THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING THE STAFF THE TEAM THE OPPONENTS THE HISTORY THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING Athletic Student Services (CASS), headed by Director of Athletic Academics Jon Dever. Dever is assisted by Heather Anders, who works hand in hand with the swimming and div- ing teams, - Fern Hampton, Erin Mishoe, Lisa Patrick, Tom Buttram and Brenda Elliott. Life Skills Director Karin Lee rounds out the CASS staff. Joining this group are seven graduate assis- tants and 55 part-time tutors. The Center for Athletic Student Services (CASS) moved into their new home in 2005. CASS' new home, the Paul W. Bryant Academic Center, is the crown jewel in Alabama’s $125 mil- lion Crimson Tradition building initiative. Through the auspices of the Crimson Tradition Fund, Alabama took its former athletic dorm and converted it into a 55,000-square foot state-of-the-art facility that benefits all 475-plus Crimson Tide student-athletes. Among the building's many amenities is a 48- The Paul W. Bryant Academic Center is the crown jewel in Alabama’s $113 million Crimson Tradition build- seat computer lab with brand new equipment. ing initiative. The computer lab also houses 25 laptop comput- ers that can be checked out by student-athletes for use on road trips. There are math, English, and Alabama’s Commitment to writing labs as well as individual study rooms. The athletic academic advisor offices are also housed in the building along with several study lounges, two 50 seat classrooms and a 140 seat classroom. The classrooms have cutting edge teaching devices, including digital overhead projectors and Academics "smart boards" that allow instructors to interact with students on the go. Throughout the building Head coach Eric McIlquham knows the That kind of balance between academic and there are 16 information stations that provide stu- importance of a top-notch education. The former athletic excellence has been evident throughout dent-athletes with news about tutorials, study ses- NCAA Champion also made the grade in the the Tide’s history. sions and even practice schedules. classroom, earning a prestigious NCAA The swimming and diving program earned From the moment a recruit first walks on to Postgraduate Scholarship, which he used to earn back-to-back-to-back Postgraduate Scholarships campus to the moment an athlete graduates with his Master’s Degree in exercise physiology from in the mid-90s when Amy DeVasher earned one diploma in hand, the academic services provided the University of Alabama in 1996. from the NCAA in 1996 and Ann-Sofie Joensson are outstanding. For the first year at the Capstone, “First and foremost, our athletes are getting brought an NCAA award back to the Capstone in freshmen and junior college transfers are required first rate educations,” McIlquham said. “They are 1997. Jill DeVasher completed the trifecta in 1998 to attend nightly study halls. After that, atten- going to swim fast and dive clean and we are winning and SEC scholarship, an award also dance is based on the individual’s GPA and study going to win meets, but make no mistake, aca- bestowed upon her sister, Amy DeVasher. needs. demics are priority one.” Amy DeVasher and Joensson were standout The CASS staff works as a liaison between the Alabama’s swimming and diving program is examples of balancing outstanding academics Athletics Department, undergraduate divisions, not only talking the talk about achieving a proper while competing at the highest level. Both women and administrative office of the university. The balance of education and athletics, it’s walking the where first team All-Americans in addition to staff offers career advice and counseling, makes walk. Case in point, senior Vlad Polyakov has won being academic all-stars. sure all athletes are maintaining satisfactory a World Championship in the 200 breaststroke, Diver Mark Rourke was Alabama Swimming progress toward their degrees, and monitors aca- finaled at the Olympic Games, won an NCAA and Diving’s first NCAA Postgraduate demic eligibility. The advisors also secure tutors Championship, won four SEC titles and set the Scholarship winner. In 1991, the five-time SEC and schedule study sessions. SEC 200 breaststroke record. In the classroom he Champion and the 1991 NCAA Runner-up off All of these services begin with the recruit’s has been just as impressive, twice earning a berth the one-meter, capped off his career by earning first visit. The advisors set up individual appoint- on the prestigious CoSIDA Academic All- the scholarship. ments within the department of the recruit’s area American at-large team. Mark Jollands earned four All-American hon- of study and accompany them to the meeting. Senior Guido Arroyo also earned a spot on ors in the pool and posted the fastest 500 freestyle They give the recruit a tour of the campus and go the CoSIDA Academic All-American at-large time in the conference as a senior in 2000. During over services provided by CASS. team and in 2005 diver Stewart Smith earned an that same time he posted a 3.96 grade point aver- The dedicated CASS staff can only give guid- SEC Postgraduate Scholarship as well as taking age, was named one of the athletic department’s ance and direction. Achievement is left in the third off the three-meter board at the NCAA Top-6 Senior Scholar-Athletes and earned an SEC hands of the student-athlete. If the athlete wishes Championships. Postgraduate Scholarship. to succeed in the classroom as they do in compe- Last season Alabama saw a combined 26 stu- McIlquham’s goal to increase this level of aca- tition, then Alabama’s CASS will provide them dent-athletes earn Academic All-SEC honors. The demic success is a lofty one, but he has a formida- with every opportunity to achieve their highest 13 men on the list was the most in program histo- ble ally on his side. goals. ry and it was the second year in a row that the One of the secrets behind the academic suc- women had 13 honorees. cess for Tide athletes is Alabama’s Center of 76 THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING THE HISTORY THE OPPONENTS THE TEAM THE STAFF THIS IS BAMA SWIMMING & DIVING Academic Honor Roll Alabama’s NCAA and SEC Postgraduate Scholarship Winners MARK ROURKE AMY DEVASHER ANN-SOFIE JOENSSON JILL DEVASHER MARK JOLLANDS STEWART SMITH NCAA - 1991 NCAA & SEC - 1996 NCAA - 1997 SEC - 1998 SEC - 2000 SEC - 2005 COSIDA ACADEMIC BETA GAMMA SIGMA LAMBDA SIGMA CAPSTONE COMMUNICATION 2003 Charles Reeves AUSTEN LEGRAND BENNETT ALL-AMERICAN 1997 Jill DeVasher 2005 Karissa Tuthill SOCIETY MEMORIAL James Willcox III UNDERGRADUATE 1998 Jill DeVasher Anna Lindberg ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP 2004 James Willcox INITIATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS 2005 Vlad Polyakov 2001 Mark Jollands MORTAR BOARD 2001 Katy Davidson 2005 Darren Erasmus Stewart Smith 2002 Grant Jollands 2005 Sonya Adams Stewart Smith GLADYS POE BUSINESS 2006 Guido Arroyo COLLEGE OF ARTS AND AWARD Vlad Polyakov BLUE KEY NATIONAL SOCIETY OF SCIENCES WOODROW ALVIN OUTSTANDING FINANCE 2005 Guido Arroyo 1995 Amy DeVasher COLLEGIATE SCHOLARS DAVIS FAMILY STUDENT- UNDERGRADUATES NCAA POSTGRADUATE 2004 Guido Arroyo ATHLETE AWARD 2002 Kat Bortenlanger BETTY LOOMIS SCHOLARSHIPS CARDINAL KEY Alison Lafevers 1998 Ann-Sofie Grant Jollands DISTINGUISHED STUDENT 1991 Mark Rourke 1996 Jill DeVasher Joensson 2003 Kat Bortenlanger SCHOLARSHIP AWARD 1996 Amy DeVasher OMICRON DELTA KAPPA Grant Jollands 2005 Darren Erasmus 1997 Ann-Sofie ETA KAPPA NU 1994 Amy DeVasher DEPT. OF ECONOMICS 2004 Kat Bortenlanger Joensson 1997 Alex Voris 1997 Jill DeVasher FINANCE AND LEGAL DR. LAURIS D. AND Ann-Sofie STUDIES ECONOMIC INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL JACQUELYN GRAVES NCAA FOUNDATION GAMMA BETA PHI Joensson FRESHMAN ACHIEVEMENT AND ELECTRONICS ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 1996 Dana Bleich 1998 Keri Coy AWARD ENGINEERS OUTSTANDING 2005 Jenna Hastreiter 2003 Adam Hall Jill DeVasher 1998 Mark Jollands STUDENT BRANCH AWARD Josh Luber PHI BETA KAPPA 2002 Oren Azrad JUSTICE PELHAM J. AND SEC POSTGRADUATE Francine Mathot 1996 Amy DeVasher DEPT. OF ECONOMICS GLADYS M. MERRILL SCHOLARSHIP 1997 Jen Buffington FINANCE AND LEGAL AUSTEN LEGRAND BENNETT ENDOWED UNDERGRADUATE 1996 Amy DeVasher Keri Coy PHI ETA SIGMA STUDIES ECONOMIC FACULTY III UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS 1996 Jill DeVasher Jenny Dudley 1995 Jill DeVasher AWARD INITIATIVE SCHOLARSHIPS 2005 JT Jones 2000 Mark Jollands Laura Lloyd Joaquim Ribeiro 1999 Mark Jollands 2003 JT Jones 2005 Stewart Smith 1999 Sara Burns 1997 Jenny Dudley 2005 Jenna Hastreiter PARISIAN INC. ENDOWED Kelly Coellner 1998 Nora Zhong DEPT. OF ECONOMICS UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE SEC ‘GOOD WORKS’ TEAM Brooke Donoho 1999 Kelly Coellner FINANCE AND LEGAL LOUIS DROLET LUCKIE SCHOLARSHIPS 2004 Sonya Adams 2000 Katy Davidson 2004 Andrea Bernthal STUDIES MURRAY HAVENS MEMORIAL ENDOWED 2005 JT Jones Kristen Francis Jenna Hastreiter AWARD SCHOLARSHIPS PAUL W. BRYANT STUDENT- Belinda Green 2005 Kim Singer 2000 Mark Jollands 2003 JT Jones EVELYN SANDERSON PARKER ATHLETE OF THE YEAR TJ Wolters Erin Sparks ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS 1995 Amy DeVasher 2001 Lainee Patterson OUTSTANDING ECONOMICS PROTECTIVE LIFE INSURANCE 2005 Jenna Hastreiter 2000 Mark Jollands 2003 Chris Flamion PHI KAPPA PHI UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT COMPANY INC. ENDOWED Ginny Trott 1996 Jill DeVasher 2000 Mark Jollands UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE LUCILE M. SMITH ENDOWED XXXI 2005 Stewart Smith SCHOLARSHIPS UNDERGRADUATE INITIATIVE 1995 Amy DeVasher PHI MU EPSILON DEPT. OF MANAGEMENT 2003 JT Jones SCHOLARSHIPS 1997 Jill DeVasher GOLDEN KEY 1996 Ann-Sofie RECOGNITION OF 2005 JT Jones 1996 Josh Luber Joensson EXCELLENCE IN PEARCE BEVILL LEESBURG & MORTAR BOARD 1997 Jill DeVasher SCHOLARSHIP MOORE ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT INFORMATION 1995 Amy DeVasher Ann-Sofie SIGMA ALPHA LAMBDA 1998 Jill DeVasher SCHOLARSHIPS SYSTEMS OUTSTANDING Joensson 2005 Crystal 1999 Brooke Donoho 2003 Jeff Smith JUNIOR ALPHA EPSILON RHO Ann Lindberg Rasmussen 2002 Charles Reeves 2005 Guido Arroyo 2002 Belinda Green 2001 Oren Azrad ECONOMICS FRESHMAN Katy Davidson SIGMA TAU DELTA DEPT.