPMANDTHESTARTOFTHE!LABAMA 'EORGIAGYMNASTICS InIn a hint of the career to come, Andreé Pickens wins the NCAA memeet, history is made and Alabama gymnastics sells out. A capacity crowd of 15,043 BalanceBa Beam Championship as a freshman on April 24, 1999, lLLS!LABAMASARENA)TISTHELARGESTCROWDTOEVERSEEAWOMENSATHLETICEVENTINTHESTATE CAPPINGACHAMPIONSHIPWHERESHEBECOMESTHElRSTFRESHMANIN.#!!HISTORY of Alabama and the largest crowd to ever see an SEC gymnastics meet. Alabama’s challenge TOEARNlVE!LL !MERICAHONORS for the national record is foiled not by lack of fans, but lack of seats. Reportedly more than 400 fans were turned away from the doors of the Coliseum. She didn’t believeve it. “Check again,”n,” she admonishedd everyone within OnOn Friday, AAprilpril 226,6, 11996,9 Stephanie Woods her grasp. “There’sre’s ppacedaced by three indiviindividuald knew that the been some kind ooff NNCAACAA chamchampionspions and a uneven bars mistake,” she toldold pprogram-recordrogram-record eieightght All- routine she had them. She tuggeded AAmericans,mericans, tthehe TidTidee pposts an NCAA JUSTlNISHEDHADBEEN urgently at the SSuperuper SSixix record 198198.025.0 to win its special, she just wasn’t sleeve of the nearestarest third NNCAACAA title, secosecond in the 1990s. sure if anyone else knew. MEETOFlCIAL ASKINGSKING SSeniorenior Kim KellKellyy and jjuniors Meredith It was the night of the him to check, thenhen Willard and SteStephaniephanie Woods all EVENTlNALSATTHE.#!! double check thee eaearnrn inindividualdividual NNCAACAA titles. Junior Championships and scores. There hadad KiKimm BBonaventura,onaventura, sosophomorep Merritt she had just completed been a mistake,, BBooth,ooth, KKelly,elly, sopsophomorehomo Danielle her routine. But the someone else wasas McAdams, sosophomorephomore Shay Murphy, Austin, Texas, native’s supposed to be senior Marna NeubauNeubauer, Willard and feeling about her routine where she was. WooWoodsds comcombinebine ttoo eearnar 18 All-America carried over to the No mistake, the honors. SoSophomorephomore HHeathere Nasser and judges, who knew they scores were right.ht. ffreshmenreshmen Mandy CChapman,ha Lisa Gianni had seen something of On Thursday, Aprilpril aandnd Gwen SSpidlepidle rouroundn out Alabama’s championship caliber. 25, 1996, Meredithdith chachampionshipmpionship roster. On Saturday, April 27, Willard, the ultimatemate 1996, Woods won the team player in a NCAA Uneven Bars SPORTlLLEDWITH Championship, etching individuals, hadd won her name in Crimson the NCAA All-Aroundound legend. Championship.

90 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA )NTHElNALPERFORMANCEOFHER#RIMSON4IDECAREER ASTHEMUSICOFHERmOORROUTINEREACHED NNo one could say that Dana Dobransky ITSlNALBEATANDTEARSSTREAMSDOWNHERFACE +IM+ELLYSSUCCESS STUDDEDCAREERTURNS wwas not a pressure player. Dobransky wins golden. The King of Prussia, Pa., native wins the 1996 NCAA Floor Exercise Championship in twtwow NCAA balance beam titles during her front of the home crowd with a perfect 10.0 and an avalanche of applause. For Kelly, that’s LELEGENDARY#RIMSON4IDECAREER4HElRSTTITLEE how it ends on Saturday, April 27, 1996/NELASTmOORROUTINE PERFECTINEXECUTIONnAMOMENTIN ccomes in 1992 and the second, as a senior, TIMEnFORALLTIME lLLEDWITHTEARSOFJOYANDSADNESSnANDROLLSUPONROLLSOFCHEERS iinn Corvallis, Ore. on April 17, 1993, with a pperfect 10.0. With her perfect performance, $$OBRANSKYBECOMESTHElRST4IDEGYMNASTTO rerepeat as national champion on an individual eevent. She goes on to earn an NCAA and SSEC Postgraduate Scholarships, putting an eexclamation mark on one of the greatest ccareers in Crimson Tide history.

The Crimson Tide starts the 1990s off on the right foot. Alabama marches into the Georgia After three rotations of the 1995 Southeastern Conference Championships being held in Coliseum on March 25, 'AINESVILLE &LA THE#RIMSON4IDElNDTHEMSELVESINFOURTHPLACEWITHTHECHANCEFORATHIRD3%# 1990, and marches out with Championship looking bleak. Fortunately, Alabama sees not a chance to give up, but a chance to its second SEC team title. make history. Alabama soars past Georgia, LSU and Florida on the strength of the best vault total in NCAA !LABAMAlNISHESMORETHANA history on rotation No. 4 to win the SEC title on March 25, 1995. The Tide’s 196.175 is just .05 in front point ahead of second-place of second-place LSU. Alabama counts nothing lower than a 9.900 on the way to setting the vault mark. LSU. The Tide’s 193.55 total Junior Kim Kelly hits a 10.0 to win the vault. Senior Chasity Junkin and freshman Merritt Booth both turn in sets an SEC Championship career-high 9.975s on the vault. Sophomore Stephanie Woods wins the SEC uneven bars title. Junior Marna record. Senior Marie Robbins Neubauer, sophomores Kim Bonaventura and Meredith Willard, and freshmen Danielle McAdams, Shay caps an outstanding career Murphy and Heather Nasser all contribute to bringing SEC title No. 3 home to Tuscaloosa. wearing the crimson and white of Alabama by winning the Tide’s second-ever SEC The theme of all-around title, with a the 1991 NCAA JuniorJ Dee Foster, already championship record score. Gymnastics a Crimson Tide legend, That same year, a program- Championships is turnstu perfect on March 14, record eight members of “Stars Fall on Alabama” 1992, during a dual meet with the championship squad and nothing could be Georgia in Athens, scoring a earn SEC Academic Honor closer to the truth as the 10.0 on a vault. Foster will earn Roll honors and Robbins host Crimson Tide use a eight 10.0s during her storied earns an SEC Postgraduate slew of talented ladies 4IDECAREERˆlVESONTHE Scholarship. Seniors Ali on April 19, 1991, to vault, one on the uneven bars Blumberg, Tracey Tillman keep the championship ANDTWOONTHEmOOREXERCISE and Cheri Way, juniors Kim in Tuscaloosa. Alabama’s Masters and Tina Rinker, sophomores Gina Basile, 195.125 total sets an NCAA OnO May 29, 1990,$EE&OSTERBECOMESTHElRSTFRESHMAN Katherine Kelleher and Shea Championship scoring in Southeastern Conference history to be named the McFall, and freshman Dana record. The Tide outdistances second-place Utah by three-quarters of a point. Georgia is third followed by leleague’s Athlete of the Year. Foster is an obvious choice, Dobransky all help bring home Oregon State, Penn State and Florida. Senior Kim Masters, juniors Gina Basile, Katherine Kelleher and Shea after winning the 1990 NCAA All-Around Championship with an the Tide’s second SEC trophy. McFall, sophomores Dana Dobransky and Dee Foster, and freshman Kara Stilp all earn All-America honors. NCAA record of 39.30 and earning four All-America honors as a Senior Tina Rinker and freshmen Keri Duley, Sheryl Dundas, and Marti Watson round out the Tide’s hometown ROOKIE3HELED!LABAMATOASECOND PLACENATIONALlNISHANDTHE championship roster. Tide’s second SEC Team title. ROLLTIDE.COM 91 CHAMPIONS GREAT MOMENTS IN ALABAMA GYMNASTICS HISTORY Alabama is competing at its third NCAA Championship on April 12- 13, 1985, when junior Penney Hauschild explodes into a Crimson Tide legend by winning the NCAA All-Around Championship in Salt CrimsonCr Tide legend Penney ,AKE#ITY 5TAH)TISTHElRSTTIMETHATANATHLETEFROM5TAHFAILSTO HHauschild caps a brilliant win the all-around title. The Pennsylvania native also wins the uneven CCrimson Tide career with BARSTITLE(AUSCHILDISTHElRSTINDIVIDUAL.#!!CHAMPIONIN!LABAMA hher second consecutive Honda gymnastics history. Her all-around total is an NCAA Championships Broderick Award on January 11, 1986. record. Hauschild will go on to win four NCAA titles during her The Honda Broderick Award is given legendary career, repeating as all-around champion in 1986 and annually to the nation’s best gymnast. ADDINGTHEmOOREXERCISETITLETOHERRESUMETHATSAMEYEAR Hauschild’s career includes two NCAA All-Around championships, an NCAA Uneven Bars title and an NCAA Floor On May 27, 1987, Julie Exercise title. Hauschild earned 10 All- %%STINBECOMESTHElRST America honors during her storied career. aathlete from Alabama 3HEEARNEDlVE.#!!#ENTRAL2EGIONAL to be honored as the titles and one SEC all-around crown. Southeastern Conference Scholar- Athlete of the Year. Estin also earns NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Eleven gymnasts and a lifetime of dreams come SScholarships,cholarships, which she puts together on April 22, 1988,AS!LABAMAWINSITSlRST to good use. In July 19961996,, Dr. NCAA team championship. Alabama scores an NCAA JJulieulie VVaughnaughn set up practpracticeice iinn Championship record 190.05 in front of a rowdy handful TTuscaloosauscaloosa as a pepediatrician.diatrir cian. of Tide faithful in Salt Lake City. Utah is second followed by UCLA, LSU, Georgia and Florida. The Tide is led by four All- Americans – senior Kathy Bilodeau, sophomores Marie Robbins and Cheri Way, and freshman Tina Rinker. Senior Alli Beldon, sophomores Ali Blumberg and Tracey Tillman and freshmen Wendy Anderson, Kim Masters and Susie Pierce round out the Tide’s championship roster. !!LL !MERICAN"ARBARA-ACKnA2HODES3CHOLARSHIPlNALIST THElLL !MERICAN"ARBARA-ACKnA2HODES3CHOLARSHIP lNl ALIST THElRSTRSTS  AAlabamalabama gygymnastmnast to win the Paul W. 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Julie Garrett becomes No one may have known it at the !LABAMASlRST time, but July 1, 1978, marks All-American on the start of something extremely April 4, 1982. Garrett special as the Crimson Tide begins its paces the Tide to a rise toward becoming one of the most FOURTH PLACElNISHAT successful programs in the history the 1982 AIAW National of collegiate athletics when Sarah Championships before Campbell becomes Alabama (IS(ISTORYDIDNTRECORDTHElRSTMEETING THElRST ATTENDINGTHElRST GYMNASTICSlFTHHEADCOACH PPRACTICEORTHElRSTVAULTnTHOSEDATESARE !LABAMAWINSITSlRST.#!!2EGIONALTITLE! NCAA Championship INlVEYEARS3HEIMMEDIATELY LLOSTINTIMEnBUTTHElRSTMEET THElRSTO ono March 26, 1983,EARNINGITSlRSTTRIPTO as an individual. hires David Patterson as her titime the University of Alabama put forth ththe NCAA Championships which will be held 5NDAUNTEDBYHERlRST assistant coach. The rest, a group of young women wearing crimson and white at Salt Lake City, Utah, two weeks later. Sarah and NCAA appearance, as they say, is history. leotards came on January 10, 1975. Alabama opens $AVID0ATTERSONSlRSTRECRUITINGCLASSHELPSTAKE Garrett earns All- at home, falling to Georgia College 83.75-65.80. And the Tide to the top of the South Region, downing the America recognition on with that, the program that will become one of the most region’s until-then dominant team, Florida, the meet’s the uneven bars. celebrated in collegiate athletics is underway. host.

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2012 Alabama Gymnastics Hall of Fame Inductee: 2012 Alabama Gymnastics Hall of Fame Inductee: RACHEL TERRY GERALEN STACK-EATON

Usually, Rachel Terry’s voice was gone midway through a meet and it was always gone by the end, Every year, Geralen Stack-Eaton found a way to peak at the right moment. As a freshman, she as she cheered on every teammate through every routine at the top of her lungs for four years straight. SRVWHGKHUVHDVRQEHVWDOODURXQGVFRUHDWWKH1&$$6XSHU6L[WHDPÀQDOV$VDVRSKRPRUHVKH The vault All-American also made herself heard in the classroom, where she carried a perfect 4.0 grade- ÀQLVKHGRII KHUVHDVRQE\ZLQQLQJWKH1&$$5HJLRQDODOODURXQGWLWOHDQGHDUQLQJWKHÀUVWIRXURI KHU point average in early childhood education. It was that academic prowess that earned the Hoover, Ala., $OO$PHULFDKRQRUV$VDMXQLRUVKHÀQLVKHGWKLUGLQWKHDOODURXQGDWWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSV native back-to-back NCAA Elite 89 Awards, which is presented annually to the student-athlete with the HDUQHGIRXUPRUH$OO$PHULFDKRQRUVOHGWKH7LGHWRWKH1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSDQGÀQLVKHGLWDOO KLJKHVWLQGLYLGXDOJUDGHSRLQWDYHUDJHDWWKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSV7HUU\LVWKHÀUVWJ\PQDVWWRHDUQ RII E\ZLQQLQJWKH1&$$)ORRU([HUFLVH&KDPSLRQVKLSLQKHUÀQDOURXWLQHRI WKHVHDVRQ,I DOOWKDW the honor twice in a row, and she joins with 2010 senior Kassi Price in giving Alabama a clean sweep of wasn’t enough, Stack-Eaton came back as a senior and led the Tide to its second NCAA team title in a the award, which was in its third year in 2012. In addition to earning the NCAA’s newest national honor row, once again earning four All-America honors. She posted a career-best all-around score of 39.700 WZLFH7HUU\DOVRÀQLVKHGKHU8$FDUHHUDVDIRXU\HDU6FKRODVWLF$OO$PHULFDQDQGDIRXU\HDUPHPEHU in her last team competition and then closed out her career by winning the NCAA Balance Beam of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. &KDPSLRQVKLSDQGÀQLVKLQJVHFRQGRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHWKHQH[WQLJKW

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REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 14-1-0 2006 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 3rd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd The Team: REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 11-1-0 2012 CHAMPIONSHIPS — 2010 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 9-2-0 Melanie Banville, Fr. Head Coach: NCAA 1st | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd CHAMPIONSHIPS — Mari Bayer, Sr. Sarah Patterson NCAA 3rd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd 2008 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 10-4-0 Rachael Delahoussaye, Sr. Assistant Head Coach: The Team: The Team: CHAMPIONSHIPS — Dana Filetti, Sr. David Patterson Becca Alexin, Jr. Ashley Sledge, Jr. NCAA 6th | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd Ashley Ford, Fr. Assistant Coach: Olivia Carisella, So. Geralen Stack-Eaton, Sr. Becca Alexin, Fr. Ashley Priess, So. The Team: Terin Humphrey, So. Bryan Raschilla Kaitlyn Clark, Fr. Rachel Terry, Sr. Courtney Bell, Fr. Ashley Sledge, Fr. Brittany Magee, Fr. Volunteer Coach: Sarah DeMeo, So. Hannah Toussaint, So. Alyssa Chapman, Sr. Geralen Stack-Eaton, So. Alyssa Chapman, So. Kassi Price, So. Cassie Martin, Fr. Dana Duckworth Hunter Dennis, Fr. Kayla Williams, Fr. Morgan Dennis, Sr. Rachel Terry, So. Morgan Dennis, So. Courtney Priess, Jr. Ashley Miles, Sr. Ria Domier, So. Head Coach: Jocelyn Fowler, So. Head Coach: Kayla Hoffman, Fr. Jacqueline Shealy, So. Amanda Montgomery, Fr. Lindsey Fowler, So. Sarah Patterson Marissa Gutierrez, Fr. Sarah Patterson Terin Humphrey, Sr. Kaitlin White, Sr. Ashley O’Neal, Fr. Lora Leigh Frost, Fr. Volunteer Coach: Mary Hauswirth, Fr. Volunteer Coach: Jennifer Iovino, Fr. Head Coach: Dana Pierce, Sr. Marissa Gutierrez, Jr. David Patterson Kayla Hoffman, Jr. David Patterson Ricki Lebegern, So. Sarah Patterson Courtney Priess, Fr. Kim Jacob, So. Assistant Coach: Ricki Lebegern, Sr. Assistant Coach: Brittany Magee, Jr. Assistant Head Coach: Erin Rightley, Jr. Diandra Milliner, So. Bryan Raschilla Megan Mashburn, Jr. Bryan Raschilla Cassie Martin, Jr. David Patterson Kaitlin White, So. Brooke Parker, Fr. Assistant Coach: Casey Overton, Sr. Assistant Coach: Megan Mashburn, Fr. Assistant Coach: Ashley Priess, Sr. Dana Duckworth Erika Pearson, So. Dana Duckworth Amanda Montgomery, Jr. Bryan Raschilla Kassi Price, Sr. Ashley O’Neal, Jr. Volunteer Coach: Casey Overton, So. Dana Duckworth

REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 11-3-0 2005 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 3rd REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 8-5-0 The Team: 2009 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 1st Mari Bayer, Jr. Head Coach: REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 11-1-0 Alexis Brion, Sr. Sarah Patterson 2011 CHAMPIONSHIPS — The Team: Brittany Comeaux, So. Assistant Head Coach: NCAA 1st | Regional 1st | SEC 1st Alyssa Chapman, Jr. Jacqueline Shealy, Jr. Rachael Delahoussaye, Jr. David Patterson Morgan Dennis, Jr. Geralen Stack-Eaton, Fr. REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 8-2-0 Dana Filetti, Jr. Assistant Coach: The Team: 2007 CHAMPIONSHIPS — Shannon Hrozek, Sr. Bryan Raschilla Jocelyn Fowler, Fr. Caitlin Sullivan, Fr. NCAA 9th | Regional 1st | SEC 3rd Becca Alexin, So. Ashley Sledge, So. Kayla Hoffman, So. Rachel Terry, Fr. Terin Humphrey, Fr. Volunteer Coach: Olivia Carisella, Fr. Geralen Stack-Eaton, Jr. Ricki Lebegern, Jr. Head Coach: The Team: Meredith Laxton, So. Dana Duckworth Alyssa Chapman, Sr. Rachel Terry, Jr. Brittany Magee, Sr. Sarah Patterson Ashley Miles, Jr. Sarah DeMeo, Fr. Hannah Toussaint, Fr. Megan Mashburn, So. Volunteer Coach: Alyssa Chapman, Fr. Erin Rightley, Sr. Dana Pierce, Jr. Ria Domier, Fr. Head Coach: Amanda Montgomery, Sr. David Patterson Morgan Dennis, Fr. Jacqueline Shealy, Fr. Michelle Reeser, Sr. Lindsey Fowler, Fr. Sarah Patterson Ashley O’Neal, Sr. Assistant Coach: Terin Humphrey, Jr. Kaitlin White, Jr. Erin Rightley, So. Marissa Gutierrez, So. Volunteer Coach: Casey Overton, Jr. Bryan Raschilla Ricki Lebegern, Fr. Head Coach: Jessie Silver, Fr. Kayla Hoffman, Sr. David Patterson Erika Pearson, Fr. Assistant Coach: Brittany Magee, So. Sarah Patterson Kaitlin White, Fr. Kim Jacob, Fr. Assistant Coach: Kassi Price, Jr. Dana Duckworth Cassie Martin, So. Assistant Head Coach: Megan Mashburn, Sr. Bryan Raschilla Ashley Priess, Fr. Amanda Montgomery, So. David Patterson Diandra Milliner, Fr. Assistant Coach: Ashley O’Neal, So. Assistant Coach: Jordan Moore, Fr. Dana Duckworth Casey Overton, Fr. Bryan Raschilla Ashley Priess, Jr. Kassi Price, Fr. Volunteer Coach: Courtney Priess, So. Dana Duckworth ROLLTIDE.COM 99 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA GYMNASTICS YEAR-BY-YEAR

REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 12-1-0 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 14-3-0 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 10-3-0 2004 CHAMPIONSHIPS — REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 12-3-0 2000 CHAMPIONSHIPS — 1998 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 3rd | Regional 2nd | SEC 2nd 2002 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 5th | Regional 1st | SEC 1st NCAA 3rd | Regional 1st | SEC 4th NCAA 1st | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd The Team: The Team: The Team: The Team: Mari Bayer, So. Michelle Reeser, Jr. Natalie Barrington, So. Dara Stewart, Jr. Merritt Booth, Sr. Head Coach: Alexis Brion, Jr. Jeana Rice, Sr. Natalie Barrington, Sr. Jeana Rice, So. Lexa Evans, Sr. Raegan Tomasek, So. Mandy Chapman, Jr. Sarah Patterson Brittany Comeaux, Fr. Erin Rightley, Fr. Alexis Brion, Fr. Sara Scarborough, Jr. Krista Gole, So. Head Coach: Lexa Evans, So. Assistant Head Coach: Rachael Delahoussaye, So. Larissa Stewart, So. Helen Burgin, So. Kristin Sterner, Jr. Robin Hawkins, Jr. Sarah Patterson Becca Fields, So. David Patterson Dana Filetti, So. Head Coach: Tiffany Byrd, So. Raegan Tomasek, Sr. Katie Hornecker, Jr. Assistant Head Coach: Robin Hawkins, Fr. Assistant Coach: Johnna Gay, Fr. Sarah Patterson Erin Holdefer, So. Head Coach: Gina Logan, Sr. David Patterson Katie Hornecker, Fr. Bryan Raschilla Lauren Holdefer, Sr. Assistant Head Coach: Lauren Holdefer, So. Sarah Patterson April Makinson, Jr. Assistant Coach: Gina Logan, So. Volunteer Coach: Shannon Hrozek, Jr. David Patterson Shannon Hrozek, Fr. Assistant Head Coach: Alexa Martinez, So. Bryan Raschilla April Makinson, Fr. Dana Dobransky Stephanie Kite, Sr. Assistant Coach: Stephanie Kite, So. David Patterson Whitney Morgan, So. Volunteer Coach: Danielle McAdams, Sr. Meredith Laxton, Fr. Bryan Raschilla Alexa Martinez, Sr. Assistant Coach: Andreé Pickens, So. Tom Haley Shay Murphy, Sr. Ashley Miles, So. Volunteer Coach: Whitney Morgan, Sr. Bryan Raschilla Sara Scarborough, Fr. Lissy Smith, Fr. Dana Pierce, So. Dana Duckworth Andreé Pickens, Sr. Volunteer Coach: Lissy Smith, Jr. Gwen Spidle, Jr. Michelle Reeser, Fr. Dana Duckworth Kristin Sterner, Fr. Dara Stewart, Fr.

REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 13-2-0 1997 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 9th | Regional 2nd | SEC 4th REGULAR SEASON RECORD —8-3-0 1999 CHAMPIONSHIPS — The Team: NCAA 3rd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 15-2-1 Kim Bonaventura, Sr. Head Coach: 2001 CHAMPIONSHIPS — The Team: Merritt Booth, Jr. Sarah Patterson REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 10-7-0 NCAA 4th | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd Mandy Chapman, So. Assistant Head Coach: 2003 CHAMPIONSHIPS — Natalie Barrington, Fr. Head Coach: Lexa Evans, Fr. David Patterson NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 1st The Team: Mandy Chapman, Sr. Sarah Patterson Becca Fields, Fr. Assistant Coach: The Team: Natalie Barrington, Jr. Lissy Smith, Sr. Lexa Evans, Jr. Assistant Head Coach: Lisa Gianni, So. Bryan Raschilla Helen Burgin, Fr. Kristin Sterner, So. Krista Gole, Fr. David Patterson Lauren Graffeo, Fr. Mari Bayer, Fr. Jeana Rice, Jr. Tiffany Byrd, Fr. Dara Stewart, Sr. Robin Hawkins, So. Assistant Coach: Heidi Harriman, Fr. Alexis Brion, So. Kristin Sterner, Sr. Robin Hawkins, Sr. Raegan Tomasek, Jr. Katie Hornecker, So. Bryan Raschilla Gina Logan, Fr. Rachael Delahoussaye, Fr. Larissa Stewart, Fr. Erin Holdefer, Fr. Head Coach: Gina Logan, Jr. Volunteer Coach: Danielle McAdams, Jr. Dana Filetti, Fr. Head Coach: Lauren Holdefer, Fr. Sarah Patterson April Makinson, So. Dana Dobransky Shay Murphy, Jr. Lauren Holdefer, Jr. Sarah Patterson Katie Hornecker, Sr. Assistant Head Coach: Alexa Martinez, Fr. Heather Nasser, Jr. Shannon Hrozek, So. Assistant Head Coach: Stephanie Kite, Fr. David Patterson Whitney Morgan, Fr. Rachel Rochelli, Fr. Stephanie Kite, Jr. David Patterson Alexa Martinez, Jr. Assistant Coach: Andreé Pickens, Fr. Gwen Spidle, So. Ashley Miles, Fr. Assistant Coach: Whitney Morgan, Jr. Bryan Raschilla Lissy Smith, So. Meredith Willard, Sr. Dana Pierce, Fr. Bryan Raschilla Andreé Pickens, Jr. Volunteer Coach: Gwen Spidle, Sr. Stephanie Woods, Sr. Lauren Pruitt, Fr. Volunteer Coach: Jeana Rice, Fr. Tom Haley Dara Stewart, So. Michelle Reeser, So Dana Duckworth Sara Scarborough, So. Raegan Tomasek, Fr.

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REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 12-1-0 1996 CHAMPIONSHIPS — REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 8-4-0 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 14-1-0 NCAA 1st | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd 1992 CHAMPIONSHIPS — 1990 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 3rd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 1st The Team: REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 7-3-1 1994 CHAMPIONSHIPS — The Team: The Team: Kim Bonaventura, Jr. Head Coach: NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd Merritt Booth, So. Sarah Patterson Gina Basile, Sr. Head Coach: Gina Basile, So. Head Coach: Mandy Chapman, Fr. Assistant Coach: The Team: Dana Dobransky, Jr. Sarah Patterson Ali Blumberg, Sr. Sarah Patterson Lisa Gianni, Fr. David Patterson Keri Duley, So. Assistant Coach: Dana Dobransky, Fr. Assistant Coach: Kim Kelly, Sr. Assistant Coach: Kim Bonaventura, Fr. Marti Watson, Sr. Sheryl Dundas, So. David Patterson Dee Foster, Fr. David Patterson Danielle McAdams, So. Scott Mackall Keri Duley, Sr. Meredith Willard, Fr. Dee Foster, Jr. Katherine Kelleher, So. Shay Murphy, So. Sheryl Dundas, Sr. Stephanie Woods, Fr. Chasity Junkin, Fr. Shea McFall, So. Heather Nasser, So. Kim Gigante, Fr. Head Coach: Katherine Kelleher, Sr. Kim Masters, Jr. Marna Neubauer, Sr. Chasity Junkin, Jr. Sarah Patterson Shea McFall, Sr. Tina Rinker, Jr. Gwen Spidle, Fr. Kim Kelly, So. Assistant Coach: Kara Stilp, So. Marie Robbins, Sr. Meredith Willard, Jr. Marna Neubauer, So. David Patterson Gretchen Stockley, Fr. Tracey Tillman, Sr. Stephanie Woods, Jr. Kara Stilp, Sr. Assistant Coach: Holly Voorheis, Fr. Cheri Way, Sr. Gretchen Stockley, Jr. Scott Mackall Marti Watson, So.

REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 13-3-0 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 15-1-0 1989 CHAMPIONSHIPS — 1995 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 3rd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 1st 1993 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 9-2-0 The Team: The Team: CHAMPIONSHIPS — REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 16-0-0 NCAA 2nd | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd 1991 CHAMPIONSHIPS — Wendy Anderson, So. Head Coach: Kim Bonaventura, So. Head Coach: The Team: NCAA 1st | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd Gina Basile, Fr. Sarah Patterson Merritt Booth, Fr. Sarah Patterson The Team: Ali Blumberg, Jr. Assistant Coach: Chasity Junkin, Sr. Assistant Coach: Dana Dobransky, Sr. Gretchen Stockley, So. Kelly Good, Sr. David Patterson Kim Kelly, Jr. David Patterson Keri Duley, Jr. Marti Watson, Jr. Gina Basile, Jr. Tina Rinker, Sr. Katherine Kelleher, Fr. Assistant Coach: Danielle McAdams, Fr. Assistant Coach: Sheryl Dundas, Jr. Head Coach: Dana Dobransky So. Kara Stilp, Fr. Kim Masters, So. Marc Cohen Shay Murphy, Fr. Scott Mackall Dee Foster, Sr. Sarah Patterson Keri Duley, Fr. Marti Watson, Fr. Michelle Maxwell, Fr. Heather Nasser, Fr. Chasity Junkin, So. Assistant Coach: Sheryl Dundas, Fr. Head Coach: Shea McFall, Fr. Marna Neubauer, Jr. Kim Kelly, Fr. David Patterson Dee Foster, So. Sarah Patterson Tina Rinker, So. Meredith Willard, So. Marna Neubauer, Fr. Assistant Coach: Katherine Kelleher, Jr. Assistant Coach: Marie Robbins, Jr. Stephanie Woods, So. Jenny McKernan, Fr. Scott Mackall Shea McFall, Jr. David Patterson Tracey Tillman, Jr. Kara Stilp, Jr. Kim Masters, Sr. Cheri Way, Jr.

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1986 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 18-2-0 1984 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 15-5-0 CHAMPIONSHIPS — CHAMPIONSHIPS — REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 17-2-0 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 14-3-0 NCAA 6th | Regional 1st | SEC 3rd 1988 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 3rd | Regional 2nd | SEC 3rd 1982 CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 1st | Regional 1st | SEC 1st The Team: The Team: AIAW: 4th | Regional 2nd | SEC 2nd The Team: Alli Beldon, So. Head Coach: Julie Estin, Fr. Head Coach: The Team: Wendy Anderson, Fr. Head Coach: Kathy Bilodeau, So. Sarah Patterson Beverly Fry, So. Sarah Patterson Angie Alexander, So. Head Coach: Alli Beldon, Sr. Sarah Patterson Julie Estin, Jr. Assistant Coach: Penney Hauschild, So. Assistant Coach: Denise Balk, Jr. Sarah Campbell Kathy Bilodeau, Sr. Assistant Coach: Lisa Farley, So. David Patterson Stacey Helm, So. David Patterson Kim Drane, Fr. Assistant Coach: Ali Blumberg, So. David Patterson Kelly Good, Fr. Assistant Coach: Nora Kirk, Jr. Julie Garrett, Jr. David Patterson Kelly Good, Jr. Assistant Coach: Penney Hauschild, Sr. Marc Cohen Barbara Mack, Jr. LuAnn Guzzetti, Jr. Kim Masters, Fr. Marc Cohen Jamie Jenkins, Fr. Patti Rice, Jr. Nora Kirk, Fr. Susie Pierce, Fr. Stephanie Kehr, So. Wendy Wilfong, Fr. Patti Kleckner, Jr. Tina Rinker, Fr. Patty O’Donohue, Fr. Cindy Wilson, Fr. Barbara Mack, Fr. Marie Robbins, So. Cindy Wilson, Jr. Ann Wilhide, Jr. Tracey Tillman, So. Ann Winston, Fr. Cheri Way, So.

REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 12-5-0 1983 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 15-1-0 1981 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 14-1-0 1987 CHAMPIONSHIPS — CHAMPIONSHIPS — CHAMPIONSHIPS — NCAA 4th | Regional 1st | SEC 3rd NCAA 4th | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd SEC 4th The Team: The Team: The Team: REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 16-4-0 Wendy Anderson, Fr. Head Coach: 1985 Denise Balk, Sr. Head Coach: Angie Alexander, Fr. Head Coach: CHAMPIONSHIPS — Beverly Fry, Fr. Sarah Patterson Cindy DeLucas, Fr. Sarah Campbell Alli Beldon, Sr. Sarah Patterson NCAA 4th | Regional 1st | SEC 2nd Kathy Bilodeau, Sr. Assistant Coach: Julie Garrett, Sr. Assistant Coach: Alison Green, So. Assistant Coach: Ali Blumberg, So. David Patterson The Team: LuAnn Guzzetti, Sr. David Patterson LuAnn Guzzetti, So. David Patterson Kelly Good, Jr. Assistant Coach: Penney Hauschild, Fr. Patti Kleckner, So. Alli Beldon, Fr. Cindy Wilson, So. Stacey Helm, Fr. Stacy Murin, So. Kim Masters, Fr. Marc Cohen Kathy Bilodeau, Fr. Head Coach: Susie Pierce, Fr. Nora Kirk, So. Lisa Palk, So. Julie Estin, So. Sarah Patterson Patricia Kleckner, Sr. Ann Wilhide, So. Tina Rinker, Fr. Lisa Farley, Fr. Assistant Coach: Marie Robbins, So. Barbara Mack, So. Penney Hauschild, Jr. David Patterson Patti Rice, So. Tracey Tillman, So. Stephanie Kehr, Fr. Assistant Coach: Cheri Way, So. Ann Wilhide, Sr. Barbara Mack, Sr. Marc Cohen Wendy Wilfong, Fr. Patti Rice, Sr. 102 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA

1978 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 6-7-0 1976 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 3-7-0

1980 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 16-4-0 The Team: The Team: Holley Brauer, So. Head Coach: Cindy Beckler, Fr. Head Coach: The Team: Cindy Dorman, Jr. Tom Steele Sherry Johnson, Fr. Sheila Hill Beth Mandy, Jr. Beth Mandy, So. Susan Blake, Fr. Head Coach: Judie Norton, So. Becky Payne, Fr. Beth Cook, Jr. Sarah Campbell Patty Sprado, Jr. Patty Sprado, Fr. Alison Green, Fr. Assistant Coach: Snow White, Jr. Beth Troxell, Fr. LuAnn Guzzetti, Fr. David Patterson Kathy Willis, Fr. Harriet Troxell, Fr. Patti Kleckner, Fr. Ann Wood, Fr. Snow White, Fr. Stacy Murin, Fr. Judie Norton, Sr. Lisa Palk, Fr. Ann Wilhide, Fr.

1979 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 7-7-0 1977 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 1-7-0 1975 REGULAR SEASON RECORD — 4-4-0

The Team: The Team: The Team: Debra Bodley, Jr. Head Coach: Cindy Beckler, So. Head Coach: Deane Chapman, Fr. Head Coach: Leslie Chrisman, Fr. Sarah Campbell Melissa Hunt, Fr. Phyllis Draper Carmen Charnock, Fr. Riki Sutton Judie Norton, Jr. Assistant Coach: Beth Mandy, So. Lucy Harris, Sr. Snow White, Sr. David Patterson Judie Norton, Fr. Joy Kelly, Sr. Kathy Willis, So. Patty Sprado, So. Pam McAneny, Jr. Stacey Willis, Fr. Carla Spruill, So. Debbie Moore, So. Ann Wood, So. Janice Stramiello, So. Francie Scarborough, So. Snow White, So. Susan Smith, So. Janice Stramiello, So

ROLLTIDE.COM 103 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS On the national level, Alabama has enjoyed 2012, respectively. Stack-Eaton’s championships and Meredith Willard who managed the feat in 1996 NCAA Individual Event Finals. That same staggering success for nearly 30 years ever since gives Alabama 11 NCAA individual titles since 2002. DQGUHVSHFWLYHO\)RVWHUEHFDPHWKHÀUVW year, Stephanie Woods won the uneven bars title as vaulting into the NCAA standings in 1983 with a  ,Q0RUJDQ'HQQLVZRQWKH1&$$ÁRRU FROOHJLDWHJ\PQDVWWRÀQLVKWRSLQWKHDOODURXQG a junior. In 1999, Andreé Pickens won the NCAA IRXUWKSODFHÀQLVK7KH&ULPVRQ7LGHZRQLWVVL[WK exercise title as a freshman while Terin Humphrey DOOIRXU\HDUVRI KHUFDUHHU6KHZDVÀUVWLQ balance beam as a rookie. She added a Cinderella national championship, and second in a row, in 2012. won her second national uneven bars title that same second in 1991 and 1993, and third in 1992. ÀQLVKWRKHUVWDQGRXWFDUHHUZLWKWKH1&$$ ,WPDUNHGWKHÀUVWWLPHLQ$ODEDPD·VVWRULHGKLVWRU\ season, adding it to her 2005 championship. In addition to her all-around titles, Hauschild Uneven Bars Championship. that the team has won back-to-back titles. Ashley Miles won four NCAA championships won the uneven bars championship in 1985 and When it comes to All-America honors, Alabama The 2012 season also marked Alabama’s 30th during her career, including three vault titles, 2003, WRRNKRPHWRSPDUNVLQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHLQ KDVEHHQH[WUHPHO\SUROLÀFDV7LGHJ\PQDVWVKDYH consecutive NCAA Championship appearance, a DQGWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHFURZQ,Q Gina Basile was awarded the balance beam title in earned All-America honors a total of 277 times. In VWUHWFKWKDWLQFOXGHVWRSÀQLVKHVDQGWRS VKHEHFDPHWKHÀUVWFROOHJLDWHJ\PQDVWLQ ZKLOH'DQD'REUDQVN\ZDVWKHÀUVW7LGH 1993, Foster set an NCAA record when she ended ÀQLVKHV years to win the same event three times. gymnast to repeat on an individual event when she KHUFDUHHUZLWKÀUVWWHDP$OO$PHULFDKRQRUVD Alabama gymnasts have also excelled  -HDQD5LFHEURXJKWKRPH$ODEDPD·VÀIWK1&$$ won back-to-back balance beam titles in 1992 and mark that still stands. In 2004, Rice set the national individually, winning 23 individual NCAA all-around title in 2004, joining Penney Hauschild, 1993. PDUNIRU$OO$PHULFDKRQRUVLQDFDUHHUÀQLVKLQJ championships, including Geralen Stack-Eaton’s $ODEDPD·VÀUVW1&$$FKDPSLRQZKRZRQDOO  .LP.HOO\ÀQLVKHGRII KHUVWHOODUFDUHHUZLWK ZLWKFRPELQHGÀUVWDQGVHFRQGWHDPKRQRUV ÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQGEDODQFHEHDPWLWOHVLQDQG around titles in 1985 and 1986, as well as Dee Foster DZLQQLQJÁRRUH[HUFLVHSHUIRUPDQFHDWWKH

2012 2011 2002 1996 Alabama’s NCAA Team Championships: 2012, 2011, 2002, 1996, 1991, 1988 Alabama’s Individual NCAA Champions: Geralen Stack-Eaton - 2, Morgan Dennis - 1, Terin Humphrey - 2, Ashley Miles - 4, Jeana Rice - 1, Andreé Pickens - 2, Meredith Willard - 1, Kim Kelly - 1, Stephanie Woods - 1, Dana Dobransky - 2, Gina Basile - 1, Dee Foster - 1, Penney Hauschild - 4 Alabama at the NCAA Championships Year-by-Year: 2012 ______1st 2004 ____ t-3rd 1996 ______1st 1988 ______1st 2011 ______1st 2003 _____ 2nd 1995 ____ t-2nd 1987 ______4th 2010 ______3rd 2002 ______1st 1994 _____ 2nd 1986 ______3rd 2009 _____ 2nd 2001 ______4th 1993 _____ 2nd 1985 ______4th 2008 ______6th 2000 ______5th 1992 ______3rd 1984 ______6th 2007 ______9th 1999 ______3rd 1991 ______1st 1983 ______4th 2006 ______3rd 1998 ______3rd 1990 _____ 2nd 2005 _____ 2nd 1997 ______9th 1989 ______3rd 1991 1988 104 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 | Duluth, Ga. 2007 | Salt Lake City, Utah 2003 | Lincoln, Neb. 1997 | Gainesville, Fla. 1992 | Saint Paul, Minn. 1988 | Salt Lake City, Utah 1985 | Salt Lake City, Utah 1. ALABAMA 197.850 1. Georgia 197.850 1. UCLA 197.825 1. UCLA 197.150 1. Utah 195.650 1. ALABAMA 190.050 1. Utah 188.350 2. Florida 197.775 2. Utah 197.250 2. ALABAMA 197.275 2. Arizona State 196.850 2. Georgia 194.600 2. Utah 189.500 2. Arizona State 186.600 3. UCLA 197.750 3. Florida 197.225 3. Georgia 197.150 3. Georgia 196.600 3. ALABAMA 193.350 3. UCLA 188.800 3. Florida 184.300 4. Stanford 197.500 4. UCLA 196.925 4. Nebraska 197.125 4. Michigan 196.500 4. Penn State 192.700 4. LSU 187.900 4. ALABAMA 184.050 5. Utah 197.375 5. Stanford 196.825 5. Michigan 196.050 5. Florida 196.425 5. Arizona 191.950 5. Georgia 186.800 5. CS Fullerton 183.500 6. Arkansas 196.300 6. Nebraska 195.975 6. Utah 195.300 6. Nebraska 195.250 6. Oregon State 191.300 6. Florida 186.650 6. Oregon 183.150 Alabama NCAA Champion- 7. LSU 196.275 Alabama NCAA Champion- 7. Utah 196.025 Alabama NCAA Champion- 7. Oregon State 186.500 7. Georgia 180.900 Geralen Stack-Eaton BB 8. Oklahoma 196.250 Ashley Miles V 8. Washington 195.975 Dana Dobransky BB 8. Arizona State 185.100 8. Ohio State 179.750 9. ALABAMA 196.125 9. ALABAMA 195.600 9. Arizona 184.000 9. Penn State 179.000 2011 | Cleveland, Ohio 10. Denver 195.575 2002 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 10. Minnesota 194.775 1991 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 10. Nebraska 183.550 10. Oklahoma 177.400 1. ALABAMA 197.650 11. Oregon State 195.100 1. ALABAMA 197.575 11. Penn State 194.300 1. ALABAMA 195.125 11. Penn State 179.700 Alabama NCAA Champion- 2. UCLA 197.375 Michigan 195.100 2. Georgia 197.250 12. LSU 193.825 2. Utah 194.375 12. Michigan State 178.800 Penney Hauschild UB, AA 3. Oklahoma 197.250 Alabama NCAA Champion- 3. UCLA 197.150 3. Georgia 193.375 4. Nebraska 196.725 Terin Humphrey UB 4. Utah 196.950 1996 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 4. Oregon State 192.350 1987 | Salt Lake City, Utah 1984 | Los Angeles, Calif. 5. Utah 196.500 Morgan Dennis FX 5. Nebraska 196.425 1. ALABAMA 198.025 5. Penn State 190.950 1. Georgia 187.900 1. Utah 186.050 6. Michigan 196.425 6. Stanford 196.025 2. UCLA 197.475 6. Florida 189.700 2. Utah 187.550 2. UCLA 185.550 Alabama NCAA Champion- 2006 | Corvallis, Ore. Alabama NCAA Champion- 3. Utah 196.775 7. LSU 188.600 3. UCLA 187.000 3. CS Fullerton 183.900 Geralen Stack-Eaton FX 1. Georgia 197.750 Andreé Pickens UB Georgia 196.775 8. BYU 187.700 4. ALABAMA 186.600 4. Arizona State 183.650 2. Utah 196.800 2010 | Gainesville, Fla. 5. Oregon State 196.525 9. Arizona State 187.650 5. Arizona State 184.000 5. Florida 182.200 3 . ALABAMA 196.725 2001 | Athens, Ga. 6. Michigan 196.375 Auburn 187.650 6. Florida 183.800 1. UCLA 197.725 6. ALABAMA 180.800 4 . Florida 196.275 1. UCLA 197.575 11. Arizona 187.450 7. LSU 181.500 7. Penn State 179.450 2. Oklahoma 197.250 Alabama NCAA Champions- 5 . Nebraska 196.175 2. Georgia 197.400 Meredith Willard AA 12. Utah State 185.950 8. Ohio State 180.200 8. Washington 178.550 3. ALABAMA 197.225 6. Iowa State 194.725 3. Michigan 197.275 Kim Kelly FX 9. Washington 179.850 9. Georgia 177.600 4. Stanford 197.100 Alabama NCAA Champion- 4. ALABAMA 196.550 Stephanie Woods UB 1990 | Corvallis, Ore. 10. Nebraska 179.500 10. Arizona 176.900 5. Florida 197.000 Ashley Miles V 5. Utah 196.025 1. Utah 194.900 11. Arizona 179.450 6. Utah 196.225 Nebraska 196.025 1995 | Athens, Ga. 2. ALABAMA 194.575 1983 | Salt Lake City, Utah 2005 | Auburn, Ala. 12. Oregon State 174.500 2009 | Lincoln, Neb. 1. Utah 196.650 3. Georgia 193.225 1. Utah 184.650 1. Georgia 197.825 2000 | Boise, Idaho 1. Georgia 197.825 2. ALABAMA 196.425 4. UCLA 193.100 1986 | Gainesville, Fla. 2. Arizona State 183.300 2. ALABAMA 197.400 1. UCLA 197.300 2. ALABAMA 197.575 Michigan 196.425 5. Nebraska 192.225 1. Utah 186.950 3. CS Fullerton 179.250 3. UCLA 197.275 2. Utah 196.875 4. UCLA 196.150 6. LSU 192.100 2. Arizona State 186.700 4. ALABAMA 179.050 3. Utah 197.425 4. Utah 197.150 3. Georgia 196.800 4. Florida 196.725 5. Georgia 196.075 7. Oregon State 189.950 3. ALABAMA 186.350 5. Florida 177.850 5. Michigan 196.575 4. Nebraska 196.725 6. Oregon State 194.850 8. CS Fullerton 189.700 4. Georgia 185.450 6. LSU 177.800 5. Arkansas 196.475 6. Nebraska 196.425 5. ALABAMA 196.500 6. LSU 196.375 9. Towson State 187.975 5. CS Fullerton 185.000 UCLA 177.800 Alabama NCAA Champion- 6. Michigan 195.725 1994 | Salt Lake City, Utah 10. Arizona 187.175 6. Penn State 182.700 8. Ohio State 176.650 2008 | Athens, Ga. Terin Humphrey UB 1. Utah 196.400 Florida 187.175 7. UCLA 181.700 9. Oregon State 173.550 1999 | Salt Lake City, Utah 2. ALABAMA 196.350 1. Georgia 197.450 2004 | Los Angeles, Calif. 1. Georgia 196.850 12. Ohio State 183.650 8. Florida 181.300 10. Nebraska 165.550 2. Utah 197.125 3. Georgia 195.850 1. UCLA 198.125 2. Michigan 196.550 Alabama NCAA Champion- 9. LSU 180.550 3. Stanford 196.750 4. Michigan 195.150 1982 | Salt Lake City, Utah 2. Georgia 197.200 3. ALABAMA 195.950 Dee Foster AA 10. Ohio State 177.800 4. Florida 196.700 5. UCLA 194.975 1. Utah 148.600 3. ALABAMA 197.125 4. Arizona State 195.900 Alabama NCAA Champion- 5. LSU 196.350 6. Florida 194.850 1989 | Athens, Ga. 2. CS Fullerton 144.150 Stanford 197.125 5. UCLA 195.850 Penney Hauschild FX, AA 6. ALABAMA 196.125 1. Georgia 192.650 3. Penn State 143.100 5. Florida 196.800 6. Nebraska 194.800 1993 | Corvallis, Ore. 2. UCLA 192.600 4. Oregon State 143.000 6. Utah 195.775 Alabama NCAA Champion- 1. Georgia 198.000 3. ALABAMA 192.100 5. Arizona State 142.950 Alabama NCAA Champions- Andreé Pickens BB 2. ALABAMA 196.825 4. Nebraska 190.800 6. UCLA 142.400 Ashley Miles V, FX 3. Utah 195.825 5. Utah 190.200 7. Florida 140.900 Jeana Rice AA 1998 | Los Angeles, Calif. 4. UCLA 194.925 1. Georgia 197.725 6. CS Fullerton 189.450 8. Nebraska 138.100 5. Auburn 194.725 7. Arizona State 187.900 9. Oklahoma State 137.200 2. Florida 196.350 6. Arizona 194.075 3. ALABAMA 196.300 Oregon State 187.900 10. Michigan 136.900 Alabama NCAA Champion- 9. Oklahoma 187.050 4. Utah 196.025 Dana Dobransky BB 5. UCLA 195.750 10. Florida 187.000 6. Arizona State 195.450 11. Arizona 186.500 12. Ohio State 186.400

ROLLTIDE.COM 105 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA’S NATIONAL HONORS NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships 2011 Kayla Hoffman 2010 Kassi Price 2004 Stephanie Kite 2003 Kristin Sterner 1998 Merritt Booth 1997 Meredith Willard 1993 Dana Dobransky 1992 Katherine Kelleher 1989 Kelly Good 1987 Julie Estin 1985 Barbara Mack 1983 Julie Garrett

National Coach of the Year 2002 Sarah Patterson 1991 Sarah Patterson 1988 Sarah Patterson 1986 Sarah Patterson NCAA Woman of the Year First awarded in 1991, the Woman of the Year program honors academic and athletics excellence, as well as community service and leadership, on a national level. From 1991 to WKHUHZHUHWKUHHOHYHOVVWDWHZLQQHUÀQDOLVWDQG Woman of the Year. There are still three levels, but now the ÀUVWLVFRQIHUHQFHZLQQHU 2005 Michelle Reeser ...... Top-10 Finalist Allyson Edwards, Division Manager for Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, 2004 Stephanie Kite...... State Winner 2011 Honda Award winner Kayla Hoffman and Sarah Patterson. 2003 Kristin Sterner ...... Top-10 Finalist 2002 Andreé Pickens ...... State Winner 2000 Lexa Evans ...... State Winner 1998 Merritt Booth ...... Top-10 Finalist 1997 Meredith Willard ...... Top-10 Finalist 1993 Dana Dobransky ...... State Winner Honda Award NCAA Today’s Top VIII NCAA Elite 89 1992 Katherine Kelleher ...... State Winner Awarded to the nation’s top collegiate gymnast. The NCAA’s most prestigious award, which encompasses Started in 2010, the award is given to the student-athlete 2011 Kayla Hoffman athletics, academics and character, is presented annually to with the top grade-point average at the NCAA 2006 Ashley Miles the nation’s top eight senior athletes regardless of gender, Championships. 2004 Jeana Rice sport or division. 2012 Rachel Terry 2002 Andreé Pickens 2011 Kayla Hoffman 2011 Rachel Terry 1993 Dee Foster 2003 Kristin Sterner 2010 Kassi Price 1986 Penney Hauschild 2002 Andreé Pickens 1985 Penney Hauschild 1997 Meredith Willard

106 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA NCAA Today’s Top VIII Award National Coach of the Year

Among the highest honors that the NCAA can bestow, Alabama gymnasts have earned a place among the NCAA Today’s Top VIII honorees four times. The Crimson Tide’s honorees, Sarah Patterson has been named the National Coach of the Year from the left: Kayla Hoffman with Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore in 2011; Kristin Sterner with ESPN personality and Alabama graduate Rece Davis in 2003; Andreé four times in three different decades, including 1986, 1988, 1991 Pickens with former UA gymnast and current Associate Athletics Director Marie Robbins in 2002; and Meredith Willard WHOTOOKHOME!LABAMAGYMNASTICSlRSTHONORIN  and 2002. with former UA president Dr. Andrew Sorensen. Honda Award NCAA Elite 89 Award Winners

Kayla Hoffman, pictured on the opposite page with her Honda Award, is the sixth Alabama gymnast to take home the award given annually to the national gymnast of the year. The newest national honor given by the NCAA, the Elite 89 Award, began in 2010 and is presented to the student-athlete with the Hoffman joined (from the left) Ashley highest cumulative grade-point average at each of the NCAA’s 89 national championships. The award has been bestowed on a UA Miles (2006), Jeana Rice (2004), GYMNASTEACHOFITSlRSTTHREEYEARS)N Rachel Terry BECAMETHElRSTGYMNASTTOWINTHEAWARDMORETHANONCETerry was Andreé Pickens (2002), Dee Foster presented with the 2012 Elite 89 Award by NCAA Championship Committee Chair Kim Green (left). Former NCAA Championship (1993) and Penney Hauschild, who Committee Chair Paul Plinske presented Terry (middle) with the 2011 award. He also presented the award to Kassi Price in 2010 won it twice, in 1985 and 1986, (right). giving Alabama seven Honda Awards overall.

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108 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA two nights in a row, Alabama’s championship Natalie Barrington, Sterner, sophomore Jeana Rice hopes came down to six routines on the balance and freshmen Alexis Brion and Shannon Hrozek beam, often the most daunting event of the four, earned 14 All-America honors between them, especially when the pressure is on. the most of any team at the championship. On  2QWKHÀQDOQLJKWMXVWWRDGGPRUHGUDPD Saturday, an exhausted Pickens, who competed to the evening, Alabama was on the balance 12 routines in three days, had enough energy left beam during the last rotation while second-place to win the NCAA uneven bars title to go with the *HRUJLDZDVRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH1RWRQO\ZRXOG American Award, which denotes the nation’s top Alabama have to hit their routines, but they would senior, that she’d picked up earlier in the day. also have to hold off Georgia. There would be more moments of celebration Each routine grew in importance as both in the days and weeks that followed. Alabama teams moved through the rotation. Alabama hit received their championship rings in front of routine after routine until Sterner came up in the 83,000-plus fans at the halftime of the Alabama- QXPEHUÀYHVSRW$KLWURXWLQHIURP6WHUQHUDQG Southern Mississippi football game. They were the championship belonged to Alabama; a miss also honored at the Homecoming parade and the would open the door for Georgia. SHSUDOO\ERQÀUHWKHQLJKWEHIRUH Sterner put together a rock-solid routine and But perhaps the best moment came ÀQLVKHGLWRII E\QDLOLQJKHUODQGLQJ7KHWLWOH immediately after the team received the trophy belonged once again to the Tide. But the team from Alabama Director of Athletics Mal Moore, didn’t know that, not for sure. For Alabama, there when everyone was laughing and hugging. It was one more routine to go from the Tide’s all- was Pickens – who had come back from a torn everything senior Andreé Pickens. Achilles that ended her junior season just days “I started to cry when Kristin landed her before the 2001 NCAA Championship – who put routine,” Pickens said. “Jeana Rice came over to it best. me and told me that it was ok, I could do it, I Standing in the middle of her teammates, could do it one more time. That whole routine tightly clutching the Tide’s golden prize to her was in slow motion. It wasn’t rushed and I wasn’t chest, Pickens said, “This is why I came back. This QHUYRXV,ZDVKDSS\DQG,ZDVFRQÀGHQWµ is why I worked so hard for so many months to Pickens nailed her routine. And when she get back – to be able to share this moment, this threw her arms in the air after her dismount, feeling with these girls and this crowd. the Coleman Coliseum crowd knew what had “This,” she said again, sweeping her eyes over happened. They knew the Alabama team had the mob scene in Coleman Coliseum, “is what we DJDLQDVWKH7LGHÀJKWVRQJVD\V´:ULWKHUQDPH wanted.” LQFULPVRQÁDPH«µDQG brought a fourth national On the way to winning its fourth NCAA  ´$WÀUVWWKH\ZHUHVXUSULVHGDQGWKHQWKH\ title to Tuscaloosa. They championship, Alabama was a study in contrast. In started laughing pretty hard,” Patterson said. “I roared their approval, the locker room, which the coaches and gymnasts think they really enjoyed seeing that, especially stomping, clapping and had turned into a beach getaway, complete with since it’s pretty far removed from the kinds of screaming, much like the VDQGXPEUHOODVÁRDWVDQGEHDFKPXVLFWKH7LGH things I wear today.” pandemonium that had was laid back and laughing. Out in the arena, Sarah and David Patterson, coaching at their EURNHQRXWRQWKHÁRRU moving ever closer to the title, they were cool, 20th NCAA Championship, knew that staying amongst the Tide athletes, calm and collected. loose would give their team an edge in a tight coaches and staff. “We have always done our best when we are competition. The night of the NCAA Super Six, It had been a loose and laughing,” Kristin Sterner said. “So the none of the six teams had a fall. It would be the remarkable run. Since coaches made sure that while we were in the locker second-highest scoring night in championship counting a fall on the room, we didn’t get tense or uptight.” history. ÀQDOHYHQWRI WKH6(& On the night of the Super Six, head coach The high-caliber opposition didn’t seem to Championships, Alabama Sarah Patterson even went so far as to pull out the matter though, the higher the other teams turned had gone a perfect 72 for 72 GUHVVVKHZRUHWRWKHFKDPSLRQVKLSVWKHÀUVWWLPH up the heat, the cooler Alabama gymnasts were. during their championship Alabama won at home, in 1991, a red and white For two nights in a row, Alabama started the march. Pickens, senior striped, strapless sequined number. QLJKWRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHZKLFKPHDQVWKDWIRU

ROLLTIDE.COM 109 CHAMPIONS 0F$GDPVFDPHXSLQWKHÀIWKSRVLWLRQ0LGZD\ 0F$GDPVVFRUHGKHUÀUVWSHUIHFWDQGWKH through her routine, she wobbled on a landing, fans roared, clapped and screamed their approval. staying on the beam seemingly through sheer force Kelly responded with a 10.0 of her own, the sixth RI ZLOO0F$GDPVVWHDGLHGKHUVHOI DQGÀQLVKHG perfect vault of her career and one that raised the the routine to thunderous applause and a 9.725 URRI ULJKWRII WKHFROLVHXP:LOODUGÀQLVKHGWKH VFRUH:RRGVÀQLVKHGWKLQJVRIIIRUWKH7LGHZLWK Tide’s evening with a 9.95. a 9.9. The Tide posted a 49.150. The Tide’s vault total, 49.775, set yet another  'HVSLWHDVWURQJÀUVWKDOI$ODEDPDVWLOOWUDLOHG NCAA record. UCLA mustered a 49.275 on the UCLA, a squad making a push for the top, by .075 ÁRRU7KHWLWOHZDV$ODEDPD·V with two rotations left. Alabama totaled a 198.025, setting an NCAA  7KH7LGHPRYHGWRWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDQGLW ‘Super Six’ record, to win its third NCAA title and was there that Alabama and the crowd of 10,000- second in front of the home crowd. UCLA was SOXVIDQVFDXJKWÀUH1HXEDXHUVFRUHGD second with a 197.475, a score that would have followed by Booth’s 9.875. won all but one other NCAA championship. Utah  7KHQ.HOO\EURXJKWRXWKHUÁRRUURXWLQH and Georgia tied for third with a 196.775. Oregon the one she had learned during the season, and 6WDWHZDVÀIWKZLWKDZKLOH0LFKLJDQ introduced only four meets before. To the strains ÀQLVKHGVL[WKZLWKD,WPDUNHGWKHÀUVW of “Yea Alabama” and “Sweet Home Alabama,” time in NCAA history that all six members of the the Pennsylvania native captured her audience and “Super Six” scored 196 or better. the judges, producing a perfect 10.0 performance Willard started the Tide’s winning ways on and raising the decibel level in Coleman Coliseum WKHÀUVWQLJKWRI FRPSHWLWLRQHDUQLQJ$ODEDPD·V to near-deafening heights. fourth NCAA All-Around title. Willard carried the banner of enthusiasm The Tide rolled to two more titles during throughout her performance, producing a 9.95. Saturday night’s individual competition. Woods 0F$GDPVFDPHXSLQWKHÀQDOVSRWDQGFDSSHG posted a 9.975 to win the NCAA Uneven Bars Alabama’s rotation with a career-high 9.95. title. And Kelly, in the last meet of her storied When the counting was done, Alabama had FDUHHULQNHGWKHSHUIHFWÀQDOFKDSWHU6KHSRVWHG SURGXFHGDQ1&$$ÁRRUH[HUFLVHUHFRUG \HWDQRWKHUSHUIHFWÁRRUURXWLQHWRZLQWKDW The Bruins were tenacious though, matching title. WKH7LGH·VUHFRUGÁRRUHIIRUWZLWKDQ1&$$ record of their own on the balance beam (49.50). Going into the last rotation, perennial favorites Georgia and Utah were already out of the championship picture – barring a complete meltdown by both the Crimson Tide and the For the Alabama gymnastics team, two long fourth position senior Kim Kelly suffered a fall, Bruins. It came down to two teams and one last years of planning, training and dedication had SXWWLQJWKH7LGH·VÀQDOWZRSHUIRUPHUVLQFOXWFK rotation. come down to the next 24 hours. Their motto positions. Junior Stephanie Woods responded Alabama headed to the vault, just .05 ahead of for the season had been “Enjoy the Journey,” and with a 9.95. Senior Marna Neubauer came up in ÁRRUH[HUFLVHERXQG8&/$ they had, with great success. Now, in April 1996, WKHÀQDOSRVLWLRQ%DWWOLQJDVRUHVKRXOGHUIRUWKH What happened during the last rotation is the Alabama was on the verge of competing for the latter half of the season, she came up big for the stuff of legend. Alabama ran off a blistering set QDWLRQDOFKDPSLRQVKLSRQLWVKRPHÁRRU6DUDK Tide, swinging to a 9.875. Alabama produced a of vaults in which the Tide scored nothing lower and David Patterson gathered their team and told 49.475, the second-best total in school history. than a 9.9 and posted two perfect, golden 10.0s. them, “We’ve enjoyed the journey, now it’s time to Alabama then moved to the balance beam. Booth got Alabama off to a 9.925 start. enjoy our destination.” :LOODUGWRRNWRWKHEHDPLQKHUFXVWRPDU\ÀUVW Bonaventura and Neubauer chimed in with back- Alabama started its drive for its third NCAA VSRWDQGIRUWKHÀUVWWLPHDOOVHDVRQRQDQ\ to-back 9.9 scores. McAdams came up in the championship on the same two events where event, she fell. Sarah Patterson gathered the team fourth spot and put the ultimate exclamation point LWKDGFRXQWHGIDOOVRQWKHÀUVWQLJKWRI WHDP together and told them, “Meredith has been our RQZKDWKDGDOUHDG\EHHQDFDUHHUQLJKW6KHÁHZ competition. On the uneven bars, sophomore rock all season long. Now we’ll be there for her.” down the runway, hit the springboard, then the Danielle McAdams produced a 9.875, a mark Sophomore Shay Murphy was next up vault, landed on the mat and did not move. Feet echoed by freshman Gwen Spidle who was and responded with a solid 9.8. Senior Kim planted, arms thrown back and head held high, followed by junior Meredith Willard’s 9.9. In the Bonaventura posted a 9.825 and Kelly scored 9.9.

110 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA “I can remember in December thinking that The Tide drew a favorable rotation at the we were hosting the championships and that we NCAA Championships, starting on the vault, might not even be there,” Patterson said. ÀQLVKLQJRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVH$IWHUFKDUJLQJ Preseason practices were not characteristic of WKURXJKWKHÀUVWWZRHYHQWVWKH´%HDP7HDPµ a team that should be in contention for a gold, and ZDVSXWWRLWVÀQDOWHVWKLWWLQJDOOVL[URXWLQHV Patterson predicted a nightmarish outcome if the SDVVLQJWKHH[DPZLWKÁ\LQJFRORUV7KH7LGHZDV team did not shape up. the only team without a fall on the balance beam “One day, Sarah sat us down and we got a at the NCAA Championships. good lecture,” Kara Stilp recalled. “I will never  %HIRUHWKHWHDPURWDWHGWRÁRRU3DWWHUVRQ forget it. She told us that we were going to be offered only one piece of advice to her charges. really embarrassed when we hosted nationals, and “I just told the kids to land on their feet and we would not be competing in it. We agreed that stay in bounds,” Patterson said. we all needed to get in gear.”  7KHÁRRUPXVLFUHYHUEHUDWHGWKURXJKWKH That speech proved to be a turning point for Coliseum and each tumbling pass was met with WKHJ\PQDVWV2QFHLWVÀUVWFRPSHWLWLRQUROOHG louder and louder cheers and at the end of six around, the Tide was ready to go. If preseason routines the Crimson Tide emerged victorious. was tough, the competition season was just as “Winning one championship was great, but demanding. there was nothing like winning at home,” Patterson The Tide defeated Auburn in the 1991 season said. “I felt like winning a second champions opener even though they had to count three falls validated our program at that point. It wasn’t just on balance beam, an event on which the program a one-time thing. Yes, we can have this philosophy had built its reputation. In its home opener against of having the best students and athletes and well- Penn State, the team tumbled to three more falls rounded individuals and still win a championship.” from the 4-inch wide apparatus. Fortunately, they The team also taught Patterson a thing or still came away with a win. two about the seven-month journey to the To Patterson, these mistakes were unacceptable national championship competition, as well as the for a championship-caliber team. Beam intra- expectations that come with the quest. squads came frequently, and the team’s self- “It doesn’t matter where you start in assurance rose. The team members began to refer December,” Patterson said. “It only matters where to themselves as the “Beam Team.” you end in April. Sometimes, when it looks like  ´:HKDGVRPXFKFRQÀGHQFHEHFDXVH6DUDK you have your hardest road to go in preseason, you made us do so many intra-squads,” Sheryl Dundas need to stay focused on the outcome and take it said. “We could do routines in our sleep.” one step at a time. More than anything, I learned The Tide traveled to Lexington, Ky., for the from this team to not look too far down that Southeastern Conference Championships. Forced road.”  ,Q6DUDK3DWWHUVRQÀQDOO\KDGWKH  7KHÀUVWVWHSWRZDUGEXLOGLQJWKHIDQEDVHZDV WRFRXQWWZRIDOOVRQWKHÀQDOHYHQWYDXOWWKH championships right where she wanted them – in accomplished with the 1988 NCAA title, which SEC title slipped from Alabama’s hands by .05. Coleman Coliseum. spurred increased interest in the program. The disappointment and frustration made the Tide Alabama had already gained national The Tide was young in 1991, with six even more determined to earn the national crown. SURPLQHQFHZLQQLQJLWVÀUVWWLWOHLQ,Q underclassmen, including four freshmen. The two “Good teams aren’t going to let defeats defeat the team brought home its second Southeastern seniors, Kim Masters and Tina Rinker, sought them overall,” Katherine Kelleher told reporters Conference title and placed second to Utah at the to weave the 11 girls together to form a squad at the time. “They use it to their advantage. That’s national championships. The 1991 team boasted reminiscent of the 1988 championship they were what we are going to do.” DFRQWLQJHQWWKDWLQFOXGHGÀYH$OO$PHULFDQV members of as freshmen. “I’ve always said that in this conference, you and the 1990 NCAA all-around champion. If the “I remember feeling that the team had so can be third at the conference championship gymnasts did their jobs, there was no doubt in much talent that we should be able to win the and win the national championship,” Patterson Patterson’s mind they would compete in front of QDWLRQDOFKDPSLRQVKLSLI ZHFRXOGEHFRPHXQLÀHG H[SODLQHG´ZDVGHÀQLWHO\LQGLFDWLYHRI WKDW WKHKRPHFURZGWKDWÀQDO)ULGD\RI FRPSHWLWLRQ DQGJHWLQWRWKHÁRZµ5LQNHUUHPLQLVFHG scenario.” “I remember being told that you build a crowd Alabama had the opportunity to shine at At the regional championships at Auburn, the by winning a national championship, but you could KRPHEXWWKHWHDPZDVQRWIXOÀOOLQJH[SHFWDWLRQV Tide turned in one of its best performances of the also do it by hosting a championship,” Patterson in the preseason. season and entered the NCAAs as the No. 1 seed. said.

ROLLTIDE.COM 111 CHAMPIONS In any other season, that would have been what “It was the beam – that’s where we won it,” the year would be known by, the year of two ties. Sarah Patterson said. “That was our best beam score This squad, though, was destined for far greater of the year.” things. And if the beam was the event that led Alabama Alabama set the tone for the postseason to the title, its seniors were the class pointing the way. E\ZLQQLQJLWVÀUVW6RXWKHDVWHUQ&RQIHUHQFH “This national championship is for our two Championship with a 190.15. It was only the second seniors – Alli Beldon and Kathy Bilodeau,” Sarah time in school history that the Tide had scored in the Patterson said after the meet. “They hit all three 190s. The Tide beat second-place Georgia by .95. events tonight. They were models for us all year. We The regionals were next for the Tide and a just learned from their consistency, which has been good performance would be necessary to advance our forte all season.” to the NCAA Championships. Instead of a good Four Alabama gymnasts earned seven All- performance, Alabama produced a school and America honors. Sarah Patterson was named NCAA NCAA-best mark of 191.75. The Tide posted the Coach of the Year, but most importantly, Alabama meet’s top score on all four events both individually KDGLWVÀUVW1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLS and as a team. Masters won the all-around followed “It’s so unbelievable,” Robbins said. “We had so by Marie Robbins in second and Tina Rinker in much fun. That’s when we are at our best.” fourth. Sophomore Cheri Way noted the seeds were “I didn’t think it was going to be possible to sown long before the trip to Utah. exceed what we did at the Southeastern Conference “I realized we could win the national title after Championship, but they certainly did,” Sarah one long and tiresome Tuesday practice when we Patterson said. “They came back and did a better decided to go out and do it for us,” Way said. “When job.” I realized we had won . . . my whole body went Nationals were in Salt Lake City, Utah, home of numb.” ÀYHWLPH1&$$FKDPSLRQ8WDKWKH1RVHHG The good times were far from over. Alabama would also face defending NCAA champs “The best part about winning the championship Georgia, No. 3 seed LSU and No. 4 seed Florida. was coming back home to Alabama,” Ali Blumberg Both the competition and the arena were familiar, said, a sentiment echoed by all her teammates at one being the No. 1 seed was not. point or another during that magical year. “I don’t think there’s extra pressure on us On April 30, 1988, the state of Alabama declared being the No. 1 seed,” Sarah Patterson said prior “Alabama Gymnasts Day.” There was a parade and to NCAAs. “We just achieved so many things – a ceremony at the base of Denny Chimes. The next winning the SEC, the record in the regionals and fall, the gymnasts received their championship rings the No. 1 seed – that we’re too proud of what we’ve at halftime of the Vanderbilt football game. already accomplished to feel pressure.” Sarah and David Patterson were celebrating sophomores and three freshmen. The Pattersons If Alabama disagreed with their coach, it did not their 10th anniversary of coaching the Crimson added to the Tide’s arsenal in January, when Kim show. Those watching from the stands and those on Tide in 1988. Their success had been nothing short Masters joined the Tide. Masters had planned press row observed a Crimson Tide team that was RI DPD]LQJZLWKÀYHFRQVHFXWLYHWRSÀQLVKHV to delay college for a year to train for the Seoul calm and loose going into the championships, having including a high of third in 1986. Alabama was a 2O\PSLFV$IWHUÀQLVKLQJQLQWKDWWKH86$ fun, being playful and displaying an indomitable strong team, with a solid foundation built on its Gymnastics Championships the previous summer, team spirit. coaches and the type of athletes they chose to bring her aspirations for the Olympic rings seemed within Alabama scored an NCAA Championship into the program. her grasp. Striving for that goal lost its appeal though UHFRUGRQWKHZD\WRLWVÀUVWQDWLRQDOFKDPSLRQVKLS The questions began brewing in the Pattersons’ and after much thought, Masters opted for college shattering the mark previously held by Utah (188.35) minds though. Could their philosophy of developing and the Tide. With its roster set, the season began. ZLWKD7KH7LGH·VKLJKHVWDOODURXQGÀQLVK the whole person produce championships? Alabama reeled off a trio of wins to get things was ninth-place, highlighting the team effort it took Would they be able to do things the way they going. Then something strange happened – Alabama to win the championship. ZDQWHGDQGVWLOOFOLPEWKHÀQDOUXQJDQGSURGXFH tied LSU. With fractions of points being added up  &RQVLVWHQF\DORQJZLWKFRQÀGHQFHDQG a championship? The questions were answered over the course of 24 individual performances, ties enthusiasm were the keys for the Crimson Tide. The emphatically in 1988. are rare in collegiate gymnastics. Then, at the next Pattersons’ crew hit 23 of 24 routines, including a Alabama started the year 10-strong. It was a meet, Alabama did it again; tying Georgia at the UA- six-for-six balance beam rotation. young squad, with two seniors, one junior, four hosted Red and White Classic and beating Utah.

112 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA ALABAMA’S INDIVIDUAL NCAA CHAMPIONS

Geralen Stack-Eaton Morgan Dennis Terin Humphrey Ashley Miles 2012 NCAA Balance Beam Champion 2007 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion 2005 & 2007 NCAA Uneven Bars Champion 2003, 2004 & 2006 NCAA Vault Champion 2011 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion 2004 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion In 2012, for the second year a row, the Just a freshman, Morgan Dennis had already She wanted it back. As a freshman, Terin Ashley Miles made it look easy. She made it NCAA team championship belonged to the learned the trick of bringing the crowd to its Humphrey had gone from Olympic silver to ORRNOLNHÁ\LQJ+HUKXJHYDXOWVDQGWXPEOLQJ Alabama Crimson Tide, and for the second year feet. Her huge tumbling and feet-nailed-to- NCAA gold, winning the NCAA Uneven Bars SDVVHVRQWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHPDGHKHUWKH in a row, Geralen Stack-Eaton made sure that WKHÁRRUODQGLQJVZHUHHQRXJKWRH[FLWHHYHQ Championship. As a sophomore, she earned must-see gymnast wherever she was, even at the there was individual gold to go with the team veteran gymnastics fans. But a national title, on All-America honors on the uneven bars, but did NCAA Championships. trophy. WKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHDVDURRNLH"7KDWZDVJRLQJ not repeat as champion. “Wherever we were, when Ashley was on As a junior, Stack-Eaton closed out her to take some doing, especially in 2007 when 18 Winning title No. 2 wasn’t going to be an event, all eyes in the gym were drawn to season by winning the NCAA Floor Exercise J\PQDVWVUHDFKHGWKHÁRRUH[HUFLVHÀQDO easy. In October Humphrey had double elbow her,” Sarah Patterson said. “It was an amazing Championship, the same event that Alabama But Dennis didn’t get rattled. She calmly surgery to help ease problems she had worked phenomenon.” KDGÀQLVKHGRQWRZLQLWVÀIWKQDWLRQDOWHDP waited, going 17th in the lineup. And when through for years. She also faced the deepest, An outsized brand of gymnastics earned championship the night before. Her dynamic KHUWXUQÀQDOO\GLGFRPHDURXQGVKHPDGHWKH PRVWWDOHQWHGXQHYHQEDUVÀHOGLQ1&$$ Miles four individual NCAA titles, tying Penney routine tallied a score of 9.9375, winning the most of it, electrifying the crowd and scoring history, one loaded with Olympians and U.S. Hauschild for most in an Alabama career. She 7LGH·VWKLUGÁRRUWLWOHVLQFHDQGÀIWK a 9.9625, the best of the night to that point. champions. Humphrey was not to be denied, LVWKHÀUVW$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWWRZLQPRUHWKDQ overall. One more routine was to come, so after waiting though, scoring a 9.95 to win her second title two national apparatus titles during a career. As a senior, Stack-Eaton was once again most of the night to show what she had, she DQGUHDIÀUPKHUSODFHDVTXHHQRI WKHXQHYHQ When she won the 2006 NCAA vault instrumental in leading Alabama to the national waited a little longer to see if her routine was bars. title, Miles became only the second gymnast WHDPWLWOHPDUNLQJWKHÀUVWWLPHWKH7LGHKDG golden. The last gymnast came close, with a  +XPSUKH\·VÀUVW1&$$WLWOHFDPHDW in NCAA history to win three national vault won back-to-back team championships. And just 9.95, but not close enough and the Alabama the end of a long year, one that included the FKDPSLRQVKLSVDQGWKHÀUVWWRGRVRLQ as she had the year before, the Horsham, Pa., rookie took home gold. U.S. Olympic Trials, a spot on the Olympic years. She is one of only six gymnasts in NCAA native returned the next day for an individual team that included a pair of silver medals at history to win the same event three times and title, extending the Tide’s weekend-long mastery the Athens Olympiad, and a stint on the T.J. WKHÀUVWLQPRUHWKDQDGHFDGHWRPDQDJHWKH of the balance beam. During team competition, Maxx Olympic Tour before joining the Tide in feat. Her four individual national titles are tied she posted scores of 9.95 and 9.9 on the beam, January. At the end of that very long freshman for third all-time in NCAA history. helping push Alabama to the two highest balance year, she found herself with one more routine beam team marks at the championships. During to do. Up last, she had her work cut out for her HYHQWÀQDOVVKHWDOOLHGDRQWKHEHDP with a 9.925 already on the board. The Olympic winning Alabama’s 23rd individual NCAA title silver medalist was undaunted though, taking RYHUDOODQGÀIWKRQWKHEDODQFHEHDP NCAA gold with a 9.9375.

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Jeana Rice Andreé Pickens Kim Kelly Meredith Willard 2004 NCAA All-Around Champion 1999 NCAA Balance Beam Champion 1996 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion 1996 NCAA All-Around Champion 2002 NCAA Uneven Bars Champion She’d spent a career being as good It is a testament to Andreé Pickens’ talent  ,QWKHÀQDOSHUIRUPDQFHRI KHU&ULPVRQ She tugged urgently at the sleeve of the as anyone in the nation and at her last and drive that she managed not only to win 7LGHFDUHHUDVWKHPXVLFRI KHUÁRRUURXWLQH QHDUHVWPHHWRIÀFLDODVNLQJKLPWRFKHFNDQG NCAA Championships, Jeana Rice proved two NCAA titles, but win them in the most UHDFKHGLWVÀQDOEHDWDQGWHDUVVWUHDPHGGRZQ then double check the scores. There had been KHUVHOI EHWWHUWKDQDQ\RQHHOVH2QWKHÀUVW challenging fashion imaginable. her face, Kim Kelly’s success-studded career a mistake, someone else was supposed to be day of competition at the UCLA-hosted As a freshman, Pickens competed in turned golden. The King of Prussia, Penn., where she was. championships, Rice – who had already won every event all three days of the NCAA native won the 1996 NCAA Floor Exercise No mistake, the scores were right. Meredith two SEC and three NCAA Regional all-around Championships. On the last day, after leading Championship in front of the home crowd :LOODUGWKHXOWLPDWHWHDPSOD\HULQDVSRUWÀOOHG titles in her career – posted a 39.650 to win the $ODEDPDWRDWKLUGSODFHÀQLVKLQWKHWKLQDLU with a perfect 10.0 and an avalanche of with individuals, had won the 1996 NCAA All- NCAA All-Around Championship. of Salt Lake City the day before, she harnessed applause. Around Championship. Rice’s career had been building to her strength and boundless energy to win the As extraordinary as the ending was, the Willard’s title shouldn’t have come as a this moment from day one. She won six NCAA Balance Beam title, earning gold on the JHQHVLVRI KHUFKDPSLRQVKLSÁRRUURXWLQHLV surprise. She had been, throughout the 1996 individual SEC championships and seven event that made her nervous all season. even more so. In college gymnastics, the norm season, the nation’s most consistent gymnast. NCAA Regional titles over her four years. At Three years later, after coming back from a LVWRFKDQJHÁRRUURXWLQHVRQO\RQFHGXULQJD Going into the NCAA Championships, she had WKH1&$$&KDPSLRQVKLSVVKHÀQLVKHGLQWKH ruptured Achilles tendon that ended her junior career and a mid-season change was unheard hit an astounding and perfect 44 of 44 routines. top six in the all-around competition every year season, Pickens again competed in 12 events of, until Kim Kelly. She had also competed in 45 of a possible 48 DVZHOODVSRVWLQJÀYHÀQLVKHVLQWKHWRSVL[RQ over three days. But the four events on Saturday  7LGHIUHVKPDQ/LVD*LDQQL·VÁRRUURXWLQH events going into the championships. She had individual events. were simply icing on the cake for the Houston, ZDVVHWWRWKHVWUDLQVRI WKH$ODEDPDÀJKW been very virtually unstoppable. Rice was rewarded for an outstanding senior Texas native who the night before had led the song. When Gianni went down after the second Willard had not just been consistent, she had year with the Honda Award for Gymnastics, Tide to its fourth NCAA team title. meet of the season with a ruptured Achilles been consistently brilliant. She bettered or tied presented annually to the national gymnast of In the waning moments of a spectacular tendon, there was no one to carry the routine her career best all-around mark six times during the year. career, Pickens brought the grit and into the Tide-hosted nationals, until Kelly the season. And at the NCAA Championships, In addition to all her championship determination that carried her through injury undertook the challenge. on the night of the all-around, she was the hardware, Rice set a national record as a senior, DQGUHKDEWREHDURQRQHÀQDOURXWLQHZLQQLQJ It was a move that Tide coach Sarah best of the best, winning with a 39.450 total. EHFRPLQJWKHÀUVW1&$$J\PQDVWWRHDUQÀYH the NCAA Uneven Bars title. After landing that Patterson says she would not have been able to Willard’s talent and ability led her to Alabama’s All-America honors in three different seasons. routine, Pickens gave a tired wave to the crowd, consider with anyone except Kelly. The move ninth individual NCAA crown. Her poise and She also set the national record for All-America knowing she had given everything she had and paid off when Kelly completed the postseason leadership led Alabama to a national team KRQRUVLQDFDUHHUHDUQLQJÀUVWDQGVHFRQG it had been more than enough. triple play, winning the SEC, NCAA Central championship the next day. team accolades. Regional and NCAA Championships.

114 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA Dana Dobransky 1992 NCAA Balance Beam Champion 1993 NCAA Balance Beam Champion On her 1993 beam title: “Ending my career with a 10.0 RQEDODQFHEHDPÀQDOO\UHSUHVHQWHGWKDW,KDGZRUNHGIRU perfection. It made all of the mental perfection, all of the hard work, all of the falling, and getting up, worth it. It was great to be able to represent the University of Alabama with a perfect 10.”

Best memory: “My most lasting memory is the love and support of our fans. That fan support was one of the reasons that I was attracted to Alabama, and when I got there, it was just great. I know that we wouldn’t have been as successful as we were, or are, without the love and support of all of our fans. The fans at Alabama are so supporting of everything, and that is the one thing that really stands out in my mind.” Stephanie Woods Gina Basile Penney Hauschild 1996 NCAA Uneven Bars Champion 1991 NCAA Balance Beam Champion 1985 NCAA All-Around Champion 1985 NCAA Uneven Bars Champion 1986 NCAA All-Around Champion Stephanie Woods knew that the uneven On the 1991 team title: “It was a very rewarding experience 1986 NCAA Floor Exercise Champion EDUVURXWLQHVKHKDGMXVWÀQLVKHGKDGEHHQ for me. It was especially great because it was at home in front special – she just wasn’t sure if anyone else of our families and our fans. It’s really a feeling that you can’t On her national championships: “It was NQHZ,WZDVWKHQLJKWRI WKHHYHQWÀQDOVDWWKH put into words. The best way that I can describe winning the GHÀQLWHO\WKHSLQQDFOHRI P\J\PQDVWLFV 1996 NCAA Championships and she had just national team title is that it is 11 girls, separated around the career. But I know that nothing could completed her routine. country, who are bonded together for life by a ring which have been done without Sarah, David, my But the Austin, Texas, native’s feeling represents talent, dedication, friendship and crimson pride.” teammates, the trainers, and really the entire about her routine carried over to the judges, athletic department. Although my titles were a who knew they had seen something special, Best memory: “Really, the thing that stands out in my mind is great experience, I would have given anything something of championship caliber. that there was no real pressure. There was some pressure, but to be able to be with the team in 1988 when In the history of the NCAA really we just had a good time. Usually the person who wants it they won the team national title.” Championships, only three competitors have the most wins, and we just always pulled together, had a good scored better on the uneven bars. There are time, and usually won. That’s what I will always remember.” Best memory: ´$IWHUP\ÁRRUH[HUFLVHDWWKH three 10s scattered over the years. Woods is the 1986 Nationals, which was the last event of my ÀUVWWRHDUQD Dee Foster career, Sarah was standing right there. She had Woods had been brilliantly consistent all 1990 NCAA All-Around Champion tears in her eyes, I had tears in my eyes, and season on the uneven bars. Of her 15 routines, we just came together and hugged. That will 12 scored 9.9 or better. She collected the 1996 On her title: “There were advantages and disadvantages always be the one moment that will stand out NCAA Central Regional uneven bars and to winning a national title. The advantages were, of course, in my mind.” balance beam titles coming into the NCAA the respect and national recognition in a sport that I had Championships. Woods scored back-to-back dedicated my life to. And the main disadvantage was the VLQWKH1&$$VHPLÀQDOVDQG6XSHU pressure to repeat. Thankfully, I had 10 other people there to Six rounds. Her national championship help me through each of the next three years.” performance was a career best. Best memory: “My junior year, during the Homecoming football game, we got our national championship rings down RQWKHÀHOGDWKDOIWLPH0\EHVWIULHQGZDVWKHUHWRHQMR\LW with me, and that made it extra special.”

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The Crimson Tide’s 2012 roster featured nine All-Americans, including, from the left – Kayla Williams, Ashley Sledge, Rachel Terry, Kim Jacob, Geralen Stack-Eaton, Diandra Milliner, Ashley Priess, Sarah DeMeo and Marissa Gutierrez. FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS 2012 2008 2003 Andreé Pickens AA (8th), 1995 1991 1987 Marissa Gutierrez V (4th) Morgan Dennis FX (4th) Mari Bayer UB (8th) V (2nd), UB (4th) Kim Bonaventura UB (3rd) Gina Basile - BB (3rd) Julie Estin AA (4th), BB (4th), Diandra Milliner V (2nd) Kayla Hoffman V (5th) Alexis Brion V Kristin Sterner UB (11th), Merritt Booth FX (9th) Dana Dobransky - BB (6th), FX (7th) Ashley Priess BB (7th) Kassi Price UB (8th) Ashley Miles V (1st), FX (3rd) FX (5th) Meredith Willard FX (11th) FX (3rd) Marie Robbins - UB (5th), FX Dara Stewart UB (9th) Geralen Stack-Eaton AA (4th), 2007 Jeana Rice AA (4th), V (8th), Stephanie Woods BB (5th), UB Dee Foster - AA (2nd), V, UB, (3rd) BB (1st), FX (2nd) BB (3rd), UB (4th) (6th) BB, FX Terin Humphrey UB (1st), 1999 1986 Kristin Sterner BB (6th) Katherine Kelleher - V (7th) 2011 BB (8th) Andreé Pickens AA (4th), V (5th), Julie Estin - AA (5th) 1994 Shea McFall - V (6th) Sarah DeMeo UB (3rd) Morgan Dennis FX (1st) 2002 UB (4th), BB (1st), FX (10th) Lisa Farley - BB (7th) Chasity Junkin - AA (6th), V Kim Masters - V (5th), AA (8th) Marissa Gutierrez V (5th) Natalie Barrington UB (4th) Lissy Smith BB (4th) Kelly Good - V (6th) 2006 (7th) Kara Stilp - FX (8th) Kayla Hoffman AA (2nd), Andreé Pickens AA (2nd), Gwen Spidle V (8th) Penney Hauschild - AA (1st), V Terin Humphrey BB (4th) Kim Kelly - V (8th), UB (11th), BB (2nd), V (4th) V (3rd), BB (5th), UB (1st), 1990 (3rd), UB (3rd), FX (1st) Ashley Miles AA (5th), V (1st), 1998 FX (11th) Kim Jacob AA (7th), BB (8th) FX (5th) Dee Foster - AA (1st), V (4th), FX (3rd) Merritt Booth FX (17th) Kara Stilp UB (10th) 1985 Ashley Sledge V (7th) Shannon Hrozek BB (9th) UB (2nd), BB (2nd) Shay Murphy FX (8th) Meredith Willard - AA (3rd), Julie Estin - V (7th), UB (4th) Geralen Stack-Eaton AA (3rd), Alexis Brion V (6th), FX (4th) Katherine Kelleher - BB (7th) 2005 Gwen Spidle AA (3rd), BB (8th) FX (4th) Penney Hauschild - AA (1st), UB FX (1st), V (7th), UB (15th) Dana Filetti UB (10th) Jeana Rice AA (6th), BB(2nd) Shea McFall - V (7th) 1997 1993 (1st), BB (4th) 2010 Terin Humphrey BB (5th), Kristin Sterner BB (3rd), 1989 FX (11th) Meredith Willard AA (2nd), V, Dana Dobransky - BB (1st), 1984 Morgan Dennis V, FX (5th) UB (1st), FX (5th) Kim Masters - AA (6th) UB (4th), BB (3rd), FX (4th) FX (11th) Penney Hauschild - AA (4th), UB Kayla Hoffman UB (8th) Ashley Miles AA (3rd), V (4th), 2001 Cheri Way - BB (7th) Stephanie Woods UB (2nd) Dee Foster AA (2nd), V (4th), (2nd), BB (4th) Kassi Price UB (8th) UB (7th), FX (2nd) Natalie Barrington UB (6th) 1996 UB (9th), FX (4th) 1988 Barbara Mack BB (6th) Ashley Priess BB (10th) 2004 Jeana Rice AA (3rd), FX (6th) Merritt Booth V (5th) 1992 Kathy Bilodeau - BB (6th), Geralen Stack-Eaton AA (4th), Alexis Brion FX (5th) Lissy Smith BB (6th) 1982 Kim Kelly FX (1st), BB (8th) Dana Dobransky - BB (1st) FX (7th) BB (6th), V (15th) Ashley Miles V (1st), FX (1st), Kristin Sterner BB (5th) Julie Garrett - UB (4th), Danielle McAdams FX (3rd) Sheryl Dundas - BB (6th) Tina Rinker - UB (7th) UB (6th) AIAW AA (5th), AIAW UB (4th) 2009 2000 Marna Neubauer V (9th) Dee Foster - AA (3rd), UB (3rd), Marie Robbins - UB (2nd), Jeana Rice AA (1st), BB (2nd), Morgan Dennis UB (10th) Natalie Barrington UB (7th) Meredith Willard AA (1st), BB (3rd), FX (2nd) BB (5th) UB (13th) Ricki Lebegern BB (10th) Katie Hornecker V (8th) UB (4th), FX (7th) Katherine Kelleher V (11th) Cheri Way - UB (3rd), FX (6th) Ashley Priess BB (3rd), UB (12th) Stephanie Woods UB (1st) 116 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICANSANS ALL-AMERICANSALL-AM BY CAREER TOTAL 2012 2003 1995 Sarah DeMeo - BB Mari Bayer - BB Kim Bonaventuraventura - BB JeanaJeana Rice,Rice, 2001-042001 ...... 18 Shea McFall, 1989-92 ...... 2 Marissa Gutierrez - FX Shannon Hrozek - BB Kim Kelly - BB, FX, V DDeeee Foster,Foster, 1990-931990 ...... 17 * Shay Murphy, 1995-98 ...... 2 Kim Jacob - FX, UB Stephanie Kite - FX Marna Neubauerubauer - UBUB MMereditheredith Willard,Willard, 1994-97 ...... 16 Kathy Bilodeau, 1985-88 ...... 2 AAndreéndreé Pickens, 1999-20021 ...... 14 Chasity Junkin, 1992-95 ...... 2 Diandra Milliner - FX Jeana Rice - FX Meredith WWillardillard - AAAA AAshleyshley Miles, 2003-06200 ...... 12 Mari Bayer, 2003-06 ...... 2 Ashley Priess - AA, UB Kristin Sterner - AA GGeraleneralen Stack-Eaton,Stack-Ea 2009-12 ...... 12 Ashley Sledge, 2010-present ...... 2 Ashley Sledge - UB 1994 KKristinristin Sterner, 2000-0320 ...... 11 Sarah DeMeo, 2011-present ...... 2 Geralen Stack-Eaton - UB 2002 Kim Bonaventuraventura - UBUB PPenneyenney Hauschild,Hauschild 1983-86 ...... 10 Barbara Mack, 1982-85 ...... 1 Kayla Williams - BB Jeana Rice - V Meredith WillardWillard - V, KKimim Kelly, 1993-961993-9 ...... 10 Tina Rinker, 1984-87 ...... 1 UB, BB Terin HuHumphrey,mphrey, 2005-08 ...... 10 Lisa Farley, 1985-87 ...... 1 2011 2001 Stephaniee Woods - BB DDanaana Dobransky, 1990-93 ...... 8 Kelly Good, 1986-89 ...... 1 Diandra Milliner - BB Jeana Rice - V, UB, BB MMorganorgan Dennis, 2007-102 ...... 8 Gina Basile, 1989-92 ...... 1 Kristin Sterner - AA, 1993 AAshleyshley Priess, 2009-present20 ...... 8 Sheryl Dundas, 1991-94 ...... 1 JuJJulielie Estin, 1984-871984- ...... 6 Mandy Chapman, 1996-98 ...... 1 V, FX Dana Dobranskyransky - AAAA 2010 MeMMerrittrritt Booth, 1995-9819 ...... 6 Lexa Evans, 1997-2000 ...... 1 Ricki Lebegern - BB Raegan Tomasek - BB Kara Stilp - FX StSStephanieephanie Woods,Woods 1994-97 ...... 5 Katie Hornecker, 1998-2001 ...... 1 Geralen Stack-Eaton GGwenwen Spidle,Spidle, 1996-99199 ...... 5 Raegan Tomasek, 1999-02 ...... 1 - UB 2000 1992 AAlexislexis Brion, 2002-052002 ...... 5 Stephanie Kite, 2001-04 ...... 1 Andreé Pickens - FX Dana Dobranskyransky - AA,AA, KaKKaylayla Hoffman,Hoffman, 2008-112 ...... 5 Michelle Reeser, 2002-05 ...... 1 2009 Lissy Smith - BB UB MMariearie Robbins,Robbins, 1987-901 ...... 4 Dana Filetti, 2003-06 ...... 1 Ricki Lebegern - AA, FX Kristin Sterner - AA Katherine Kelleher - UB KKimim Bonaventura,Bonaventura 1994-97 ...... 4 Melanie Banville, 2006 ...... 1 Ashley Priess - AA, FX KKatherineatherine Kelleher,Kellehe 1989-92 ...... 4 Brittany Magee, 2006-09 ...... 1 Rachel Terry - V 1999 RRickiicki Lebegern,Lebegern, 2007-102 ...... 4 Casey Overton, 2007-10 ...... 1 Lexa Evans - FX KKimim Jacob, 2011-present2011- ...... 4 Rachel Terry, 2009-12 ...... 1 MaMMarnarna Neubauer,Neubauer 1993-96 ...... 3 Kayla Williams, 2012-present ...... 1 Dara Stewart - UB 2008 LLissyissy Smith, 1998-20011998 ...... 3 Morgan Dennis - AA, UB KKimim Masters,Masters, 1988-91198 ...... 3 62 ATHLETES WITH 277 HONORS Casey Overton - BB 1998 KKaraara Stilp, 1991-941991- ...... 3 Merritt Booth - V JJulieulie Garrett,Garrett, 1982-83198 ...... 3 2007 Gwen Spidle - V Dara StewartStewart,, 1998-200119 ...... 3 Morgan Dennis - AA Dara Stewart - UB Danielle McAdaMcAdams,m 1995-98 ...... 3 Kassi Price - UB Cheri Way, 19871987-90- ...... 3 1997 NNatalieatalie Barrington,Barringto 1999-2002 ...... 3 2006 Merritt Booth - FX Shannon Hrozek, 2002-05...... 3 KKassiassi Price, 2007-102007 ...... 3 Mandy Chapman - BB Melanie Banville - UB MMarissaarissa Gutierrez,Gutierre 2010-present ...... 3 Gwen Spidle - FX Terin Humphrey - AA, Diandra MillinerMilliner,, 2011-present ...... 3 UB, FX Brittany Magee - FX 1996 Kim Bonaventura - BB 2005 Merritt Booth - FX Shannon Hrozek - BB Kim Kelly - AA, V Terin Humphrey - AA Danielle McAdams - V, Michelle Reeser - BB UB Shay Murphy - BB 2004 Marna Neubauer - FX Meredith Willard - BB Alexis Brion - V In addition to winning the 1990 NCAA all-around Jeana Rice - V, FX TITLE $EE&OSTEREARNEDlRSTTEAM!LL !MERICA honors, the most in NCAA history.

ROLLTIDE.COM 117 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA AT THE NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS each. Hoffman, Miles and Foster are tied for the most titles in a single season. Foster won four in 1993, a number Miles matched in 2005 and Hoffman in 2011. Twice, in 1992 and 1993, David Patterson was named NCAA Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year. In 2000 and 2002, former UA gymnast and current Associate Athletics Director for the Crimson Tide Marie Robbins was named NCAA Central Region Administrator of the Year. The 2012 NCAA Seattle Regional Champions The Crimson Tide earned one Southeast Regional title in 1983, before making the jump to the Central Alabama has dominated the &KDPSLRQVKLSVDWHDPPXVWÀQLVK Region, and winning 13 there. In 1999, NCAA Regional Championships ÀUVWRUVHFRQGLQRQHRI WKHVL[ the region structure changed, going to for more than 25 years and the 2012 regions. six regions. Alabama won the inaugural season was no exception. Alabama gymnasts have won 135 Region 6 title in 1999 and the Region 4 Alabama came away with its individual regional titles over the past title in 2000. For the 2001 season, the 27th regional title in 2012, advancing 29 years. In addition to Stacking in names of the regions were changed to its 30th consecutive NCAA 2012, Kayla Hoffman was named back to directional designations and Championship. Geralen Stack-Eaton NCAA Central Region Gymnast of Alabama was once again competing led the Crimson Tide with three the Year in 2011 while Ashley Miles out of the Central Region. Starting in individual titles, bringing her career earned the honor in 2006 and Andreé 2009, the regional championships were total to seven. She was also voted Pickens won the same award four years named after the host city, which means Central Region Gymnast of the Year. running, from 1999 to 2002 before Alabama competed in and won the Ashley Sledge, Sarah DeMeo and giving way to Jeana Rice in 2003. NCAA Seattle Regional Championship Marissa Gutierrez also won titles in Miles set the Alabama career record in 2012. $ODEDPD·VÀUVWWULS6HDWWOH:DVK for regional titles in 2006 when she The Tide is in the midst of its The regional is a crucial won a pair of titles to push her all-time second-longest regional win streak, step to making it to the NCAA PDUNWR6KHLVDOVRWKHÀUVW7LGH earning eight titles in a row since Championships. The top 36 teams gymnast to win the same regional event ÀQLVKLQJVHFRQGLQ7KH7LGH·V around the nation advance to six all four years of her career, sweeping longest regional win streak is 10 Ashley Miles won 10 individual NCAA regional titles. regional sites. The top 18 teams in the ERWKWKHYDXOWDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHIURP championships between 1987 and nation are seeded into the regions, 2003 to 2006. 1996. Overall, Alabama has won an while teams 19-36 stay in their home On her way to the Tide regional NCAA-best 27 regional titles. region or are placed in the next nearest title record, Miles passed Pickens and regional. To advance to the NCAA Dee Foster, who are tied with nine Alabama’s Individual NCAA Regional Champions: Alabama at the NCAA Regional Championships: Ashley Miles - 10; Andreé Pickens - 9; Dee Foster - 9; Jeana Rice - 7; Kayla Hoffman - 7; 2012 ______1st 2005 ______1st 1998 ______1st 1991 ______1st 1984 ______1st Geralen Stack-Eaton - 7; Kim Kelly - 6; Morgan Dennis - 6; Julie Estin - 5; Penney Hauschild - 2011 ______1st 2004 ______2nd 1997 ______2nd 1990 ______1st 1983 ______1st 5; Kim Masters - 4; Kristin Sterner - 4; Meredith Willard - 4; Terin Humphrey - 4; Brittany Magee 2010 ______1st 2003 ______1st 1996 ______1st 1989 ______1st 1982 ______2nd - 3; Cheri Way - 3; Lissy Smith - 3; Marie Robbins - 3; Stephanie Woods - 3; Kassi Price - 3; 2009 ______1st 2002 ______1st 1995 ______1st 1988 ______1st Ashley Priess - 3; Barbara Mack - 2; Dara Stewart - 2; Gina Basile - 2; Katherine Kelleher - 2; 2008 ______1st 2001 ______1st 1994 ______1st 1987 ______1st Kathy Bilodeau - 2; Alexa Martinez - 1; Alexis Brion - 1; Cindy Wilson - 1; Dana Dobransky - 1; 2007 ______1st 2000 ______1st 1993 ______1st 1986 ______2nd Danielle McAdams - 1; Gina Logan - 1; Gwen Spidle - 1; Kara Stilp - 1; Kim Bonaventura - 1; 2006 ______1st 1999 ______1st 1992 ______1st 1985 ______1st Robin Hawkins - 1; Shannon Hrozek - 1; Sheryl Dundas - 1; Tina Rinker - 1 118 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA THE NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 | Seattle, Wash. Alabama Regional Champions- 2003 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama Regional Champions- 1993 | Baton Rouge, La. Alabama Regional Champions- 1. ALABAMA 197.025 AA Morgan Dennis 39.625 1. ALABAMA 197.550 AA Robin Hawkins 39.225 1. ALABAMA 196.075 AA Kim Masters 38.600 2. LSU 196.075 V Morgan Dennis 9.950 2. *Auburn 196.350 UB Andreé Pickens 9.875 2. LSU 194.700 V Kim Masters 9.750 3. Washington 195.825 UB Kassi Price 9.900 3. Central Michigan 196.350 BB Lissy Smith 9.925 3. Auburn 194.200 UB Kim Masters 9.750 BB Kassi Price 9.900 *Advanced on the tiebreaker FX Andreé Pickens 9.950 Marie Robbins 9.750 Alabama Regional Champions- Brittany Magee 9.900 Alabama Regional Champions- BB Kathy Bilodeau 9.700 AA Geralen Stack-Eaton 39.400 FX Morgan Dennis 9.925 Alabama Regional Champions- 1998 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. AA Dee Foster 39.800 FX Cheri Way 9.750 UB Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.900 AA Kristin Sterner 39.625 1. ALABAMA 196.550 V Dee Foster 9.925 Ashley Sledge 9.900 2007 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. V Ashley Miles 9.950 2. Michigan 196.000 BB Dee Foster 9.950 1987 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. BB Sarah DeMeo 9.900 1. ALABAMA 196.475 BB Kristin Sterner 9.950 3. LSU 195.250 FX Dee Foster 9.975 1. ALABAMA 189.050 FX Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.875 2. *Oklahoma 195.925 FX Ashley Miles 10.000 2. LSU 186.600 Marissa Gutierrez 9.875 3. Iowa State 195.925 Alabama Regional Champions- 1992 | Columbia, Mo. 3. Michigan State 183.600 *Advanced on the tiebreaker 2002 | Morgantown, W.Va. UB Dara Stewart 9.900 1. ALABAMA 193.125 2011 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1. ALABAMA 197.900 BB Gina Logan 9.900 2. Michigan 189.775 Alabama Regional Champions- 1. ALABAMA 197.275 Alabama Regional Champions- 2. Minnesota 196.050 Gwen Spidle 9.900 3. Auburn 188.525 AA Marie Robbins 38.150 2. Illinois 195.925 AA Terin Humphrey 9.900 3. West Virginia 194.850 Danielle McAdams 9.900 FX Cheri Way 9.700 3. Penn State 195.850 V Morgan Dennis 9.950 Alabama Regional Champions- UB Terin Humphrey 9.900 Alabama Regional Champions- 1997 | Ann Arbor, Mich. V Dee Foster 9.850 1986 | Baton Rouge, La. Alabama Regional Champions- AA Jeana Rice 39.625 1. Michigan 197.700 BB Gina Basile 9.800 1. LSU 185.250 AA Kayla Hoffman 39.600 2006 | Palo Alto, Calif. V Alexis Brion 9.900 2. ALABAMA 196.250 FX Kara Stilp 9.700 2. ALABAMA 185.050 V Kayla Hoffman 9.925 1. ALABAMA 196.475 Jeana Rice 9.900 3. LSU 196.175 3. Michigan State 177.950 UB Kayla Hoffman 9.925 2. Oregon State 195.800 UB Andreé Pickens 9.975 1991 | Auburn, Ala. BB Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.950 3. Stanford 195.275 BB Alexa Martinez 9.950 Alabama Regional Champions- 1. ALABAMA 195.575 Alabama Regional Champions- FX Kayla Hoffman 9.925 Andreé Pickens 9.950 AA Meredith Willard 39.625 2. Auburn 192.150 AA Julie Estin 37.850 Alabama Regional Champions- Jeana Rice 9.950 BB Meredith Willard 9.925 3. LSU 191.750 UB Julie Estin 9.600 2010 | Lexington, Ky. V Ashley Miles 9.900 FX Penney Hauschild 9.650 Kristin Sterner 9.950 Alabama Regional Champions- 1. ALABAMA 197.400 Brittany Magee 9.900 FX Andreé Pickens 9.950 1996 | Baton Rouge, La. 2. Nebraska 195.975 BB Terin Humphrey 9.900 1. ALABAMA 198.075 AA Dee Foster 39.375 1985 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3. Illinois 195.425 FX Ashley Miles 9.900 2001 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2. Michigan 196.275 V Kim Masters 9.850 1. ALABAMA 186.350 Brittany Magee 9.900 1. ALABAMA 198.000 3. LSU 194.525 UB Dee Foster 9.825 2. LSU 181.500 Alabama Regional Champions- 2. Arizona State 195.950 Katherine Kelleher 9.825 3. Michigan State 178.350 AA Geralen Stack-Eaton 39.550 Alabama Regional Champions- BB Sheryl Dundas 9.925 2005 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3. Minnesota 195.800 Alabama Regional Champions- V Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.900 1. ALABAMA 196.675 AA Kim Kelly 39.750 FX Dee Foster 9.925 Kayla Hoffman 9.900 Alabama Regional Champions- V Kim Kelly 9.950 AA Penney Hauschild 37.700 2. Iowa State 195.625 V Cindy Wilson 9.550 UB Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.900 3. Auburn 194.800 AA Jeana Rice 39.475 UB Meredith Willard 9.925 1990 | Minneapolis, Minn. Kassi Price 9.900 V Andreé Pickens 9.925 Stephanie Woods 9.925 1. ALABAMA 194.150 UB Penney Hauschild 9.550 BB Ashley Priess 9.875 Alabama Regional Champions- Kristin Sterner 9.925 BB Kim Kelly 9.900 2. LSU 190.850 Barbara Mack 9.550 FX Morgan Dennis 9.950 AA Ashley Miles 39.525 UB Andreé Pickens 9.950 Meredith Willard 9.900 3. Minnesota 188.650 BB Barbara Mack 9.600 V Ashley Miles 9.925 BB Lissy Smith 9.950 Stephanie Woods 9.900 FX Kathy Bilodeau 9.550 2009 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. UB Ashley Miles 9.850 FX Kim Kelly 10.00 Alabama Regional Champions- FX Jeana Rice 9.975 1984 | Columbia, Mo. 1. ALABAMA 197.000 Terin Humphrey 9.850 V Marie Robbins 9.800 2. Oklahoma 196.600 FX Ashley Miles 9.950 2000 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1995 | Ann Arbor, Mich. BB Dana Dobransky 9.725 1. ALABAMA 180.500 3. Missouri 196.000 1. ALABAMA 197.300 1. ALABAMA 196.675 FX Dee Foster 9.825 2. Southern Illinois 173.550 2004 | Corvallis, Ore. 2. Michigan 195.725 3. Missouri 173.300 2. Iowa State 196.100 1989 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama Regional Champions- 1. Oklahoma 197.100 3. Central Michigan 193.200 3. LSU 195.075 AA Ashley Priess 39.550 1. ALABAMA 192.750 Alabama Regional Champions- 2. ALABAMA 196.900 AA Julie Estin 37.350 V Kayla Hoffman 9.925 3. Oregon State 196.850 Alabama Regional Champions- Alabama Regional Champions- 2. LSU 187.550 UB Kayla Hoffman 9.950 AA Andreé Pickens 39.475 V Kim Kelly 10.000 3. Michigan State 186.700 UB Penney Hauschild 9.400 BB Ashley Priess 9.950 Alabama Regional Champions- UB Dara Stewart 9.975 UB Kim Bonaventura 9.850 BB Julie Estin 9.200 AA Jeana Rice 39.550 BB Stephanie Woods 9.950 Alabama Regional Champions- FX Julie Estin 9.400 FX Morgan Dennis 9.925 BB Lissy Smith 9.925 UB Gina Basile 9.800 V Ashley Miles 9.950 FX Andreé Pickens 9.925 Penney Hauschild 9.400 1994 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. Cheri Way 9.800 2008 | Norman, Okla. UB Jeana Rice 9.900 1983 | Gainesville, Fla. Shannon Hrozek 9.900 1. ALABAMA 196.900 BB Katherine Kelleher 9.700 1. ALABAMA 197.300 1999 | Morgantown, W.Va. 1. ALABAMA 184.750 FX Ashley Miles 9.950 1. ALABAMA 196.625 2. LSU 194.400 FX Tina Rinker 9.850 2. Oklahoma 195.875 3. Michigan 193.600 2. Florida 184.650 3. Iowa 195.425 2. West Virginia 195.275 1988 | Baton Rouge, La. 3. LSU 182.650 3. NC State 194.900 Alabama Regional Champions- 1. ALABAMA 191.750 FX Kim Kelly 9.925 2. LSU 190.050 1982 | Athens, Ga. This list includes all of Alabama’s NCAA Regional appearances. The Crimson Tide competed in the Southeast region in 1. Florida 144.850 1982 and 1983. From 1984 to 1998, the Tide competed in the Central region. In 1999 and 2000, after the NCAA went from 3. Michigan State 187.150 lVETOSIXREGIONS !LABAMACOMPETEDOUTOF2EGION)N 2EGIONWASRENAMEDTHE#ENTRALREGION 2. ALABAMA 143.900 3. Georgia 143.700 ROLLTIDE.COM 119 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE Alabama’s SEC Team Championships: 2011, 2009, 2003, 2000, 1995, 1990, 1988

Alabama’s Individual SEC Champions: Andreé Pickens 7 Dana Dobransky 1 Ashley Miles 6 Gina Basile 1 Jeana Rice 6 Julie Garrett 1 Morgan Dennis 6 Katherine Kelleher 1 Dee Foster 4 Kayla Hoffman 1 Ricki Lebegern 3 Lissy Smith 1 Ashley Priess 2 Marie Robbins 1 Geralen Stack-Eaton 2 Melanie Banville 1 Julie Estin 2 Natalie Barrington 1 Kim Kelly 2 Patti Rice 1 Barbara Mack 1 Penney Hauschild 1 Brittany Magee 1 Stephanie Woods 1 Casey Overton 1 Terin Humphrey 1 Alabama at the SEC Championships: 2012 ______2nd 2001 ______2nd 1990 ______1st 2011 ______1st 2000 ______1st 1989 ______2nd 2010 ______2nd 1999 ______2nd 1988 ______1st 2009 ______1st 1998 ______4th 1987 ______3rd 2008 ______2nd 1997 ______4th 1986 ______3rd 2007 ______3rd 1996 ______2nd 1985 ______2nd 2006 ______2nd 1995 ______1st 1984 ______3rd 2005 ______3rd 1994 ______2nd 1983 ______2nd Kayla Hoffman, pictured above with Commissioner Mike Slive, earned almost every accolade the Southeastern Conference has to offer in 2011, including the league’s top honor 2004 ______2nd 1993 ______2nd 1982 ______2nd WHENSHEWASNAMEDTHE3%#&EMALE!THLETEOFTHE9EAR3HEWASALSOTHElRSTINLEAGUEHISTORYTOWIN3%#'YMNASTOFTHE9EARAND3%#'YMNASTICS3CHOLAR !THLETEOFTHE9EAR HONORSINTHESAMESEASON(OFFMANRECEIVEDAN3%#0OSTGRADUATE3CHOLARSHIPANDWASAlNALISTFORTHE("OYD-C7HORTER3%#3CHOLAR !THLETEOFTHE9EAR 2003 ______1st 1992 ______2nd 1981 ______3rd 2002 ______2nd 1991 ______2nd If there was any question that the Southeastern Conference is the The SEC has done well on an individual level as well, with a (DWRQZRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHFKDPSLRQVKLSVZKLOH most dominant gymnastics conference in the nation, it was laid to rest conference athlete taking home the NCAA all-around title 14 times. Kayla Hoffman clinched the Tide’s seventh SEC team title by winning LQZKHQÀYHRI WKHWHDPVWKDWDGYDQFHGWRWKH1&$$6XSHU6L[ Alabama athletes have been especially productive in that area, with the vault championship with a score of 9.95. Team Final were from the SEC, including the top two teams, Georgia IRXU&ULPVRQ7LGHDWKOHWHVSURGXFLQJÀYHDOODURXQGWLWOHV -HDQD5LFH Hoffman was also named the 2011 SEC Female Athlete of the DQG$ODEDPD,QIDFWVLQFHWKHÀUVW1&$$FKDPSLRQVKLSLQ 2004, Meredith Willard 1996, Dee Foster 1990, Penney Hauschild Year, an award that spans all sports offered by the league, marking the the SEC has had at least one team in the top-10 and since 1983, the 1985 and 1986). From 1989-98, the conference claimed nine of the 10 ÀIWKWLPHDQ$ODEDPDJ\PQDVWKDVHDUQHGWKDWWLWOH7LGHJ\PQDVWV conference has placed at least one team in the top-5 and at least two all-around crowns, including six straight from 1993-98. alone have earned more SEC Female Athlete of the Year honors than WHDPVLQWKHWRS$ODEDPDKDVEHHQWKHOHDJXH·VWRSÀQLVKHUDWWKH Of the 14 conference schools, eight sponsor gymnastics programs: all but one other school. NCAA Championships 13 times. Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU and The league’s top scholar-athlete has come from the Tide three In each of the past 28 years, the conference has placed at least one Missouri. times, with Kristin Sterner (2003), Meredith Willard (1997) and team in the NCAA top-3 and in 1998 the national top-3 all hailed from Julie Estin (1987) earning the H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate WKH6(&DV*HRUJLD)ORULGDDQG$ODEDPDWRRNÀUVWVHFRQGDQGWKLUG Alabama in the SEC Scholarship. UHVSHFWLYHO\7KH6(&SXWDFRQIHUHQFHKLJKÀYHWHDPVLQWKHQDWLRQDO  7KH&ULPVRQ7LGHKDVZRQVHYHQ6(&&KDPSLRQVKLSVWKHÀUVW The SEC Gymnast of the Year has hailed from Alabama six times, top-10 in 1993, 2003, 2008 and 2009. An SEC school has stood atop coming in 1988 and the most recent in 2011, as well as posting 23 top- including Hoffman in 2011, while the Freshman Gymnast of the Year the collegiate gymnastics world as national champions 16 times since WZRÀQLVKHV,QGLYLGXDOO\$ODEDPDKDVWDOOLHGFRQIHUHQFHFURZQV has worn Alabama’s crimson and white three times. In the classroom, 1987, with Alabama winning six titles, the last two coming back-to- including an incredible 39 titles since 2000. In 2011, Geralen Stack- Alabama has earned SEC Academic Honor Roll honors 246 times, back in 2011 and 2012. including a conference-record 17 in 2012. 120 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA ALABAMA’S SEC HONORS SEC Athlete of the Year

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Kim Jacob, pictured above with Commissioner Mike Slive and Auburn’s Laura Lane, was named the Southeastern Conference Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2012, giving the Crimson Tide back-to-back honors after Kayla Hoffman earned the same honor in 2011. SEC Athlete of the Year SEC Gymnast of the Year SEC Postgraduate SEC Community 2011 Kayla Hoffman 2011 Kayla Hoffman Scholarship Service Team 2004 Jeana Rice 2003 Jeana Rice 2011 Kayla Hoffman 2012 Ria Domier 2002 Andreé Pickens 2002 Andreé Pickens 2010 Kassi Price 2011 Alyssa Chapman Dee Foster Penney Hauschild 1990 Dee Foster 2001 Andreé Pickens 2003 Kristin Sterner 2010 Kassi Price 1990 1985 1985 Penney Hauschild 2000 Andreé Pickens 2002 Andreé Pickens 2009 Ricki Lebegern 1997 Meredith Willard 1997 Meredith Willard 2008 Ricki Lebegern SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year H. Boyd McWhorter 1993 Dana Dobransky 2007 Courtney Priess SEC Scholar-Athlete SEC Gymnastics 1992 Katherine Kelleher 2006 Dana Pierce of the Year Freshman of the Year 1990 Marie Robbins 2005 Dana Pierce 2003 Kristin Sterner 1999 Andreé Pickens 1989 Kelly Good 2004 Stephanie Kite 1997 Meredith Willard 1998 Robin Hawkins 1987 Julie Estin 1987 Julie Estin 1994 Meredith Willard SEC Gymnastics SEC Coach of the Year Scholar-Athlete 2010 Sarah Patterson of the Year 2000 Sarah Patterson 2012 Kim Jacob 1995 Sarah Patterson 2011 Kayla Hoffman Kristin Sterner Meredith Willard Julie Estin 1985 Sarah Patterson 2005 Michelle Reeser 2003 1997 1987 ROLLTIDE.COM 121 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA’S SEC TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2000 SEC Champions Sarah Patterson and company couldn’t have been much looser coming into the championships. Warm-ups in Florida’s O’Connell &HQWHUZHUHÀOOHGZLWKODXJKWHU7LPHLQWKHORFNHUURRPZDVVSHQW playing games and singing along with music the Tide had brought along. $ORQJZLWKWKHODXJKWHUDQGWKHVPLOHVWKHUHZDVDTXLHWFRQÀGHQFH  %\WKHWLPH$ODEDPDÀQLVKHGWKHLUODVWYDXOWWKH\NQHZWKH\KDG won the meet over LSU and Georgia, which tied for second, by .375. In addition to winning the all-around, vault and uneven bars, Andreé Pickens earned All-SEC honors and was named SEC Gymnast of the Year. Her three SEC titles in one season matched Dee Foster’s 1991 effort for best in Tide history. 1995 SEC Champions Alabama was in Gainesville, Fla., for the SEC Championships and going into its last rotation, the vault, Alabama was fourth. The Crimson Tide responded with the highest vault total in NCAA history, counting nothing less than a 9.9. Freshman Merritt Booth and senior Chasity Junkin both posted career-best marks of 9.975. Junior Kim Kelly stuck DSHUIHFWWRÀQLVKWKHVHULHV1RZWKH7LGHKDGWRZDLWDQGVHHLI  their best had been good enough. Even the coaches didn’t know until WKHVFRUHVZHUHDQQRXQFHG$XEXUQZDVVL[WK.HQWXFN\ÀIWK)ORULGD fourth, Georgia third, at this point a sigh of relief went up from the Crimson Tide contingent – they were at least second. LSU was second, and the Alabama contingent roared with the pleasure of winning by .05. 1990 SEC Champions Alabama started the decade of the 1990s off with a bang. Sarah and 2011 SEC Champions 2009 SEC Champions David Patterson and company won the 1990 SEC Championship in The Crimson Tide started off the 2011 SEC Championships with Alabama rolled to its sixth SEC title with a complete team Athens, Ga. Senior Marie Robbins led the Tide, winning the all-around. a solid score on the uneven bars and proceeded to improve every performance that saw everyone adding to the Crimson Tide’s win. After It marked a triumphant return from an ankle injury that had cut short URWDWLRQDIWHUWKDWÀQLVKLQJRII ZLWKWKHEHVWVFRUHRI WKHQLJKWE\DQ\ ÀQLVKLQJLQVHFRQGSODFHE\LQ$ODEDPDFDPHEDFNVWURQJ her 1989 season. And if Florida was Alabama’s main rival in the early to team on any event, when it scored a 49.5 on the vault. The Tide was in 2009, out-pointing second place Georgia by .375, 197.300-196.925. mid 1980s, Georgia stepped into that position in the late 1980s through on a bye for the last rotation, waiting in its “Bama Bubble” to see if -XQLRU0RUJDQ'HQQLVOHGWKHZD\ZLWKZLQVRQWKHYDXOWDQGÁRRU the next two decades, which made the win in Athens all the sweeter. anyone could catch them. In the end, second-place Florida came up a exercise while junior Ricki Lebegern, sophomore Kayla Hoffman and quarter of a point short and the Tide won title No. 7 with a 197.225. freshman Ashley Priess all earned second team All-SEC honors. Priess Senior Kayla Hoffman won the vault with a 9.95 while junior and Geralen Stack-Eaton also earned SEC All-Freshman honors. 1988 SEC Champions *HUDOHQ6WDFN(DWRQZRQWKHEDODQFHEHDPDQGÁRRUH[HUFLVHZLWK At the 1988 SEC Championships the Crimson Tide faced Georgia, matching scores of 9.925. Hoffman and Stack-Eaton both earned LSU and Florida, all three ranked in the top-10 nationally. All three, along ÀUVWWHDP$OO6(&KRQRUVZKLOHVRSKRPRUH0DULVVD*XWLHUUH]DQG 2003 SEC Champions with the Tide, would be in the hunt for the NCAA title come April. It was a battle from the word go. But in the end, the youngest Ashley Sledge earned second-team honors. Sarah DeMeo, Kim Jacob The championships were in Tuscaloosa, where they had been in WHDP$ODEDPDKDGHYHUSXWRQWKHÁRRUZRQWKHSURJUDP·VÀIWK6(& and Diandra Milliner all earned second-team and All-SEC and SEC 1985, the year current Alabama senior captains Alli Beldon and Kathy team title, upending second-place Georgia 197.575-197.525. Junior All-Freshman honors. Bilodeau had been freshmen. Jeana Rice was named SEC Gymnast of the Year after winning three Alabama didn’t claim a single individual title but came away with its HYHQWVLQFOXGLQJWKHDOODURXQG)UHVKPDQ$VKOH\0LOHVZRQWKHÁRRU ÀUVWFRQIHUHQFHFURZQDQGDQ6(&FKDPSLRQVKLSUHFRUGDVZHOO8$·V exercise with a 9.975 to clinch the Tide’s victory. Sophomore Michelle 190.15 marked only the second time in school history that it had scored Reeser and freshman Larissa Stewart earned second team All-SEC on in the 190s. The Tide outpointed second-place Georgia by .95. the balance beam and uneven bars, respectively.

122 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2012 | Duluth, Ga. 2008 | Duluth, Ga. 2004 | Duluth, Ga. 2000 | Gainesville, Fla. 1994 | Auburn, Ala. 1989 | Gainesville, Fla. 1. Florida 197.150 1. Georgia 197.350 1. Georgia 198.175 1. ALABAMA 197.200 1. Georgia 196.700 1. Florida 191.500 2. ALABAMA 196.775 2. ALABAMA 197.325 2. ALABAMA 197.950 2. LSU 196.825 2. ALABAMA 195.175 2. ALABAMA 191.050 3. Georgia 196.575 Florida 197.325 3. LSU 197.275 Georgia 196.825 3. LSU 194.150 3. Georgia 190.400 4. LSU 196.425 4. LSU 196.250 4. Florida 197.225 4. Florida 195.775 4. Florida 194.125 4. LSU 187.900 5. Kentucky 194.350 5. Arkansas 194.550 5. Auburn 195.925 5. Kentucky 194.650 5. Auburn 192.700 5. Kentucky 182.650 6. Arkansas 194.175 6. Auburn 194.475 6. Arkansas 194.825 6. Auburn 192.500 6. Kentucky 189.750 6. Auburn 185.050 7. Auburn 194.100 7. Kentucky 194.000 7. Kentucky 193.850 Alabama SEC Champions- 1993 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. Alabama SEC Champion- 2011 | Birmingham, Ala. Alabama SEC Champions- Alabama SEC Champions- V Andreé Pickens 9.925 1. Georgia 197.050 V Katherine Kelleher 9.550 1. ALABAMA 197.225 V Morgan Dennis 9.950 V Jeana Rice 9.975 UB Andreé Pickens 9.925 2. ALABAMA 196.050 2. Florida 196.975 Ricki Lebegern 9.950 UB Jeana Rice 9.950 AA Andreé Pickens 39.600 3. Auburn 193.200 1988 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3. Georgia 196.650 BB Morgan Dennis 9.900 FX Ashley Miles 10.000 4. LSU 192.900 1. ALABAMA 190.150 Ricki Lebegern 9.900 AA Jeana Rice 39.850 1999 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2. Georgia 189.200 4. Arkansas 195.800 1. Georgia 197.475 5. Florida 192.100 5. LSU 195.475 Casey Overton 9.900 6. Kentucky 189.350 3. Florida 188.850 FX Morgan Dennis 9.950 2003 | Birmingham, Ala. 2. ALABAMA 196.775 4. LSU 187.400 6. Auburn 195.325 3. Florida 195.875 7. Kentucky 193.950 1. ALABAMA 197.575 Alabama SEC Champion- 5. Kentucky 183.400 2007 | Little Rock, Ark. 2. Georgia 197.525 4. LSU 195.375 AA Dee Foster 39.650 6. Auburn 183.200 Alabama SEC Champions- 1. Florida 197.325 3. Florida 195.950 5. Kentucky 194.875 V Kayla Hoffman 9.950 2. Georgia 197.175 4. LSU 195.650 6. Auburn 194.000 1992 | Baton Rouge, La. 1987 | Athens, Ga. BB Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.925 3. ALABAMA 197.000 5. Auburn 195.025 1. Georgia 196.400 1. Georgia 189.400 FX Geralen Stack-Eaton 9.925 4. LSU 196.250 6. Arkansas 194.875 1998 | Baton Rouge, La. 2. ALABAMA 194.500 2. Florida 185.650 5. Arkansas 194.550 Kentucky 194.875 1. Georgia 197.600 3. Auburn 191.350 3. ALABAMA 185.300 2010 | Jacksonville, Fla. 6. Auburn 194.475 2. Florida 196.725 4. Florida 189.600 4. LSU 184.450 1. Florida 197.050 7. Kentucky 194.000 Alabama SEC Champions- 3. LSU 196.450 5. LSU 188.650 5. Auburn 181.400 2. ALABAMA 196.875 UB Jeana Rice 9.925 4. ALABAMA 195.400 6. Kentucky 185.950 6. Kentucky 180.950 3. Georgia 196.825 Alabama SEC Champion- BB Jeana Rice 9.950 5. Kentucky 193.600 4. LSU 195.750 BB Ricki Lebegern 9.900 FX Ashley Miles 9.975 6. Auburn 192.425 Alabama SEC Champion- 1986 | Gainesville, Fla. 5. Auburn 195.575 AA Jeana Rice 39.600 BB Dana Dobransky 9.900 1997 | Athens, Ga. 1. Georgia 185.150 6. Arkansas 195.275 2006 | Birmingham, Ala. 2. Florida 184.100 7. Kentucky 194.800 1. Georgia 197.275 2002 | Birmingham, Ala. 1. Georgia 198.375 1991 | Lexington, Ky. 2. Florida 196.050 3. ALABAMA 183.750 2. ALABAMA 196.975 1. Georgia 197.025 1. Georgia 194.100 4. LSU 176.600 Alabama SEC Champions- 3. Florida 196.275 2. ALABAMA 196.925 3. LSU 196.025 2. ALABAMA 194.050 V Morgan Dennis 9.900 4. ALABAMA 195.775 5. Kentucky 175.950 4. LSU 195.900 3. Florida 196.425 3. LSU 192.400 6. Auburn 171.400 BB Ashley Priess 9.950 5. Auburn 194.975 4. LSU 196.225 5. Kentucky 195.075 4. Florida 191.300 AA Ashley Priess 39.500 6. Arkansas 194.650 5. Auburn 194.325 6. Auburn 192.550 5. Auburn 189.250 ALABAMA SEC Champion- 7. Kentucky 191.150 Kentucky 194.325 6. Kentucky 186.000 Julie Estin 9.550 1996 | Lexington, Ky. V 2009 | Nashville, Tenn. UB Julie Estin 9.550 1. ALABAMA 197.300 Alabama SEC Champions- Alabama SEC Champions- 1. Georgia 197.450 Alabama SEC Champions- 2. Georgia 196.925 UB Melanie Banville 9.900 V Andreé Pickens 9.950 2. ALABAMA 196.950 V Dee Foster 9.950 1985 | Tuscaloosa, Ala. 3. Florida 196.750 FX Ashley Miles 9.950 UB Andreé Pickens 9.950 3. Florida 195.650 UB Gina Basile 9.850 4. Kentucky 195.250 1. Florida 185.650 4. LSU 196.550 Brittany Magee 9.950 BB Andreé Pickens 9.925 BB Dee Foster 9.850 2. ALABAMA 183.650 5. Auburn 196.350 AA Andreé Pickens 39.725 5. LSU 193.150 FX Dee Foster 9.950 6. Auburn 191.150 3. Georgia 181.800 6. Arkansas 195.650 2005 | Duluth, Ga. 4. LSU 180.500 7. Kentucky 195.000 1. Georgia 197.250 2001 | Birmingham, Ala. 1990 | Athens, Ga. 5. Kentucky 173.450 2. LSU 196.975 Alabama SEC Champion- 1. Georgia 198.000 FX Kim Kelly 9.950 1. ALABAMA 193.550 6. Auburn 158.900 Alabama SEC Champions- 3. ALABAMA 196.700 2. ALABAMA 197.425 2. LSU 192.050 V Morgan Dennis 9.950 4. Florida 196.050 3. Florida 196.450 3. Georgia 191.850 Alabama SEC Champions- FX Morgan Dennis 9.950 1995 | Gainesville, Fla. 5. Arkansas 195.225 4. LSU 196.300 1. ALABAMA 196.175 4. Auburn 188.150 UB Barbara Mack 19.050 6. Auburn 195.125 5. Kentucky 195.850 2. LSU 196.125 5. Florida 188.000 AA Penney Hauschild 37.700 7. Kentucky 193.925 6. Auburn 194.500 3. Georgia 195.875 6. Kentucky 186.300 Alabama SEC Champions- Alabama SEC Champions- 4. Florida 195.650 5. Kentucky 191.975 Alabama SEC Champion- V Ashley Miles 9.925 UB Natalie Barrington 9.950 AA Marie Robbins 38.800 UB Ashley Miles 9.950 BB Lissy Smith 9.950 6. Auburn 190.675 Terin Humphrey 9.950 Alabama SEC Champions- FX Ashley Miles 9.950 V Kim Kelly 10.000 UB Stephanie Woods 9.900 ROLLTIDE.COM 123 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA’S SEC CHAMPIONS ALABAMA’S ALL-SEC

2011 2000 1993 Alabama Team Alabama Team 2005 Dee Foster (AA) Kayla Hoffman vault Andreé Pickens all-around, vault, uneven bars Terin Humphrey (UB) Geralen Stack-Eaton floor exercise, balance beam Ashley Miles (V, UB, FX) 1992 1996 Dana Dobransky (AA) 2010 Kim Kelly floor exercise 2004 Katherine Kelleher (AA) Ashley Priess all-around, balance beam Ashley Miles (FX) Morgan Dennis vault 1995 Jeana Rice (AA, V, UB) 1991 Alabama Team Gina Basile (UB) 2009 Kim Kelly vault 2003 Dee Foster (V, BB, FX) Alabama Team Stephanie Woods uneven bars Ashley Miles (FX) Morgan Dennis vault, floor exercise Jeana Rice (AA, UB, BB) 1990 1993 Michelle Reeser (BB*) Dee Foster (AA) 2008 Dee Foster all-around Larissa Stewart (UB*) Marie Robbins (AA) Morgan Dennis vault, floor exercise, balance beam Ricki Lebegern vault, balance beam 1992 2002 1989 Casey Overton balance beam Dana Dobransky balance beam Natalie Barrington (UB*) Katherine Kelleher (AA) Alexis Brion (FX*) Kim Masters (AA) 2007 1991 Andreé Pickens Tina Rinker (AA) Ricki Lebegern balance beam Gina Basile uneven bars (AA, V, UB, BB) Dee Foster vault, balance beam, floor exercise Raegan Tomasek (FX*) 1988 2006 Kim Masters (AA) Melanie Banville uneven bars 1990 2001 Tina Rinker (AA) Brittany Magee floor exercise Alabama Team Natalie Barrington (UB) Marie Robbins (AA) Marie Robbins all-around Ashley Miles floor exercise Three-year All-SEC honoree Geralen Stack-Eaton Andreé Pickens (AA) Jeana Rice (AA) 1987 1989 2005 Lissy Smith (BB) Julie Estin (AA) Katherine Kelleher vault Terin Humphrey uneven bars 2012 Kayla Hoffman (V*, BB*) Kristin Sterner (AA) Ashley Miles vault, uneven bars, floor exercise Ricki Lebegern (AA*) 1986 1988 Ashley Priess (V*) 2004 Ashley Priess (V*#) 2000 Julie Estin (AA) Alabama Team Geralen Stack-Eaton (AA*) Jeana Rice all-around, vault, uneven bars Geralen Stack-Eaton (AA#) Andreé Pickens (AA, V, UB) Penney Hauschild (AA) 2011 Caitlin Sullivan (BB#) Kristin Sterner (AA) Ashley Miles floor exercise 1986 1985 Julie Estin vault, uneven bars Sarah DeMeo (BB*#) 2003 Marissa Gutierrez (V, FX*) 2008 1998 Julie Estin (AA) Penney Hauschild (AA) Alabama Team 1985 Kayla Hoffman (AA, V) Morgan Dennis Mandy Chapman (AA) (AA, V, BB, FX) Jeana Rice all-around, uneven bars, Penney Hauschild all-around Kim Jacob (BB, FX*#) 1984 balance beam Kayla Hoffman (V*#) 1997 Barbara Mack uneven bars Diandra Milliner (AA*#) Julie Estin (AA) Ashley Miles floor exercise Ashley Sledge (FX*) Ricki Lebegern (V, BB) Mandy Chapman (AA) 1983 Geralen Stack-Eaton Casey Overton (BB) 1983 2002 1996 Patti Rice floor exercise (AA, BB, FX) Kassi Price (UB*) Julie Garrett (AA) Andreé Pickens all-around, vault, uneven bars, Kim Kelly (AA, FX) Patti Rice (AA) balance beam 1982 2010 2007 Meredith Willard (AA) Julie Garrett uneven bars Morgan Dennis (V) Morgan Dennis (AA*) 1982 2001 1995 Kayla Hoffman (UB*, FX*) Ricki Lebegern (BB) Julie Garrett (AA) Natalie Barrington uneven bars Kim Kelly (V) Ricki Lebegern (AA*) Stephanie Woods (UB) Lissy Smith balance beam Ashley Priess (AA, BB) 2006 * = second team honor Melanie Banville (UB) # = freshman honor 1994 Brittany Magee (FX) 2009 Kim Kelly (AA) Morgan Dennis (V, FX) Ashley Miles (FX)

124 ALABAMA GYMNASTICS BUILT BY BAMA ALABAMA’S SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL While it is evident that Alabama Sr., Human Development & Family Studies; 2007 2002 1998 1991 gymnastics is one of the nation’s Kim Jacob, Fr., Exercise Science; Megan Morgan Dennis, Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Natalie Barrington, Sr., Sports Fitness Merritt Booth, Sr., Psychology; Mandy Dana Dobransky, Soph., Communication; Mashburn, Sr., General Health Studies; best teams in the gym, it is Terin Humphrey, Jr., Criminal Justice; Ricki Management; Helen Burgin, Soph., Chapman, Jr., Food & Nutrition; Lexa Katherine Kelleher, Jr., Corporate Finance; Jordan Moore, Fr., Interdisciplinary; Ashley Lebegern, Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Brittany Elementary Education; Tiffany Byrd, Evans, Soph., Journalism; Becca Fields, Shea McFall, Jr., Corporate Finance; Tina absolutely dominant when it Priess, Jr., Spanish; Ashley Sledge, Soph., Magee, Soph., Criminal Justice; Cassie Soph., Pre-Medicine; Erin Holdefer, Soph., Pre-Major studies; Gina Logan, Rinker, Sr., Chemical Engineering comes to the classroom. The Public Relations; Geralen Stack-Eaton, Jr., Martin, Soph., Interdisciplinary; Amanda Soph., Public Relations; Lauren Holdefer, Soph., Health Care Management; Telecommunications & Film; Rachel Terry, best barometer of such success Montgomery, Soph., Pre-Business; Casey Soph., Psychology; Shannon Hrozek, Danielle McAdams, Sr., Sports Fitness 1990 Jr., Early Childhood Education; Hannah Overton, Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Kassi Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Stephanie Kite, Management; Shay Murphy, Sr., Biology on a conference level is the Toussaint, Fr., Communicative Disorders Gina Basile, Soph., Communication; Price, Fr., Pre-Business; Erin Rightley, Sr., Soph., Marketing; Alexa Martinez, Ali Blumberg, Sr., Recreation & Park SEC Academic Honor Roll, Psychology Sr., Advertising; Whitney Morgan, Sr., 1997 Leadership; Katherine Kelleher, Soph., instituted in 1984, and a league- 2010 Secondary Education; Andreé Pickens, Sr., Merritt Booth, Jr., Psychology; Mandy Commerce & Business; Shea McFall, Courtney Bell, Fr., Human Environmental Biology; Jeana Rice, Soph., Advertising; best 246 Alabama gymnasts 2006 Chapman, Soph., Biology; Lisa Gianni, Soph., Arts & Sciences; Tina Rinker, Jr., Sciences; Alyssa Chapman, Sr., Psychology; Melanie Banville, Fr., Human Sara Scarborough, Jr., Nursing; Kristin Soph., Interior Design; Gina Logan, Chemical Engineering; Marie Robbins, have earned the award. The Morgan Dennis, Sr., Psychology; Jocelyn Environmental Science; Mari Bayer, Sr., Sterner, Jr., Biology; Raegan Tomasek, Jr., Soph., Health Care Management; Sr., Interdisciplinary; Tracey Tillman, Crimson Tide has averaged more Fowler, Soph., Human Development & Nutrition; Ashley Ford, Fr., Pre-Major Restaurant & Hospitality Management; Danielle McAdams, Jr., Sports Fitness Sr., Public Relations; Cheri Way, Sr., than 10 honors a year since Family Studies; Marissa Gutierrez, Fr., Studies; Rachael Delahoussaye, Sr., Pre- Management; Shay Murphy, Jr., Biology; Advertising Human Environmental Sciences; Mary Medicine; Dana Filetti, Sr., Restaurant & Heather Nasser, Jr., Education; Meredith 2000, including a program-best Hauswirth, Fr., Chemical Engineering; Hospitality Management; Terin Humphrey, 2001 Willard, Sr., Marketing Kayla Hoffman, Jr., Human Development Natalie Barrington, Jr., Sports Fitness 1989 17 in 2012. From 1984-2001 Soph., Pre-Psychology; Ashley Miles, Sr., Wendy Anderson, Soph., Sports the honor roll was open to all & Family Studies; Ricki Lebegern, Sr., Advertising; Cassie Martin, Fr., Pre-Major Management; Krista Gole, Jr., Health Exercise Science; Megan Mashburn, Jr., Care Management; Robin Hawkins, 1996 Fitness Management; Kelly Good, gymnasts sophomore class or Studies; Amanda Montgomery, Fr., Merritt Booth, Soph., Pre-Major Studies; Sr., Interdisciplinary; Tina Rinker, General Health Studies; Casey Overton, Human Environmental Science; Ashley Sr., Telecommunication/Film; Katie better in academic standing. Sr., Psychology; Kassi Price, Sr., Marketing Hornecker, Sr., Mechanical Engineering; Kim Kelly, Sr., Elementary Education; Soph., Engineering; Marie Robbins, Jr., O’Neal, Fr., Pre-Business; Dana Pierce, Danielle McAdams, Soph., Pre-Business; Interdisciplinary; Tracey Tillman, Jr., Starting in 2002, the awards were & Advertising; Ashley Priess, Soph., Sr., Physical Education; Courtney Priess, Alexa Martinez, Jr., Advertising; Whitney Spanish; Ashley Sledge, Fr., Public Morgan, Jr., American Studies; Andreé Shay Murphy, Soph., Biology; Heather Advertising; Cheri Way, Jr., Advertising determined by the academic Fr., Communication; Bianca Puello, Fr., Nasser, Soph., Early Child. Education; Relations; Geralen Stack-Eaton, Soph., Pre-Major Studies; Erin Rightley, Jr., Pickens, Jr., Biology; Sara Scarborough, year (fall and spring semester) Telecommunications & Film; Rachel Terry, Soph., Human Nutrition; Lissy Smith, Marna Neubauer, Sr., Early Child. 1988 Psychology Education; Meredith Willard, Jr., or cumulative GPA, making Soph., Early Childhood Education Sr., Psychology; Kristin Sterner, Soph., Alli Beldon, Sr., Marketing; Kathy Marketing Bilodeau, Sr., Public Relations; Kelly IUHVKPHQHOLJLEOHIRUWKHÀUVW 2005 Pre-Major Studies; Dara Stewart, Sr., 2009 Human Development; Raegan Tomasek, Good, Jr., Biology; Marie Robbins, Soph., time. Mari Bayer, Jr., Nutrition; Rachael Jr., Human Nutrition 1995 Arts & Sciences; Tracey Tillman, Soph., Alyssa Chapman, Jr., Psychology; Morgan Delahoussaye, Jr., Pre-Medicine; Dennis, Jr., Psychology; Jocelyn Fowler, Chasity Junkin, Sr., Accounting; Kim Communications 2012 Shannon Hrozek, Sr., Consumer Kelly, Jr., Elementary Education; Marna Fr., Exercise Science; Kayla Hoffman, Science; Meredith Laxton, Soph., 2000 Becca Alexin, Jr., General Health Studies; Neubauer, Jr., Elementary Education; Soph., Human Development & Family Restaurant & Hospitality Management; Natalie Barrington, Soph., Elementary 1987 Olivia Carisella, Soph., Food & Nutrition; Meredith Willard, Soph., Pre-Business Studies; Ricki Lebegern, Jr., Exercise Dana Pierce, Jr., Physical Education; Education; Krista Gole, Soph., Pre- Alli Beldon, Jr., Interdisciplinary; Kathy Kaitlyn Clark, Fr. Exercise Science; Science; Brittany Magee, Sr., Criminal Michelle Reeser, Sr., Accounting; Erin Business; Lexa Evans, Sr., Journalism; Bilodeau, Jr., Public Relations; Julie Estin, Sarah DeMeo, Soph., General Health Justice; Megan Mashburn, Soph., General Rightley, Soph., Psychology Robin Hawkins, Jr., Telecommunication/ 1994 Sr., Mathematical Stats Studies; Ria Domier, Soph., Chemical Health Studies; Amanda Montgomery, Film; Katie Hornecker, Jr., Mechanical Sheryl Dundas, Sr., Accounting; Chasity Engineering; Lindsey Fowler, Soph., Sr., Management; Ashley O’Neal, Sr., Engineering; Gina Logan, Sr., Health Junkin, Jr., Accounting; Kara Stilp, 1986 Restaurant & Hospitality Management; 2004 Restaurant & Hospitality Management; Care Management; Alexa Martinez, Sr., Marketing; Gretchen Stockley, Jr., Alli Beldon, Soph., Fashion Marketing; Lora Leigh Frost, Fr. Health Studies; Casey Overton, Jr., Psychology; Kassi Mari Bayer, Soph., Nutrition; Rachael Soph., Advertising; Whitney Morgan, Sports Psychology; Marti Watson, Sr., Marissa Gutierrez, Jr., Human Delahoussaye, Soph., Pre-Medicine; Julie Estin, Jr., Pre-Medicine; Stephanie Price, Jr., Marketing & Advertising; Ashley Soph., Biology; Andreé Pickens, Soph., Management Kehr, Soph., Marketing Environmental Sciences; Kim Jacob, Soph., Priess, Fr., Exercise Science; Jacqueline Johnna Gay, Fr., Elementary Education; Biology; Lissy Smith, Jr., Psychology; Dara Lauren Holdefer, Sr., Psychology; Shannon Exercise Science; Diandra Milliner, Soph., Shealy, Jr., Public Relations; Rachel Terry, Stewart, Jr., Human Development; Raegan 1993 Health Studies; Brooke Parker, Fr. General Fr., Human Environmental Sciences Hrozek, Jr., Consumer Science; Stephanie Tomasek, Soph., Nutrition 1985 Business; Ashley Priess, Sr., Spanish; Kite, Sr., International Marketing; Dana Dobransky, Sr., Telecommunication/ Julie Estin, Soph., Pre-Medicine; Barbara Film; Sheryl Dundas, Jr., Interdisciplinary; Ashley Sledge, Jr., Public Relations; Geralen 2008 Meredith Laxton, Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Mack, Sr., Political Science Stack-Eaton, Sr., Telecommunications & Ashley Miles, Soph., Advertising; Michelle 1999 Chasity Junkin, Soph., Pre-Major Studies; Alyssa Chapman, Soph., Pre-Physical Gretchen Stockley, Soph., Pre-Medicine Film; Rachel Terry, Sr., Early Childhood Reeser, Jr., Accounting; Erin Rightley, Fr., Mandy Chapman, Sr., Food & Nutrition; Therapy; Morgan Dennis, Soph., 1984 Education; Hannah Toussaint, Soph., Pre-Physical Therapy; Larissa Stewart, Lexa Evans, Jr., Journalism; Robin Pre-Major Studies; Kayla Hoffman, Barbara Mack, Jr., Political Science; Patti Communicative Disorders; Kayla Williams, Soph., Pre-Medicine Hawkins, Soph., Telecommunication/ 1992 Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Jennifer Iovino, Rice, Soph., Marketing Fr. Public Relations Film; Katie Hornecker, Soph., Chemical Gina Basile, Sr., Advertising; Dana Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Ricki Lebegern, Engineering; Gina Logan, Jr., Health Care Dobransky, Jr., Telecommunication/ Soph., Exercise Science; Brittany Magee, 2003 Management; April Makinson, Soph., Film; Sheryl Dundas, Soph., Pre-Major 2011 Jr., Criminal Justice; Cassie Martin, Jr., Mari Bayer, Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Human Development; Lissy Smith, Soph., Studies; Katherine Kelleher, Sr., Corporate Becca Alexin, Soph., General Health Interdisciplinary; Megan Mashburn, Rachael Delahoussaye, Fr., Pre-Medicine; Elementary Education; Gwen Spidle, Sr., Finance; Shea McFall, Sr., Corporate Studies; Olivia Carisella, Fr., Food Fr., General Health Studies; Amanda Lauren Holdefer, Jr., Psychology; Social Work; Dara Stewart, Soph., Pre- Finance; Kara Stilp, Soph., Pre-Major & Nutrition; Alyssa Chapman, Sr., Montgomery, Jr., Management; Ashley Shannon Hrozek, Soph., Consumer Psychology; Sarah DeMeo, Fr., General Science; Stephanie Kite, Jr., International Major Studies Studies; Marti Watson, Soph., Human O’Neal, Jr., Restaurant & Hospitality Environmental Science Health Studies; Ria Domier, Fr., Chemical Management; Casey Overton, Soph., Marketing; Dana Pierce, Fr., Physical Engineering; Lindsey Fowler, Fr., Pre-Major Studies; Kassi Price, Soph., Education; Michelle Reeser, Soph., Restaurant & Hospitality Management; Pre-Business; Kaitlin White, Sr., Consumer Accounting; Kristin Sterner, Sr., Biology Marissa Gutierrez, Soph., Human Sciences Environmental Sciences; Kayla Hoffman,

ROLLTIDE.COM 125 CHAMPIONS ALABAMA RECORDS Team Records Individual Records Team Total Vault All-Around Uneven Bars 198.075 NCAA Regional 4/13/96 49.775 NCAA Super Six 4/26/96 39.850 Andreé Pickens UCLA 3/16/02 10.000 Dee Foster LSU 2/12/93 198.025 NCAA Super Six 4/26/96 49.750 SEC Championships 3/35/95 39.850 Jeana Rice SECs 3/20/04 10.000 Andreé Pickens Minnesota 1/30/99, UMass 2/21/99, 198.000 NCAA Regional 4/3/01 49.675 Georgia 2/20/04 39.800 Dee Foster NCAA Regional 4/3/93, Georgia 3/4/00, Kentucky 2/24/01, 197.975 Auburn 3/1/03 49.650 Kentucky 2/26/10 NCAA Super Six 4/16/93 Auburn 2/10/02 197.950 SEC Championships 3/20/04 49.625 Auburn 3/1/03 39.775 Meredith Willard Quad Meet 3/8/97 10.000 Natalie Barrington Georgia 2/16/01 197.925 Florida 1/30/04 49.625 SEC Championships 3/20/04 39.750 Dee Foster Kentucky 1/30/93, Georgia 2/26/93 9.975 Stephanie Woods NCAA Event Finals 4/27/96 197.900 NCAA Regional 4/6/02 49.625 NCAA Super Six 4/22/05 39.750 Kim Kelly LSU 3/18/94, NCAA Regional 4/13/96 9.975 Andreé Pickens Auburn 1/22/99, Penn State 2/19/99, 197.850 NCAA Super Six 4/21/12 49.625 NCAA Super Six 4/21/12 39.750 Jeana Rice Michigan 1/31/03, Georgia 3/15/03 NCAA Regional 4/6/02 197.825 LSU 3/6/99 9.975 Dara Stewart NCAA Regional 4/1/00 197.800 UMass 2/21/99 Uneven Bars Vault 9.975 Jeana Rice Michigan 1/31/03, LSU 1/23/04 197.725 Michigan 3/12/04 49.625 NCAA Regional 4/7/01 10.000 Dee Foster Georgia 3/14/92, Auburn 1/16/93, 197.725 Florida 2/3/12 49.600 Penn State 2/19/99 Georgia 1/22/93, Kentucky 1/30/96, Balance Beam 197.675 Georgia 2/25/11 49.575 NCAA Regional 4/6/02 NCAA Super Six 4/16/96 10.000 Dana Dobransky Georgia 2/26/93, 197.675 NCAA Super Six 4/16/11 49.550 NCAA Regional 4/13/96 10.000 Kim Kelly Georgia 3/12/94, Georgia 3/4/95, NCAA Event Finals 4/17/93 197.675 NCAA Semifinals 4/20/12 49.550 Minnesota 1/30/99 SEC 3/25/95, NCAA Regional 4/8/95, 10.000 Stephanie Woods Kentucky 2/7/97 197.650 UCLA 3/16/02 49.550 Auburn 1/30/00 Auburn 3/19/96, NCAA Super Six 4/26/96 10.000 Raegan Tomasek UMass 2/21/99 197.650 Arkansas 2/17/12 10.000 Danielle McAdams NCAA Super Six 4/26/96 10.000 Jeana Rice Georgia 1/18/03 197.625 North Carolina 3/16/12 Balance Beam 10.000 Andreé Pickens UMass 2/21/99, Kentucky 2/26/99, 9.975 Danielle McAdams Florida 1/24/97 197.600 LSU 1/23/04 49.725* NCAA Regional 4/6/02 LSU 2/8/02, UCLA 3/16/02 9.975 Lissy Smith UMass 2/21/99 197.575 NCAA Super Six 4/19/02 49.625 UMass 1/21/99   !SHLEY-ILES !UBURN .#!!3EMIlNALS  9.975 Jeana Rice SECs 3/20/04 197.575 SEC Championship 3/29/03 49.600 NCAA Semifinals 4/20/12 NCAA Event Finals 4/26/03, 197.575 NCAA Super Six 4/17/09 49.550 Georgia 1/18/03 Florida 1/30/04, Kentucky 2/13/04, Floor Exercise 49.525 Georgia 2/25/11 LSU 1/21/05, Auburn 2/4/05, 10.000 Dee Foster SE Missouri St./Minnesota 2/6/93, 197.550 Georgia 3/1/96 49.525 North Carolina 3/16/12 NCAA Super Six 4/22/05 Georgia 2/26/93 197.550 Georgia 2/20/04 49.500 NCAA Regional 4/8/95 10.000 Jeana Rice Georgia 3/15/03 10.000 Kim Kelly NCAA Regional 4/13/96, 197.525 Penn State 3/17/01 49.500 Quad Meet 3/8/97 10.000 Geralen Stack-Eaton Georgia 1/13/12 NCAA Super Six 4/26/96, 197.500 Georgia 2/16/01 49.500 NCAA Regional 4/2/11 10.000 Diandra Milliner Florida 2/3/12 NCAA Event Finals 4/27/96 197.475 Auburn 1/26/07 49.500 NCAA Super Six 4/21/12 9.975 Kim Kelly LSU 3/18/94, SEC Championships 10.000 Meredith Willard LSU 2/21/97, Quad Meet 3/8/97 197.425 SEC Championship 3/23/01 3/26/94, NCAA 4/21/94 10.000 Shay Murphy Utah State 3/14/98 197.425 Kentucky 3/8/02 Floor Exercise 9.975 Chasity Junkin SEC Championships 3/25/95 10.000 Ashley Miles NCAA Central Regional 4/12/03, 197.400 LSU 2/14/03 49.700 Georgia 2/16/01 9.975 Merritt Booth SEC Championships 3/25/95 SEC Championships 3/20/04, 197.400 NCAA Super Six 4/22/05 49.675 SEC Championships 3/20/04 9.975 Kim Bonaventura Kentucky 2/7/97 NCAA Super Six 4/22/05 197.375 Auburn 3/16/07 49.650 Auburn 3/21/08 9.975 Andreé Pickens Nebraska 2/2/02, Georgia 2/15/02, Florida 9.975 Dee Foster NCAA Regional 4/3/93 49.625 NCAA Super Six 4/26/96 2/22/02, Auburn 3/1/02 9.975 Kim Kelly LSU 3/18/94, NCAA Event Finals 4/23/94, 197.350 LSU 2/2/01 49.625 Auburn 3/1/03 9.975 Jeana Rice Kentucky 3/8/03, Arkansas 2/27/04, .#!!3EMIlNALS 197.350 Auburn 2/27/09 49.600 Nebraska 2/2/02 SEC Championships 3/20/04 9.975 Andreé Pickens Minnesota 1/30/99, UCLA 3/16/02 197.325 LSU 2/21/97 49.600 Kentucky 3/8/03 9.975 Ashley Miles Georgia 3/15/03, Kentucky 2/11/05, 9.975 Jeana Rice Georgia 2/16/01, NCAA Regional 4/7/01 197.325 Arkansas 2/27/04 49.600 Georgia 3/15/03 Georgia 2/18/05, Auburn 1/27/06 9.975 Kristin Sterner Georgia 2/16/01, Nebraska 2/2/02, 197.325 SEC Championships 3/29/08 49.600 SEC Championships 3/29/03 9.975 Alexis Brion Georgia 2/20/04, Michigan 3/12/04 Auburn 3/1/03 197.300 NCAA Regional 4/1/00 49.600 Super Six Challenge 1/9/04 9.975 Kayla Hoffman UCLA Quad 3/9/08 9.975 Michelle Reeser Auburn 2/10/02 197.300 NCAA Regional 4/12/08 49.600 Florida 1/30/04 9.975 Morgan Dennis Arkansas 1/22/10, Kentucky 2/26/10 9.975 Morgan Dennis Auburn 1/26/07, Auburn 3/21/08, 197.300 Penn State 3/14/08 49.600 NCAA Super Six 4/22/05 9.975 Ricki Lebegern Florida 2/12/10 Florida 2/12/10 197.300 SEC Championships 3/21/09 49.600 Arkansas 2/17/12 9.975 Geralen Stack-Eaton NCAA Super Six 4/21/12 197.275 NCAA Super Six 4/25/03 197.275 Kentucky 2/18/11 * NCAA Record 197.275 NCAA Regional 4/2/11 197.250 Georgia 2/15/02 197.250 LSU 3/2/07

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COLEMAN COLISEUM RECORDS Individual Records Team Records All-Around Uneven Bars Team Total Vault 39.850 Andreé Pickens (Alabama) 3/16/02 10.00 Dee Foster (Alabama) 2/12/93 198.025 Alabama 4/26/96 49.775 Alabama 4/26/96 Andreé Pickens (Alabama) 1/30/99, 3/4/00, 198.000 Alabama 4/7/01 Vault 2/24/01 197.925 Alabama 1/30/04 Uneven Bars 10.00 Dee Foster (Alabama) 1/30/93 Natalie Barrington (Alabama) 2/16/01 197.825 Alabama 3/6/99 49.625 Alabama 4/7/01 -Sheeley (Georgia) 2/26/93 197.725 Alabama 2/3/12 (Kentucky) 3/20/93, 4/25/96 Balance Beam 197.650 Alabama 3/16/02 Balance Beam 197.650 Alabama 2/17/12 Kim Kelly (Alabama) 3/4/95, 3/16/96, 10.00 Dana Dobransky (Alabama) 2/26/93 49.525 Alabama 3/16/12 4/26/96 Stephanie Woods (Alabama) 2/7/97 Kim Arnold (Georgia) 3/4/95 Floor Exercise Leah Brown (Georgia) 4/25/96, 4/26/96, Floor Exercise 49.700 Alabama 2/16/01 4/27/96 10.00 Dee Foster (Alabama) 2/6/93 Danielle McAdams (Alabama) 4/26/96 Hope Spivey-Sheeley (Georgia) 2/26/93, 3/20/93 Andreé Pickens (Alabama) 2/26/99, 3/16/02 Kim Kelly (Alabama) 4/26/96, 4/27/96 Ashley Miles (Alabama) 3/1/03, 4/12/03, Heidi Hornbeek (Arizona) 4/27/96 1/30/04, 1/21/05, Meredith Willard (Alabama) 2/21/97, 3/8/97 2/4/05 Shay Murphy (Alabama) 3/14/98 Jeana Rice (Alabama) 3/15/03 Ashley Miles (Alabama) 4/12/03 Geralen Stack-Eaton (Alabama) 1/13/12 Diandra Milliner (Alabama) 2/3/12

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ADDING UP CRIMSON TIDE SUCCESS Alabama has finished No. Five Crimson Tide Alabama has sold out Individual national Alabama 1 in the nation six times. gymnasts have been named Coleman Coliseum to the titles are hard to gymnasts have 1 The first time came in 1988 5 Southeastern Conference 9 tune of 15,000-plus fans nine 23 come by, but the 175 earned Scholastic and the most recent in 2012. The Female Athlete of the Year, an award times since 1997, including the 2012 Crimson Tide has won 23 individual All-America honors 175 times since Tide is one of only four programs in that spans all sports and all schools. meet against Arkansas. NCAA championships, including 11 the award’s inception in 1991. NCAA history to win an NCAA title. individual titles over the past decade. Six times an Alabama Alabama gymnasts Since the Alabama has finished in the gymnast has been named the have earned 10 The Crimson Tide award was top-2 nationally 13 times 6 SEC Gymnast of the Year, 10 SEC Postgraduate has won an NCAA- 246 first given in 2 since first breaking into the including Kayla Hoffman in 2011. Scholarships, a total that leads all 27 best 27 regional titles, 1984, Alabama gymnasts have earned top-10 in 1983. gymnastics programs. including the 2012 Seattle Regional SEC Academic Honor Roll honors Alabama has won the Honda Championship. 246 times, more than two-dozen Three Crimson Tide Award for Gymnastics, Alabama gymnasts better than the next school. That total gymnasts have been named 7 which recognizes the national have earned 12 Alabama has includes an SEC-record 17 in 2012. 3 the H. Boyd McWhorter gymnast of the year, seven times, 12 NCAA Postgraduate gone to 30 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, an including Kayla Hoffman in 2011. Scholarships over the years, a total that 30 consecutive NCAA Every year award that spans all sports and all leads the nation by a healthy margin. Championships, the second-longest Alabama schools. Since Dee Foster recorded streak in the championship history. 277 features some the Crimson Tide’s first Dee Foster’s 17 first of the nation’s top gymnasts, which Four Crimson Tide 8 10.0 in 1992, eight different team All-America For 35 years, is why, every year, Alabama adds to gymnasts have earned the Alabama gymnasts have scored a 17 honors stands as the Alabama has been its All-America count. Since 1982, the 4 prestigious NCAA Today’s perfect mark on the vault, including NCAA career record. 35 led by Sarah and Crimson Tide has seen 62 gymnasts Top VIII Award, which honors the Geralen Stack-Eaton and Diandra David Patterson, a span that has rack up 277 honors. nation’s top eight senior student- Milliner in 2012. included unprecedented success in the athletes regardless of gender or NCAA gym, the classroom and in the lives of Division. their gymnasts.

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2013 GYMNASTICS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT / EVENT TIME JAN. 11 AT MISSOURI 6:30 PM JAN. 18 VS. LSU 7:30 PM JAN. 25 VS. KENTUCKY (POWER OF PINK) 7:30 PM FEB. 2 AT GEORGIA 4:00 PM FEB. 8 AT FLORIDA 7:00 PM FEB. 15 VS. AUBURN 7:30 PM FEB. 22 AT ARKANSAS 7:00 PM MARCH 1 VS. UCLA 7:30 PM MARCH 8 AT LSU 7:00 PM MARCH 15 VS. OKLAHOMA 7:30 PM MARCH 23 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS^ TBA APRIL 6 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS* TBA APRIL 19-21 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS# TBA

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