DEPARTMENT OF ATHLETICS ANNUAL REPORT 2011-2012 3 Intercollegiate Athletics CONTENTS

A Letter from the Director……………………………………………………… 5 Women’s Tennis………………………………………………………… 41 Intercollegiate Athletics Committee…………………………………………… 6 Men’s Golf………………………………………………………………… 43 National Championship Teams Women’s Golf…………………………………………………………… 45 Football……………………………………………………………………… 8 Rowing…………………………………………………………………… 47 Gymnastics………………………………………………………………… 9 Outdoor Track and Field………………………………………………… 49 Women’s Golf…………………………………………………………… 11 Soccer…………………………………………………………………… 51 Softball…………………………………………………………………… 13 Athletic Honors………………………………………………………………… 53 SEC Championship Teams Academic Support……………………………………………………………… 60 Men’s Golf………………………………………………………………… 16 Academic Honors……………………………………………………………… 62 Women’s Tennis………………………………………………………… 17 Student Welfare………………………………………………………………… 67 Softball…………………………………………………………………… 18 Philanthropy…………………………………………………………………… 69 Individual Sport Highlights Facilities……………………………………………………………………… 71 Football…………………………………………………………………… 19 Attendance……………………………………………………………………… 73 Cross Country…………………………………………………………… 21 Marketing and Licensing……………………………………………………… 74 Women’s Volleyball……………………………………………………… 23 Media-Athletics Communications…………………………………………… 75

Indoor Track and Field…………………………………………………… 25 RollTide.com…………………………………………………………………… 77 Swimming and Diving…………………………………………………… 27 The Total Program: All Sports Rankings…………………………………… 78 Gymnastics……………………………………………………………… 29 Equity…………………………………………………………………………… 79 Men’s Basketball………………………………………………………… 31 Compliance…………………………………………………………………… 81 Women’s Basketball……………………………………………………… 33 Staffing………………………………………………………………………… 82 Baseball…………………………………………………………………… 35 Crimson Tide Foundation……………………………………………………… 83 Softball…………………………………………………………………… 37 A-Club Alumni Association…………………………………………………… 85 Men’s Tennis……………………………………………………………… 39

Annual Report 2011-2012 4 Dear Friends,

Thank you for your support of Alabama Athletics!

The 2011-12 academic/athletic year was like no other in the history of Alabama Athletics. For the first time in UA’s more than 120 years of athletics competition, Crimson Tide teams earned national championships in four sports – football, gymnastics, women’s golf and softball – and an SEC title in men’s golf.

The 2011-12 year truly was a special time for all of us that care deeply about the success of our University and our athletics program. It’s great for everyone nationally to see what many of us here have known for a while – that we have excellent people doing great work in a lot of areas. I am extremely pleased and proud of our success, but we cannot forget those who are most responsible for that – the student-athletes and coaches. We all work to help them reach their goals and be the best they can be.

Those titles earned the Crimson Tide the distinction of being the only school in the nation to win more than two NCAA team titles in 2011-12. Our overall success in 2011-12 reminds us that if you are truly committed to excellence, and back it up in tangible ways, that success follows. The challenge never ends. We are trying to be a national factor in every sport we compete in. I expect that and I won’t be truly satisfied until that is the case.

In 2011-12, our women’s athletics program earned its highest finish ever in the Capital One Cup standings, taking third place overall, just behind Stanford and UCLA. We finished sixth in the men’s standings. In addition to being third overall, Alabama’s women’s program was the top-ranked entry, with LSU and Florida coming in fourth and ninth.

Prior to the 2011-12 year, we had won 18 national team titles between football and gymnastics, but never more than one in an academic year. Our success this past year has clearly raised the bar of expectations to its highest level yet. We would have it no other way.

I hope that you will enjoy reading this Annual Report. The combination of our tremendous fan support, the intense devotion of our alumni, the talent and dedication of our high-quality student-athletes and the excellent mentoring and leadership of our coaches were key factors in our success.

It is my sincere hope and expectation that our success during the 2011-12 academic year not only serves as a source of pride in the present, but as motivation for achieving even greater things in the future.

Roll Tide!

Mal M. Moore Director of Athletics University of Alabama

5 Intercollegiate Athletics INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS COMMITTEE

DUTIES REPORTING CHANNEL: Dr. Robert E. Witt, President The Intercollegiate Athletics Committee assists the President Membership Title/Department Term of The University of Alabama in the formulation of policy Kevin Whitaker Associate Dean, Engineering 2014 for intercollegiate athletics. In carrying out its duties, Reuben W. Cook Assistant Professor, Sport Management, HES 2013 the committee provides oversight for all aspects of the Rona J. Donahoe Professor, Geological Sciences 2012 intercollegiate athletics program. Oversight shall include Melondie Carter Associate Professor, Nursing 2014 but not be limited to: the Athletic Department’s mission Steven Ritchie Chemical/Biological Engineering 2013 statement; periodic review of the Student-Athlete Handbook and Compliance Manual; review of policies and procedures Faculty Senate Representative related to ensuring compliance with NCAA and SEC rules Deidre Leaver-Dunn Associate Professor, Health Services and regulations; academic services, admissions profiles and graduation rates; financial affairs; gender equity and equal Professional Staff Assembly Representative opportunity policies and practices; coach/student-athlete Darrell Hargreaves Coordinator of Intramural Sports, University Recreation relationships and discipline; competitive event scheduling; student-athlete exit interviews; and general reputation of the Retired Faculty/Staff Member athletics program. Pam Mitchell

COMPOSITION Community Member The committee, appointed by the president, consists of 18 Tommy Moore voting members: a total of six faculty, including the Faculty Senate representative and the faculty athletics representative Ex officio (who serves as chair), a Professional Staff Assembly John England Member, Board of Trustees representative, a retired faculty/staff representative, two student- Grant Cochran President, Student Government Association athlete representatives (one male and one female), and eight Lynda Gilbert Vice President for Financial Affairs ex officio non-voting members: director of Alumni Affairs, Hank Lazer Associate Provost, Academic Affairs a member of the board of trustees, president of the Faculty Mark Nelson Vice President for Student Affairs Senate, president of the Student Government Association, vice Clark Midkiff President, Faculty Senate president for Student Affairs, associate provost, member of the Calvin Brown Director, Alumni Affairs Tuscaloosa community, and vice president for Financial Affairs. The four non-designated faculty positions are nominated by the Liaison Members CUC to serve three-year terms. The Athletics Director and the Mal Moore Athletics Director Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator shall Shane Lyons Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Operating Officer serve as liaison members. Marie Robbins Associate Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator

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7 Intercollegiate Athletics Football

The 2011 Alabama football team won its 14th national championship, and second in three years, with a 21-0 victory over LSU in the BCS Championship game on Jan. 12, 2012. The Crimson Tide finished the season with a 12-1 overall record, with its only loss coming to LSU on Nov. 4, 2011, in a 9-6 overtime game at Bryant-Denny Stadium. For head coach Nick Saban, it was his second national title as the head coach of the Tide, and the third of his college coaching career.

FOOTBALL RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT Sept. 3 Kent State W, 48-7 Sept. 10 at Penn State W, 27-11 Sept. 17 North Texas W, 41-0 Sept. 24 Arkansas* W, 38-14 Oct. 1 at Florida* W, 38-10 Oct. 8 Vanderbilt* W, 34-0 Oct. 15 at Mississippi* W, 52-7 Oct. 22 Tennessee* W, 37-6 Nov. 5 LSU* L, 6-9 Nov. 12 at Mississippi State* W, 24-7 Nov. 19 Georgia Southern W, 45-21 Nov. 26 at Auburn* W, 42-14 Jan. 9 vs. LSU# W, 21-0

* Southeastern Conference game # BCS Championship Game (New Orleans, La.)

Annual Report 2011-2012 8 Gymnastics

Head coach Sarah Patterson guided the Alabama gymnastics team to back-to-back national titles, as the Crimson Tide notched the school’s sixth national title in women’s gymnastics. The championship came down to the final competitor for both UA and Florida. Alabama’s Ashley Priess posted a score of 9.95 on the balance beam to give the Tide a final score of 197.850, a mere 0.75 points ahead of the Gators.

9 Intercollegiate Athletics GYMNASTICS RESULTS DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Jan. 13 Georgia W 196.475-196.325 Jan. 21 at Penn State with Michigan State and Cornell 1st of 4 - 196.175 Jan. 27 at Auburn W 196.325-196.250 Feb. 3 Florida W 197.725-196.900 Feb. 10 at Kentucky W 196.000-194.700 Feb. 17 Arkansas W 197.650-196.125 Feb. 24 at LSU W 197.025-196.575 March 2 at Oklahoma L 197.300-197.150 March 9 Missouri W 197.175-195.375 March 16 North Carolina W 197.625-194.075 March 24 Southeastern Conference Championships 2nd of 7 - 196.775 April 7 NCAA Regional Championships 1st of 6 - 197.025 April 20 NCAA Championships - Semifinals 1st of 6 - 197.675 April 21 NCAA Championships - Super Six Team Finals 1st of 6 - 197.850

Annual Report 2011-2012 10 Women’s Golf

The Alabama women’s golf team secured the school’s first national title in golf when the Crimson Tide posted a one-shot victory over Southern California in the 2012 NCAA Championships at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn. From 60 feet away, senior Brooke Pancake made a fantastic two-putt for par on the par-5 18th hole to secure Alabama’s first national championship outside of football and women’s gymnastics. It was the first national title for head coach Mic Potter in his 29 years as a coach in women’s college golf. Alabama led from wire-to-wire, and held an 11-shot lead over Virginia heading into the third round. After posting a 306 in the third round, the Tide led USC by two shots heading into the final day. Alabama posted a final round score of 294 to edge out the Trojans by one shot.

WOMEN’S GOLF RESULTS DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Sept. 11-13 Cougar Classic presented by Piggly Wiggly t7th (+3, 867) Sept. 23-25 Fall Preview 2nd (+15, 879) Oct. 7-9 Tar Heel Invitational 2nd (-4, 860) Oct. 21-23 Pac-Dec. SEC Mercedes-Benz Challenge 1st (+1, 865) Feb. 26-28 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 4th (+20, 884) March 2-4 Darius Rucker Intercollegiate 1st (+3, 571) March 16-18 Gator Women’s Invitational 2nd (+25, 865) March 30-April 1 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic 1st (-10, 854) April 20-22 SEC Championship 3rd (+58, 922) May 10-12 NCAA East Regional t4th (+15, 879) May 22-25 NCAA Championships 1st (+19, 1,171)

11 Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report 2011-2012 12 Softball

After making it to the College World Series for the eighth time in school history, the Alabama softball team finally captured its first national title by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the best of three series. After Oklahoma posted a 4-1 win over the Tide in the series opener, UA collected an 8-6 win to even the series, then capped off the historic season with a 5-4 win over the Sooners on June 6, 2012. Alabama trailed 3-0 before scoring four times in the fourth inning to take the lead in the deciding game. Jackie Traina, who was the winning for the Tide, delivered an RBI single to right field in the fifth inning for what ended up being the game-winning run. Oklahoma made it interesting in the top of the seventh inning as Lauren Chamberlain a solo to cut the Tide’s lead to 5-4. Traina then struck out national player of the year to end the game.

13 Intercollegiate Athletics SOFTBALL RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT DATE OPPONENT RESULT

Feb. 10 vs. Memphis# W, 8-0 (5) March 31 at Mississippi State* W, 4-2 Feb. 11 vs. Lipscomb# W, 15-4 (6) April 1 at Mississippi State* W, 9-3 Feb. 11 at South Alabama# W, 12-1 (5) April 6 LSU* W, 6-0 Feb. 12 vs. Jacksonville State# W, 3-0 April 7 LSU* L, 2-3 Feb. 17 vs. Georgia Tech% W, 12-9 April 8 LSU* W, 6-0 Feb. 18 vs. Virginia Tech% W, 7-3 April 13 South Carolina* W, 9-1 (5) Feb. 19 vs. Oklahoma State% W, 3-1 April 14 South Carolina* W, 7-5 Feb. 21 at UAB W, 8-1 April 15 South Carolina* W, 19-4 (5) Feb. 24 East Carolina^ W, 4-2 April 17 Georgia State L, 1-5 Feb. 24 North Dakota State^ W, 9-4 April 19 at Georgia* L, 4-7 Feb. 25 East Carolina^ W, 9-4 April 20 at Georgia* W, 8-3 Feb. 25 North Dakota State^ W, 8-0 (5) April 21 at Georgia* W, 6-4 Feb. 26 SIUE^ W, 19-1 (5) April 25 Troy W, 12-0 (5) March 2 Maryland& W, 9-1 April 27 at Arkansas* W, 13-6 March 2 Massachusetts& W, 8-0 (6) April 28 at Arkansas* L, 1-8 March 3 Maryland& W, 9-1 April 29 at Arkansas* W, 5-1 March 4 UAB& W, 4-1 May 4 Florida* L, 1-4 March 7 Samford W, 7-3 May 5 Florida* W, 9-1 (6) March 9 at Kentucky* W, 3-1 (9) May 6 Florida* W, 5-3 March 10 at Kentucky* W, 9-1 (5) May 7 at Fordham L, 5-8 March 11 at Kentucky* W, 12-2 (6) May 10 Mississippi State! W, 5-2 March 13 at Oregon W, 5-1 May 11 Georgia! W, 1-0 March 16 Mississippi* W, 12-2 (5) May 12 Florida! W, 10-1 (5) March 17 Mississippi* W, 10-7 May 18 Tennessee-Martin$ W, 5-1 March 18 Mississippi* W, 12-1 (5) May 19 South Alabama$ W, 5-2 March 21 Tennessee* W, 3-2 (11) May 20 South Alabama$ W, 6-0 March 21 Tennessee* L, 2-5 May 24 Michigan$$ W, 4-1 March 23 DePaul@ W, 4-3 May 25 Michigan$$ W, 4-3 March 24 DePaul@ W, 9-7 May 31 vs. Tennessee$$$ W, 5-3 March 24 Longwood@ W, 11-0 (5) June 1 vs. Arizona State$$$ W, 2-1 March 25 Longwood@ W, 7-2 June 3 vs. California$$$ W, 5-2 March 27 at Auburn* W, 4-2 June 4 vs. Oklahoma$$$ L, 1-4

March 27 at Auburn* W, 5-2 June 5 vs. Oklahoma$$$ W, 8-6 March 30 at Mississippi State* W, 5-4 June 6 vs. Oklahoma$$$ W, 5-4

*-Southeastern Conference game @-Easton Alabama Challenge (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) #-Mardi Gras Invitational (Mobile, Ala.) !-SEC Softball Tournament (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) %-SEC/ACC/Big XII Challenge (Auburn, Ala.) $-NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) ^-Easton Bama Bash presented by DRASH (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) $$-NCAA Tuscaloosa Super Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) &-Easton Alabama Invite (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) $$$-NCAA Women’s College World Series (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Annual Report 2011-2012 14 15 Intercollegiate Athletics Men’s Golf

For the second time in 60 years, the second-ranked Alabama men’s golf team swept both the team and individual titles at the SEC Men’s Golf Championship. The Crimson Tide finished with a 12-under-par 828 as a team on the par-70, 6,898 yard Seaside Golf Course at the Sea Island Golf Club. The 828 was the second- lowest team score in the history of the SEC Championship (827 by Georgia, 2006). Alabama freshman Justin Thomas won the third individual SEC crown for Alabama after carding rounds of 68, 67 and 68 to secure medalist honors. The Tide defeated Auburn by six strokes in the team race with a 2-over-par round of 282 on Sunday after shooting 272 and 274 in the opening two rounds. Auburn shot 277 Sunday to mount UA’s only challenge but finished at 6-under 834 for the tournament. Florida (+1, 841) was third with Georgia (+10, 850) fourth and Arkansas (+15, 855) in fifth.

MEN’S GOLF RESULTS DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Sept. 9-11 Carpet Capital Collegiate 4th (-2, 862) Sept. 16-18 Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational 4th (+27, 867) Oct. 3-4 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate t2nd (+16, 856) Oct. 23-25 Isleworth Collegiate Invitational 6th (+26, 890) Feb. 19-21 Puerto Rico Classic 1st (-30, 834) March 10-11 Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters t9th (+32, 896) March 16-18 Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational 1st (-47, 817) March 24-25 Linger Longer Invitational 1st (-26, 838) April 7-8 Gary Koch Invitational 4th (+5, 869) April 20-22 SEC Championships 1st (-12, 828) May 17-19 NCAA Regional 1st (-23, 828) May 29-31 NCAA Championships 1st (+7, 859) June 1 NCAA Quarterfinals - Kent State W, 3-1-1 June 2 NCAA Semifinals - California W, 3-2 June 3 NCAA Finals vs. Texas Loss, 2-3

Annual Report 2011-2012 16 Women’s Tennis

The 2012 Alabama women’s tennis team posted a 10-1 record during the SEC regular season, suffering its only conference loss during the regular season to Florida (7-0), to finish second overall during the regular season. The Tide posted a perfect 5-0 record against the SEC Western Division to capture the school’s second straight, and fourth overall, division title.

WOMEN’S TENNIS RESULTS DATE OPPONENT / EVENT RESULT Jan. 28 vs. Texas# L, 3-4 Jan. 29 vs. Arizona# W, 4-1 Feb. 18 Rice W, 6-1 Feb. 19 SMU W, 7-0 Feb. 24 vs. Oklahoma State% W, 4-1 Feb. 25 vs. Illinois% W, 4-3 Feb. 26 vs. Virginia% L, 3-4 March 2 Mississippi State* W, 6-1 March 4 Mississippi* W, 5-2 March 9 at LSU* W, 4-0 March 11 at Arkansas* W, 4-1 March 18 TCU W, 5-2 March 23 Vanderbilt* W, 5-2 March 25 at Kentucky* W, 7-0 March 30 South Carolina* W, 7-0 April 1 Florida* L, 0-7 April 6 at Georgia* W, 4-3 April 8 at Tennessee* W, 6-1 April 14 at Auburn* W, 4-3 April 20 vs. Arkansas! W, 4-0 April 21 vs. Georgia! L, 2-4 May 11 Army$ W, 4-0 May 12 Georgia Tech$ L, 3-4

*-Southeastern Conference match #-ITA Kick-off Weekend (Nashville, Tenn.) %-Blue Gray National Tennis Classic (Montgomery, Ala.) !-SEC Championships (Oxford, Miss.) $-NCAA First and Second Rounds (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

17 Intercollegiate Athletics Softball

En route to winning the team’s third straight Southeastern Conference regular season title, and fourth overall, the softball team posted a 23-5 conference record. The Crimson Tide continued their domination of the SEC by posting a 3-0 record in the SEC Tournament. As the host school for the 2012 SEC Tournament, Alabama became the first school to win the tournament title when hosting the event.

Annual Report 2011-2012 18 FOOTBALL

National Champions

12-1 Overall; 7-1 SEC

2nd Place in SEC West

Final National Rank: 1st

• The Crimson Tide capped a remarkable season with a 21-0 • Alabama had seven players garner first-team All-American HEAD COACH shutout of the top-ranked LSU Tigers in the 2012 Allstate BCS honors. Mark Barron, and Trent Richardson National Championship Game in New Orleans’ Mercedes- were unanimous All-Americans while Dont’a Hightower was Nick Saban Benz Superdome for the program’s 14th national title. The a consensus All-American. DeQuan Menzie, Dre Kirkpatrick Crimson Tide smothered the Tigers’ offense, allowing just and Courtney Upshaw also garnered first-team honors while ASSISTANT COACHES 92 total yards and only allowing them past midfield on one William Vlachos was selected to the second team. Richardson Burton Burns occasion. The Tide finished No. 1 in both the USA Today won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running Mike Groh Coaches poll and the Associated Press poll. Alabama posted back while Barrett Jones captured the Outland Trophy, which Jim McElwain a 12-1 record with its only blemish coming in a 9-6 overtime goes to the nation’s best interior lineman. Jones also won the defeat at the hands of LSU on Nov. 5, a loss that was avenged ARA Sportsmanship Award and the Wuerffel Trophy. The Jeremy Pruitt with a decisive BCS victory. Alabama football team was also recognized with the Disney Chris Rumph • The Crimson Tide posted four victories over top 25 teams Spirit Award for their efforts following the April 27, 2011, EF4 Kirby Smart and produced its second Heisman Trophy finalist in the last tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa. Jeff Stoutland three years in running back Trent Richardson. But the lasting Sal Sunseri impression of Alabama’s 2011 squad will be a defense that will Bobby Williams go down in college football annals as one of the best ever. The Tide defenders became just the second team (Oklahoma, 1986) DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS in the modern era to lead the nation in total defense (183.6), Joe Pannunzio scoring defense (8.2), rushing defense (72.2), passing defense (111.5) and pass efficiency defense (83.69). The Alabama STRENGTH & CONDITIONING defense gave up a mere nine touchdowns all season with two of those coming after turnovers set up a short field for the Scott Cochran opponent. UA posted three shutouts (North Texas, Vanderbilt and LSU) and allowed only three touchdown drives of five plays or more all season.

19 Intercollegiate Athletics Head Coach Nick Saban Richardson Excelled Against the Best Alabama head coach Nick Saban (Kent State, 1973) concluded Like former teammate Mark Ingram when he won the Heisman his fifth season with the Crimson Tide by becoming the first Trophy in 2009, junior tailback Trent Richardson made his coach to win three BCS National Championships and the 10th mark by playing his best against the Crimson Tide’s top coach in football history to win three national titles during competition. He rushed for an average of 120.6 yards in five a career. The school’s 27th head coach, Saban has compiled games against top 25 competition. Richardson faced nine of a 50-12 record (55-12 not including five vacated wins in the nation’s top 50 defenses in 13 games in 2011, accounting 2007) at Alabama while leading the Tide to two SEC Western for 14 total touchdowns, 951 rushing yards and 1,167 yards Division championships, one conference title and two national from scrimmage. He played nine defenses ranked in the top championships. Saban holds a career record of 141-54-1 (146- 47 nationally, including seven defenses in the top 27. No other 54-1) as a collegiate head coach, while also serving at Toledo, 2011 Heisman Trophy contender played more than four games Michigan State and LSU. Saban is the only coach to win a BCS against defenses ranked in the top 50. The average rank in total National Championship at two different schools. defense Richardson faced was 37.4.

One of the Winningest Senior Classes in History Disciplined Play Alabama’s 2011 senior class won a school-record 48 games Alabama’s disciplined approach to football was evident in 2011 over the past four seasons while losing only six contests. The in its ability to play a clean football game. The Crimson Tide 48 wins is tied for the second-most in college football history finished the year ranked third nationally in fewest penalties per among BCS schools and tied for the best four-year total in game, being flagged an average of 3.8 times per game. The Tide Southeastern Conference history (Florida won 48 games from also ranked second in fewest penalty yards, averaging 31.5 per 2006-09). The previous Alabama record was 44 wins for the contest. UA led the SEC in fewest penalties per game and in 1980 senior class that captured national titles in 1978 and 1979. penalty yards per game.

Academic Success Road Warriors Alabama’s success on the field under the direction of head coach Alabama’s win at Auburn continued a trend of road success by Nick Saban has also coincided with the Crimson Tide’s success the Crimson Tide in recent seasons. Including the win over the in the classroom. The 2011 Crimson Tide began the season with Tigers, Alabama has a 16-2 mark in true road games since 2008. 11 players having already earned degrees and following December In 25 games away from Tuscaloosa since 2008, Alabama is 21-4, graduation Alabama had 21 players with their degrees, including including an 11-4 mark against ranked opponents. Brandon Gibson, who completed both his undergraduate (December 2010) and graduate (December 2011) degrees. Over the past four seasons (2008–11) the Crimson Tide has seen 54 players compete after having already graduated.

10-Win Seasons With a win against Georgia Southern on November 19, Alabama reached the 10-win milestone for the fourth consecutive season (finished 12-1). The Tide now has 32 10-win seasons in 117 seasons, one behind Oklahoma (33) for the most 10-win seasons in college football. Alabama has had six 10-win seasons since 2002 (2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011). Tide head coach Nick Saban is the 11th coach in school history to lead his team to a 10-win season. In addition, Saban is the fifth coach in school history to have more than one 10-win season.

Annual Report 2011-2012 20 CROSS COUNTRY

Men: 5th in SEC/18th in NCAA South Region

Women: 6th in SEC/6th in NCAA South Region

• The men’s team finished in the top five in four of its six races Team Earns All-Academic Honors on the season with senior Carison Kemei winning two races, Both the men’s and women’s teams were named 2011 All- including the Crimson Classic, and finishing second in another. Academic Teams by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country HEAD COACH • Kemei led the men’s team in four races on the season while Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) for their exceptional Dan Waters Joel Rop paced the Tide in two others including a team-best performance in the classroom and on the course. The women’s 28th place finish at the NCAA South Region Championships team was also honored for having the highest team grade point in Tuscaloosa. average among cross country programs for the third year in a row with a 3.83 team GPA. ASSISTANT COACH • The women’s team finished in the top 10 of all six competitions Adam Tribble including a pair of team victories at the Crimson Classic and the Commodore Classic.

• The women also recorded their highest NCAA South Region Kemei Twice Named SEC Runner of the Week finish in 13 years with a sixth-place showing on its home course Senior Carison Kemei earned a pair of SEC Runner of the in Tuscaloosa. Week honors throughout the season. The first came following the Commodore Classic where he led the Crimson Tide to a second-place team finish in the 22-team field while individually finishing second out of 190 runners. The second came after winning the Crimson Classic with an 8-kilometer time of 24:59.25 to best the 155-runner field by nearly 11 seconds. The race was his first in nearly a month due to being sidelined with minor injuries and his second individual title of the season.

21 Intercollegiate Athletics Cross Country Results

Date Event Results Sept. 3 Georgia Invitational Men 3rd/Women 2nd Sept. 17 Commodore Classic Men 2nd/Women 1st Oct. 1 Greater Louisville Classic Men 19th/Women 6th Oct. 15 Crimson Classic Men 5th/Women 1st Oct. 31 SEC Championships Men 5th/Women 6th Nov. 12 NCAA South Regional Men 18th/Women 6th Nov. 21 NCAA Championships DNC

Annual Report 2011-2012 22 Women’s Volleyball

11-20 Overall; 4-16 SEC

6th Place in SEC West • Alabama posted an 11-20 overall record in the first year under Coach Allen Reaches 500 Win Plateau head coach Ed Allen. In his 20th season as a college head coach, first-year UA • In the return to Foster Auditorium, the Crimson Tide posted coach Ed Allen posted an 11-20 record in 2011 to bring HEAD COACH a 7-7 record at home, including three straight wins in the his career record to 505-203 (.713). Allen earned his 500th career victory with a 3-2 win over Penn on Sept. 10, Ed Allen Hampton Inn Bama Bash to open the season. 2011 in the Rocket Classic. In five seasons at Division I • Alabama defeated Georgia, 3-1, on the road on Sept. 25, 2011, Tulsa (2006-10) he collected 133 wins, in three seasons at ASSISTANT COACHES to snap a 19-match road SEC losing streak. The streak dated Division II Presbyterian College (2003-05) he had 94 wins back to Sept. 25, 2009. Julia Silva and in 11 seasons at Division III Anderson University Ryan Wills • As a team, Alabama players posted 39 -doubles, which (1992-2002) he had 267 victories. Allen entered the were the second most in the SEC in 2011. Andrea McQuaid season ranked 28th among active Division I coaches in was second in the conference with 15, while Kayla Fitterer career victories. added 13 and Stephanie Riley added 11.

• McQuaid was one of three players in the SEC to post a Andrea McQuaid First Alabama Player With Multiple Triple-Doubles double, and was second in the conference with three triple- Andrea McQuaid recorded the first Alabama triple- doubles in her first season at Alabama. double since Oct. 1, 1999, when she had 13 kills, 29 • Kayla Fitterer posted 30 kills against Samford on Aug. 30, 2011 assists and 17 digs against SMU on Sept. 3. McQuaid to post a five-set season-high for the SEC. Fitter also had a SEC became the first player in school history with multiple season-high when she tallied 94 attempts in a five-set match triple-doubles when she had 13 kills, 23 assists and 21 against SMU on Sept. 3. digs against Penn on Sept. 10. She added her third triple- double of the season with 10 kills, 21 assists and 13 digs against Auburn on Oct. 30. Since the program restarted in 1989, McQuaid’s triple-double at SMU marked the fourth in the last 23 years and she is the only UA player

23 Intercollegiate Athletics WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL RESULTS

Date Opponent Result Aug. 26 Alabama State& W, 3-0 Aug. 26 Austin Peay& W, 3-1 Aug. 27 Texas State& W, 3-2 Aug. 30 at Samford L, 3-2 Sept. 2 vs. Lamar% W, 3-0 to have a triple-double with kills, assists and digs. Shelly Sept. 3 vs. TCU% L, 3-1 Adamcik (1999), Nina Foster (1994) and Jennifer Miller (1992) Sept. 3 at SMU% L, 3-2 had triple-doubles in kills, digs and total blocks. Sept. 9 at Toledo# W, 3-1 Sept. 10 Ohio State# L, 3-1 Stephanie Riley Finishes Career In Bama’s Top-10 for Sept. 10 Pennsylvania# W, 3-2 Career Assists Sept. 16 Arkansas* L, 3-1 After posting 46 assists against Mississippi State, senior setter Sept. 18 LSU* L, 3-1 Stephanie Riley had a team-high 652 assists in 2011 to bring Sept. 23 at Auburn* L, 3-0 her career total at Alabama to 1,942. Following a 16-assist Sept. 25 at Georgia* W, 3-1 performance against LSU on Oct. 21, Riley passed Nancy Sept. 28 Mississippi* W, 3-1 Woolsey (1979-81) for sixth all-time in assists at Alabama. Sept. 30 Mississippi State* L, 3-0 Brigitte Slack (2004-07) is the school’s all-time leader in Oct. 4 Alabama A&M W, 3-0 assists with 5,578. Oct. 7 at Tennessee* L, 3-0 Oct. 9 at Kentucky* L, 3-0 Kayla Fitterer is a Double-Double Machine Oct. 14 South Carolina* W, 3-0 Kayla Fitterer reached double digits in kills in 22-of-26 matches Oct. 16 Florida* L, 3-0 in 2011 and double-digits in digs 13 times. Her 13 double- Oct. 21 at LSU* L, 3-0 doubles this season are the third most in the SEC, and brings Oct. 23 at Arkansas* L, 3-0 the junior outside hitter’s total to 25 for her career. In 2011 she Oct. 28 Georgia* W, 3-0 averaged 14.8 kills and 9.8 digs per match. She ranked third in Oct. 30 Auburn* L, 3-2 the SEC and 39th in the country with 3.98 kills per set, while Nov. 4 at Florida* L, 3-0 hitting .219 and averaging 2.62 digs per set. Nov. 6 at South Carolina* L, 3-0 Nov. 11 Kentucky* L, 3-0 Crimson Tide Players Named to All-Tournament Teams Nov. 13 Tennessee* L, 3-0 After Alabama won the Hampton Inn Bama Bash Nov. 20 at Mississippi State* L, 3-1 championship, three UA players garnered all-tournament Nov. 25 at Mississippi* L, 3-1 recognition. Kayla Fitterer was named the Most Valuable Player and Cortney Warren and Leigh Moyer were all-tournament &-Hampton Inn Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) selections. Following the conclusion of the Doubletree %-SMU DoubleTree Invitational (Dallas, Texas) Invitational, Fitterer was selected to the all-tournament team. #-Rocket Classic (Toledo, Ohio) Fitterer made it a clean sweep when she was selected to the *-Southeastern Conference Match Rocket Classic All-Tournament squad, and was joined on the team by Warren.

Annual Report 2011-2012 24 INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD

Team Earns Three All-America Honors Krystle Schade was named a first team All-American after Men: 10th in SEC finishing second in the women’s high jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships by clearing 6-0.5. The honor was the junior’s third Women: 9th in SEC/28th in NCAA • The Crimson Tide ended its indoor season by sending a trio to straight first team All-America honor in the event. Senior Kaylon the NCAA Championships with all three earning All-America Eppinger and sophomore Kamal Fuller were both named second honors. team All-Americans for their efforts at the NCAA Championships. Eppinger finished ninth in the women’s pentathlon with 4,000 HEAD COACH • The Tide’s indoor season also featured its first home indoor points while Fuller was 14th in the men’s long jump. The honor Dan Waters meets at the state-of-the-art CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. was the second of Fuller’s indoor career at UA. • On the season, the Tide set two school records and had four ASSISTANT COACHES performances rank in the top 10 all-time at UA. Schade Named South Region Field Athlete of the Dick Booth Year • Nationally, the squad recorded eight performances that ranked Matt Kane NCAA Indoor Runner-Up, SEC Champion and school record in the top 50 nationally. Doug Reynolds holder Krystle Schade was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) South Miguel Pate Region Female Athlete of the Year for the indoor track and field Adam Tribble season. Schade earned the honor after winning the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championship in the high jump by clearing a school-record height of 6-2. That height was the second best mark in the nation in 2012 and helped her remain undefeated this season through the first five competitions of the season. Her new mark shattered the 29-year-old school record of 6-1.5.

Eppinger Sets School Record; Finishes Third in Pentathlon at SEC Kaylon Eppinger finished third in the women’s pentathlon for The University of Alabama track and field team with a school record score of 4,081 in the five-discipline event.

25 Intercollegiate Athletics Indoor Track and Field Results Date Event Results Jan. 14 Crimson Tide Indoor Opener No Team Scoring Jan. 21 Auburn Invitational No Team Scoring Feb. 3-4 New Balance Collegiate Invitational No Team Scoring Feb. 11 Texas A&M Conference Challenge No Team Scoring Feb. 24-26 SEC Championships Men 10th/Women 9th March 3 Alabama High Tide Qualifier No Team Scoring March 9-10 NCAA Indoor Championships Men DNS/Women 28th

Annual Report 2011-2012 26 SWIMMING and diving

Men: 6th Place in SEC; 25th Place in NCAA

Women: 7th Place in SEC; 42nd Place in NCAA MEN’S TEAM HORNIKEL EARNS 2ND TEAM ALL-SEC Sophomore BJ Hornikel earned second-team All-Southeastern SOPHOMORES LEAD TIDE AT NCAA MEET Conference honors after picking up a pair of runner-up finishes HEAD COACH Sophomores Alex Coci and BJ Hornikel qualified for the 2012 in the SEC’s premiere events, the 100 and 200 freestyle. After turning in career-best times of 42.98 in the 100 freestyle and Eric McIlquham NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships held in Seattle, Wash., as rookies on the national scene. They returned as All- 1:34.81 in the 200 freestyle, Hornikel is ranked second all-time ASSISTANT COACHES Americans after leading the Crimson Tide to its first top-25 for Alabama in both events, just behind four-time Olympic gold finish since 2009. Coci earned first-team All-American in the 200 medalist Jon Olsen. Sonya Porter butterfly and an honorable mention All-American in the 100 LESSER ON SEC ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM Pat Greenwell butterfly. He also shattered the school record in the 100 butterfly Diver Jordan Lesser earned a place on the SEC All-Freshman James Barber after posting a time of 46.50 in finals to become the first UA team after turning in the league’s top rookie finish off the Stefan Gherghel swimmer under 47 seconds in that event. Coci’s time of 1:43.36 platform, where he scored 346.45 points and took fourth place. in the finals of the 200 butterfly ranks him third all-time for the Crimson Tide, just ahead of Olympic gold medalist Jon Sieben. COCI WAS SWIMMER OF THE WEEK Hornikel earned honorable mention All-American honors in the GRADUATE ASSISTANT Sophomore Alex Coci was named the SEC Male Swimmer of 100 freestyle, the event he went undefeated in during the regular Jessica Livingston the Week after a three-win performance against South Carolina season for the second year in a row. He also posted a top-25 and Florida State on Oct. 15. Coci swept his individual events finish in the 200 freestyle in Seattle. He is second all-time for against FSU and USC finishing more than a second ahead of Alabama in both the 100 and 200 freestyles, just behind four- the field in the 200 butterfly and more than a half second ahead time Olympic gold medalist Jon Olsen. of his nearest competitor in the 100 butterfly. In the 200 IM he TIDE 25TH AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS finished nearly two seconds ahead of the nearest South Carolina swimmer while in the 200 butterfly he was nearly three seconds Coci and Hornikel combined to score 22 team points, which was ahead of the nearest non-Alabama swimmer. good for 25th place. Alabama’s men have now finished in the top 25 at the NCAA Championships 33 times since scoring its first points in 1973. 27 Intercollegiate Athletics Swimming & Diving Results

Date Opponent/Event Result Oct. 15 Florida State M - L, 148-152; W – L, 110-185 Oct. 15 South Carolina M - W, 179-121; W- W, 151-149 Oct. 29 Emory M - W, 196-94; W – 211.5-81.5 Oct. 29 Tulane W – W, 208-90 Nov. 4 at LSU M - L, 149-151; W – L, 124.5-175.5 Nov. 18-20 Georgia Tech Fall Invitational All Day Dec. 1-3 USA Swimming National Championships All Day Dec. 2-4 Georgia Invitational All Day Dec. 20 Florida International W – W, 126-115 Dec. 20 North Texas W – W, 121.5-115.5 Jan. 14 Kentucky M- W, 174-126 Jan. 28 Georgia M – L, 148-152; W – L, 121-173 Feb. 15-18 SEC Championships M 6th, 304pts; W 7th, 249pts March 15-17 Women’s NCAA Championships 42nd, 6 pts March 22-24 Men’s NCAA Championships 25th, 22 pts

WOMEN’S TEAM place in the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.90. Popa, at her first in the 100 breaststroke, where she is ranked second all-time for NCAA Championships, touched the wall at 2:11.41 in the 200 UA with a time of 1:00.53, just behind Olympic bronze medalist 2 TIDE SWIMMERS IN SUMMER OLYMPICS breaststroke, less than a second out of scoring team points for Anne Poleska. Martinez earned her spot on the list by taking the Crimson Tide, to take 24th place. Burchell closed out her sixth off the platform with 251.70 points. One current Alabama women’s swimmer and another former UA rookie season with a 41st place finish in the 200 breaststroke women’s swimmer earned spots on their respective national swim after posting a 2:13.90. Burchell took 26th place in the 100 BURCHELL WAS FROSH OF THE WEEK teams for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games held in London, breaststroke with a time of 1:00.86 while Popa was 44th with a Kaylin Burchell was named the SEC Female Freshman of the England, as former standout Arlene Semeco of Venezuela 1:02.93. In the 200 individual medley, Popa turned in a 1:58.84 Week after opening her career by winning both breaststroke and current UA swimmer Kristel Vourna of Greece competed. to take 28th place while Burchell took 43rd place with a 2:00.28. events against South Carolina and Florida State on Oct. 15. In Former Crimson Tide standout Arlene Semeco earned a spot her collegiate debut, Burchell won the 100 and 200 breaststrokes in the Games for Venezuela in the 50-meter freestyle. Semeco SCHOOL RECORDS FALL and posted the fastest breaststroke split of the meet in the 200 was a 2004 and 2005 letter winner at UA where she still holds *The 400 medley relay of sophomore Lauren Piper, freshman medley relay. Her time in the 100 breaststroke was a second and the school record in the 50 free and earned All-America honors Kaylin Burchell, sophomore Kristel Vourna and sophomore Alex a half faster than her nearest competitor. Burchell also earned in 2005. The 2012 Games marked Semeco’s third Olympics Popa combined at the SEC Championships to shatter the school SEC Female Freshman of the Week honors after winning the appearance for Venezuela (2004 and 2008). Vourna completed record set in 2009, by more than two seconds, touching the wall 100 and 200 breaststrokes as well as the 200 individual medley at her sophomore season at UA in 2012. She earned honorable at 3:36.10. LSU. She swam to a first-place finish in the 100 breaststroke with mention All-America honors in the 100 butterfly at the 2012 *The Crimson Tide women also set a new school record in the 200 a 1:01.31 before touching at 2:12.92 in the 200 breaststroke. The NCAA Championships. medley relay at the SEC Championships. Sophomore Stephanie Richmond, Ky., native won the 200 IM against the Tigers with a TIDE TRIO AT NCAA MEET Kinsey, freshman Kaylin Burchell along with sophomores Kristel 2:01.90. Vourna and Alex Popa combined to post a 1:38.68, bettering the Alabama sent three women to the NCAA Championships; old mark, set in 2009, by more than half a second. sophomores Kristel Vourna and Alex Popa as well as freshman Kaylin Burchell. The Crimson Tide finished 42nd with six team A BRIGHT FUTURE points. Vourna led the way for the Tide, taking 11th place in the Breaststroker Kaylin Burchell and diver Angley Martinez earned 100 butterfly with a time of 52.31, earning honorable mention places on the 2012 SEC All-Freshman Team. Burchell took the All-American honors in the process. Vourna also took 56th rookie honor after finishing sixth at the SEC Championships

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National Champions • Alabama won its sixth NCAA Championship, 27th NCAA National Champions NCAA Regional Champions Regional title and placed 2nd at SEC Championships in 2012. The Crimson Tide won its sixth national championship title, clinching the 2012 title with the last routine of the last event. 2nd Place SEC • Alabama clinched its sixth national championship on the Senior Ashley Priess’ 9.95 on the balance beam gave Alabama last routine of the last event as senior Ashley Priess’ 9.95 on a final score of 197.850 and put them ahead of Florida by .075. the balance beam gave Alabama a final score of 197.850 to put Alabama is the only team since the Super Six Team Finals format HEAD COACH UA ahead of Florida by .075. was instituted in 1993, to win an NCAA title when finishing Sarah Patterson • Alabama advanced four gymnasts to the individual title on the balance beam, having now done so twice, in 2012 and competition, including sophomore Diandra Milliner, junior 2002. Alabama advanced four gymnasts to the individual title ASSISTANT COACHES Marissa Gutierrez and seniors Priess and Geralen Stack-Eaton. competition on Sunday, including sophomore Diandra Milliner, • Geralen Stack-Eaton won the balance beam NCAA title and junior Marissa Gutierrez and seniors Priess and Geralen Stack- Dana Duckworth earned first team All-American honors in the all-around while Eaton. Stack-Eaton added another individual NCAA title to her Bryan Raschilla Priess was a second team honoree. resume by winning the balance beam title. She won the individual title on the floor exercise at the 2011 championships. Although it • Stack-Eaton and Priess both earned first-team honors on the is the Crimson Tide’s sixth national title, it marked the first time it balance beam, Stack-Eaton earned first-team honors on the VOLUNTEER COACH has won back-to-back titles. floor exercise, and both Milliner and Gutierrez were named David Patterson first team All-Americans on the vault. Geralen Stack-Eaton - NCAA Champion • Sophomore Kim Jacob, Milliner and Gutierrez were named Less than 24 hours after winning its sixth NCAA Team DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS second team All-Americans on the floor exercise. Championship and sixth overall, the Alabama gymnastics team extended its three-day dominance on the beam when senior Rita Martin • Jacob, sophomore Sarah DeMeo and freshman Kayla Williams earned second-team honors on the balance beam. Geralen Stack-Eaton won the individual NCAA Balance Beam Championship with a 9.9375. It was Stack-Eaton’s second • Junior Ashley Sledge, Stack-Eaton and Priess earned second individual NCAA title after winning the floor exercise in 2011. It STRENGTH & CONDITIONING team honors on the uneven bars. was Alabama’s fifth individual national balance beam title and first Travis Illian • Head coach Sarah Patterson tied legendary UA football coach since Andreé Pickens won the title in 1999. It was the Crimson Paul “Bear” Bryant with six national championship titles.

29 Intercollegiate Athletics Tide’s 23rd individual national championship. Stack-Eaton was Attendance also second on the floor exercise after scoring a 9.9375. • The Crimson Tide was among the national leaders in attendance among women’s athletics. Alabama, which averaged 12,826 fans 2012 All-Americans per meet, was once again among the top three when it comes Senior Geralen Stack-Eaton earned first team All-American to women’s collegiate attendance, standing alongside Tennessee honors in the all-around while senior Ashley Priess was second basketball and Utah gymnastics as the only programs to draw team. Stack-Eaton and Priess both earned first-team honors on more than 11,000 fans per event this season. It was the Tide’s the balance beam. Stack-Eaton earned first-team honors on the second highest average in school history. floor exercise. Sophomore Diandra Milliner and junior Marissa • The Tide led the Southeastern Conference again, averaging 4,000 Gutierrez were named first team All-Americans on the vault. more fans per meet than Georgia and 6,000 more than Florida. Sophomore Kim Jacob, sophomore Diandra Milliner and junior The Tide’s mark includes two meets that drew more than 14,000 Marissa Gutierrez were named second team All-Americans on the fans and two others that were over 12,000. The 2012 season floor exercise. Jacob, sophomore Sarah DeMeo and freshman marks the third year in a row that the UA gymnastics team has Kayla Williams earned second-team honors on the balance beam. drawn four or more crowds over 12,000 fans. The Tide had a Junior Ashley Sledge, Stack-Eaton and Priess earned second team capacity turnout of 15,075 for its Power of Pink meet against honors on the uneven bars. Overall, eight UA gymnasts earned 16 Arkansas and 14,501 for its season opener against Georgia. A All-American honors, led by four from Stack-Eaton which brought total of 12,457 fans braved stormy weather to see Alabama take her career total to 12. Priess earned three honors in 2012, raising on the Florida Gators while the Tide drew 12,936 fans for its her career total to eight. A two-time All-American as a freshman, Tornado Relief meet against Missouri on the first weekend of Jacob bumped her career total to four. Gutierrez and Milliner also spring break. earned two honors each this year, pushing their respective overall • Alabama and Utah were the only two gymnastics teams in the totals to three. Sledge and DeMeo have now both earned two All- nation with crowds over 11,000 this season, and the Tide had American honors for their career while Williams earned her first four. Alabama’s final home meet of the season, against North nod as a rookie. Carolina on the last weekend of UA’s spring break, drew 9,165 which would have been the largest crowd of the year for every Alabama at the NCAA Championships team in the nation outside of Utah and Georgia. The Alabama Gymnastics team made its 30th consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships in 2012. Only Utah, with 31 bids, has been to more and only Florida has been to as many, though the Gator total is not consecutive. Alabama has won NCAA Championships six times, 2012, 2011, 2002, 1996, 1991 and 1988. The Tide is one of just four teams to win an NCAA title, joining UCLA, Utah and Georgia. In 30 championship appearances, Alabama has finished 1st six times, 2nd seven times, 3rd eight times and in the top six 28 times. Alabama won back- to-back NCAA titles for the first time in school history in 2011 and 2012. Alabama has won 23 NCAA Individual titles, including five all-around crowns. Tide gymnasts have earned 277 All- American honors. The 2012 season marked the first time that the championships were not held on a collegiate campus. In 2011, the championships were held at a school (Cleveland State) that does not sponsor gymnastics.

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21-9 Overall; 12-7 SEC • Earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the first time NCAA Tournament Appearance since 2006. Alabama returned to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 9 seed 5th Place in SEC in the Midwest Region after a six-year hiatus to face the No. 8 • Finished 5th in the SEC standings as the league discarded seed, Creighton. The appearance marked the 19th for the Tide divisional standings in men’s basketball prior to the and its first under head coach Anthony Grant. It was the third 2011-12 season. appearance as a head coach for Grant as he became the fifth HEAD COACH • Had a 13-3 home record while going 4-7 at road sites and 4-2 UA head coach to lead the program to the NCAA Tournament. in neutral site games. Every member of UA’s coaching staff has participated in the Anthony Grant • Posted the 26th 20-win season in school history. NCAA Tournament as a coach while Director of Operations Antoine Pettway competed as player for UA in the 2002, 2003 • Finished the season with an RPI of 40 and strength of ASSISTANT COACHES and 2004 tournaments. Alabama was the No. 9 seed for the third schedule ranking of 29. Dan Hipsher time in program history. John Brannen • Won eight of its last 13 games and five of its last eight to Tony Pujol close out the season. Stifling Defense One of the Best in SEC History Alabama’s 58.1 points allowed per game in 2011-12 ranks as • Only 13 of UA’s 33 opponents reached the 60-point mark in the sixth-lowest recorded in the history of the SEC. One year DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS regulation in 2011-12 and five failed to score 50 points. earlier, UA allowed 59.4 points per game, the 10th lowest in Antoine Pettway • Opponents converted on just 38.9 percent of their field goal SEC recorded history at the time. The team’s defensive scoring attempts, the 16th lowest average in the nation, and scored average was the best in the SEC since the adoption of the shot STRENGTH & CONDITIONING just 58.1 points per game against UA, the ninth lowest average clock in 1985-86, as well as the best since the shot clock was Andy Weigel in the country. shortened to 35 seconds in 1993-94. Of Alabama’s 33 opponents • Alabama’s 72-66 win over Arkansas was its 500th win in 11 scored their season low to date against the Tide. Only one SEC opponent, LSU, scored above its season average against the Coleman Coliseum. The Tide owns an all-time record of Tide, and that output came against a UA team depleted by four 504-112 in the facility. suspensions.

Getting to 70 Given the Tide’s relentless defense in 2011-12, scoring 70 or more points typically guaranteed a victory. UA scored 70 or more points

31 Intercollegiate Athletics nine times and won eight of those contests with the lone loss coming at eventual national champion Kentucky. Over the past Men’s Basketball RESULTS two seasons, Alabama is 21-4 when scoring 70 or more points in a game. Conversely, when UA’s opponent reaches 70 points, the Date Opponent Results Tide was 0-3 in 2011-12 and 0-9 over the last two seasons. Nov. 11 North Florida 64-44 Nov. 14 Oakland W, 74-57 Green Joins UA Legend Robert Horry Nov. 17 vs. Maryland# W, 62-42 JaMychal Green left UA having etched his name across the UA Nov. 18 vs. Wichita State# W, 70-60 record book after his stellar four-year career. He currently ranks in Nov. 20 vs. Purdue# W, 65-56 the top 15 all-time at UA in scoring, rebounds, blocks and steals. Nov. 23 Alabama A&M W, 82-45 The only other UA player to achieve that feat is seven-time NBA Nov. 27 Virginia Commonwealth W, 72-64 Champion Robert Horry. Green scored 1,656 career points as one Nov. 1 Georgetown L, 55-57 of just 11 players at UA to score 1,600 or more career points and Dec. 7 at Dayton L, 62-74 the third active SEC player to reach the milestone. His season- Dec. 11 Detroit W, 62-54 high 22-point, 12-rebound double-double at UK pushed him past Dec. 17 vs. Kansas State% L, 58-71 1,500 career points at UA. That made him the 15th player in UA Dec. 21 vs. Oklahoma State^ W, 69-52 history to achieve the milestone and one of just six active SEC Dec. 29 Jacksonville W, 72-55 players that have scored 1,500 or more career points. Against Auburn he recorded his 25th career double-double, the most by Jan. 3 at Georgia Tech W, 73-48 an active SEC player and added his 26th in the next game against Jan. 7 at Georgia* W, 74-59 Mississippi. The following week he recorded No. 27 with a season- Jan. 11 LSU* W, 69-53 high 22 points and 10 rebounds in the SEC Tournament loss to Jan. 14 at Mississippi State* L, 52-56 Florida. He also led all active SEC players in rebounding with 912 Jan. 19 Vanderbilt* L, 59-69 career rebounds, the 11th most in UA history. Jan. 21 at Kentucky* L, 71-77 Jan. 25 at South Carolina* L, 54-56 Strength through Adversity Jan. 28 Arkansas* W, 72-66 Due to injuries, suspensions and coach’s decisions, the Crimson Feb. 4 Mississippi* W, 69-67 (2OT) Tide used 13 different starting lineups during the 2011-12 season Feb. 7 at Auburn* W, 68-50 and eight in the last 12 games. Additionally, the Tide used 219 Feb. 11 at LSU* L, 58-67 different five-man combinations on the floor over the course Feb. 14 Florida* L, 52-61 of the season. Perhaps most remarkably, the Tide weathered the Feb. 18 Tennessee* W, 62-50 mid-season suspensions of its top three scorers, leading assists Feb. 23 at Arkansas* W, 79-68 man and top bench player. Feb. 25 Mississippi State* W, 67-50 Feb. 29 Auburn* W, 55-49 Releford at the Point March 3 at Mississippi* L, 51-60 Point guard Trevor Releford was a large reason for the Crimson March 8 South Carolina$ W, 63-57 Tide ranking in the top two in the SEC in steals during his March 9 Florida$ L, 63-66 sophomore season. Releford was second in the league in steals March 16 Creighton$$ L, 57-58 with 2.0 per game in 2011-12. In SEC games, he was even more *Southeastern Conference game active averaging 2.5 steals per game. The next closest defender, #-Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Arkansas’ Julysses Nobles, averaged 2.0 steals per game. Releford %-Sprint Center (Kansas City, Mo.) ^-Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Center (Birmingham, Ala.) recorded five or more steals in a game three times in 2011-12 $-SEC Tournament (New Orleans, La.) and twice in the last 10 games. Releford finished the season with $$-NCAA Tournament Second Round (Greensboro, N.C.) 124 career steals to rank in the top 10 all-time at UA along with JaMychal Green. He had 64 steals in 2011-12 to exceed his total from the previous season and rank fifth all-time in single-season steals at UA with Latrell Sprewell.

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12-19 Overall; 2-14 SEC Injuries Hindered Tide in 2011-12 The Crimson Tide had to deal with a series of injuries throughout 11th Place in SEC the 2011-12 season, making game planning for both practices and • Won the team title of the Paradise Jam Tournament in St. games a challenge. Four of Alabama’s 11 active players, including Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in November. Kyra Crosby, Jessica Merritt, Shafontaye Myers and Kristin Bush, • Posted victories over eventual NCAA Tournament teams logged a combined 28 missed games. Due to the injuries, and HEAD COACH Kansas (80-76 on Dec. 4) and then-7th-ranked Kentucky (77-75 availability of certain players, the Tide started 13 different lineups throughout the season. Wendell Hudson on Feb. 16). Ericka Russell Ends Standout Career ASSISTANT COACHES Senior Ericka Russell received a medical disqualification due to Ty Evans previous knee injuries, ending her career for the Crimson Tide on Jan. 17. A 5-7 guard from Tuscaloosa, Russell was a steady Robert Mosley fixture in the Tide lineup since joining the squad in 2008. She Leah Drury started in all but 11 games throughout her career and became the 23rd member of Alabama’s 1,000 Point Club on Nov. 12, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS 2011, against Nicholls State. She earned Most Valuable Player honors at the 2011 Paradise Jam after averaging 17.7 points per Keisha McClinic game, including a season-high 29 against Old Dominion. Russell finished her career as one of the best three-point shooters in STRENGTH & CONDITIONING program history, ranking fourth in three-point field goals made Michelle Diltz (212) as well as three-point field goals attempted (709).

Russell Joins 1,000 Point Club In the Tide’s season opener against Nicholls State, senior Ericka Russell notched the 1,000th point of her career at the Capstone. The milestone came at the 12:24 mark of the second half when Russell connected on a three-pointer to give her 11 points in the contest. She became the 23rd member, ironically the same number she wore on her jersey, of Alabama’s 1,000 Point Club.

33 Intercollegiate Athletics Women’s Basketball Results

Date Opponent Results Nov. 12 Nicholls State W, 72-51 Nov. 15 at Central Arkansas L, 46-58 Nov. 18 Northwestern State W, 78-52 Nov. 21 Georgia Southern W, 67-34 Nov. 24 vs. Old Dominion% L, 76-77 Nov. 25 vs. Seton Hall% W, 62-56 (OT) Nov. 26 vs. Louisiana Tech% W, 67-59 Dec. 2 Southeastern Louisiana W, 69-56 Dec. 4 Kansas W, 80-76 Dec. 7 at North Texas L, 63-69 Dec. 11 at North Carolina State L, 57-79 Dec. 17 at Alabama State W, 64-54 Dec. 19 Presbyterian W, 65-47 Dec. 30 Air Force W, 80-45 Jan. 1 at South Carolina* L, 42-68 Jan. 5 Auburn* L, 55-65 Jan. 8 at LSU* L, 40-84 Jan. 12 Mississippi State* L, 61-66 Jan. 15 Mississippi* L, 55-69 Jan. 19 at Florida* L, 37-61 Jan. 26 Tennessee* L, 56-86 Jan. 29 at Kentucky* L, 68-82 Feb. 2 at Arkansas* L, 52-70 Feb. 5 Georgia* L, 66-81 Feb. 9 at Mississippi* W, 52-47 Feb. 12 LSU* L, 46-51 Feb. 16 Kentucky* W, 77-75 Feb. 19 South Carolina* L, 55-69 Feb. 23 at Auburn* L, 40-81 Feb. 26 at Vanderbilt* L, 54-67 March 1 South Carolina$ L, 38-57

*-Southeastern Conference game %-Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands) $-SEC Tournament (Nashville, Tenn.)

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21-34 Overall; 9-21 SEC Head Coach Mitch Gaspard Gets 300th Career Win With a 6-2 win over Auburn on April 8, UA head coach Mitch 6th Place in SEC West Gaspard earned his 300th career win as a Division I head coach. • Posted an 18-13 record at Sewell-Thomas Stadium while going In 530 games, Gaspard’s career record now stands at 306-224 3-21 in games away from home (3-19 road, 0-2 neutral). (.577). When Alabama took the field on March 23, against • Was 9-6 against SEC teams at home. Mississippi, Gaspard coached his 500th Division I baseball game. HEAD COACH The March 17 game at Arkansas marked the 150th for Gaspard as • Won three series during SEC play, posting a sweep of No. 23 the head coach at Alabama. Gaspard is 96-88 (.521) in three years Mitch Gaspard Auburn and series wins over Vanderbilt and Georgia. at UA. Gaspard coached 348 games at Northwestern State (2002- • Longest winning streak of the season was a four-game win 07), where he posted a 210-138 record. ASSISTANT COACHES streak, accomplished twice. Dax Norris Taylor Dugas Compared to the Nation • Taylor Dugas led the team in hitting with a .343 Andy Phillips Senior Taylor Dugas was one of the nation’s best players in average, ranking 10th in the SEC. Dugas led the Tide in Division I baseball. Dugas ended his Alabama career ranked first Bobby Barbier batting average, runs scored (41), hits (71), doubles (12), triples in the country among active players in career runs (231), doubles (7), walks (24), hit by pitches (18) and (67) and walks (150). Additionally, he ranked second in hits DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS (.498). (331), fifth in (474) and 11th in triples (17). Ken Brown • Freshman pitcher Jake Hubbard led the team with 29 appearances and a 3.10 earned-run average. Young Guns In the 55 games played in the 2012 season, Alabama started a freshman pitcher 35 times. The Tide threw a total of 448.2 innings and freshmen accounted for 292.1 (65.1 percent). First-year provided an additional 24.0 innings pitched, giving the Tide 316.1 of its 438.2 innings (72.1 percent) from players that were not on the 2011 pitching staff.

Moore Consistency Freshman outfielder Ben Moore was second on the team with a .342 batting average. Moore had the best batting average by a freshman in the SEC and ranked among the best in the

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DATE Opponent Results DATE Opponent Results Feb. 17 Florida Atlantic L, 2-5 April 3 at South Alabama W, 9-5 Feb. 18 Florida Atlantic L, 2-9 April 6 Auburn* W, 10-6 Feb. 19 Florida Atlantic L, 4-9 April 7 Auburn* W, 4-3 Feb. 24 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 14-0 April 8 Auburn* W, 6-2 conference. Moore hit .345 during SEC games, the best among Feb. 25 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 7-0 April 10 UAB L, 1-9 SEC freshmen. Moore had two hitting streaks of at least 10 Feb. 26 Arkansas-Pine Bluff W, 9-3 April 13 at LSU* L, 2-10 games, one for 13 games (a team season-high) and one for Feb. 28 South Alabama W, 4-3 April 14 at LSU* L, 1-7 11 games while reaching base safely all but five games, which Feb. 29 at Southern Missis- L, 2-14 April 15 at LSU* L, 1-5 included a streak of 26 consecutive games during the middle sippi April 18 Mississippi Valley W, 8-0 portion of the season. Moore’s average of .342 was the ninth- March 2 at Tulane L, 7-9 State best by a UA freshman since 1972. Dave Magadan hit .389 as March 3 at Tulane W, 6-2 April 18 Mississippi Valley L, 3-8 a freshman in 1981, Scott McClendon hit .374 in 1983, Josh State March 4 at Tulane L, 2-7 Rutledge hit .369 in 2008, G.W. Keller had a .369 average in April 20 Vanderbilt* W, 6-4 March 6 vs. Auburn^ L, 3-8 1997, Joe Vitiello hit .353 in 1989, Dugas hit .352 in 2009, Jeremy April 21 Vanderbilt* W, 8-6 March 9 East Carolina# L, 1-3 Brown hit .347 in 1999, and Allan Stallings hit .347 as a freshman April 22 Vanderbilt* L, 7-9 March 10 Louisville# W, 7-6 in 1982. April 24 at Samford W, 5-4 March 11 Oral Roberts# L, 2-3 April 27 at South Carolina* L, 0-1 Dugas Made History March 13 Southern Mississippi W, 8-3 April 27 at South Carolina* L, 11-12 Taylor Dugas finished his Alabama career ranked on UA’s all- March 14 Samford W, 6-5 April 28 at South Carolina* L, 1-9 time top 10 in hits, batting average, on-base percentage, doubles, March 16 at Arkansas* L, 3-4 (12) May 4 Mississippi State* L, 1-3 triples, runs scored and walks. He also became the school’s March 17 at Arkansas* L, 4-8 May 5 Mississippi State* L, 2-3 all-time hits leader, passing Andy Phillips’ 13-year-old record March 18 at Arkansas* L, 4-7 May 6 Mississippi State* W, 8-7 with two hits against Mississippi State on May 5. With a team- March 20 at Troy L, 0-9 May 11 at Kentucky* L, 2-4 leading 12 doubles in 2012, Dugas managed 67 career doubles to March 23 Mississippi* L, 7-11 May 12 at Kentucky* L, 6-7 pass Dave Magadan (1981-83) for the school record in doubles. March 24 Mississippi* W, 3-2 May 12 at Kentucky* L, 1-8 Magadan held the record for 29 years. Dugas hit his third triple March 25 Mississippi* L, 4-8 May 15 Troy W, 10-5 of the season in game one of the series versus Auburn, giving March 27 at UAB! L, 0-1 (12) May 17 Georgia* L, 4-8 him 14 in his career to pass Emeel Salem (2004-07) for the school March 30 at Tennessee* L, 8-10 May 18 Georgia* W, 4-0 record. With seven triples in the 2012 season, he finished with 18 March 31 at Tennessee* L, 2-4 in his career. May 19 Georgia* W, 6-4 April 1 at Tennessee* L, 3-5 (7)

*-Southeastern Conference game ^-Capital City Classic at Riverwalk Stadium (Montgomery, Ala.) #-DRASH Alabama Baseball Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) Regions Park (Hoover, Ala.)

Annual Report 2011-2012 36 • Alabama finished the 2012 season with the program’s first national championship, as it defeated the University Softball of Oklahoma in the best-of-three championship series in the Women’s College World Series.

• With the national title, the Crimson Tide became the first SEC program to win a national title in softball.

• Alabama made their 14th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and hosted an NCAA Regional for the eighth consecutive year and 10th time overall.

• Alabama claimed their third consecutive SEC regular season title and fourth overall, while becoming the first host team to win the SEC Tournament.

ALABAMA HAS FOUR EASTON ALL-AMERICANS The 2012 national champion Alabama softball team had four players named to Easton All-American teams. The Crimson Tide was also one of three teams that earned the Easton Team of the 60-8 Overall; 23-5 SEC Year Award. Senior Amanda Locke (Mesquite, Texas.), sophomore Kaila Hunt (Evans, Ga.), and sophomore Jackie Traina (Naples, 1st Place SEC Fla.) were named to the Easton All-American first team, while ALABAMA IN THE 2012 WCWS senior Jennifer Fenton (Kennesaw, Ga.) was named to the Alabama had four players named to the WCWS All-Tournament SEC Tournament Champions second team. The All-American honors were the second of the team. Jackie Traina was named the Most Outstanding Player after postseason for all four players. she went 5-1 and batted .400 (6-for-15) with a home run and six NCAA National Champions RBI. Jennifer Fenton and Kayla Braud had eight hits apiece to ALABAMA REACHES 60 WINS earn All-Tournament honors, and Amanda Locke was named to Alabama finished with 60 wins in 2012, the first time the the team after she batted .333 with a home run and five RBI. Crimson Tide has reached that mark since 2005. The 60 wins are Head Coach the most for Alabama since 2008, and mark the third time the SEC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM Patrick Murphy Crimson Tide has won at least 60 games. The .882 win percentage Alabama put four players onto the 2012 SEC Tournament All- is the highest in school history. Tournament team. Senior Jennifer Fenton, junior Kayla Braud, Assistant Coaches and sophomores Kaila Hunt and Jackie Traina were all named to SETTING RECORDS the team, while Traina was selected as the Most Valuable Player of Alyson Habetz Alabama broke numerous school records this season. Their .882 the tournament. Fenton, Hunt, and Braud combined to bat .470 Stephanie VanBrakle winning percentage is tops in school history, bettering the .825 (12-for-25) with five stolen bases, 10 runs scored and seven runs Adam Arbour winning percentage of the 2000 team. The Tide opened the season batted in. Traina went 2-0 in the tournament with a 2.00 ERA 36-1, which was also a school record. Alabama finished second in and had 13 in 14 innings of work. Director of Operations school history with 97 home runs, as well as second with 459 runs scored. Senior Jennifer Fenton set a national record in 2012 when GOT THAT THREE-PEAT Kate Harris she stole her 74th consecutive base without being caught. Senior With the series win over Florida on May 4-6, Alabama Cassie Reilly-Boccia set a school record for walks with 180. Senior became just the second team in SEC history to ever win three Kendall Dawson broke the school record for runners thrown out, consecutive SEC titles. LSU won four straight titles from when she threw out her 40th base runner against Florida. She ends 1999-2002 and five titles overall. Alabama has won four titles, her career with a record 43 runners thrown out. Jackie Traina set a including the past three. school record with 42 wins on the season, as well as a single-season school record with 360 strikeouts.

37 Intercollegiate Athletics SEC WESTERN DIVISION CHAMPIONS Alabama clinched its fifth straight SEC Western Division title going into the final weekend of the regular season. The title is also Alabama’s eighth Western Division as well, pulling them into a tie for first with LSU, who has also won eight division titles. Alabama and LSU are the only two schools to ever win the Western Division since the SEC began play in 1997.

ALABAMA HAS SIX NFCA ALL-REGION SELECTIONS The Alabama softball team tied a school record with six All-South Region first team accolades, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) announced. The six first team honors ties the 2009 team and was the most of any team in the country. Just five of the 129 teams that received an award this season had each of their six nominees selected to an all-region team. No. 2 Arizona State, No. 3 Alabama, No. 7 Louisiana-Lafayette, No. 12 Oregon and No. 15 UCLA all placed six student-athletes on one of their respective region’s two teams. Alabama was the only team this year to place all six of its nominees on its respective region’s first team. Senior Cassie Reilly-Boccia (1B), sophomore Kaila Hunt (SS), junior Kaila Braud (OF), senior Jennifer Fenton (OF), sophomore Jackie Traina (UTL/P) and senior Amanda Locke (UTL/DP) nabbed the honors for the Crimson Tide.

SOFTBALL GARNERS 14 ALL CONFERENCE HONORS The Alabama softball team was recognized with 14 honors as the Southeastern Conference announced its annual softball awards, on May 9. Crimson Tide sophomore Jackie Traina was named the Pitcher of the Year while senior Jennifer Fenton was named the Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year. Patrick Murphy garnered Coach of the Year accolades. In addition to Traina and Fenton, sophomore Kaila Hunt was named to the SEC first team while seniors Cassie Reilly-Boccia, Jazlyn Lunceford, Kendall Dawson, and Amanda Locke and junior Kayla Braud were tabbed to the second team. Dawson, Reilly-Boccia and Lunceford also earned all-defensive team honors. Reilly-Boccia was also named to the SEC Community Service team.

BOMBS AWAY Alabama sophomore Kaila Hunt led the conference with 21 home runs and senior Amanda Locke finished right behind her with 18, the most by any two players on a team in Alabama history since 1998. The most home runs by any two players in Alabama’s history were 40, set by All-American Kelly Kretschman (25) and Carrie Moreman (15). The 21 home runs by Hunt is the second most in a single season in school history.

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Overall Record: 10-15; SEC 2-9 (11th)

Final ITA Ranking: 48 • The Crimson Tide men’s tennis program finished the season TEAM MISSES NCAA TOURNEY, BUT REPRESENTED with a 10-15 overall record, while finishing 48th in the country IN DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP in the final ITA Tennis rankings. Although the team did not make it to the NCAA Championship HEAD COACH collectively, the Crimson Tide was represented in the NCAA • UA was represented in the NCAA Championships as the Billy Pate Doubles Championship by senior Ricky Doverspike and junior doubles team of Ricky Doverspike and Jarryd Botha advanced Jarryd Botha. The duo advanced to the Round of 16, eventually ASSISTANT COACHES to the round of 16. falling 6-3, 7-5 to the tournament’s No. 2 seed. Doverspike and Botha were the first Alabama doubles team to make it to the Bo Hodge • Doverspike was the only player from the men’s tennis team to garner All-SEC honors as he was a second team selection. Round of 16 since Ellis Ferreira and Rick Witsken made it to the Jeff Nevolo quarterfinals in 1991. • UA posted a pair of wins over top-25 competition, defeating No. 7 Kentucky, 4-1, and No. 19 Tennessee, 6-1. DOVERSPIKE NAMED TO ALL-SEC SECOND TEAM Senior Ricky Doverspike was named to the All-Southeastern Conference Second Team for men’s tennis. During his senior season, the Atlanta native was ranked in both singles and doubles, playing primarily at the No. 1 position in both. Doverspike collected 16 wins in singles in addition to 20 wins in doubles. Paired with Jarryd Botha, the duo took down six nationally ranked foes in doubles including a pair in the top- 10. They won six of their last seven doubles matches together and clinched the doubles point against Tennessee in the SEC Championship in a tiebreaker against the Volunteers’ 10th-ranked team in the nation. In singles action, 12 of Doverspike’s 16 wins came in straight sets.

39 Intercollegiate Athletics men’s Tennis Results

Date Opponent Results Jan. 20 Northwestern L, 3-4 Jan. 28 at UCLA# L, 0-4 Jan. 29 vs. UC Irvine# W, 4-1 DOVERSPIKE NAMED TO SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM Feb. 5 TCU L, 3-4 Senior Ricky Doverspike was named to the 2012 Southeastern Feb. 11 Furman W, 6-1 Conference Community Service Team for men’s tennis. Feb. 11 Troy W, 7-0 Doverspike, a native of Atlanta, was active in assisting in the Tuscaloosa community and beyond throughout his four seasons Feb. 24 vs. Texas Tech% L, 0-4 at the Capstone. Following the tornadoes of April 27, 2011, he Feb. 25 vs. Clemson% W, 4-2 helped fundraise and collect items for victims of the storm. In Feb. 26 vs. Cornell% W, 4-0 addition, he assisted in several tennis clinics including the Phi March 3 at Mississippi State* L, 1-5 Mu clinic on campus and the Blue Gray clinic in Montgomery, March 4 at Mississippi* L, 1-6 Ala. Doverspike had taken part in the American Cancer Society March 9 LSU* L, 0-5 Relay for Life as well as the Walk to Defeat ALS. Additionally on March 11 Arkansas* W, 6-1 campus, he was part of the USTA/ITA Campus Kids Day and the March 17 at Miami L, 2-5 UA Athletic Department Halloween Extravaganza. March 23 at Vanderbilt* L, 2-5 March 25 Kentucky* L, 1-4 BOTHA AND DOVERSPIKE SELECTED TO COMPETE IN March 30 at South Carolina* L, 3-4 ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS April 1 at Florida* L, 0-7 Senior Ricky Doverspike and junior Jarryd Botha took part in the April 4 Memphis W, 4-3 2011 ITA All-American Championships, competing individually in April 6 Georgia* L, 2-5 the qualifying round of singles as well as collectively in the main April 8 Tennessee* W, 6-1 draw of doubles. Botha picked up a win in the round of 128 before April 11 at UAB W, 4-0 falling in the round of 64, while Doverspike fell in the round of 128 before winning the one consolation match he appeared in. April 11 at Samford W, 4-3 In doubles, the duo dropped an 8-5 decision to ninth-ranked April 14 Auburn* L, 1-4 John Collins and Maros Horny of Maryland, a team they would April 19 vs. Tennessee! L, 1-4 end up beating in the opening round of the NCAA Doubles Championships, and also fell in their consolation matchup. *-Southeastern Conference match #ITA Kick-off Weekend (Los Angeles, Calif.) %Blue Gray National Tennis Classic (Montgomery, Ala.) !-SEC Men’s Tennis Championships (Starkville, Miss.)

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Overall Record: 18-5; SEC 10-1 (2nd Overall/West Division Champions) • The Crimson Tide women’s tennis program finished the 2012 Season One for the Record Books Final ITA Ranking: 11 season with an 18-5 overall record, while posting a 10-1 mark The Alabama women’s tennis team had, arguably, its best season in Southeastern Conference play, finishing second overall and as a team in 2012 as the squad finished with a program high HEAD COACH winning the Western Division championship. ranking of No. 11 while compiling an 18-5 overall record and a 10-1 mark in the Southeastern Conference. For the second • Sophomore Mary Anne Macfarlane became the third player Jenny Mainz consecutive season, and fourth under head coach Jenny Mainz, in school history to earn All-American honors by the ITA in the Crimson Tide captured the SEC Western Division title. ASSISTANT COACH singles. Alabama had noteworthy wins at No. 5 Georgia, marking the Max Norris • UA defeated No. 5 Georgia for the first time since 1977, and Tide’s second win over the Bulldogs and first since 1977, as well posted its first ever 7-0 win over South Carolina. as its first 7-0 sweep of South Carolina.

• Courtney McLane was a Capital One Academic All-American. Mary Anne Macfarlane Earns All-America Honors Sophomore Mary Anne Macfarlane earned All-America honors in singles, which was announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. She became the third member of the Crimson Tide women’s tennis team to be recognized on the All-America team in singles and first since Robin Stephenson did so in 2005.

Courtney McLane Named to the Capital One Academic All-America Team Women’s tennis senior Courtney McLane was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Division I Women’s At-Large Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. McLane earned numerous accolades throughout her career for both athletic and academic achievements. She is a two- time SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year as well as a 2011 Capital

41 Intercollegiate Athletics One Academic All-America Second Team selection. McLane, a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member and member of the University Honors Program, finished her undergraduate degree in three years, holding a 4.0 GPA throughout. She recently finished up her graduate degree in marketing where she carried a 4.0 GPA.

Macfarlane wins Elite 89 Award for NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Sophomore Mary Anne Macfarlane was the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Tennis Championship. Macfarlane, majoring in exercise science, carries a 4.0 GPA. The Elite 89, an award founded by the NCAA, recognizes the true essence of the student-athlete by honoring the individual who has reached the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level in his or her sport, while also achieving the highest academic standard among his or her peers. The Elite 89 is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s championships.

Lindsey and McLane Honored by the ITA The women’s tennis team added two additional postseason honors with the announcement of the 2012 Intercollegiate Tennis Association regional awards, which recognized seniors Taylor Lindsey and Courtney McLane. Lindsey was named the region’s recipient for the ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship, while McLane earned the ITA Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship & Leadership Award. The ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship is given annually to an NCAA Division I women’s player that displays inspiring dedication and commitment to her team, which has enhanced her team’s performance and exemplified the spirit of college tennis, while the Arthur Ashe Collegiate Award honors Arthur Ashe and the vision that he embodied of the importance of education, sportsmanship and leadership.

Tide Sends Four to the NCAA Women’s Singles and Doubles Championships In addition to competing as a team in the 2012 NCAA Championships, Alabama was also represented in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships. Junior Alexa Guarachi and sophomore Mary Anne Macfarlane were two of 64 selected into the singles field, while Guarachi and senior Courtney McLane and Macfarlane and junior Antonia Foehse made up two of the 32 duos chosen for the doubles draw.

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2012 MEN’S GOLF HIGHLIGHTS

• Achieved the most successful season in school history, capturing both the SEC Championship and an NCAA Justin Thomas: National Player of the Year Regional title while finishing runner-up at the NCAA Freshman Justin Thomas was selected as the winner of both the Championships. 2012 Nicklaus Award and the 2012 Haskins Award, an honor SEC CHAMPIONS reserved for the nation’s top collegiate golfer. Thomas, a native • Led by true freshman Justin Thomas, who captured both of Goshen, Ky., is the first Crimson Tide golfer to win National NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS the Jack Nicklaus and Fred Haskins Awards, signifying the Player of the Year honors. National Player of the Year. NCAA NATIONAL RUNNER-UP • Thomas earned first team All-American honors while Cory Thomas got off to a quick start in his college career, claiming Whitsett and Bobby Wyatt were named second team and his first tournament the Carpet Capital Collegiate. He would HEAD COACH Hunter Hamrick was selected honorable mention. go on to win three more times – the Puerto Rico Classic, SEC Jay Seawell • Alabama won five of eight tournaments during the spring Men’s Golf Championship and NCAA Southeast Regional. season and had the best score in the three rounds of stroke Thomas finished tied for seventh at the NCAA Championships ASSISTANT COACH play at the NCAA Championships to earn the No. 1 seed and collected four other top 10 finishes. for match play. Scott Limbaugh He finished outside of the top 20 only twice and was named • UA defeated Kent State (3-1-1) and California in the the SEC Player and Freshman of the Year while posting a quarterfinals and semifinals of match play before falling on school-record 70.44 stroke average, nearly a stroke below the final hole in the finals, 3-2, to Texas. par per round (-32, -.89 per round). He also set single-season • Boasted four golfers in the top 48 of the final Golfweek/ school records for victories (four), counting scores (35) and Sagarin Performance Index and three among the top 18 as winning percentage (91.5) while posting the second-most Thomas led the way at No. 1 while Whitsett and Wyatt ranked rounds (25) of par or better. 13th and 18th, respectively, with Hamrick 48th nationally.

• For only the second time in 60 years, Alabama swept both 4 All-Americans the team and individual titles at the SEC Championship, Alabama had four players garner All-America honors on the finishing at 12-under-par 828 as a team, the second-lowest heels of the Crimson Tide’s runner-up finish at the 2012 NCAA team score in the history of the SEC Championship. Men’s Golf Championships. Justin Thomas was first-team • Thomas won the third individual SEC crown ever by an selection by both Golfweek and the team released by PING and Alabama player. the National Golf Coaches Association while Cory Whitsett was a second-team choice in both Golfweek and PING. Bobby Wyatt was named a second-team All-American by Golfweek and

43 Intercollegiate Athletics a third-team choice by PING. Hunter Hamrick became a three- time All-American after Golfweek placed him on their honorable mention team.

Thomas Named Mickelson Award Winner Justin Thomas was also named the winner of the Phil Mickelson Award presented by the Phil and Amy Mickelson Foundation as the most outstanding freshman in Division-I men’s golf. He was joined on the All-Freshman team by TCU’s Julien Brun, Cheng- Tsung Pan of Washington, Stanford’s Patrick Rodgers and Texas’ Jordan Spieth. Thomas is the first Alabama player to win the Phil Mickelson Award and becomes the third Crimson Tide golfer in the last four years to be named to the All-Freshman Team, joining Bud Cauley in 2009 and Cory Whitsett in 2011.

SEC Champions For the second time in 60 years, the Alabama men’s golf team swept both the team and individual titles at the SEC Men’s Golf Championship. The Crimson Tide finished at 12-under-par 828 as a team on the par-70, 6,898 yard Seaside Golf Course at the Sea Island Golf Club. The 828 was the second-lowest team score in the history of the SEC Championship (827 by Georgia, 2006). University of Georgia Golf Course. UA finished at 24-under-par in 1983, Alabama didn’t make its return to the NCAA Finals Alabama freshman Justin Thomas won the third individual 828 to secure Alabama’s 14th trip to the NCAA Championships until 1992 when Dick Spybey’s squad finished 11th. Following SEC crown for Alabama after carding rounds of 68, 67 and and the sixth in the last eight years under head coach Jay trips to the NCAA Finals in 1993 and again in 1996, UA would 68 to secure medalist honors. Thomas joins an elite group of Seawell. Freshman Justin Thomas overcame teammate Bobby not return for another eight years until Seawell’s 2005 team Crimson Tide golfers that have won an SEC Championship, Wyatt in the final round to capture medalist honors. Thomas advanced out of the East Regional. The 2007 season marked the including Bobby Hill (1952) and Michael Thompson (2008). shot 1-under par 70 in the final round for a 9-under-par total beginning of five trips to the NCAA Championships in six years. Thomas finished the weekend at 7-under-par 203, which equals of 204. Wyatt carded 1-over 72 to finish at 8-under 205. Cory the lowest individual score to win SEC’s since it moved to Sea Whitsett gave the Tide a sweep of the top-three spots on the Jay Seawell Island in 2001 (Florida’s Brett Stegmaier, 2003). leader board with a 5-under-par 208. Head Coach Jay Seawell has transformed Alabama in to perennial contender in his 10 years at the Capstone. Since The Tide defeated Auburn by six strokes in the team race with Another Strong NCAA Tournament Showing taking the Crimson Tide to an NCAA Regional during his first Florida (+1, 841) third, Georgia (+10, 850) fourth and Arkansas Alabama’s berth in the 2012 NCAA Championships marked the year, 2003, Alabama has made nine regional appearances in the (+15, 855) in fifth. 14th finals appearance and the sixth in the last eight years under last 10 years, including eight straight. UA also made its sixth the leadership of head coach Jay Seawell. The runner-up finish NCAA Championships appearance in the last eight years (2005, Bobby Wyatt was second at 5-under 205 while Cory Whitsett also marked UA’s top finish in school history, besting the 1975 07-09, 11-12). Alabama’s runner-up finish in 2012 was the best finished tied for 11th at 1-over 211. Senior captain Hunter team that finished tied for third at the NCAA Championships. under Seawell’s leadership, besting a sixth-place finish in 2007. Hamrick and junior Scott Strohmeyer also posted top-20 His teams have won 25 tournament titles over the last 10 years, finishes, tying for 19th at 4-over-par 214. Prior to the NCAA Tournament switching to regional format in including the 2008 and 2012 SEC Championships and the 2009 1991, the Crimson Tide made five NCAA Finals appearances and 2012 NCAA Regional titles. UA won a school-record six NCAA Regional Champions in 1973-75, 1981 and 1983 under head coach Conrad Rehling. times in 2007-08, won five more tournaments in 2010-11 and Alabama ran away from the field at the 2012 NCAA Athens Alabama has 20 total appearances (regional and final) in the had five tournament victories in 2011-12, including five of the Regional with a 25-shot victory on the par-71, 7,253-yard NCAA men’s golf tournament. Following Rehling’s last trip last eight spring events.

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2012 WOMEN’S GOLF HIGHLIGHTS Pancake Wins Honda Award Alabama senior Brooke Pancake won the 2012 Honda Sports • The Alabama Crimson Tide captured the program’s first Award in golf, given annually to the nation’s top female National Championship at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in National Champions collegiate golfer. The is awarded to the top Franklin, Tenn. women athletes in 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports who are then 3rd Place in SEC Championship • 3 Crimson Tide players earned All-America honors: Brooke automatically eligible to become a “Top Three” finalist for the Pancake, Jennifer Kirby and Stephanie Meadow. Collegiate Woman Athlete of the Year. Pancake was voted over NCAA Regional Champions • Alabama’s National Championship came on the Crimson three other nominees for the 2012 award. Tide’s eighth visit to the NCAA Finals. It was Potter’s seventh trip to the NCAAs at Alabama and the 22nd Pancake’s collegiate career culminated with a four-foot par HEAD COACH NCAA Championships appearance overall for the NGCA putt on the 18th hole that secured the Tide’s first national Mic Potter Hall of Famer. championship in women’s golf with a one-stroke victory over Southern California. A three-time All-American, twice garnering ASSISTANT COACH first team honors, she finished her career with a 73.08 scoring National Champions average and led the team in 2011-12 with a 72.52 stroke average. Susan Rosenstiel The Crimson Tide shot a 19-over 1,171 to edge Southern California by one shot over 72 holes while earning Alabama’s Pancake is the first Alabama golfer to earn the award and joins first national championship on the Crimson Tide’s eighth UA gymnasts Penney Hauschild (1985 and 1986), Dee Foster visit to the NCAA Finals. It was Potter’s seventh trip to the (1993), Andreé Pickens (2002), Jeana Rice (2004), NCAAs at Alabama and his 22nd NCAA Championships (2006) and (2011) as the Tide’s Honda appearance overall for the NGCA Hall of Famer. UA was Award winners. led by senior Brooke Pancake, who finished runner-up individually at 2-under 286. The Chattanooga, Tenn., native 3 Crimson Tide Players Earn First-Team All-America drained a four-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to secure the Honors National Championship. The Tide carded rounds of 286 (-2), Alabama set a school record with three first-team All-Americans 285 (-3), 306 (+18) and 294 (+6). as Brooke Pancake, Jennifer Kirby and Stephanie Meadow were honored by Golfweek. The Crimson Tide has won 14 Golfweek All-America honors by six different players in head coach Mic Potter’s seven-year tenure.

45 Intercollegiate Athletics Pancake, of Chattanooga, Tenn., is a three-time All-American, twice garnering first team honors. She was a consensus first- team All-American in 2012, also being recognized by the NGCA. Kirby was also a consensus first-team All-American, garnering recognition from Golfweek and the NGCA. She finished tied for 14th at the 2012 NCAA Championship and has two top-15 finishes in three NCAA Championship appearances (tied for seventh in 2010). She won her first career tournament title at the 2012 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The native of Paris, Ontario, Canada, posted a 72.61 scoring average as a junior with five top-10 finishes.

Meadow, of Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, became a two- time first-team All-American with her Golfweek selection. She was a first-team pick in 2011 as a true freshman and a second- consecutive year. The Tide also had three first-team All-SEC team pick by the NGCA in 2012. Meadow finished the 2011- selections with senior Brooke Pancake, junior Jennifer Kirby 12 season with a 72.94 scoring average and two tournament and sophomore Stephanie Meadow. victories to eclipse the Alabama career record for wins with five. Pancake Named SEC Female Athlete of the Year Potter Named National Coach of the Year Just over a month after she drained a four-foot putt to give Mic Potter swept the National Coach of the Year Awards in The University of Alabama its first NCAA Women’s Golf 2012 following his squad’s national championship. His team Championship, Crimson Tide senior Brooke Pancake was student-athlete with the highest GPA among first team All- was ranked in the top three nationally throughout the season named the 2011-12 Roy F. Kramer Female Athlete of the Year Americans and was the winner of the 2010 NCAA Elite and captured four tournament victories. He coached a school- by a vote of the Southeastern Conference’s athletics directors. 88 Award. record three first-team All-Americans and the Honda Award The Chattanooga, Tenn., native was the seventh Alabama winner for women’s golf (Brooke Pancake). female athlete and first UA golfer to be named SEC Female Pancake and Meadow Qualify for U.S. Open Athlete of the Year. The seven female honorees for the Crimson Brooke Pancake qualified for her first U.S. Open in late May Potter won both the Golfweek and the Eaton Golf Pride NGCA Tide is the SEC record for this award. Alabama also leads the by firing a 142 over 36 holes of sectional qualifying at the Glen National Coach of the Year awards. The NGCA Hall of Fame league in total Roy F. Kramer Awards with 11 combined men’s Echo Golf Club in St. Louis, Mo. Teammate Stephanie Meadow member has also captured a SEC Championship (2010) and and women’s honors. The SEC Athletes of the Year Awards also garnered a spot by winning the Ladies British Amateur. a NCAA Regional title (2011) at Alabama while qualifying were first presented in 1976 for men and 1984 for women. for the NCAA Championships in each of his seven years at Alabama has now had at least one golfer qualify for the U.S. the Capstone. In all, Potter has taken 22 teams to the NCAA Pancake Is Top Academic All-American Open for five consecutive years. Kathleen Ekey qualified for the Championships while recording nine top-10 NCAA finishes. The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) 2008 and 2009 U.S. Open and Jennifer Kirby followed that by He has coached 29 NGCA All-Americans and 54 All- and Capital One also named Brooke Pancake the 2012 Capital earning her way into the 2010 and 2011 U.S. Opens. Conference selections. One Academic All-American of the Year. She is a two-time first-team Academic All-American, a three-time Southeastern Three Players in the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Alabama Prominent in SEC Postseason Awards Conference Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Index Top 10 Alabama followed up its third-place finish at the Southeastern a three-time NGCA Scholar Athlete. Pancake completed her Brooke Pancake, Stephanie Meadow and Jennifer Kirby all Conference Championship with a bevy of postseason awards bachelor’s degree in marketing in May 2012 with a perfect 4.0 finished the 2011-12 season in the top 10 of the Golfweek/ handed out by the league. Crimson Tide head coach Mic grade point average. The three-time All-American and two-time Sagarin Performance Index. The trio finished fifth, eighth and Potter was named the league’s Co-Coach of the Year for the first-team selection finished her career with a 73.08 scoring 10th, respectively while ranking rank third, fourth and fifth out fourth time (third straight), while Brooke Pancake was tabbed average. She earned the 2011 Edith Cummings Munson Award of the SEC. Hannah Collier checked in at No. 54 nationally. as the conference’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the third from the National Golf Coaches Association (NGCA) for the

Annual Report 2011-2012 46 ROWING

7th Place in Conference USA

HEAD COACH Terch Named All-Conference USA Larry Davis 2011-12 WOMEN’S ROWING Senior Leigh Ann Terch (Birmingham, Ala.) was honored as a HIGHLIGHTS member of the 2012 All-Conference USA Team in a ceremony ASSISTANT COACHES • Alabama rowing completed its sixth season as an NCAA after the championships. Terch worked her way up into the Derek Tuten Division I program in 2011-12. It also marked the Crimson Crimson Tide’s First Varsity 8+. Megan Patrick Tide’s third season as an affiliate member of Conference USA. Five 5 Rowers Earn to the 2012 CRCA Scholar- Athlete Award: • In its sixth appearance at the prestigious Head of the Charles Alabama rowers Erika Baranek, Tabitha Coleman, Jessica Parker, regatta in Cambridge, Mass., Alabama medaled in the Club Canella Tinker and Stephanie Varner earned Collegiate Rowing 8+ race, taking fifth place with a time of 18:31.66. Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Award, which requires a • Alabama’s Novice 8+ boat won the Oak Ridge Invitational, rower to maintain a 3.5 grade-point average for her career, be crossing the line in a time of 7:03.00. at least a sophomore in eligibility, and have competed in 75 percent of the team’s spring races. • The Crimson Tide won the Second Varsity 4+ race against Iowa, its lone home dual meet of the season. Duo Named to Conference All-Academic Team • Alabama’s Second Varsity 8+ posted the Crimson Tide’s Two student-athletes were named to the 15-member 2012 highest finish at the Conference USA Championship, taking Conference USA All-Academic Team for women’s rowing, as fourth place with a time of 7:06.79. voted on by the league’s sports information directors. Senior

47 Intercollegiate Athletics Stephanie Varner was a unanimous selection for the second year in a row while junior Canella Tinker made her debut on the All-Academic squad. It marked the third year in a row that the Crimson Tide has placed multiple athletes on the list. Alabama has had eight selections to the All-Academic squad, which ties them with Kansas and Oklahoma for the most honorees in the award’s three-year history.

Seven Rowers Earn Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal Seven Alabama rowers earned the Conference USA Commis- sioner’s Academic Medal, which requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.75, including Logan O’Neil, Stephanie Varner, Canella Tinker, Brennan Glynn, Melissa Jenkins, Kristen Hickman and Caitlin O’Neil.

23 Rowers Named to Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll A total of 23 members of the Alabama rowing team earned a place on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, which requires student-athletes to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better. The Tide’s honorees, which account for more than half of the Tide’s 2011-12 roster, included: Ashley Allison, Erika Baranek, Brittney Bebek, Emily Chadwell, Mary Christopher, Tabitha Coleman, Alyssa Drevenak, Melissa Etter, Ali Fabbro, JJ Fadely, Brennan Glynn, Kristen Hickman, Kristen Iverson, Melissa Jenkins, Caroline Lendl, Logan O’Neil, Caitlin O’Neil, Emily Osborne, Jessica Parker, Mariah Styer, Leigh Terch, Canella Tinker and Stephanie Varner.

ROWING RESULTS DATE OPPONENT RESULT Oct. 8 Chattanooga Head Race No Team Results Oct. 22-23 Head of the Charles No Team Results Nove. 5-6 Head of the Hooch No Team Results March 17 Oak Ridge Regatta No Team Results March 31-April San Diego Crew Classic No Team Results April 14 at Rhode Island, Boston University, Central Florida No Team Results April 21 Iowa No Team Results April 28 Darmouth and Cornell No Team Results May 11-12 Conference USA Championships No Team Results

Annual Report 2011-2012 48 OUTDOOR TRACK and Field

2012 OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD HIGHLIGHTS • The Crimson Tide ended its outdoor season by sending five student-athletes to the NCAA Championships with four of Men: 11th in SEC/T-66th in NCAA them earning All-America honors and three earning first-team accolades. Women: 8th in SEC/T-40th in NCAA • During the first season under head coach Dan Waters, the Crimson Tide recorded 46 personal bests and a school record HEAD COACH during the outdoor season.

Dan Waters • The men’s team scored in five events at the SEC Champion- ships while the women’s team collected points in seven ASSISTANT COACHES events. Dick Booth • On the season the men’s team recorded three performances Matt Kane that rank in the top-10 all-time at UA while the women’s squad had 10 such performances including a school record of Doug Reynolds 13-9.25 in the pole vault from Alexis Paine. Miguel Pate

Adam Tribble Track and Field Has Four Earn All-America Honors The Crimson Tide earned three first-team All-America honors at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a second team honoree as well. Of the five UA competitors that qualified for the NCAA Championships, four returned home

49 Intercollegiate Athletics as All-American, three of them for the first time. Sophomore Kamal Fuller picked up his first outdoor All-America accolade with his eighth-place finish in the men’s long jump of 25-2. Junior Alexis Paine collected her first All-America title by finishing eighth in the women’s pole vault with a school record height of 13-9.25 while Krystle Schade earned her third outdoor and sixth overall All-America honor by finishing fourth in the women’s high jump with an outdoor personal best clearance of 6-1.50. Tyler Campbell, competing in his first outdoor championships collected second team honors with a 16th-place finish in the men’s high jump at a height of 7-0.5.

Tide Gets Two First Team Academic All-Americans Seniors Nathan Corder and Leigh Gilmore were named first team Capital One Academic All-Americans. The honor was the third Academic All-America selection for Corder and the second first-team accolade. He recorded a perfect 4.0 grade point average in mathematics. Gilmore is a civil engineering major that graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA Gilmore was also named the Davis SEC Community Service Leader of the Year.

Track and Field Collects Academic Honors The Crimson Tide’s women’s team was honored as a Division I All-Academic Team by the USTFCCCA for compiling a cumulative team grade point average of 3.00 or higher. The Tide posted a team GPA of 3.15 to earn the honor for the 10th straight year. In all, 171 women’s programs were named All-Academic Teams. Individually, the women’s program had four student-athletes earn All-Academic status from the organization in Camilla Armstead, Amethyst Holmes, Alexis Paine and Krystle Schade. The men’s program was represented on the All-Academic team by Kamal Fuller. Of those five, three OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD – Fuller, Paine and Schade – also earned a total of five All- America honors for their efforts in competition at the NCAA DATE OPPONENT RESULT Championships this season. March 16 Bus Invitational No Team Scoring March 23-24 Alabama Relays No Team Scoring March 31 Mississippi Invitational No Team Scoring April 13-14 Spec Towns Invitational No Team Scoring April 20 Auburn War Eagle Invitational No Team Scoring April 26-28 Drake Relays No Team Scoring May 5 Samfor Invitational No Team Scoring May 10-13 SEC Championships Men 11th/Women 8th May 24-26 NCAA Regional No Team Scoring June 6-9 NCAA Outdoor Championships Men t66th/Women t40th

Annual Report 2011-2012 50 2011 SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS soccer • Finished the 2011 season with a 10-9-3 record, the team’s first winning season since 2003.

• Earned its second postseason NCAA tournament berth in program history and its first since 1998. • The Tide has now finished .500 or better in three of the four seasons under head coach Todd Bramble.

NCAA Tournament The Alabama soccer team made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 1998 and just for the second time in program history. The Crimson Tide capped off its season with a 3-2, double-overtime loss against Miami in the first round. was named to the SEC All-Freshman team and also earned SEC Freshman of the Week and Collegesoccer360.com Primetime SEC Tournament Recap Performer of the Week honors, both for week 10 of the season. The eighth-seeded Crimson Tide faced off against Southeastern Conference regular season champions South Carolina in the 3 Earn All-SEC Honors 10-9-3 Overall; 4-5-2 SEC quarterfinal round of the tournament and earned a thrilling, The Alabama soccer team garnered three All-Southeastern 1-0 win over the Gamecocks to become the first team to down Conference accolades, the league office announced Monday. 3rd Place in SEC Western Division the No. 1 seed in the tournament since 2002. Molly Atherton’s Senior goalkeeper Justine Bernier (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) first half goal held up as Justine Bernier recorded her seventh was named to the second team while Pia Rijsdijk (Numansdorp, HEAD COACH shutout of the season. In the semifinal round, the Tide went Netherlands) and Theresa Diederich (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) Todd Bramble up early on the Florida Gators, 1-0, on a Pia Rijsdijk goal, but nabbed all-freshmen team honors. This marks the third time just 40 seconds later UF responded to tie the score. Florida Alabama has earned three All-SEC honors in the same season, ASSISTANT COACHES then buried the game-winner in the 81st minute. The semifinal tying last year and the 2004 season for the most in school appearance was just the third for Alabama in program history. history. With the second team selection, Bernier becomes the Tatum Clowney only Tide player in program history to earn All-SEC honors all Jason Lowe Rijsdijk named NSCAA All-South Region four seasons. Freshman forward Pia Rijsdijk (Numansdorp, Netherlands) was named to the NSCAA All-South Region third team as NSCAA Team Academic Award STRENGTH & CONDITIONING announced by the organization this week. Rijsdijk was one of For the third consecutive season, the Alabama soccer team Travis Illian only five freshmen to earn the honor. In just her first season garnered recognition for its work in the classroom as the in the states and at the Capstone, the newcomer helped lead a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Crimson Tide squad to its first NCAA tournament appearance named the Crimson Tide to its College Team Academic Award since 1998. Rijsdijk finished second on the team with 14 points list. To be eligible a team must have a cumulative grade point on five goals and four assists. Her five goals and four assists average above 3.0 for the 2009-10 academic year. The NSCAA were also second best on the team. During conference play, announced that a total of 789 soccer teams (218 men, 571 the Netherlands international was second on the team with women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, nine points on three goals and three assists. Rijsdijk was a key thereby earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the contributor for the Tide down the stretch as seven of her points 2010-11 academic year. Alabama had 11 players earn academic came in the last month of the season. She ranked second on the honors for the 2010 season, and the announcement of the 2011 team with two game-winners, including a thrilling tally against honor roll will be made following the conclusion of the 2011 then No. 24 Tennessee. On top of the all-region honors, Rijsdijk fall semester.

51 Intercollegiate Athletics WOMEN’S SOCCER RESULTS

Date Opponent Result Tough Slate Aug. 19 Kennesaw State W, 7-1 Head coach Todd Bramble put together a tough schedule Aug. 21 at Samford W, 2-1 in 2011 and it was one of the reasons the Tide was able to Aug. 26 #25 Memphis L, 0-1 make the NCAA tournament. The Tide has eight teams on its Aug. 28 New Mexico T, 0-0 schedule that are in the top 50 in the RPI, and have played Sept. 2 at San Diego L, 0-2 Sept. 4 at #22 San Diego State W, 1-0 11 teams that made the field of 64. Also, Alabama has played Sept. 9 Alabama-Birmingham W, 1-0 five teams that were ranked in the regular season. The Tide Sept. 18 Morehead State* W, 2-1 earned its first win over a ranked opponent since 1999 (SDSU, Sept. 23 Vanderbilt* W, 2-0 1-0, Sept. 4) and after the 1-0 win against No. 24 Tennessee, Sept. 25 Kentucky* L, 1-4 defeated two ranked opponents in the same season for the first Sept. 30 at Mississippi State* T, 2-2 time in school history. The SEC Tournament victory over No. Oct. 2 at Mississippi* L, 0-3 19 South Carolina was the Tide’s third victory over a ranked Oct. 7 at South Carolina* L, 1-4 opponent in 2011. The last time the Tide defeated a ranked Oct. 9 at #11 Florida* L, 1-4 opponent before the three this season was in the opening match Oct. 14 Arkansas* W, 3-0 of the 1999 season, when the Tide downed No. 19 Vanderbilt, Oct. 16 #18 LSU* L, 0-2 2-1, in overtime on Aug. 27 in Tuscaloosa. Oct. 20 #24 Tennessee* W, 1-0

Oct. 23 at Georgia* T, 2-2 Oct. 28 Auburn* W, 3-2 Nov. 2 vs. #19 South Carolina! W, 1-0 Nov. 4 vs. #23 Florida! L, 1-2 Nov. 12 at Miami (Fla.) % L, 2-3 (2ot) *Southeastern Conference game ! SEC Postseason Tournament (Orange Beach, Ala.) % NCAA Tournament First Round (Coral Gables, Fla.)

Annual Report 2011-2012 52 Football DeQuan Menzie 2011 Football Team First Team All-Americans Athletic Disney Spirit Award NFL Draft – Fifth Round, Chiefs

Trent Richardson NFL Draft – First Round, Browns Honors Doak Walker Award Heisman Trophy Finalist Josh Chapman Walter Camp Finalist NFL Draft - Fifth Round, Colts First Team All-Americans

Dont’a Hightower NFL Draft – First Round, Patriots Rotary Lombardi Award Finalist Lott IMPACT Trophy Finalist Brad Smelley Butkus Award Finalist NFL Draft – Seventh Round, Browns First Team All-Americans

Courtney Upshaw NFL Draft – Second Round, Ravens Rotary Lombardi Award Finalist Butkus Award Finalist Volleyball First Team All-Americans Kayla Fitterer Hampton Inn Bama Bash

Most Valuable Player Barrett Jones DoubleTree Invitational All-Tournament Team SEC Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year Rocket Classic All-Tournament Team Wuerffel Trophy Preseason All-SEC Team Outland Trophy Academic All-American Leigh Moyer First Team All-Americans Hampton Inn Bama Bash All-Tournament Team Mark Barron NFL Draft – First Round, Buccaneers 2011 Bronco Nagurski Finalist First Team All-American

Cortney Warren Hampton Inn Bama Bash All-Tournament Team Dre Kirkpatrick Rocket Classic All-Tournament Team NFL Draft – First Round, Bengals First Team All-Americans

53 Intercollegiate Athletics Soccer Gymnastics Ria Domier SEC Gymnastics Community Service Team Pia Rijsdijk Rachel Terry NSCAA All-South Region Third Team NCAA Elite 89 Award SEC All-Freshman Team SEC Freshman of the Week, Oct. 25 Collegesoccer360.com “Primetime Performer” week 10 Sarah DeMeo Second Team All-American, balance beam Justine Bernier Geralen Stack-Eaton Second Team All-SEC SEC Gymnast of the Week – March 13 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List First Team All-American, all-around First Team All-American, floor exercise Second Team All-American, uneven bars First Team All-American, balance beam Kayla Williams 2012 NCAA Central Region Second Team All-American, balance beam Theresa Diederich Gymnast of the Year SEC All-Freshman Team Second Team All-SEC Two-Time SEC Gymnast of the Week

Ashley Priess First Team All-American, Balance Beam Ashley Sledge Second Team All-American, all-around Second Team All-American, uneven bars Carly Mygrants Second Team All-American, uneven bars SEC Community Service Team Second Team All-SEC

Diandra Millner First Team All-American, vault Men’s Golf Second Team All-American, floor exercise Ashley Willis SEC Gymnast of the Week Justin Thomas TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week, 2012 Haskins Award winner Sept. 19 2012 Jack Nicklaus Award winner

2012 Phil Mickelson Award winner Marissa Guiterrez 2012 First Team All-American by GolfWeek 2012 First Team All-American by Ping and First Team All-American, vault NGCA Second Team All-American, floor exercise Laura Lee Smith SEC Golfer of the Year SEC Freshman of the Week, Aug. 22 SEC Freshman of the Year

First Team All-SEC SEC All-Freshman Team Kim Jacob SEC Gymnastics Scholar-Athletic of the Year Second Team All-American, floor exercise Second Team All-American, balance beam

Annual Report 2011-2012 54 Cory Whitsett Stephanie Meadow BJ Hornikel 2012 Second Team All-American by 2012 First Team All-American by GolfWeek Honorable Mention All-American, GolfWeek 2012 Second Team All-American by NGCA 100m Freestyle 2012 Second Team All-American by Ping First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American and NGCA Second Team All-SEC NCAA Elite 89 Award winner First Team All-SEC Jennifer Kirby Jordan Lesser Bobby Wyatt 2012 First Team All-American by GolfWeek SEC All-Freshman Team 2012 Second Team All-American by 2012 First Team All-American by NGCA GolfWeek 2012 Third Team All-American by Ping and NGCA First Team All-SEC

Courtney McKIM Cameron Conners Hunter Hamrick 2012 Capital One First Team Academic Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar 2012 Honorable Mention All-American by All-American All-American Golf Week Second Team All-SEC

Mic Potter Giles Gutnecht Jay Seawell National Coach of the Year by GolfWeek Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar SEC Coach of the Year Eaton Golf Pride NGCA National All-American Coach of the Year SEC Coach of the Year

Swimming & Diving Reese Shirey Women’s Golf Men Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar All-American Brooke PanCake Kyle Weeks 2012 Capital One Academic All-American First Team Capital CoSIDA Academic of the Year All-American, At-Large 2012 Capital One First Team Academic First Capital One CoSIDA All-District IV, All-American At-Large Pete Hillyer 2012 Honda Sports Award winner NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar SEC Women’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year SEC Community Service Team All-American 2012 First Team All-American by GolfWeek Alex Coci 2012 First Team All-American by NGCA First Team All-American, 200 Butterfly Honorable Mention All-American, 100 Butterfly SEC Swimmer of the Week, Oct. 15

55 Intercollegiate Athletics Jordan Lesser Stephanie Kinsey Women SEC All-Freshman Team, Diving Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar Krystle Schade All-American USTFCCCA South Region Female Field Athlete of the Year, High Jump First Team All-American, High Jump First Team All-SEC, High Jump

Women Angely Martinez Kristel Vourna Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar Amethyst Holmes Honorable Mention All-American, All-American Second Team All-SEC, Weight Throw 100m Butterfly SEC All-Freshman Team First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American

Paige McCleary Kaylin Burchell Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar Kaylon Eppinger SEC All-Freshman Team All-American Second Team All-American, Pentathlon SEC Swimmer of the Week, Oct. 15 SEC Freshman Swimmer of the Week, Oct. 15 and Nov. 4

Ida Persson Lisa Bogosian Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar Outdoor Track and Field Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar All-American Men All-American Kamal Fuller First Team All-American, Long Jump

Suzanne Schwee Callan Buck Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar All-American Women All-American SEC Community Service Team Krystle Schade First Team All-American, High Jump

Anna Rae Gwarjanski Indoor Track and Field Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar Men All-American Kamal Fuller Alexis Paine Second Team All-American, Long Jump First Team All-American, Pole Vault

Annual Report 2011-2012 56 Cross Country Jenny Mainz Stephanie Varner Men 2012 SEC Coach of the Year Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Award Carrison Kemei 2012 Conference USA All-Academic Team Second Team All-SEC Conference USA Commissioner’s SEC Men’s Cross Country Runner of the Academic Medal Week, Oct. 18 and Sept. 20 Women’s Rowing Logan O’Neil Conference USA Commissioner’s Leigh Ann Terch Academic Medal Men’s Tennis 2012 All-Conference USA Ricky Doverspike Second Team All-SEC SEC Community Service Team

Brennan Glynn Conference USA Commissioner’s Erika Baranek Academic Medal Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete Award Mary Anne Macfarlane ITA All-American, Singles Melissa Jenkins 2012 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner Conference USA Commissioner’s First Team All-SEC, singles Tabitha Coleman Academic Medal Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Award

Courtney McLane Capital One Academic All-American Kristen Hickman ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship Conference USA Commissioner’s 2012 SEC Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete Jessica Parker Academic Medal of the Year Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Second Team All-SEC, singles Scholar-Athlete Award

Taylor Lindsey ITA/Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship Caitlin O’Neil SEC All-Tournament Team Conference USA Commissioner’s Canella Tinker Academic Medal Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete Award 2012 Conference USA All-Academic Team Alexa Guarachi Conference USA Commissioner’s First Team All-SEC, singles Academic Medal

57 Intercollegiate Athletics Softball Kaila Hunt Baseball Second Team NFCA All-American Jackie Traina First Team Easton All-American Taylor Dugas WCWS Most Outstanding Player First Team NFCA All-Region Second Team All-South Region WCWS All-Tournament Team Capital One First Team Academic First Team All-SEC First Team NFCA All-American All-District SEC All-Defensive Team First Team Easton All-American First Team All-SEC SEC Player of the Week – April 9, 2012 First Team NFCA All-Region SEC All-Tournament Team Preseason All-American by PerfectGame USA Capital One First Team Academic All-District First Team All-SEC Cassie Reilly-Boccia Ben Moore SEC Pitcher of the Year First Team NFCA All-Region Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American SEC All-Tournament Team Capital One Second Team Academic SEC All-Freshman Team SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player All-American Two Time SEC Freshman of the Week – Capital One First Team Academic April 23 and Feb. 27 Kayla Braud All-District WCWS All-Tournament Team Second Team All-SEC First Team NFCA All-Region SEC All-Defensive Team Spencer Turnbull Capital One First Team Academic SEC Freshman of the Week, April 30 All-American Jackey Branham Capital One First Team Academic Capital One Second Team Academic All-District All-American Second Team All-SEC Capital One First Team Academic SEC All-Tournament Team All-District

Justin Kamplain Jennifer Fenton SEC Freshman of the Week WCWS All-Tournament Team Jazlyn Lunceford Third Team NFCA All-American Second Team All-SEC Second Team Easton All-American SEC All-Defensive Team First Team NFCA All-Region SEC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year First Team All-SEC Jon Keller SEC All-Tournament Team SEC Freshman of the Week Patrick Murphy Kendall Dawson SEC Coach of the Year Second Team All-SEC NFCA Division I Coaching Staff SEC All-Defensive Team of the Year

Jared Reaves Brooks Wallace Award Top 25 List Amanda Locke WCWS All-Tournament Team Second Team NFCA All-American First Team Easton All-American First Team NFCA All-Region Second Team All-SEC

Annual Report 2011-2012 58 MLB Draft Women’s Basketball Taylor Dugas Ericka Russell 8th Round by the Yankees Preseason Second Team All-SEC

Ian Gardeck 16th Round by the Giants Aneesha Daniels SEC Freshman of the Week, Nov. 28

Jared Reaves 25th round by the Tigers

Men’s Basketball JaMychal Green Second Team All-SEC by Coaches Second Team All-SEC by Associated Press

Trevor Releford Honorable Mention All-SEC by Associated Press

Tony Mitchell SEC Player of the Week

59 Intercollegiate Athletics earn the honor, which is considered the highest individual honor Academic SUPPORT the NCAA bestows on a student-athlete. The SEC also led the nation in NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships and NCAA Elite 89 recipients in 2012 with Alabama again leading the league in both categories. The Tide’s five 2012 scholarship winners ranks second in the nation, just behind Stanford. Pancake, swimmer Kyle Weeks, tennis player Taylor Lindsey along with cross country runners Nathan Corder and Leigh Gilmore all earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.

Mary Anne Macfarlane (tennis), Rachel Terry (gymnastics) and Cory Whitsett (golf) earned The NCAA’s Elite 89 accolade during the 2011-12 academic year. The NCAA Elite 89 is awarded to the athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average at each NCAA Championship. Alabama ranks second nationally in Elite 89 honors with seven in the award’s first three years while Stanford leads the nation with 10.

On a conference level, five Alabama student-athletes were named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their respective sports, including Barrett Jones (football), Jennifer Fenton

Just as The University of Alabama enjoyed a seminal season in honors overall, including a league best seven first-team honors. (softball), Kim Jacob (gymnastics), Courtney McLane (women’s the athletic arena, the Crimson Tide’s student-athletes were just Since 2000, Alabama is fifth among NCAA Division I schools Tennis) and Brooke Pancake (women’s golf). All four of the as impressive in the academic realm. Alabama’s more than 525 and first in the SEC when it comes to Academic All-American teams that won national championships in 2011-12 had an student-athletes averaged over a 3.0 grade point average for the honors with 70. The Tide’s nine honors in 2012 also pushed athlete named the league’s top scholar for that sport. McLane 2011-12 academic year, including 48 that maintain a career GPA Alabama over 100 honors all-time, to a total of 106, which won the award for the second time and Pancake earned the of 4.0. Overall, for the second year in a row, five teams posted jumps Alabama to 20th all-time among all NCAA schools and honor for an SEC record third time. cumulative GPAs above 3.5. 13th among Division I schools. Alabama was also prolific when it came to the SEC Academic

More than 140 student-athletes earned their degrees during the Leading the way among the Crimson Tide’s Academic All- Honor Roll, earning the accolade 246 times during the 2011-12 2011-12 academic year. The latest numbers find that Alabama American honors was senior Brooke Pancake, who led Alabama academic year. The Crimson Tide had 56, 48 and 87 student- graduates 74 percent of its student-athletes while the general to its first NCAA Championship in women’s golf in May. athletes named to the SEC Fall, Winter and Spring Academic student population graduates at a rate of 66 percent. The Chattanooga, Tenn., native was named the 2012 NCAA Honor Rolls and 55 named to the First-Year Academic Honor Division I Female Capital One Academic All-America of the Roll. Alabama football had 38 players named to the SEC Fall There were 21 graduates on Alabama football’s roster when Year, marking the first time a Crimson Tide student-athlete has Academic Honor Roll in 2011 – a conference record for it won the 2011 national championship, one shy of the BCS earned that honor. the sport. National Championship Game record the Crimson Tide set 2012 Graduation Success Rate in 2009. Football also had the second highest graduation rate Kayla Hoffman, who closed out her tenure at the Capstone by The University of Alabama’s Graduation Success Rate (GSR) among schools in the final 2011 BCS top 10 and has posted the leading Alabama to the 2011 NCAA Gymnastics Championship, score rose to an 82 in 2012, once again exceeding acceptable second highest graduation rate in the SEC each of the past capped her stellar career by earning the prestigious NCAA Top standards for completion of undergraduate studies nationally three years. VIII award in January 2012. The award is given annually to for the period covering student-athletes who attended the the top eight senior student-athletes among all NCAA sports, University during 2001-04, according to figures released by the The Southeastern Conference led the nation in Capital One regardless of division or gender, for their accomplishments in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Academic All-American honors again this year and the Crimson athletics, academics and in the community. She is the 10th Tide once again led the SEC, tallying a school record nine Alabama student-athlete and the seventh over the last decade to

Annual Report 2011-2012 60 “We continue to improve in terms of the Graduation Success The Crimson Tide was third overall in the Southeastern In 2012, 14 Crimson Tide teams posted scores that either Rate, and I believe that is a testament to the hard work of our Conference, where Vanderbilt led the way with a 92 and Florida matched or were above the national Division I average in their student-athletes, academic staff and faculty,” said Alabama was just a point ahead of Alabama with an 83. The Tide’s respective sports. Figures released covered the four-year period Director of Athletics Mal Moore. “This is also further evidence defending NCAA Champion softball and women’s golf teams extending from the 2007-08 through 2010-11 school years. of the dedication of our student-athletes and the commitment both lead the league with perfect GSR scores of 100 again this of our coaches, staff and faculty to our academic mission. I year. Alabama’s soccer and women’s tennis teams also led the “In a year of unprecedented athletic success, the fact that The commend everyone involved for consistently doing such an SEC again this year with perfect 100 GSR scores. University of Alabama continues to do extremely well in terms excellent job.” of the NCAA’s annual Academic Progress Rate is a point of The Tide’s men’s swimming and diving team and women’s track tremendous pride,” UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore said. Four of Alabama’s 20 intercollegiate athletic programs in and field and cross country program were both second in the “There is no doubt that this report shows that Alabama strives existence at the time – women’s golf, women’s soccer, women’s SEC with a score of 93 and 95, respectively. to do things the right way, producing champions on the field softball and women’s tennis – once again achieved perfect and in the classroom.” scores of 100, while 11 of Alabama’s programs recorded a GSR The GSR measures graduation rates at Division I institutions score of at least 80. Overall, seven UA teams had a GSR score and includes transferring into the institutions. The GSR also The Tide women’s golf team, which won its first NCAA of 90 or higher. allows institutions to subtract student-athletes who leave their Championship in 2012, and the women’s tennis team both institutions prior to graduation as long as they received public recognition from the NCAA for their APR score would have been academically eligible to compete figuring in the top 10 percentile nationally among teams in GSR SCORES FOR ALL 21 UNIVERSITY OF had they remained. those sports, with a perfect 1,000 APR. ALABAMA TEAMS MEN’S TEAM SCORE WOMEN’S TEAM SCORE The NCAA GSR and the Academic Success Rate The women’s golf and tennis teams were joined by 2012 Baseball 77 Basketball 67 (ASR) were developed in response to college and NCAA Champion softball team (993), the back-to-back NCAA Basketball 67 Golf 100 university presidents who wanted graduation data Champion gymnastics team (991) as well as the NCAA runner- Football 69 Gymnastics 82 that more accurately reflected the mobility among up men’s golf team (993) among UA programs with scores Golf 80 Soccer 100 college students today. Both rates improve on the above 990. The Tide’s women’s swimming and diving (985), Swimming & Diving 93 Swimming & Diving 85 federally mandated graduation rate by including men’s basketball (984), volleyball (983), soccer (982), baseball Tennis 67 Tennis 100 students who were omitted from the federal (980), men’s swimming and diving (980) and men’s tennis (980) Track & Field/Cross Country 81 Track & Field/Cross Country 95 calculation. team’s all posted scores of 980 or better. Volleyball 93 APR The Tide’s national champion football team’s APR continues All 21 University of Alabama varsity athletic teams to rise, going to 970 in 2012, 22 points higher than the national scored well above the national cutoff standard of football average. The men’s basketball team moved up to a 984 APR SCORES FOR ALL 21 UNIVERSITY OF 925 in the NCAA’s 2012 Academic Progress Rate four-year mark, which puts them 34 points above the national ALABAMA TEAMS (APR). The NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate, in its average for men’s basketball. ninth year, measures the eligibility, retention and MEN’S TEAM SCORE WOMEN’S TEAM SCORE graduation of student-athletes competing on every “Once again, our APR report was very positive,” Associate Baseball 980 Basketball 977 Division I sports team. It also serves as a predictor Athletic Director for Student Services Jon Dever said. “We had Basketball 984 Cross County 978 of graduation success. two sports earn perfect scores of 1,000 and all 21 teams were Cross Country 969 Golf 1000 at least 30 points above the 925 mark, including 14 teams that Football 970 Gymnastics 991 The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors set cut bettered that mark by 50 points or more. There were 12 teams Swimming & Diving 980 Rowing 958 scores of 925 and 900 (out of 1,000) as a threshold which improved their four-year scores from a year ago. In Tennis 980 Soccer 982 for teams to meet or face possible immediate and addition to that, seven of our teams, including football, men’s Indoor Track & Field 955 Softball 993 historical sanctions. An APR of 925 translates to basketball and baseball, bettered the national average for their Outdoor Track & Field 955 Swimming & Diving 985 approximately a 50 percent Graduation Success sport by 15 points or more.” Tennis 1000 Rate (GSR) and an APR of 900 translates to Indoor Track & Field 969 approximately a 40 percent GSR. Outdoor Track & Field 969

61 Intercollegiate Athletics Alabama NCAA Top VIII Winners 1975 Randy Hall Football Academic HONORS 1980 Steadman Shealy Football 1997 Meredith Willard Gymnastics Alabama NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Winners 2002 Andreé Pickens Gymnastics 1968 Steve Davis (Alternate) Football 2003 Kristin Sterner Gymnastics 1969 Donald Sutton Football 2006 DeMeco Ryans Football 1972 Johnny Musso Football 2007 Beth Mallory Track and Field 1975 Randy Hall Football 2009 Brittany Rogers Softball 1980 Steadman Shealy Football 2010 Greg McElroy Football 1983 Julie Garrett Gymnastics 2012 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics 1985 Barbara Mack Gymnastics 1987 Julie Estin Gymnastics Alabama Academic All-Americans 1989 Kelly Good Gymnastics Year Student-Athlete Team Team Position/Sport 1991 Lynn Bradley Women’s Golf 1961 Tommy Brooker Football - End 1991 Mark Rourke Men’s Swimming and Diving 1961 Pat Trammell Football - Running Back 1992 Katherine Kelleher Gymnastics 1964 Gatlon McCollough Football - Center 1993 Dana Dobransky Gymnastics 1965 Dennis Homan Football - End 1995 Erin Tenbrunsel Volleyball 1965 Steve Sloan Football - Quarterback 1996 AmyDeVasher Women’s Swimming and Diving 1967 Bob Childs Football - Linebacker 1997 Ann-Sofie Joensson Women’s Swimming and Diving 1967 Steve Davis Football - Kicker 1997 Meredith Willard Gymnastics 1970 Johnny Musso Football 1 Running Back 1998 Merritt Booth Gymnastics 1970 Carey Varnado Football 3 Guard 2002 Sarah Johnston Women’s Golf 1971 Johnny Musso Football 1 Running Back 2003 Kristin Sterner Gymnastics 1972 Rex Bynum Baseball 3 Outfield 2003 Sarah Johnson Women’s Golf 1972 Zack Rogers Baseball 2 Infield 2004 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track and Field 1972 Kim Krapf Football 2 Center 2004 Stephanie Kite Gymnastics 1973 Randy Hall Football 1 Defensive Tackle 2005 DeMeco Ryans Football 1973 Dave McMakin Football 2 Defensive Back 2007 Aymara Albury Women’s Track and Field 1974 Randy Hall Football 1 Defensive Tackle 2006 Beth Mallory Women’s Track and Field 1975 Danny Ridgeway Football 1 Kicker 2008 Jordan Praytor Softball 1977 Lou Green Football 2 Guard 2008 Joseph Sykora Men’s Golf 1977 Wayne Hamilton Football 2 Defensive End 2009 Brittany Rogers Softball 1979 Major Ogilvie Football 1 Running Back 2009 Kevin Greer Men’s Swimming and Diving 1981 Anne Cale Women’s Basketball 3 Center 2009 Grant Stone Men’s Track and Field 1983 Malcolm Simmons Football 2 Punter 2010 Greg McElroy Football 1986 Julie Estin Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2010 Kassi Price Gymnastics 1987 Julie Estin Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2010 Saketh Myneni Men’s Tennis 1988 Kelly Good Women’s At‐Large 3 Gymnastics 2011 Adam Booher Men’s Swimming and Diving 1992 Dana Dobransky Women’s At‐Large 2 Gymnastics 2011 Kayla Hoffman Gymnastics 1992 Titia Wilmink Women’s At‐Large 3 Tennis 2012 Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf 1993 Jeff Laubenthal Baseball 1 Outfield 2012 Kyle Weeks Men’s Swimming and Diving 1993 Marten Olander Men’s At‐Large 2 Golf 2012 Leigh Gilmore Women’s Cross Country 1993 Dana Dobransky Women’s At‐Large 2 Gymnastics 2012 Nathan Corder Men’s Cross Country 2012 Taylor Lindsey Women’s Tennis

Annual Report 2011-2012 62 1993 Titia Wilmink Women’s At‐Large 1 Tennis 2008 Charlotte Morgan Softball 3 Infielder 1994 Marten Olander Men’s At‐Large 1 Golf 2008 Laura Goodwin Women’s At‐Large 2 Golf 1995 Joakim Nilsson Men’s At‐Large 2 Cross Country/Track 2008 Kassi Price Women’s At‐Large 3 Gymnastics 1997 Meredith Willard Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2009 Kevin Greer Men’s At‐Large 1 Swimming & Diving 1998 Merritt Booth Women’s At‐Large 3 Gymnastics 2009 Charlotte Morgan Softball 2 Designated Player 1998 Jill DeVasher Women’s At‐Large 1 Swimming 2009 Kassi Price Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2000 Ginger Jones Softball 2 Infielder 2009 Barrett Jones Football 2 Offensive Line 2000 Elizabeth Johnston Women’s At‐Large 3 Golf 2009 Colin Peek Football 1 Tight End 2000 Michelle Green Women’s Volleyball 1 Outside Hitter 2010 Saketh Myneni Men’s At‐Large 3 Tennis 2001 Beau Hearod Baseball 3 Designated Hitter 2010 Nathaniel Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 3 2001 Kelley Askew Softball 2 Designated Player 2010 Charlotte Morgan Softball 1 Infield 2001 Ginger Jones Softball 1 Infield 2010 Elizabeth Hughes Women’s At‐Large 3 Swimming & Diving 2001 Kelly Kretschman Softball 2 Outfield 2010 Kassi Price Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2001 Dominique Glinzler Women’s At‐Large 1 Tennis 2010 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 2001 Kim Zarzour Women’s Soccer 3 Midfield 2010 Greg McElroy Football 1 Quarterback 2001 Shelly Adamcik Women’s Volleyball 3 Middle Blocker 2011 Kyle Weeks Men’s At‐Large 3 Swimming 2002 Lance Cormier Baseball 1 Pitcher 2011 Nathan Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2002 Beau Hearod Baseball 3 Designated Hitter 2011 Kayla Braud Softball 1 Infield 2002 Troy Henderson Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2011 Kayla Hoffman Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2002 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 2 2011 Courtney McLane Women’s At‐Large 2 Tennis 2002 Jenny Ketchum Women’s At‐Large 3 Tennis 2011 Brooke Pancake Women’s At‐Large 1 Golf 2002 Katie Holtzapfel Women’s Soccer 2 Midfield 2012 Courtney McLane Women’s At‐Large 1 Tennis 2002 Kim Zarzour Women’s Soccer 1 Midfield 2012 Brooke Pancake Women’s At‐Large 1 Golf 2002 Kenny King Football 2 Defensive Line 2012 Kyle Weeks Men’s At‐Large 1 Swimming 2003 Beau Hearod Baseball 2 Outfield 2011 Barrett Jones Football 1 Offensive Line 2003 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2012 Kayla Braud Softball 1 Outfield 2003 Stephanie Kite Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2012 Nathan Corder Men’s Track/Cross Country 1 2003 Kristen Sterner Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2012 Leigh Gilmore Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 2004 Brian Rohrer Men’s Track/Cross Country 2 2012 Jackey Branham Softball 2 Infield 2004 Jackie McClain Softball 2 Infield 2012 Cassie Reilly-Boccia Softball 2 Outfield 2004 Stephanie Kite Women’s At‐Large 1 Gymnastics 2005 Gabe Scott Baseball 2 Outfield NCAA Division I Academic All-Americans Since 2000 2005 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At‐Large 2 Swimming & Diving 1. Nebraska 112 2005 Stewart Smith Men’s At‐Large 1 Swimming & Diving 2. Notre Dame 97 2006 Emeel Salem Baseball 1 Outfield 3. Penn State 81 2006 Guido Arroyo Men’s At‐Large 2 Swimming & Diving 4. Stanford 78 2006 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At‐Large 3 Swimming & Diving 5. Alabama 70 2006 Joseph Sykora Men’s At‐Large 1 Golf 2006 Ashley Bentley Women’s At‐Large 3 Tennis 2012 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll 2006 Beth Mallory Women’s Track/Cross Country 1 Name Sport Major 2007 Emeel Salem Baseball 1 Outfield Austin Cole Baseball Lower Division Management 2007 Vlad Polyakov Men’s At‐Large 1 Swimming Taylor Gilbeau Baseball General Health Studies 2007 Joseph Sykora Men’s At‐Large 1 Golf Jake Hubbard Baseball Lower Division Marketing 2007 Apostolis Tsagkarakis Men’s At‐Large 2 Swimming Benjamin Moore Baseball Lower Division General Business 2007 Kailey Corken Women’s Soccer 3 Midfield Spencer Turnbull Baseball Undecided Education 2008 Joseph Sykora Men’s At‐Large 1 Golf Rodney Cooper Men’s Basketball Pre-Business

63 Intercollegiate Athletics Retin Obasohan Men’s Basketball Pre-Business Matt Joyner Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Mechanical Engineering Levi Randolph Men’s Basketball Pre-Business Nia Barnes Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Telecommunication and Film Aneesah Daniels Women’s Basketball Lower Division Management Merilyn Uudmae Women’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Business Ha Ha Clinton-Dix Football Criminal Justice Phillip Ely Football Pre-Business 2012 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll Ryan Kelly Football Pre-Business Name Sport Major Cyrus Kouandjio Football Pre-Business Cary Baxter Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Wilson Love Football Pre-Business Cameron Carlisle Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Vinnie Sunseri Football Pre-Business Taylor Dugas Baseball General Health Studies Tom Lovelady Men’s Golf Pre-Business Jordan Dye Baseball Marketing Justin Thomas Men’s Golf Communication Studies Hunter Gregory Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Daniela Lendl Women’s Golf Exercise Science Brandt Hendricks Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Taylor Manning Women’s Golf Undecided Jon Kelton Baseball Marketing Johanna Tillström Women’s Golf Pre-Business Judson Luther Baseball Finance Kaitlyn Clark Gymnastics Exercise Science David Reaves Baseball Human Performance Exercise Science Lora Leigh Frost Gymnastics General Health Studies Kenneth Roberts Baseball Management Brooke Parker Gymnastics Lower Division General Business Hunter Hamrick Men’s Golf Management Kayla Williams Gymnastics Public Relations Lee Knox Men’s Golf Communication Studies Ashley Allison Rowing Aerospace Engineering Trey Mullinax Men’s Golf Communication Studies Emily Chadwell Rowing Secondary Education Scott Strohmeyer Men’s Golf Health Studies Alyssa Drevenak Rowing Exercise Science Cory Whitsett Men’s Golf Pre-Business Kristen Hickman Rowing Exercise Science Bobby Wyatt Men’s Golf Pre-Business Caitlin O’Neil Rowing Exercise Science Hannah Collier Women’s Golf Communication Studies Logan O’Neil Rowing Math Jennifer Kirby Women’s Golf General Business Lauren Davis Women’s Soccer Pre-Medical Courtney McKim Women’s Golf General Studies Laura Lee Smith Women’s Soccer English Stephanie Meadow Women’s Golf Accounting Danae Hays Softball Pre-Major Studies Brooke Pancake Women’s Golf Marketing Leslie Jury Softball Pre-Major Studies Jessica Schall Women’s Golf Journalism Danielle Richard Softball Exercise Sport Science Bianca Arrington Women’s Rowing Exercise Science Jadyn Spencer Softball Pre-Major Studies Erika Baranek Women’s Rowing Communication Studies Phillip Deaton Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Tabitha Coleman Women’s Rowing Biology Clark Garner Men’s Swimming and Diving Engineering Kristen Iverson Women’s Rowing Exercise Science Jordan Lesser Men’s Swimming and Diving Pre-Major Studies Emily LeBeau Women’s Rowing Political Science John Servati Men’s Swimming and Diving General Business Jessica Parker Women’s Rowing Biology Lisa Bogosian Women’s Swimming and Diving Marine Science/Biology Paige Storey Women’s Rowing Business Kayla de Boer Women’s Swimming and Diving Civil Engineering Mariah Styer Women’s Rowing Management Emily Facchine Women’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Leigh Ann Terch Women’s Rowing General Health Studies Angely Martinez Women’s Swimming and Diving International Studies Canella Tinker Women’s Rowing Exercise Science Katheryne Muth Women’s Swimming and Diving Human Performance Exercise Science Stephanie Varner Women’s Rowing Electrical Engineering Brittany Parkey Women’s Swimming and Diving Nursing Jackelleyn Branham Softball Biology Samantha Stanley Women’s Swimming and Diving Human Environmental Science Kayla Braud Softball Public Relations Stuart Kenyon Men’s Tennis Mechanical Engineering Courtney Conley Softball Communicative Disorders Rens van der Vis Men’s Tennis Civil Engineering Wykeima Davis Softball Interdisciplinary Studies Emily Zabor Women’s Tennis Lower Division General Business Kendall Dawson Softball Exercise Sports Science Ryan Coleman Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Pre-Business Jennifer Fenton Softball Elementary Education Kyle Ferguson Men’s Track and Field/Cross Country Aerospace Engineering Kaila Hunt Softball Secondary Education-Math

Annual Report 2011-2012 64 Ryan Iamurri Softball Public Relations Jasmine Williams Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Telecommunication and Film Amanda Locke Softball Sports Management Aubrielle Wright Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science Jazlyn Lunceford Softball Exercise Sports Science Jordan Patterson Softball Lower Division Business 2012 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll Cassie Reilly-Boccia Softball Exercise Sports Science Name Sport Major Lauren Sewell Softball Elementary Education Carl Engstrom Men’s Basketball Health Sciences Jackie Traina Softball Social Work Charles Hankerson Men’s Basketball Communication Studies Harris Barnard Men’s Tennis Management Trevor Releford Men’s Basketball Consumer Sciences Jarryd Botha Men’s Tennis Finance & Economics Kristin Bush Women’s Basketball Nursing Ricky Doverspike Men’s Tennis Management Becca Alexin Gymnastics General Health Studies Daniil Proskura Men’s Tennis Lower Division General Business Olivia Carisella Gymnastics Food & Nutrition Carlos Taborga Men’s Tennis Finance & Economics Sarah DeMeo Gymnastics Interdisciplinary Alex Clay Women’s Tennis Public Relations Ria Domier Gymnastics Chemical Engineering Antonia Foehse Women’s Tennis Psychology Lindsey Fowler Gymnastics Early Childhood Education Alexa Guarachi Women’s Tennis Public Relations Marissa Gutierrez Gymnastics Early Childhood Education Taylor Lindsey Women’s Tennis Exercise Science Kim Jacob Gymnastics Exercise Science Mary Anne Macfarlane Women’s Tennis Exercise Science Diandra Milliner Gymnastics General Health Studies Courtney McLane Women’s Tennis Marketing Ashley Priess Gymnastics Marketing Jourdan Battiste Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Theatre Ashley Sledge Gymnastics Public Relations Tyler Campbell Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Criminal Justice Geralen Stack-Eaton Gymnastics Telecommunications & Film Nathan Corder Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Math Rachel Terry Gymnastics Early Childhood Education Austin Duckworth Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country History Hannah Toussaint Gymnastics Communicative Disorders Dwayne Extol Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Communication Vlad Caciuc Men’s Swimming and Diving Computer Science Engineering Kamal Fuller Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Civil Engineering Brian Carr Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Kyle Hester Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science Cameron Conners Men’s Swimming and Diving Electrical Engineering Joel Lynch Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Social Work Philip Dockery Men’s Swimming and Diving Chemical Engineering Jonathan Reid Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country Criminal Justice Gilles Gutnecht Men’s Swimming and Diving Management Camilla Armstead Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Secondary Education-English Hunter Hinson Men’s Swimming and Diving Management Sarah Buschmann Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science Bjoern Hornikel Men’s Swimming and Diving Exercise Science Shani Chandler Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Pre-Business Alex Pujol Men’s Swimming and Diving Management Elsbeth Denton Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science Andrew Reeves Men’s Swimming and Diving Electrical Engineering Audra Frimpong Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Advertising Jacob Reynolds Men’s Swimming and Diving Exercise Science Leigh Gilmore Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Civil Engineering Reese Shirey Men’s Swimming and Diving Interdisciplinary Studies Sarah Gilmore Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science/Spanish Devan Terry Men’s Swimming and Diving Marine Science/Biology Amethyst Holmes Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Journalism Michael Tontillo Men’s Swimming and Diving Elementary Education Rebekah Hoppis Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Biology Kyle Weeks Men’s Swimming and Diving Finance Kelsey Johnson Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Communication Studies George Wong Men’s Swimming and Diving Mechanical Engineering Palee Myrex Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Biology Andrew Wrist Men’s Swimming and Diving Aerospace Engineering Alexis Paine Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country English Joseph Ziegler Men’s Swimming and Diving English Krystle Schade Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Biology Luke Zippi Men’s Swimming and Diving Pre-Medical Lee Stowers Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science Callan Buck Women’s Swimming and Diving Pre-Major Studies Sarah Thomas Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Exercise Sports Science Kara Feeney Women’s Swimming and Diving Interior Design Andrea Torske Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Computer Science Jenna Gallo Women’s Swimming and Diving General Health Studies Claire Turner Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Nursing Anna Rae Gwarjanski Women’s Swimming and Diving Journalism Katlyn Will Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country Biology Hillary Hahmann Women’s Swimming and Diving Management and Marketing

65 Intercollegiate Athletics Caitlyn Harrison Women’s Swimming and Diving Finance DeAndrew White Football Undecided Shelby Hixon Women’s Swimming and Diving Biology Jay Williams Football Pre-Business Paige McCleary Women’s Swimming and Diving Exercise Science Jesse Williams Football Human Environmental Science Callie Nettles Women’s Swimming and Diving American Studies Kellen Williams Football History Ida Persson Women’s Swimming and Diving Art and Advertising Molly Atherton Women’s Soccer Public Relations Alex Popa Women’s Swimming and Diving Criminal Justice Justine Bernier Women’s Soccer General Studies Suzanne Schwee Women’s Swimming and Diving Psychology Theresa Diederich Women’s Soccer Psychology Kristel Vourna Women’s Swimming and Diving Exercise Science Kayleen Duffy Women’s Soccer Marketing Meghan Duffy Women’s Soccer Public Relations 2011 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll Kendall Khanna Women’s Soccer Public Relations Name Sport Major Christina King Women’s Soccer Psychology John Baites Football General Business Shannon Lathrop Women’s Soccer Food and Nutrition Mark Barron Football Pre-Business Carly Mygrants Women’s Soccer Sports Management Undra Billingsley Football Consumer Affairs Courtney Pixler Women’s Soccer Secondary Education-History David Blalock Football Accounting Josie Rix Women’s Soccer Psychology Chris Bonds Football Exercise Science Lindsey Sillers Women’s Soccer Food and Nutrition Hardie Buck Football Marketing Kaitlyn Smith Women’s Soccer Food and Nutrition Nate Carlson Football Public Relations Katie Woolbright Women’s Soccer Marketing Levi Cook Football General Business Kayla Fitterer Volleyball Marketing DJ Fluker Football Health Studies Kelsey Melito Volleyball Journalism Cade Foster Football Finance Leigh Moyer Volleyball Art Brandon Gibson Football Sports Management Stephanie Riley Volleyball Biology Darius Hanks Football Human Environmental Science Ben Howell Football General Business Aaron Joiner Football Pre Med/General Business Barrett Jones Football Accounting Harrison Jones Football Pre-Business Phelon Jones Football Human Environmental Science Sam Kearns Football Health Studies Arie Kouandjio Football Pre-Business Chad Lindsey Football Communication Studies Wilson Love Football Pre-Business Will Lowery Football Finance Marquis Maze Football Human Environmental Science Nathan McAlister Football General Business William Ming Football Finance Kevin Norwood Football Health Studies Morgan Ogilvie Football Finance Nick Perry Football Pre-Business Trent Richardson Football Human Environmental Science Jeremy Shelley Football General Business Brad Smelley Football Marketing Parker Stinnett Football Marketing Nick Tinker Football Pre Med/Health Studies Brian Vogler Football Pre-Business

Annual Report 2011-2012 66 STUDENT WELFARE

The secret behind academic success for Alabama student- of the recruit’s area of study and accompany the prospect to athletes is Alabama’s Center of Athletic Student Services the meeting. They give the recruit a tour of the campus and (CASS), headed by Associate Athletics Director for Student summarize services provided by CASS. Alabama’s CASS staff Services Jon Dever. From the moment a recruit first walks on will provide student-athletes with every opportunity to achieve to the campus to the moment a student-athlete graduates with their highest goals. diploma in hand, comprehensive academic service is available. CHAMPS/Life Skills For the first year at the Capstone, freshman and junior college In 1994, the Division 1A Directors’ CHAMPS program and transfers are required to attend nightly study halls. After that, the NCAA Life Skills program joined forces to become the the attendance is based on the individual’s GPA and study CHAMPS/Life Skills program. The program focuses on five needs. The CASS staff works as a liaison between the athletic commitments that help student-athletes not only achieve department and the University’s undergraduate divisions and present success but help facilitate future accomplishments. administrative office. The CASS staff offers career advice and CHAMPS/Life Skills focus on academic excellence, athletic counseling, ensures that all athletes are maintaining satisfactory excellence, personal growth, career development and progress toward a degree, and monitors academic eligibility. community service. The University of Alabama CHAMPS/Life Academic coordinators supervise tutorial services, schedule Skills program offers a variety of programs geared toward each study sessions, and coordinate all other aspects of CASS’s of these five commitments. academic enrichment program. Academic Excellence All of these services begin with the recruit’s first visit. The The CHAMPS/Life Skills program focuses on supporting advisors set up individual appointments within the department student-athletes in all aspects of their academic success.

67 Intercollegiate Athletics University of Alabama student-athletes have the best resources at their fingertips in Alabama’s Center of Athletic Student Services (CASS), located in Bryant Hall.

Athletic Excellence From top-notch facilities to a highly qualified staff, student- athletes are provided the tools needed to compete at the highest level.

Personal Growth The CHAMPS/Life Skills program helps student-athletes gain the skills they need to balance academic and athletic commitments, make critical life decisions and become well- rounded individuals. At The University of Alabama, the CHAMPS/Life Skills program and SAAC work together to bring in workshops and speakers to help guide student-athletes in this process.

Career Development The CHAMPS/Life Skills program is dedicated to helping student-athletes after their academic and athletic careers at The University of Alabama are finished. The ultimate goal of this component is to help student-athletes identify and work towards their future career goals.

Community Service The CHAMPS/Life Skills program focuses on facilitating community outreach opportunities for student-athletes. This aspect gives Alabama athletes a chance to make a difference and show their gratitude to the local communities that support them throughout their careers. included supporting Alabama’s “Relay for Life” Campaign, a Mission Statement Halloween Extravaganza party for local children, the “Light The mission of The University of Alabama Sports Medicine About the Student Athletic Advisory Committee up the Night” fundraiser for breast cancer research and Project program is to provide the highest quality healthcare available The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) is dedicated Angel Tree. In addition to these special events, student-athletes to our student-athletes in a professional and caring manner to promoting and maintaining student-athlete well-being, regularly visit local schools to help with special events, physical in order to prevent athletic injury. Should an injury or illness academic excellence, personal development and community education classes and reading initiatives. occur, it is our mission to recognize and refer the student- involvement. SAAC’s is a voice for Alabama’s student-athletes athlete to the appropriate medical care returning them to while they strive to achieve greatness in the classroom, playing Sports Medicine competition as quickly and safely as possible. fields and throughout the community. The SAAC program Vision Statement wants every student-athlete’s experience at The University of The University of Alabama Sports Medicine Program provides Alabama to be successful and personally rewarding. injury prevention, care and rehabilitation services and athletic education of recognized excellence to every student-athlete. The Events program is committed to becoming a national leader in sports Every year the SAAC works to involve student-athletes in medicine services. numerous events that help the community. Past events have

Annual Report 2011-2012 68 Philanthropy

2011-12 SEC Community Football’s Barrett Jones Wins 2011 Wuerffel Award Standing 6 feet, 5 inches tall, weighing 311 pounds, it’s tough Service Team Selections to miss Alabama offensive lineman Barrett Jones. The versatile Trevor Releford, Men’s Basketball All-American is widely lauded as one of the best players in the country for his play on the field. But his work off the Ericka Russell, Women’s Basketball field – both in the classroom and in the community – is often Ria Domier, Gymnastics overlooked. It certainly wasn’t unnoticed by the All Sports Association as that organization named Jones the winner of the Brandt Hendricks, Baseball 2011 Wuerffel Trophy. The award, named after former Florida Cassie Reilly-Boccia, Softball quarterback , is presented annually to the Daniel Lendl, Women’s Golf Football Bowl Subdivision player that best combines exemplary community service with academic and athletic achievement. Hunter Hamrick, Men’s Golf Jones, an accounting major who graduated in August with a Ricky Doverspike, Men’s Tennis 4.0 grade-point average, is working towards a master’s degree in accounting. The All-SEC lineman and 2011 Outland Trophy Mary Anne Macfarlane, Women’s Tennis winner is extremely active in the community as well. Jones Tyler Mickens, Men’s Track and Field has made two mission trips to Haiti to help people struggling Amethyst Holmes, Women’s Track and Field with daily life and to help build a school and orphanage. He has actively participated in tornado cleanup in Tuscaloosa and Kyle Weeks, Men’s Swimming and Diving worked with countless other community organizations in his Callan Buck, Women’s Swimming and Diving time at Alabama.

69 Intercollegiate Athletics Gilmore Named 2011-12 Davis SEC Community Halloween Extravaganza Department Community Service Hours Service Leader of the Year Sponsored by The University of Alabama Student-Athlete Throughout the course of the 2011-12 academic year, Crimson Leigh Gilmore of the cross country and track and field Advisory Committee (SAAC), the Alabama Athletics Tide student-athletes gave more than 4,000 hours toward teams was the women’s recipient of the 2011-12 Brad Davis Department annually conducts a Halloween Extravaganza community services projects. The swimming team was the Southeastern Conference Community Service Leaders of in the Crimson Tide’s Indoor Football Practice Facility. The women’s squad with the most community outreach hours, while the Year Award. To go along with the recognition, Gilmore Halloween Extravaganza is a night for children of the West men’s basketball earned the honor for the men. Individually, received a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship provided by the Alabama community to dress up and play games with some of football’s Nico Johnson and track and field’s Amethyst Holmes SEC. Gilmore earned a cumulative 4.0 grade-point average their favorite Alabama student-athletes. Each Alabama team were recognized by the University for their outstanding service during her college career at the Capstone. She was a member hosts different games and activities at the event. The event is to the community. of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars as well as the open to children 13 and under and their families and UA’s President’s List and Honors Program. A member of the admission is free. SEC Academic Honor Roll, she was named the Capstone Engineering Society Department of Civil Engineering Most Project Angel Tree Outstanding Senior for 2011-12. She was also a member of Annually, University of Alabama student-athletes welcome local the Phi Eta Sigma and Lambda Sigma Honor Societies. She children to Coleman Coliseum for the Athletics Department volunteered with Athletes in Action; Big Sisters, Little Sisters; and the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee’s Project Angel and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Gilmore served as a Tree event. The student-athletes donate money, shop for and camp counselor in addition to traveling to Haiti to assist in an wrap Christmas gifts for more than 50 local children. All orphanage and an underprivileged school. Crimson Tide’s athletics teams participate in the outreach project. The 2011 event marked the 20th consecutive year that Alabama Athletics has participated in Project Angel Tree, making it one of the longest tenured groups in the state.

Annual Report 2011-2012 70 FACILITIES

Bryant-Denny Stadium Sewell-Thomas Stadium Bryant-Denny Stadium is quickly becoming one of the most Sewell-Thomas Stadium is the home field of The University prominent college football venues in the nation. Located on of Alabama baseball team. The stadium opened as Thomas the southwestern edge of The University of Alabama campus, Field on March 26, 1948, in honor of former Tide head coach the history-laden stadium ranks among the nation’s top 5 on- Frank Thomas. The stadium originally had a seating capacity campus football stadiums with a seating capacity of 101,821 of 2,000. In 1978, the stadium was renamed Sewell-Thomas after completion of the latest expansion in the summer of 2010. Stadium, adding the name of former UA baseball standout and head coach Joe Sewell, who spent 14 years with the Rhoads Stadium Cleveland Indians and New York Yankees during his Hall of The John and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium was built in 2000 Fame baseball career. Currently referred to by many as “The and recently received enhancements that make the nation’s Joe”, Sewell-Thomas Stadium has been the home of Alabama’s most packed college softball venue an imposing site for visiting baseball team for 62 years, but has undergone many changes. teams. That stadium, completed at a cost of $2.2 million, The complex has undergone two major renovations in 1996 added right field tier seating to push stadium capacity past and again in 2001. A video board was added in 2007. The most the 3,000 mark. The stadium was expanded for the third time recent additions came during the 2010 season as the Crimson in its short history following 2011 season, which brought the Tide clubhouse, meetings rooms, coaches locker rooms and official capacity to 3,940. During the 2009 season, tier seating team room were completely renovated, giving Alabama one in the right field corner was added along with a standing of the finest clubhouses in college baseball. In addition to room concourse area that includes tables and drink rails. After the expanded clubhouse, meeting rooms and team rooms, the the completion of the 2010 season, construction began on hallways and walls are lined with murals, depicting the deep an expanded clubhouse that will feature a new locker room, history of Crimson Tide baseball. expanded training room and player’s lounge, a new team video room and lobby. The expanded clubhouse will connect to the Coleman Coliseum new indoor practice facility that will include three batting cages The center of much of University of Alabama campus life since and a bullpen. the facility opened in 1968, Coleman Coliseum is home to

71 Intercollegiate Athletics Alabama men’s basketball. Opened on January 30, 1968, and UA Tennis Complex surface. The BSS 2000 surface is the premier track surface in originally named Memorial Coliseum, Coleman Coliseum has Alabama tennis student-athletes have the privilege of playing track and field today. served as the home court of the Alabama basketball team for in one of the finest facilities in the country as the Alabama 42 years and the women’s gymnastics team since 1985. One of Tennis Stadium was one of nine winners of the 25th Annual The outdoor track facility was first designed in 1975 by college basketball’s finest facilities then and now, the multi- USTA Facility Awards Program. The outdoor complex, built Gasner-Nathan-Brown Architects and was constructed by the purpose arena was ahead of its time when originally constructed in 2004, features 12 hard courts with overhead seating for N.C. Morgan Company. The facility was designed with both at a cost of $4.2 million. The building occupies two acres of 2,000 spectators that faces all courts. The $4.2 million facility participant and spectator in mind. The primary surface was a land with the roof reaching 90 feet above the playing surface houses a team lounge with a flat screen television and couches, nine-lane AstroTrack surface by Monsanto and featured 48-inch and almost 100,000 square feet of space in the main seating a conference room, coaches’ offices, player locker rooms with lanes with extra width in the turns. Sam Bailey Track and Field area. The arena was re-dedicated in 1988 as Coleman Coliseum private restrooms and showers, a full-service athletic training Stadium has played host to a variety of championship meets in honor of Jeff Coleman, a long-time Crimson Tide historian, room and a concession stand with kitchen. In addition, the throughout the years, including the 2007 SEC Championships, business manager for athletics and alumni director that served facility contains an elevator from the first level up to the seating the 2006-08 SIAC Championships and the 1997-03 AHSAA on the committee that oversaw construction and planning of area. Not only is this complex conducive to the highest level the Coliseum. The coliseum houses athletic department offices Track and Field Championships. Annually, the facility is home of competitive play, it is also a terrific place for hosting school (except for football, swimming, rowing and men’s tennis), the to the Alabama Relays. and community tournaments, with amenities for spectators and ticket and Tide Pride offices, a club level room (the Crimson visiting teams. Tide Room), a President’s reception area (the C.M. Newton UA Soccer Complex Room), an auxiliary gymnasium, an equipment room, weight Roberta Alison Baumgardner Indoor Tennis Facility The University of Alabama Soccer Stadium was built in 2004. It rooms, steam bath, training room, food service areas, photo In 2012, the tennis complex expanded even more with the houses a team lounge complete with a flat-screen television and studios, and locker room facilities for staff and athletes. addition of the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility, couches, a conference room, coaches’ offices, student-athlete which houses six indoor courts. Located adjacent to the outdoor locker rooms with private restrooms and showers, a full-service Foster Auditorium stadium, the Roberta Alison Baumgardner Tennis Facility athletic training room and a concession stand with a kitchen. The University of Alabama Athletics Department renovated features a lobby, restrooms and overhead seating above the In addition, the facility is equipped with a pair of locker rooms and expanded Foster Auditorium to create a new home for the courts in addition to seating at court level. The addition of the Crimson Tide’s volleyball and women’s basketball programs, for visiting teams and officials. The outdoor complex features indoor will not only provide a facility for the teams to compete beginning in 2011. The remodel of Foster included refurbishing covered bench areas for both teams and a press box with seating during implement weather, but it also will benefit Alabama the arena portion of the building with new seating both on for 1,500 spectators and standing room for many more. the floor level and the second level which overlooks the when submitting bids to host events such as the NCAA court, creating an impressive competitive atmosphere for both Championship. Alabama Aquatic Center and Don Gambril Olympic Pool sports. The restoration of the venerable three-story building One of the nation’s “fastest” pools, the Alabama Aquatic Sam Bailey Track and Field Stadium was completed in January of 2011 in time for the women’s Center has, during the past 30 years, hosted more than 200 The venue of many historic meets, the Sam Bailey Track and basketball game between Alabama and Florida on Feb. 13, 2011, major competitions including seven Southeastern Conference Field Stadium is a nine-lane oval, with each lane measuring when the Tide defeated the Gators 64-59. The renovation also Swimming & Diving Championships. The Crimson Tide has included suites for both programs that house the teams’ locker 48-inches wide. The facility, boasting one of the premier track built an impressive reputation for winning in the Aquatic rooms, team areas, meeting and video rooms and coaches’ surfaces in track and field today and seating for up to 4,500 Center. Since the facility opened in 1981, the Crimson Tide offices. A weight room and athletics training facilities were spectators, has dual direction runways for long jump, triple men’s team has only lost a handful of home dual meets. Two also included in the project. Originally built in 1939, Foster jump and pole vault with at least 155-feet for approaches. The of the three SEC Championships the Tide won in the decade Auditorium was named in 1942 for Richard Clarke Foster, east/west direction runways are designed to create the best win president of The University of Alabama from 1937-41. It was conditions. The shot put, discus and hammer throw circles of the 1980s (men’s titles in 1982 and 1987) were won in the the largest and most expensive of 14 buildings added to campus are brushed concrete and are highlighted in the track infield. Aquatic Center. The Tide is tough to beat at home - and the between 1936 and 1939 using funds from the Public Works In 2006, the stadium underwent renovation as Beynon Sports Aquatic Center is part of the reason why. Administration. Surfaces replaced the competition surface with its BSS 2000

Annual Report 2011-2012 72 Attendance

Bryant-Denny Stadium Capacity – 101,821 Average Attendance – 101,821

Rhoads Stadium Capacity – 3,940 Average Attendance – 2,474

Sewell-Thomas Stadium Capacity – 6,571 Average Attendance – 3,458

UA Soccer Complex Capacity – 1,500 Average Attendance – 561

Coleman Coliseum Capacity – Basketball, 15,383; Gymnastics, 15,075 Average Attendance – Basketball, 12,484; Gymnastics, 12,836

Foster Auditorium Capacity – 3,800 Average Attendance – Women’s Volleyball, 687; Women’s Basketball, 1,490

73 Intercollegiate Athletics Marketing & Licensing

The impact and influence of athletics marketing has never to be that the 5th Grade Fastbreak program be an annual event softball game, the office of Health Promotion and Wellness on been more evident than in the current era of Alabama highlighted by the 5th Grade Fastbreak Game of the Year. The campus taught the girl scouts about healthy eating and diet. At athletics. Alabama’s passionate fan base has largely earned a goal is to engage Tuscaloosa 5th graders in educational initiatives each of these events, the girls earned a “Go Girls Sports” badge. national reputation for devotion based on its following of the based on Alabama women’s basketball that will begin in the fall Crimson Tide football team. semester and continue through the women’s basketball season Cheer Clinic at Gymnastics (November-March). This year 2,670 5th graders and teachers filled Alabama Athletics hosted a cheer clinic to children 12 and In recent years, that devotion and passion has become evident Foster Auditorium. under before one of the gymnastics meets. The Alabama in athletics competition outside of Bryant-Denny Stadium as cheerleaders taught cheers and chants. The children then home attendance at the Tide’s seven sports that require tickets Power of Pink performed what they learned during the pre-meet entertainment. for admission (football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, Alabama Athletics’ Power of Pink initiative, sponsored by Tusca- Over 100 children attended. baseball, softball, gymnastics and volleyball) exceeded $1.2 loosa Toyota, was started by Crimson Tide gymnastics coach Sarah million in the 2011-12 athletic year. Patterson in 2004 to raise awareness in the fight against breast Alabama’s Trademark Licensing Program cancer in the West Alabama community. In 1981, The University of Alabama created a licensing program Alabama’s national champion softball team led the nation in to protect the marks and logos of the University and establish attendance with an average of 2,474 fans per game. The national “I realize that I am very lucky,” Patterson said. “Not only to be cooperative relationships with licensees and retailers to assist in the champion Crimson Tide football team sold out all seven home healthy, but also that I have access to excellent medical care. Not further development of a market for officially licensed products of games during the 2011 season as 712,747 fans packed Bryant- everyone is so fortunate, and I wanted to do something that would The University of Alabama. Denny Stadium (capacity: 101,821). The national champion help those who need it most.” Alabama gymnastics team averaged 12,826 fans per meet while Licensing revenues are directed to The University of Alabama to selling out Coleman Coliseum for its clash with fifth-ranked SEC Within the UA athletics department the event has grown from support scholarship programs as well as operations in other Uni- foe Arkansas on February 17 and posting a near-sellout of 14,501 gymnastics to other sports to the point where Alabama Athletics’ versity departments. Royalties are paid by more than 550 officially on Jan. 13 against Georgia. Power of Pink, sponsored by Tuscaloosa Toyota, has events three licensed manufacturers that produce products bearing the marks times a year, in the fall, in the winter and in the spring, hosted by and logos of The University of Alabama. The licensing program Alabama athletics events provide the Tuscaloosa community and the Tide’s women’s teams. promotes a mutually beneficial relationship between the University the state at large with consistent family-friendly attractions. Sports and its licensees. events at the Capstone are known for their exciting atmosphere In the United States alone, a woman will be newly diagnosed with at affordable prices. breast cancer every three minutes, and the odds of overcoming Royalty income from the licensing program is directed to The Uni- breast cancer are much higher if the disease is detected in the early versity of Alabama’s Nation Merit Scholarships, the Paul W. Bryant Crimson Tide Rewards Program stages, a fact that makes the Tide’s efforts even more vital. Museum and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. The Completing its second year, the Crimson Tide Rewards program marks of The University of Alabama are controlled under a licens- presented by Tuscaloosa Toyota allowed fans the opportunity to The Alabama Athletics Power of Pink 2011-12 slate featured nine ing program administered by The Collegiate Licensing Company win great prizes, including Alabama gear, exclusive fan experiences women’s athletics events, including volleyball, cross country, soc- (CLC). Any use of these marks requires written approval by CLC. and even a new car! Members earned points for each athletic event cer and swimming and diving in the fall; basketball and gymnastics they attend. in the winter; and softball, tennis and rowing in the spring. Alabama Athletics produced its most royalties revenue ever in 2011-12 with more than $9 million in revenue, a total that ranked 5th Grade Fast Break Girl Scout Events only behind Texas nationally. The University of Alabama women’s basketball program, the Alabama Athletics partnered with the Girl Scouts of North- Alabama Consortium for Educational Renewal (ACER), and Central Alabama to host health and wellness events for over the Tuscaloosa City and County elementary schools continue 400 girl scouts. At a women’s basketball game, the girl scouts the partnership started in 2007-08 to provide athletically related learned the importance of stretching and exercising. Athletic educational initiatives for local 5th graders. The goal continues trainers and athletes volunteered to teach these girls. At a

Annual Report 2011-2012 74 Media - Athletics Communications

Anything that happens in Alabama athletics is immediately Accolades for the Intercollegiate Athletics newsworthy throughout the state of Alabama and nationally. Communications staff: The interest generated by Crimson Tide athletics teams provides In the summer of 2011, The University of Alabama Department of immeasurable exposure for The University of Alabama as a whole Athletics Communications garnered national recognition for excel- while serving as a symbol of excellence for the state itself. lence in publications by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). The department earned four “Best In The The University of Alabama’s Department of Athletics Communi- Nation” citations from CoSIDA. cations ensures that accurate, important and timely information is distributed to news media throughout the state and nation. The Citations Awarded for Excellence communications department also guides the messaging and strate- in Publications: gic communications efforts of the entire Department of Athletics. Roots Woodruff, Brent Hollingsworth The Department of Athletics Communications strives to create a Women’s Gymnastics Media Guide - University Division cooperative atmosphere that encourages coverage by a variety of Best in the Nation nationally prominent media outlets. Crimson Tide athletics has a global reach thanks in no small part to the efforts of the Athletics Jessica Pare, Brent Hollingsworth Communications staff via Alabama’s social media outlets via Men’s Tennis Media Guides – University Division www.RollTide.com, Facebook and Twitter. Best in the Nation

Staff members of the Athletics Communications office work Roots Woodruff, Brent Hollingsworth at every UA home sports event while providing statistical Swimming Media Guides – University Division information, game notes, personal insight on all UA student- Best in the Nation athletes, historical perspective and strategic communications advice to all UA coaches and staff members. The staff works Ty Patton, Brent Hollingsworth closely with Alabama’s athletics marketing department, Crimson Women’s Cross Country Media Guides – University Division Tide Productions, Crimson Tide Sports Marketing and the Second in the Nation Crimson Tide Sports Network to ensure that an expansive mix of athletics events are available for viewing or listening by Jessica Pare, Brent Hollingsworth Alabama fans across Alabama, the nation and the world. The Women’s Tennis Media Guide – University Division Athletics Communications office also serves as the backbone Second in the Nation of the athletics department’s crisis response initiatives as the staff works with local, regional and national media outlets and Jeff Purinton, Josh Maxson, Buddy Overstreet journalists as part of its layered coverage efforts. Football Media Guides – University Division – FBS Best Cover During the 2011-12 athletics year, the Department of Athletics Communications produced more than 1,000 news releases; Ty Patton, Brent Hollingsworth arranged more than 1,200 interviews with news media; and Men’s Cross Country Media Guide – University Division provided daily strategic media advice for Alabama’s more than Best Cover 600 student-athletes.

75 Intercollegiate Athletics Men’s Basketball Nov. 17, 2011 vs. Maryland ESPN2 Nov. 18, 2011 vs. Wichita State ESPN2 Nov. 20, 2011 vs. Purdue ESPN2 Nov. 27, 2011 vs. VCU ESPNU Dec. 1, 2011 vs. Georgetown ESPN2 Dec. 11, 2011 vs. Detroit ESPNU Dec. 17, 2011 vs. Kansas State ESPNU Dec. 21, 2011 vs. Oklahoma State ESPN2 Jan. 3, 2012 at Georgia Tech ESPNU Jan. 19, 2012 vs. Vanderbilt ESPN2 Alabama National Covers Softball Jan. 21, 2012 at Kentucky CBS Football March 17, 2012 vs. Mississippi ESPNU Feb. 4, 2012 vs. Mississippi ESPN2 Sports Illustrated Aug 22, 2011 March 27, 2012 at Auburn ESPNU Feb. 7, 2012 at Auburn ESPNU Sports Illustrated Oct. 10, 2011 April 6, 2012 vs. LSU ESPNU Feb. 11, 2012 at LSU ESPN2 Sports Illustrated Jan 16, 2012 April 19, 2012 at Georgia ESPN2 Feb. 14, 2012 vs. Florida ESPN Sports Illustrated Jan 12, 2012 May 5, 2012 vs. Florida ESPN2 Feb. 23, 2012 at Arkansas ESPN2 May 6, 2012 vs. Florida ESPNU Feb. 25, 2012 vs. Mississippi State ESPN Women’s Golf May 10, 2012 vs. Mississippi State ESPN March 16, 2012 vs. Creighton TBS GolfWeek June 1, 2012 May 11, 2012 vs. Georgia ESPNU May 12, 2012 vs. Florida ESPN2 Women’s Soccer May 24, 2012 vs. Michigan ESPN2 Oct. 9, 2011 at Florida ESPNU National Television Coverage May 25, 2012 vs. Michigan ESPNU Football May 31, 2012 vs. Tennessee ESPN2 Indoor Track and Field Sept. 10, 2011 at Penn State ABC June 1, 2012 vs. Arizona State ESPN2 Feb. 24, 2012 SEC Championships ESPN Family Sept. 24, 2011 vs. Arkansas CBS June 3, 2012 vs. California ESPN March 9-10, 2012 NCAA Championships ESPN Family Oct. 1, 2011 at Florida CBS June 4, 2012 vs. Oklahoma ESPN2

Oct. 8, 2011 vs. Vanderbilt ESPNU June 5, 2012 vs. Oklahoma ESPN2 Outdoor Track and Field Oct. 15, 2011 at Mississippi ESPN2 June 6, 2012 vs. Oklahoma ESPN May 10-13, 2012 SEC Championship ESPN Family Oct. 20, 2011 vs. Tennessee ESPN2 May 24-26, 2012 NCAA Regionals ESPN Family Nov. 5, 2011 vs. LSU CBS Gymnastics June 6-9, 2012 NCAA Championships ESPN Family Nov. 12, 2011 at Mississippi State ESPN Jan. 13, 2012 vs. Georgia ESPN2/ESPNU Nov. 19, 2011 vs. Georgia Southern Pay-Per-View Jan. 27, 2012 at Auburn CSS Nov. 26, 2011 at Auburn CBS Feb. 3, 2012 vs. Florida CSS Jan. 9, 2012 vs. LSU ESPN Feb. 10, 2012 at Kentucky FSN Feb. 17, 2012 vs. Arkansas ESPNU Baseball March 24, 2012 SEC Championships ESPN2/ESPNU April 15, 2012 at LSU ESPN2 April 20-22, 2012 NCAA Championships ESPN April 26, 2012 at South Carolina ESPNU

Annual Report 2011-2012 76 RollTide.com

The University of Alabama Athletics Department website, RollTide.com, features a number of different ways for fans to follow the Crimson Tide throughout the year. The website provides the most up-to-date information about Alabama athletics through press releases, game recaps, team statistics and coach and player interviews. Alabama also provides mobile device applications, for both iPhone and Android phones, allowing fans to have access to information about the Tide at their fingertips.

RollTide.com ranked as one of the top athletic websites in the country in viewership. Through one of the most successful seasons in school history, with four teams capturing national titles, the UA athletics website generated more than 33 million page impressions, while producing close to 7.5 million unique browser impressions.

When compared to the rest of the country, Alabama was the only school to rank in the top five nationally in page impressions, unique browser impressions, all-access revenue, online store revenue, auction revenue and mobile traffic among CBSSports.com college network partners. In 2011-12, the Crimson Tide ranked first nationally among CBSSports.com college network partners in online store revenue, second in mobile page impressions, third in unique browsers (both computer and mobile), fourth in all-access revenue and fifth in page impressions.

Alabama generated nearly $300,000 in gross revenue from its TideTV All-Access platform, with an average of 1,300 monthly subscribers to the all-access package. RollTide.com provides live video coverage of home athletic events, through the TideTV All-Access package. Over the course of the 2011-12 academic year, 16,425 subscriptions were purchased for the TideTV All-Access.

Additionally, Alabama produced a total of 1,651 videos of original content in 2011-12, giving fans access to interviews with coach and players that would not otherwise be available. Those 1,651 videos were more than any other CBSSports.com college network school, as Oregon produced the second-most original content videos at 1,347.

77 Intercollegiate Athletics The Total Program: All-Sports Rankings

The University of Alabama finished among the nation’s finest all-around athletics programs in every ranking of all-sports competition for the 2011-12 athletics year.

With four team national championships (football, gymnastics, women’s golf and softball) and strong national showings from men’s golf, men’s basketball, women’s soccer and women’s tennis, the Crimson Tide ranked in the top 10 of both divisions in the Capital One Cup Standings and placed 23rd as a combined pro- gram in the NACDA Director’s Cup Standings.

Capital One Cup Paced by a trio of national championships, the Alabama women’s The three women’s titles came on the heels of the Alabama teams earned their highest finish ever in the Capital One Cup, tak- football team winning its 14th national championship and second ing third place overall, just behind Stanford and UCLA. BCS title in three years. Prior to this season, the Tide had won 18 national team titles between football and gymnastics, but never Led by a national title in football and a national runner-up finish more than one in an academic year. in men’s golf, Alabama placed sixth in the men’s standings. The Crimson Tide joined Florida (1st), LSU (4th) and Arkansas (8th) Those titles earned the Crimson Tide the distinction of being one as the SEC placed four schools in the final top 10 of the men’s of only two schools in the nation to win more than two NCAA standings. team titles in 2011-12. Four schools managed to win multiple NCAA team titles in 2011-12: Florida (men’s indoor track and The Crimson Tide made a late–season run in 2011-12, highlighted field, men’s outdoor track and field, and women’s tennis); Cali- by national championships in softball and golf in the spring. Sit- fornia (men’s swimming and diving, and women’s swimming and ting outside the top 20 in the Capital One Cup standings in late diving); Stanford (women’s soccer and women’s water polo); and May, the Tide women bolted to their best finish, topping last year’s Southern California (men’s tennis and men’s water polo). 18th place finish. Alabama and Stanford were the only schools in 2011-12 to win In addition to the Tide softball and women’s golf team’s winning multiple women’s sports team titles. The NCAA sponsored 35 their first NCAA Championships this spring, the UA gymnastics Division I team championships in 2011-12, not including football’s team won its sixth national championship in April, giving the Tide Bowl Championship Series National Championship. women three national titles in a two-month stretch.

Annual Report 2011-2012 78 Equity

The days of women’s sports at The University of Alabama began in 1974, when five sports were added to the varsity list. The first women’s sports to take place on the Tuscaloosa campus were women’s basketball, women’s golf, women’s gymnastics, women’s swimming and diving and women’s volleyball, competing for the first time during the 1974-75 academic year.

Women’s tennis joined the department in 1975, before women’s cross country and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field were added prior to the 1977-78 school year. Women’s soccer was added in 1982, but was dropped as a varsity sport in 1989, before being reinstated in 1994. Women’s volleyball also took a brief break from varsity competition when it was dropped as a varsity sport in 1982, before being reinstated in 1989. Softball was the 11th women’s sport added to the UA varsity platform prior to the 1995-96 school year, making its first appearance in the spring of 1996.

The most recent addition to the Alabama athletics department history. Led by 10th-year head coach Mic Potter, the Alabama belongs to the women’s rowing team when it was added in 2006-07. women’s golf program became the first program, outside of foot- Prior to beginning its seventh season as a varsity sport in 2011-12, ball and gymnastics, at the Capstone to win a national title. After the women’s rowing program received funding for the full allot- making the Women’s College World Series for the eighth time in ment of 20 scholarships by the institution. With women’s rowing 2012, UA head coach Patrick Murphy guided the softball team to reaching fully funded status, all 21 varsity sports at Alabama are the school’s first national title in the sport. fully funded in athletics scholarships, based on the maximum al- lowed by NCAA rules. Attendance has continued to grow for a number of women’s sports at the University. This past season, the women’s gymnastics team With 12 women’s varsity teams at Alabama, the University had 197 averaged crowds of nearly 13,000 in five regular season competi- female student-athletes competing for the school during the 2011- tions at Coleman Coliseum. The average attendance of 12,836 12 academic year. To complement the participation of women’s marked the second highest national total in gymnastics, behind sports, Alabama provides 131 athletic scholarships to its female Utah, and third highest among women’s collegiate sports (Tennes- student-athletes. see women’s basketball led the nation), during the 2011-12 year.

The 2011-12 year was one of the best for the entire Alabama The softball program led the country once again in total atten- athletics department, as the University won four national cham- dance, marking the fifth straight season that Alabama has led the pionships, the most of any Division I school. Three of the four country. Additionally, UA set a new NCAA record for total atten- national championships were won by women’s teams, with dance, as 91,541 fans passed through the gates at Rhoads Stadium, gymnastics capturing back-to-back titles and the sixth in school to average 2,474 fans per game.

79 Intercollegiate Athletics The Alabama women’s athletics programs produced unparalleled National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America, after being success in 2011-12, as five teams competed in their respective named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year. She was NCAA tournament. In addition to gymnastics, golf and softball, also named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2012 Women’s the women’s soccer made their second ever NCAA tournament, College World Series after the Tide defeated Oklahoma in a best of and first since 1998, and the women’s tennis team entered the three series. Traina was 2-1 with 20 strikeouts in the series, and was NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed overall and advanced to the 4-for-9 (.444) at the plate with three runs batted in and two runs second round. scored in the series.

The 2011-12 season also marked the first full season that women’s Mary Anne Macfarlane – Women’s Tennis volleyball and women’s basketball played in Foster Auditorium. The No. 1 singles player for Alabama in The facility was renovated to provide the two programs a state- 2011-12 was Mary Anne Macfarlane. An of-the-art facility that houses the practice and competition court, Ogden, Utah native, Macfarlane capped team locker rooms, athletic training facilities and weight rooms, her sophomore season with a 34-13 singles as well as coach’s offices and a team video room. Under first year record, becoming the fifth player in school head coach Ed Allen, the women’s volleyball team returned to Fos- history to record 30-plus wins in a season. Macfarlane earned ter Auditorium for the first time since the 1995, while the women’s All-America honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association basketball team reopened Foster Auditorium on Feb. 13, 2011, (ITA), and competed in the NCAA Singles and Doubles Cham- with a 64-59 win over Florida. pionships. She was also named the 2012 NCAA Elite 89 Award winner for women’s tennis. Top Performers Brooke Pancake – Women’s Golf Geralen Stack-Eaton – Gymnastics Senior golfer Brooke Pancake had one of the Alabama senior Geralen Stack-Eaton became best seasons ever by a women’s golfer at Ala- a two-time individual NCAA Champion and bama in 2011-12, not only on the course but was the captain of the Crimson Tide’s back- on the academic side as well. After leading to-back NCAA Champion gymnastics team. the Tide to its first national title and winning The Horsham, Pa., native helped lead the the Honda Award as the National Player of the Year, the Tide to its second national championship in a row and sixth Chattanooga, Tenn., native also received the nation’s top overall. Stack-Eaton finished her career as a Scholastic All- academic honor when she was named the 2012 Capital One American and 12-time All-American as well as leading Alabama Division I Academic All-America of the Year by CoSIDA. to the 2011 and 2012 NCAA Championships, the 2009 and Pancake was a three-time All-American and a four-time 2011 Southeastern Conference Championships and four NCAA All-SEC pick. regional titles in a row.

Jackie Traina – Softball Sophomore Jackie Traina pitched the Crim- son Tide softball team to its first national title, posting a school record 42-3 ledger in the circle in 2012. Traina was a first team

Annual Report 2011-2012 80 Compliance

A strong commitment to playing by the rules has seen Alabama Athletics to the national forefront in rules compliance. The office of compliance works with Crimson Tide student-athletes, coaches, staff members, administrators, prospective student-athletes and their families, fans, stakeholders, benefactors and the general public. That commitment ensures adherence to NCAA rules and highlights the integrity of The University of Alabama. maintain competency in knowledge of the rules; to act within his The University of Alabama compliance department coordinates or her realm of responsibility in full compliance with the govern- the University’s NCAA compliance efforts on behalf of 21 varsity ing legislation; and to report any violations of NCAA, conference sports and approximately 600 student-athletes. The department and/or institutional rules of which he or she is aware. conducts ongoing educational efforts, monitors activities and practices while constantly reviewing standards and practices to Mission maintain and enhance compliance. Staff members routinely work The mission of the UA Athletics Compliance Office is to func- with key campus partners on all compliance matters. tion within the realm of the University’s compliance structure, coordinating, monitoring and verifying compliance with all NCAA The compliance department focuses on The University of Ala- and Conference requirements, and to educate athletics department bama’s core values: leadership, excellence, integrity and service. staff members, student-athletes, the various constituencies of the With that as its guide, the Alabama Department of Athletics strives University and the community regarding NCAA regulations. The to compete and succeed at the highest level in all sports while Athletics Compliance Office is committed to the principle of in- exhibiting the highest level of integrity. stitutional control in the operation of the athletics department in a way that is consistent with the rules and regulations of the NCAA, Commitment the Southeastern Conference and the University. Alabama Athletics is committed and obligated to the principle of institutional control in operating its athletics program in a manner Vision that is consistent with the letter and spirit of NCAA, SEC and The vision of the Athletics Compliance Office is recognized as one University rules and regulations. of the most comprehensive and proactive compliance programs in the areas of institutional control, education, and rules violation The commitment and obligation to operate the intercollegiate prevention. The Athletics Compliance Office is dedicated to main- athletics program in adherence to the principle of institutional taining the highest standards of excellence and professionalism by control is both institutional and individual. The University is com- working together with all athletics staff members, student-athletes, mitted to maintaining control of its athletics programs through university personnel, alumni, boosters, and the external commu- the responsible administrators, faculty, and institutional bodies; nity in an environment that promotes respect, communication and to educate coaches, staff, student-athletes and other individuals teamwork; by encouraging professional growth in the area of rules involved with the athletics program in their institutional respon- compliance; by incorporating in others the highest regard for ethi- sibilities under the rules. Also, the University is committed to cal conduct; by fostering an environment that is supportive of the developing operating systems within the athletics department and NCAA operating principle of competitive equity; by seeking out the University that provide guidance in how to work within the diversity and gender equity; and by fostering individual empower- rules; and to discover and report any violations of rules that occur. ment and personal well-being of our student-athletes. Each individual involved in intercollegiate athletics is obligated to

81 Intercollegiate Athletics Staffing

Senior Staff Sarah and David Patterson, Gymnastics, 34 years Jeff Allen, Director of Sports Medicine, Head Football Trainer Mal Moore, Director of Athletics Larry Davis, Women’s Rowing, Five years Joe Hoffer, Athletic Trainer/Baseball Shane Lyons, Deputy Athletics Director/COO Todd Bramble, Women’s Soccer, Four years Finus Gaston, Executive Associate A.D./CFO Eric McIlquham, Swimming and Diving, Nine years 10 Years Kevin Almond, Sr. Associate A.D./Support Services Billy Pate, Men’s Tennis, 10 years Jay Seawell, Men’s Golf Head Coach Milton Overton, Sr. Associate A.D./Technology Advancement Jenny Mainz, Women’s Tennis, 16 years Thad Turnipseed, Associate Athletics Director for Special Projects/ Ronny Robertson, Sr. Associate A.D./Development Dan Waters, Track and Field/Cross Country, One year Director of Major Gifts Marie Robbins, Associate A.D./Senior Woman Administrator Ed Allen, Women’s Volleyball, One year Monica Decker, Assistant Athletic Trainer/Gymnastics Jonathan Bowling, Associate A.D./Compliance Patrick Murphy, Softball, 14 Years Billy Pate, Men’s Tennis Head Coach Carol Park, Associate A.D./Business Jeff Purinton, Associate A.D./Football Communications 15 Years Service Awards Thad Turnipseed, Associate A.D./Special Projects Troi Lane Wallace, Baseball Administrative Secretary Doug Walker, Associate A.D./Communications 5 Years Mara Jo Burroughs, General Administration Office Associate/ Jeff Allen, Assistant A.D./Sports Medicine Mitch Gaspard, Baseball Head Coach Receptionist Chris Besanceney, Assistant A.D./Ticketing & Tide Pride Dax Norris, Baseball Assistant Coach Jenny Mainz, Women’s Tennis Head Coach Jon Dever, Assistant A.D./Student Services Brenda Holt, Men’s Basketball Administrative Secretary Tommy Ford, Assistant A.D./Donor Programs Ty Evans, Women’s Basketball Assistant Coach 20 Years Brad Ledford, Assistant A.D./Strategic Marketing Amy Woods, Accounting Administrator Jon Dever, Associate Athletic Director for Student Services Aaron Vold, Assistant A.D./Major Gifts Derek Tuten, Rowing Assistant Coach Red Leonard, Director of Event Management Troy Finney, Senior Director of Sports Technologies/Video Services Department Heads Nick Saban, Football Head Coach 25 Years Kent Gidley, Director - Photography Kirby Smart, Football Assistant Coach Pat Greenwell, Men’s Swimming and Diving Assistant Coach Justin Brant, Director - Crimson Tide Productions Burton Burns, Football Assistant Coach/Running Backs Carol Park, Associate Athletic Director - Business Office Jim Carabin, General Manager - Crimson Tide Sports Marketing Patrick Suddes, Associate Director of Football Operations Carol Lucas, Athletics Compliance Coordinator Jeffrey Springer, Equipment Manager Ashleigh Kimble, Assistant Director of Player Personnel Brenda Vaughn, Director of Tide Pride Red Leonard, Director - Event Management Scott Limbaugh, Men’s Golf Assistant Coach Sherry Kimbro, Associate Head Athletic Trainer Harold Sexton, Director - Athletics Event Technology Joseph Pendry, IA Development Brandon Sevedge, Director - Athletic Facilities Jeff Purinton, Associate Athletics Director for 30 Years Scott Urbantke, Director - Athletics Grounds Football Communications Brenda Elliott, Assistant Director of Athletic Academic Programs Rand Harris, Director - Athletics Information Technology Skip Powers, Assistant Sports Information Director Tommy Ford, Director of Stewardship Services Scott Cochran, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Rick Burleson, Assistant Director of Athletic Marketing/ Troy Finney, Senior Director/Video Services Trade Licensing 35 Years Todd Bramble, Women’s Soccer Head Coach Rita Martin, Gymnastics Operations Coordinator 2011-12 Head Coaches Tatum Clowney, Women’s Soccer Assistant Coach Mitch Gaspard, Baseball, Three years Scott Cochran, Football Director of Strength and Conditioning Anthony Grant, Men’s Basketball, Three years Willie Carl Martin, Football Director of Player Development Wendell Hudson, Women’s Basketball, Four years Jeremy Pruitt, Football Assistant Coach/Secondary Nick Saban, Football, Five years Travis Illian, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach Jay Seawell, Men’s Golf, 10 Years James Barber, Men’s Swimming Assistant Coach Mic Potter, Women’s Golf, Seven years Stefan Gherghel, Men’s Swimming Assistant Coach

Annual Report 2011-2012 82 Crimson Tide Foundation

History In the 1920’s, President George “Mike” Denny felt strongly that Crimson Tradition Capital Campaign for Athletics. Three years a nationally recognized football program would pay immeasurable later, the Crimson Tide Foundation was established to help ensure dividends in elevating the image and prestige of The University that the University maintains the level of excellence expected by its of Alabama. supporters for years to come. Since its inception, the Crimson Tide Foundation has raised approximately $142 million and, since 2005, Rose Bowl trips after the 1925 and 1926 seasons generated the type more than 9,000 individuals have contributed to the Foundation. of response Denny yearned for and it added money to athletics de- More than 2,800 separate gifts totaling approximately $13.6 mil- partment coffers as well. With payoffs from the bowls, plans were lion was raised during the 2011-12 fiscal year. made to build an on-campus stadium. In 1929, Denny Stadium, a state-of-the-art facility with 12,000 seats, opened on the Tusca- The athletics department at The University of Alabama is self- loosa campus. supporting; all private gifts contribute directly to the needs of our student-athletes, coaches, and staff. University of Alabama As the years passed and success in football added more gridiron Athletics receives no funding from the State of Alabama. All legends to Crimson Tide lore, the demands for a larger football gifts to the Crimson Tide Foundation are applied solely to the stadium became obvious. Building upon the 12,000-seat structure, Athletic Department needs. Bryant-Denny Stadium today has a capacity of 101,821. Through decades of excellence, the overall athletic department grew from Mission supporting four men’s sports teams into a multi-faceted athletics The Crimson Tide Foundation was established in February 2005 program sustaining 19 teams in both men’s and women’s sports. to benefit The University of Alabama’s athletics department. Its purpose is to promote and encourage a continuing interest in, and Chancellor Robert Witt, during his previous tenure as president, loyalty to, the intercollegiate athletics programs at The University embraced the Denny vision, supporting the athletic department of Alabama; to support the staff of the University’s Department of with a keen understanding that a powerful program only enhances Athletics in their efforts to coordinate, develop, maintain and im- the overall goal of making the University foremost in education prove a superior intercollegiate athletics program at the University. with the finest academic and student facilities possible. Goals and Objectives “The commitment to improving all athletic facilities is a never- The Crimson Tide Foundation provides a venue through which ending process,” said UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore, who loyal alumni, fans and friends can give financial support to the has spearheaded the task of providing student-athletes with the best Athletic Department, while capturing all the current tax benefits possible venues to compete in the nation’s most difficult conference. allowed by the Internal Revenue Service. Private support enables UA Athletics to increase its standing, in both athletics and academ- Prior to 2002, the athletics department had never raised funds ics, over competing universities beyond what can be accomplished through donors to maintain and build new facilities or to with annual revenue from ticket sales, media rights and other endow scholarships. That changed with the implementation of the licensing agreements.

83 Intercollegiate Athletics FACILITIES /CAPITAL PROJECTS • Establishing a new scholarship or giving to CRIMSON TIDE FOUNDATION 2011-12 UA Athletics is committed to providing first-class facilities for all an existing scholarship BOARD OF DIRECTORS 19 varsity sports. In an era when every college and university is Endowments are gifts that keep on giving. Endowments are Mr. Paul Bryant, Jr. striving to recruit elite student-athletes and coaches to provide the permanently invested by The University of Alabama and Mr. Mal M. Moore most competitive programs in the country, facilities have become generate earnings and interest for the purpose you choose to Mr. Angus R. Cooper II an even more important component of winning; and for our fans, support scholarships, coaches, facility maintenance, sport- Mr. John J. McMahon, Jr. provides them with an unmatched game day experience that all specific program support, and much more. The goal of fully Dr. Robert E. Witt can enjoy. Building and maintaining outstanding facilities – from endowing the scholarship program is a top priority of the Mr. James W. Wilson III playing and practice fields to the space surrounding them – is Crimson Tide Foundation. A gift to the endowment program Mr. John Russell Thomas integral to attracting and retaining top-tier talent. Throughout the is invested into a pool of funds managed by the University. A Mr. William R. Battle III last decade, athletics facility improvements on campus have been portion of the earnings from the investment provides annual Mr. Thomas L. Patterson substantial, as evidenced by the recent expansion of Bryant-Denny scholarship support. The remaining earnings are reinvested to Mr. Robert W. Moore Stadium, the new men’s and women’s tennis stadium, the John grow the endowment and to provide scholarship and other Mr. Randy J. Billingsley and Ann Rhoads Softball Stadium, the women’s soccer stadium, program support in perpetuity. Endowed scholarships cover Mr. William Britt Sexton the Jerry Pate Golf Center, Coleman Coliseum renovations and tuition, educational fees, books, and room and board for Mr. Larry W. Morris more. In 2012, the Roberta Alison Baumgartner Tennis Facility our student-athletes. Other endowments may be specified Ms. Jamie Tisch was dedicated. Future projects include a rowing boathouse, an for teams, individual positions, coaching positions, facility Mr. C. Ray Hayes enhancement to the football weight room, a complete renova- maintenance or general program support. Mrs. Karen P. Brooks tion and reconfiguration of the Sam Bailey Track Stadium, and Mr. Finis E. St. John IV the Sarah Patterson Champions Plaza. Private giving through the • Giving to the Crimson Tide Scholarship Fund Crimson Tide Foundation will be pivotal for the success of each (Annual Fund) of these projects. The Crimson Tide Scholarship Fund provides UA Athletics with annual scholarship support. UA Athletics currently SCHOLARSHIPS/ENDOWMENTS funds approximately $14.5 million annually for student- UA Athletics is committed to offering the full number of scholar- athlete scholarships in 19 varsity sports generated primarily ships authorized by the NCAA to our more than 650 student-ath- from revenue associated with ticket sales, sales of licensed letes. Each year, mounting tuition and housing costs place greater merchandise, television contracts, and other event-driven pressures on the athletics department. UA Athletics currently funds revenue. Private funding of scholarships is necessary to approximately $14.5 million annually for student-athlete scholar- provide our student-athletes with the best opportunities for ships in 19 varsity sports. However, the cost of tuition continues learning and personal growth at The University of Alabama. to rise dramatically. Keeping pace with the increasing scholarship For every dollar contributed to this fund, UA Athletics is costs is critical to remaining competitive on a national level. In able to direct revenue to other priority areas of need for the such a climate, private giving in the area of scholarship support is Department to maximize our competitive advantage with one of our highest priorities. Donors interested in supporting UA rivals both on and off the playing field. athletic scholarships may do so in two ways:

Annual Report 2011-2012 84 A-Club Alumni Association

Mission & Objectives The purposes of The University of Alabama A-Club Alumni Association are to provide a means for the former student-athletes of The University of Alabama who earned varsity letters in any of the sports for men and women recognized by the NCAA to gather from time to time for certain social purposes, to promote the interests and mission of The University of Alabama, and to support the Athletic Department, the athletic programs and the current student-athletes of The University of Alabama.

85 Intercollegiate Athletics Membership Information (demographics, etc.) more than one term if nominated and re-elected. In the event of • Merchandise royalties Current Database – Approximately 3,000 letter-winners the death or resignation of any officer, the vacancy shall be filled • Special projects as approved by the A-Club Executive Active Members – Approximately 1,400 by the appointment of the successor for the unexpired term by the Committee, e.g., “Defining Moments” DVD, Executive Committee. The officers of the Association shall per- 2009 BCS National Championship putter & A-Club Officers for 2011-12 form such duties as commonly pertain to their respective offices. Football Committee BBQ Cecil Ingram III, President (Golf) Jerry Duncan, President-Elect (Football) There is an executive committee of the Association consisting of Donations made by the A-Club include, but are not limited to, the Mal Moore, Director of Athletics the immediate past president, president, president-plect, secretary- following: Harry Lee, Secretary (Football) treasurer, president of the Educational and Charitable Foundation, Ken Wilder, Chairman (Football) director of athletics or a designee within The University of Ala- • Twenty percent of annual dues revenue goes to the A-Club Tommy Brooker, President of the A-Club Educational & bama Intercollegiate Athletics, and ten (10) at-large members (at- Educational & Charitable Foundation Charitable Foundation large members include at least five different varsity men’s and/or • A sizeable portion from the revenue sources listed above goes to Paul Boschung (Football) women’s sports). The immediate past president of the Association an A-Club Endowed Scholarship Matt Caddell (Football) serves as chairman of the Executive Committee. Any vacancies oc- • Token ($100) donations are made to the A-Club Educational Penny Davis (Volleyball) curring on the Executive Committee are filled immediately by an & Charitable Foundation in memory of any recently deceased Mike Dean (Football/Baseball) appointment by the Executive Committee. Five (5) are replaced an- A-Club members Morgan Dennis (Gymnastics) nually for two-year terms. The Executive Committee, subject to the Ray Maxwell (Football) supervision and approval of the Association, has general control of Programs and Events Terrance Meade (Basketball) the Association’s affairs. A-Club activities throughout the year include, but are not limited Andy Phillips (Baseball) to, pre-game meals at every home football game, reunions for all James Sanderson (Football Trainer) Contributions and Gift Giving sports, the A-Club Classic golf events, the spring A-Day weekend, Ed Terrell (Tennis) Revenue sources for the A-Club include, but are not limited to, and various events to raise funds for endowed scholarships. the following: Services include newsletters, email blasts, the administration of Leadership the A-Club football ticket program for football lettermen, and the The officers consist of the elected officers: president, president- • Dues ($50 per person annually) coordination of A-Club Committees for all sports. elect, secretary-treasurer, and the athletic director or a designee • Meal card sales from The University of Alabama Department of Athletics. Each • Donations from football lettermen for football season officer, with the exception of the athletic director, serves for a two- tickets 3&4 year term from the date of his/her election. Any officer may serve • A-Club Classic golf events

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