2012-13 Women’s Golf
Information Guide
2012-13 Women’s Golf 2012-13 UAB Women’s Golf ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION (Area Code 205) Director of Athletics Brian Mackin........................................................ 934-0766 Senior Associate Athletics Director Shannon Ealy......................................................... 934-0766 Senior Associate AD/SWA Derita Ratcliffe....................................................... 934-0766 Associate AD/Financial Affairs Timothy Garner..................................................... 934-3986 Associate AD/Media Relations Norm Reilly........................................................... 934-0722 Associate AD/Student Support Services Danez Marrable Lockhart...................................... 996-9972 Associate AD/Ticket & Football Matt Wildt............................................................. 975-8216 Associate AD/Development Coleman Barnes..................................................... 996-5813 Associate AD/Compliance Corey Bray............................................................. 975-3051 Assistant AD/Athletic Operation & Facilities Reid Adair............................................................. 934-8154 Assistant AD/Athletic Training Mike Jones............................................................. 934-6013 Assistant AD/Development Brad Hardekopf..................................................... 996-5219 Assistant AD/Financial Affairs Dave Henze........................................................... 934-3040 Assistant AD/Marketing Brad Smith............................................................. 934-1239 Assistant AD/Sports Enhancement Dwayne Chandler.................................................. 975-2343
ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Associate AD/Media Relations Norm Reilly........................................................... 934-0722 Assistant Director Ben Warnick.......................................................... 934-0725 Assistant Director Tray Littlefield....................................................... 996-2576 Media Relations Assistant Taylor Hodge (Women’s Golf Contact)................ 934-0722 Media Relations Assistant Kathryn Roberts..................................................... 934-0720
TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents................................. 1 2012-13 Roster Information................. 2 Head Coach Kim Wilcox...................... 3 Lindsey Gipson..................................... 4 Kristin Lottman.................................... 5 Ana Martin........................................... 6 Amanda Richer..................................... 7 Jaime Ritter........................................... 8 Holly Robinson..................................... 9 Jessica Rouillard.................................. 10 Caitlin Watts...................................... 11 Margaret Yeh...................................... 12 2011-12 Results.................................. 13 Record Book..................................14-16
Administration...............................17-18 Conference USA................................. 19 UAB At A Glance..........................20-22 Gene Bartow....................................... 23 Proud Past, Bright Future..............24-26 Blazer Highlights................................ 27 UAB All-Americans............................. 28 Excellence at the Next Level................ 29 Academic Support..........................30-31 Sports Enhancement......................32-33 Sports Medicine.............................34-35 UAB In The Community...............36-37 Campus Rec........................................ 38 The Magic City................................... 39
UAB QUICK FACTS
Founded....................................................................................................... 1969 Enrollment............................................................................................... 17,543 National Affiliation................................................................. NCAA Division I Conference Affiliation............................................................... Conference USA President...................................................................................... Dr. Ray Watts Faculty Representative............................................................ Dr. Frank Messina Director of Athletics...................................................................... Brian Mackin Head Women’s Golf Coach............................................................. Kim Wilcox Career Record/Seasons................................................. 485-814-11/11th Season 2011-12 Overall Record.......................................................................... 56-67-1 2011 Conference USA Championship...................................................... 9th/10 Returning Letterwinners.................................................................................... 8 Newcomers....................................................................................................... 1
CREDITS The 2012-13 UAB women’s golf media guide is an official production of the UAB Athletic Media Relations Office. The guide was designed, written and edited by Taylor Hodge, Media Relations Assistant. Special thanks to UAB Printing Services. Editorial assistance provided by Aaron Jordan, Norm Reilly, and head coach Kim Wilcox. Cover and page design assistance provided by Provations Group, Nicholasville, Ky. Photography provided by Steve Wood,
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2012-13 Women’s Golf Roster Information
Top (Left to Right): Head Coach Kim Wilcox, Margaret Yeh, Lindsey Gipson, Jessica Rouillard, Jaime Ritter. Bottom: (Left to Right): Amanda Richey, Ana Martin, Caitlin Watts, Kristin Lottman, Holly Robinson.
2012-13 WOMEN’S GOLF ROSTER Name Lindsey Gipson Kristin Lottman Ana Martin Amanda Richey Jaime Ritter Holly Robinson Jessica Rouillard Caitlin Watts Margaret Yeh
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Hometown/Previous School Woodstock, Ga./Sequoyah HS Villa Hills, Ky./Notre Dame Academy Canary Islands,Spain/Teresiano HS Rainbow City, Ala./Gadsden City HS Davie, Fla./Miami (Fla.) Sligo, Ireland/Sligo Grammar School Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS LaGrange, Ga./Auburn Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth HS
Head Coach: Kim Wilcox (11th Season) Assistant Coach: Alan Murray
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2012-13 Women’s Golf Head Coach
KIM WILCOX HEAD COACH | 11TH SEASON | AUBURN ’81 The 2011-12 campaign marked the 10th for Kim Wilcox as head coach of the UAB women’s golf program as the Blazers added three top-3 tournament finishes and one individual medalist to their list of accomplishments. Under Wilcox’s guidance in 2011-12, Caitlin Watts turned in one of the best seasons by a UAB women’s golfer in recent history. Watts finished among the top 3 in three events and claimed medalist honors at the Belmont Invitational, marking the ninth tournament title for a Wilcox-coached player at UAB. As a team, the 2011-12 Blazers tied for second place at the CSU Wendy’s Invitational to go along with a pair of third-place finishes at their own UAB Fall Beach Blast and the Belmont Invite. Though UAB came up short of a team title last season, Wilcox has led the Blazers to three of the six tournament crowns in program history while also overseeing a program in strong academic standing. UAB women’s golfers have been named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 38 times and received the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal 17 times during her tenure. In 2011, senior Carolyn Cochran became the first UAB women’s golfer ever named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team. A two-time member of the C-USA All-Academic Team, Cochran was also selected in 2011 as the league’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s golf. Cochran was the second golfer under Wilcox to be named the league’s top scholar-athlete. Brooke Mangan, the most accomplished player in school history, also won the award in 2004-05. Under Wilcox’s guidance, Mangan became the first NCAA Regional participant in program history when she competed in the 2005 tournament. Mangan -- a member of the C-USA All-Decade Team for the first 10 years of the league -- also became the first three-time all-conference selection for the Blazers, twice earning third-team honors before closing her career with first-team recognition in 2004-05. Wilcox also coached Janey Deimling to third-team all-conference honors in the 2004-05 campaign. That same season, UAB cracked the top 25 percent of the Golfstat Division I rankings. Just two years earlier, the Blazers were in the bottom half of the rankings, but a strong 2004 fall season had UAB at No. 62 heading into the spring of 2005. UAB won a team title in its first year under Wilcox, taking first place at the 2003 Lady Jaguar Spring Invitational in Mobile, Ala., where UAB’s Katie Kane was the individual medalist. The Blazers have since added tournament championships at the 2004 Miss Louis Season Opener and the 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, both played in Hattiesburg, Miss. In the program’s 18-year history prior to Wilcox’s arrival, only three UAB women’s golfers had claimed individual tournament titles. Since she took over before the 2002-03 season, Blazer women’s golfers have won a total of nine medalist honors.
Mangan, the winningest player in program history, won three titles in her career -- the 2004 Samford Intercollegiate, the 2004 Lady Panther Intercollegiate and the 2005 Buffalo Rock Southern Shootout. Deimling took medalist honors at the 2005 Miss Louis Season Opener, and Christina Wentworth won the 2006 Cincinnati Spring Invitational. Wilcox, who also serves as executive director of the Birmingham Golf Association, has compiled a 485814-11 head-to-head record in her first 10 seasons as UAB’s head coach. Wilcox began her collegiate golf career by playing on scholarship at Auburn. From there, she became an office manager at Micro National, Inc., from 1983-91, where she was responsible for accounting and bookkeeping functions.
THE WILCOX FILE Wilcox Year-by-Year Year Record 2002-03 65-70-0 2003-04 76-67-1 2004-05 66-60-2 2005-06 18-80-1 2006-07 59-89-3 2007-08 32-82-3 2008-09 26-102 2009-10 29-96 2010-11 58-101 2011-12 56-67-1 10 Years 485-814-11
Conference Finish 8th of 9 T-6th of 9 8th of 10 T-8th of 9 9th of 9 8th of 9 9th of 10 10th of 10 10th of 10 9th of 10
Date of Hire: August 12, 2002
In 1991, the Birmingham, Ala., native became the club manager and golf pro at the Pine Harbor Golf and Racquet Club in Pell City, Ala. While at Pine Harbor from 1991-99, Wilcox was responsible for the operation of the country club, writing and publishing the monthly newsletter and dayto-day operations. Under her direction, membership grew from 270 to 400. In 1999, Wilcox left Pine Harbor to become the executive director at the Birmingham Golf Association. Her responsibilities include tournament operations, media relations and an extensive junior golf tour each summer with 200 children. While with the Birmingham Golf Association, Wilcox also worked as the media relations and junior golf coordinator for the Dixie Section of the PGA, where she was responsible for running the junior golf program for more than 300 children annually. Wilcox also completed an internship at the Alabama Golf Association.
Coaching Experience: 1991-99: Head pro, Pine Harbor Golf and Racquet Club 1996-98 : LPGA Clinics Instructor (Atlanta, Ga.) 1999-present: Exec. Director of the B’ham Golf Association 2000: Internship at the Alabama Golf Association 2000-02: Jr. Golf Coordinator for Dixie Section of PGA 2002-present: Head Coach - UAB Women’s Golf
A four-year letterwinner at Auburn, Wilcox was the runner-up in the Alabama State Women’s Amateur Championship in 1988 and won over 50 tournaments as a junior golfer. She also earned Achievement Certificates in Rules and Tournament Administration from the USGA/PGA in 1993 and taught at Gillette LPGA Clinics in Atlanta from 1996-98. She currently conducts annual local junior clinics.
Playing Experience: 1977-81: A uburn University - Four-year letterwinner
Wilcox -- who later completed her degree requirements at UAB -- and her husband, Bill, have two children, Sarah and Will.
Heading into the 2012-13 season, UAB has had an individual tournament winner in three straight seasons. Cochran won the 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast, while Jaime Ritter took medalist honors at the 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate before Watts claimed the title at the 2012 Belmont Invitational.
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Sarah graduated from Auburn with a nursing degree and is now enrolled in graduate school at Vanderbilt. Will has played professional golf since 2009, posting four combined wins on the Canadian and Hooters tours. After ranking 36th on the Nationwide Tour money list in 2011, Will is a fully exempt member of the tour for 2012.
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2012-13 Women’s Golf LINDSEY
GIPSON Sr. | Woodstock, Ga. (Sequoyah High School) Junior Season (2011-12) - Played in four tournaments, all during the spring season, and 11 total rounds ... maintained an 84.00 stroke average ... had her best round of the year with an 80 on day two at the Belmont Invitational (April 2-3), where she competed as an individual ... finished the two-round event with a score of 162 to place 19th, marking the best finish of her career ... best career 54-hole score came with a 248 at the Samford Intercollegiate (April 9-10) ... earned a spot in the lineup for the season-ending Conference USA Championship ... named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Sophomore Season (2010-11) - Played in four tournaments for UAB ... logged an 84.78 stroke average over nine rounds ... her best outing occurred during the CSU Wendy’s Invitational, where she shot rounds of 81 and 84 to finish the 36-hole event with a score of 165 (tied for 38th) ... finished tied for 37th at the UAB Fall Beach Blast ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
Freshman Season (2009-10) - Made one appearance for the Blazers, competing at the UAB Fall Beach Blast ... finished tied for 49th with a 36-hole total of 161, including a low round of 79 ... named
High School - Played under head coach Katey Lockrem at Sequoyah High School ... led the Chiefs to four consecutive county championships ... won the region tournament as a junior ... earned back-to-back all-county honors in 2007 and 2008 ... also served as an officer for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as a senior ... served on the yearbook staff as copy editor as a senior. Personal - Lindsey Gipson ... born May 23, 1991 in Atlanta, Ga. ... daughter of Mike and Linda Gipson ... majoring in business management. Lindsey Gipson’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2009-10 1 2 161 80.50 79 0 0 2010-11 4 9 763 84.78 81 0 0 2011-12 4 11 924 84.00 80 0 1 Totals 9 22 1848 84.00 79 0 1 Best Finish: T-19 - 2012 Belmont Invitational Low Round: 79 - 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast Low 36-Hole Score: 161 - 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast Low 54-Hole Score: 248 - 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Year-by-Year Tournament Log Junior Season (2011-12) UC Spring Invitational Belmont Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Conference USA Championship Sophomore Season (2010-11) CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Women’s Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast USA Lady Jaguar Invitational Freshman Season (2009-10) UAB Fall Beach Blast
T-87th 19th T-49th T-46th
85-85-85 82-80 82-85-81 86-90-83
255 (+42) 162 (+18) 248 (+32) 259 (+43)
T-38 74 T-37 T-53
81-84 88-84 83-85 83-84-91
165 (+23) 172 (+30) 168 (+24) 258 (+42)
Finish T-49
Rounds 82-79
Total 161 (+17)
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2012-13 Women’s Golf KRISTIN
LOTTMAN R-Sr. | Villa Hills, Ky. (Notre Dame Academy) Junior Season (2011-12) - Played in one event, competing in the Samford Intercollegiate (April 9-10) ... shot a 54-hole score of 255 to tie for 56th place ... matched her career-best round with an 81 in the final round ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal. Redshirt season (2010-11) - Did not play and was redshirted ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal. Sophomore season (2009-10) - Recorded a career-best round of 81 at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate to open the season ... matched her low round of 81 at the UAB Fall Beach Blast ... shot a 54-hole total of 265, career-best, at the UCF Spring Invitational ... appeared in five tournaments during the season ... earned the C-USA Academic Medal ... named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Freshman season (2008-09) - Played in three events during her first season with the Blazers ... her best round of the year was an 82, which came during the second round of the UAB Fall Beach Blast ... also recorded her best 36-hole score of the season at the Beach Blast with a 169 ... her lone 54-hole score of the year was a 272 at the Lady Rebel Intercollegiate ... earned the C-USA Academic Medal ... named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. High School - Played for head coach Cynthia Rorer at Notre Dame Academy in Park Hills, Ky. .... was honored as a member of the all-state team for four straight years ... helped her team to four regional championships ... made four appearances in the state championship tournament ... was a four-year member of the All-Northern Kentucky Athletic Conference team, including being named the league’s MVP in 2006 ... was also an Academic All-State honoree for four years. Personal - Born on November 23, 1989 in Cincinnati Ohio ... daughter of Jim and Karen Lottman ... majoring in biomedical engineering. Kristin Lottman’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2008-09 3 7 624 89.14 82 0 0 2009-10 5 11 955 86.82 81 0 0 2010-11 ----- Redshired ----2011-12 1 3 255 85.00 81 0 0 Totals 9 21 1834 87.33 81 0 0 Best Finish: T-53 - 2009 Wendy’s Invitational Low Round: 81 - 3 times; most recently at the 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Low 36-Hole Score: 164 - 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast Low 54-Hole Score: 255 - 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Year-by-Year Tournament Log Junior Season (2011-12) Samford Intercollegiate
T-56th
87-87-81
255 (+39)
Sophomore season (2009-10) Great Smokies Intercollegiate Wendy’s Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast USA Lady Jaguar Invitational UC Spring Invitational
T-90 T-53 T-54 78 94
81 88-83 83-81 89-91-94 85-91-89
81 (+9) 171 (+29) 164 (+20) 274 (+58) 265 (+49)
Freshman Season (2008-09) UAB Fall Beach Bash Samford Intercollegiate Lady Rebel Intercollegiate
Finish T-63 T-74 75
Rounds 87-82 89-94 96-87-89
Total 169 (+25) 183 (+39) 272 (+56)
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MARTIN Sr. | Canary Islands, Spain (Teresiano High School) Junior Season (2011-12) - Competed in eight of UAB’s 10 tournaments and 18 total rounds ... had a stroke average of 83.28 ... best finish of the year came when she tied for 15th at the Belmont Invitational (April 2-3) with a 36-hole score of 160 ... lowest 36-hole score came with a 153 in the season-opening Great Smokies Intercollegiate (Sept. 19-20) ... posted her two best rounds of the season at that event with a first-round 77 and a second-round 76. Sophomore season (2010-11) - Played in six tournaments for UAB ... tied for 10th at the Belmont Invitational with a 7-over par 79 ... tied for 21st at the UAB Fall Beach Blast with a 36-hole total of 159 ... shot a season-best 75 in the first round of the C-USA Championship. Freshman season (2009-10) - Competed in seven tournaments during the season, finishing as the Blazers’ top performer in two ... managed an 83.26 stroke average over 19 total rounds … recorded her best finish of the season (T-31) at the Samford Intercollegiate … part of the UAB lineup at the Conference USA Championship, where she recorded a career-best 54-hole total of 236. High School - Participated in her first national tournament, the Spain National Senior Championship, in 2007 ... won 16 tournaments from 2006-08 ... averaged a 77.56 over 27 rounds in 2008 ... played in the Spain National Puntuable Under 18 Championship in 2008 ... began her golf career at age 14. Personal - Born April 20, 1991 in Canary Islands, Spain ... daughter of Arsenio and Ana Martin ... majoring in marketing. Ana Martin’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2009-10 7 19 1582 83.26 76 0 0 2010-11 6 13 1091 83.92 75 1 1 2011-12 8 18 1449 80.50 76 0 1 Totals 21 50 4122 82.44 75 1 2 Best Finish: T-10 - 2011 Belmont Invitational Low Round: 75 - 2011 Conference USA Championship Low 36-Hole Score: 153 - 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low 54-Hole Score: 236 - 2010 Conference USA Championship Year-by-Year Tournament Log Junior Season (2011-12) Great Smokies Intercollegiate CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational Belmont Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Sophomore Season (2010-11) Great Smokies Intercollegiate USF-Waterlefe Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast Belmont Invitational Baylor Spring Invitational Conference USA Championship Freshman Season (2009-10) Great Smokies Intercollegiate USF-Waterlefe Invitational USA Lady Jaguar Invitational Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate Samford Intercollegiate UC Spring Invitational Conference USA Championship
T-63rd T-50th 62nd T-33rd T-47th T-63rd T-15th 58th
77-76 79-82 87-81-85 85-83 81-83 86-88 82-78 88-85-93
153 (+9) 161 (+19) 253 (+40) 168 (+24) 164 (+20) 174 (+30) 160 (+16) 266 (+50)
T-66 99 T-21 T-10 T-83 48
81-87 89-89-87 80-79 79 88-82 75-93-82
168 (+24) 265 (+49) 159 (+15) 79 (+7) 170 (+28) 250 (+34)
Finish 98 87 T-34 T-67 T-31 T-80 40
Rounds 82 95-86-93 82-81-79 88-84-80 84-80-80 84-88-80 81-76-79
Total 82 (+10) 274 (+58) 242 (+26) 252 (+36) 244 (+28) 252 (+36) 236 (+23)
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RICHEY R-So. | Rainbow City, Ala. (Gadsden City High School) Freshman Season (2011-12) - Competed in two tournaments for UAB ... had a stroke average of 83.00 over five rounds of play ... shot back-to-back rounds of 80 in the first event of the season at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate (Sept. 19-20) ... competed in the Samford Intercollegiate (April 9-10) as an individual and recorded a 54-hole total of 255 to tie for 56th place. Redshirt Season (2010-11) - Did not play and was redshirted. High School - Finished tied for third at the Alabama Class 6A, Section 3 tournament as a senior ... led Gadsden City High School to a third-place finish ... placed second at the Gadsden Area Girls High School Golf Tournament in 2010. Personal - Born July 14, 1992 in Gadsden, Ala. ... daughter of Steve and Deborah Richey ... majoring in civil engineering.
Amanda Richey’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2011-12 2 5 415 83.00 80 0 0 Totals 2 5 415 83.00 80 0 0 Best Finish: T-56th - 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Low Round: 80 - twice, most recently at the 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low 36-Hole Score: 160 - 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low 54-Hole Score: 255 - 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Year-by-Year Tournament Log Freshman Season (2011-12) Great Smokies Intercollegiate Samford Intercollegiate
Finish T-102nd T-56th
Rounds 80-80 81-87-87
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Total 160 (+16) 255 (+39)
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RITTER Sr. | Davie, Fla. (Miami [Fla.]) Junior Season (2011-12) - Competed in all 10 tournaments and all 24 rounds for the Blazers ... finished with the team’s second-best stroke average at 78.13, matching her average from the previous season ... placed in the top 25 of seven events ... had her best finish of the season with a 10th-place showing at the UAB Beach Blast (Oct. 31-Nov. 1), where she helped the Blazers to a third-place showing as a team ... posted her lowest 18-hole score (73) and lowest 36-hole mark (150) of the season at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate (Sept. 19-20), the first tournament of the year ... best 54-hole score came at the UC Spring Invitational (March 23-25), where she carded a 230 to tie for 22nd ... tied for 21st at the Conference USA Championship with a 54-hole score of 232 ... her 74 on the last day of the tournament was the seventh-best final-round score by any player in the tournament. Sophomore (2010-11) - Won her first ever event as a Blazer, firing a 36-hole score of 140 to claim medalist honors at the season-opening Great Smokies Intercollegiate ... shot her career-best round with a 69 on the first day of the tournament ... played in 10 of UAB’s 11 tournaments on the season and finished in the top 10 five times (Great Smokies Intercollegiate, CSU Wendy’s Invitational, Memphis Women’s Invitational, USA Lady Jaguar Invitational and Belmont Invitational) ... posted 10 consecutive rounds of 77 or better during the middle of the season. Freshman season (2009-10) at Miami (Fla.) - Member of the Miami Hurricanes’ women’s golf team ... participated in three tournaments ... shot her best round, a 79, at the Eat-A-Peach Collegiate. High School - Lettered four years at Archbishop McCarthy High School in the Miami area and served as co-captain all four years ... set school record and 2007 county record for lowest nine-hole round with a 33 ... set school record for 18 holes in 2007 with a 72 ... made all-county team from 2005-08 ... district champion in 2007 and 2008 and district runner-up in 2006 ... made Top 6 All-State Team in 2008 ... finished 13th of 87 at state finals in 2007 and 11th of 87 at state finals in 2006 ... helped lead Archbishop McCarthy to fourth-place finishes at state championships as a junior and senior. Personal - Born June 9, 1991 in Davie, Fla. ... daughter of Doug and Liz Ritter ... majoring in English. Jaime Ritter’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2009-10* 4 11 936 85.09 79 0 0 2010-11 10 24 1875 78.13 69 5 6 2011-12 10 24 1875 78.13 73 1 7 Totals 24 59 4686 79.42 69 6 13 Career Best Finish: 1st - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low Round: 69 - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low 36-Hole Score: 140 - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low 54-Hole Score: 225 - 2011 Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate Year-by-Year Tournament Log Junior Season (2011-12) Great Smokies Intercollegiate CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational Belmont Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Conference USA Championship
Finish T-42nd T-15th T-41st 10th T-18th T-21st T-22nd 18th T-36th T-21st
Rounds 73-77 78-74 79-82-80 80-79 80-75 75-83 75-76-79 81-80 82-78-77 78-80-74
Total 150 (+6) 152 (+10) 241 (+28) 159 (+15) 155 (+11) 158 (+14) 230 (+14) 161 (+17) 237 (+21) 232 (+16)
Sophomore Season (2010-11) Great Smokies Intercollegiate 1st USF-Waterlefe Invitational T-77th CSU Wendy’s Invitational T-7th Memphis Women’s Invitational T-7th USA Lady Jaguar Invitational T-10th Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate T-20th UC Spring Invitational T-59th Belmont Invitational T-8th Baylor Spring Invitational T-88th Conference USA Championship T-36th
69-71 83-87-78 75-77 77-76 77-77-77 77-73-75 81-78-78 78 86-85 82-78-80
140 (-4) 248 (+32) 152 (+10) 153 (+11) 231 (+15) 225 (+9) 237 (+21) 78 (+6) 171 (+29) 240 (+24)
Freshman Season (2009-10) - at Miami (Fla.) Duramed Cougar Classic 87th Eat A Peach Invitational T-59th Lady Pirate Intercollegiate T-80th Palmetto Intercollegiate 90th
82-82-81 79-89 82-89-89 92-82-89
245 (+29) 168 (+24) 260 (+47) 263 (+4
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ROBINSON So. | Sligo, North Ireland (Sligo Grammar School) Freshman Season (2010-11) - Competed in all 10 tournaments and all 24 rounds for UAB ... her 80.13 scoring average was third-best on the team ... posted four top-25 finishes ... tied for seventh at the CSU Wendy’s Invitational (Oct. 17-18) for her best finish of the season and helped UAB to a second-place showing as a team ... recorded two of her three best rounds at that event with a first-round 74 and a second-round 75 on the way to her best 36-hole score of the season at 149 ... tied for 11th at the UAB Beach Blast (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) ... best single-round score was a 72 at the season-opening Great Smokies Intercollegiate (Sept. 19-20) ... fired her season-best 54-hole score with a 236 at the Memphis Invitational (Oct. 24-25) ... part of the UAB lineup at the Conference USA Championship ... named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Pre-UAB - Attended Sligo Grammar School in Sligo, Ireland ... played out of County Sligo Golf Club at Rosses Point ... part of teams that won provincial championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... helped team to the All-Ireland semifinals in 2010. Personal - Holly Robinson ... born Aug. 5, 1993 in Northern Ireland ... daughter of Jim and Maggie Robinson ... has one brother, Scott ... majoring in art.
Holly Robinson’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2011-12 10 24 1923 80.13 72 1 4 Totals 10 24 1923 80.13 72 1 4 Best Finish: T-7th - 2011 CSU Wendy’s Invitational Low Round: 72 - 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate Low 36-Hole Score: 149 - 2011 CSU Wendy’s Invitational Low 54-Hole Score: 236 - 2011 Memphis Invitational Year-by-Year Tournament Log Freshman Season (2011-12) Great Smokies Intercollegiate CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational Belmont Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Conference USA Championship
Finish T-46th T-7th T-27th T-11th T-20th T-34th T-73rd T-24th 46th T-43rd
Rounds 79-72 74-75 77-78-81 76-84 80-76 81-81 87-83-77 80-84 81-84-79 87-80-87
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Total 151 (+7) 149 (+7) 236 (+23) 160 (+16) 156 (+12) 162 (+18) 247 (+31) 164 (+20) 244 (+28) 254 (+38)
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2012-13 Women’s Golf JESSICA
ROUILLARD Fr.. | Auburn, Ala. (Auburn High School) High School - Helped lead Auburn High School to the 2010 Alabama State Championship title as a sophomore ... was also a member of the Alabama State runner-up squad in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012 ... claimed the Auburn Invitational as a junior and senior, as well as the Alma Bryant Invitational during her senior campaign. Personal - Jessica Nicole Rouillard ... born June 27, 1994 in Hilton Head, S.C. ... daughter of Pete and Terri Rouillard ... majoring in biology.
Jessica Rouillard’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2012-13 Freshman Season Totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Best Finish: N/A Low Round: N/A Low 36-Hole Score: N/A Low 54-Hole Score: N/A
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WATTS Jr. | LaGrange, Ga. (Auburn Univ.) Sophomore Season (2011-12) - Led UAB with a 76.29 stroke average ... competed in all 10 events and all 24 rounds for the Blazers ... posted her first career victory with a 36-hole score of 149 at the Belmont Invitational (April 2-3), marking one of three top-3 finishes on the season ... named Conference USA Women’s Golfer of the Week for her performance ... tied for second at the South Alabama Invitational (Feb. 27-28) with a 36-hole score of 148 and tied for third at the UAB Beach Blast (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) with a 36-hole mark of 151 ... finished among the top 25 in eight tournaments and among the top 10 four times ... tied for seventh at the Conference USA Championship, marking the best finish by a UAB golfer at the event since 2008 ... was the 18-hole leader at the tournament after a career-best round of 2-under par 70 ... also posted her career-best 36-hole (146) and 54-hole (224) scores at the championship. Freshman Season (2010-11) - Enrolled at UAB in January 2011 as a transfer from Auburn, where she did not see action in the fall ... competed in two tournaments for the Blazers during the spring season ... had a stroke average of 86.40 over five rounds ... shot a season-best round of 83 at the Administaff
Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate.
High School - A four-time regional champion and 2008 Georgia State Champion out of LaGrange High School ... was also the 2009 state runner-up and was a two-time all-state selection ... in junior competition, Watts was a seven-time champion on the Southeastern Junior Tour ... finished ninth at the AJGA Ringgold Junior Classic ... finished second at the 2009 GSGA Girls Junior and qualified for the 2009 Georgia vs. South Carolina Challenge Match. Personal - Caitlin Elizabeth Watts ... born July 28, 1992 in LaGrange, Ga. ... daughter of Billy and Cara Watts ... has one brother, Ryan ... major is undecided. Caitlin Watts’ Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2010-11 2 5 432 86.40 83 0 0 2011-12 10 24 1831 76.29 70 4 8 Totals 12 29 2263 78.03 70 4 8 Season Best Finish: 1st - 2012 Belmont Invitational Low Round: 70 - 2012 Conference USA Championship Low 36-Hole Score: 146 - 2012 Conference USA Championship Low 54-Hole Score: 224 - 2012 Conference USA Championship Year-by-Year Tournament Log Sophomore Season (2011-12) Great Smokies Intercollegiate CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational Belmont Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Conference USA Championship
T-21st T-15th T-35th T-3rd T-2nd T-12th T-36th 1st T-11th T-7th
Freshman Season (2010-11) Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate UC Spring Invitational
T-87th 91-83-86 260 (+44) 119th DNF-88-84
74-74 74-78 79-81-79 73-78 73-75 73-82 77-82-77 74-75 77-76-76 70-76-78
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2012-13 Women’s Golf MARGARET
YEH So. | Cumming, Ga. (West Forsyth, High School) Freshman Season (2011-12) - Played in the final nine of UAB’s 10 events and 21 total rounds ... maintained a stroke average of 81.29 ... tied for 19th place at the UAB Beach Blast (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) and 21st at the Lady Eagle Invitational (March 12-13) ... fired her best round in her first round of the season with a 75 at the CSU Wendy’s Invitational (Oct. 17-18) and later matched it in the second round of the Samford Intercollegiate (April 9-10) ... also had her best 36-hole score (155) and best 54-hole mark (241) at the Samford event ... competed as part of the UAB lineup at the Conference USA Championship ... named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal. High School - Helped West Forsyth to a region championship and a state runner-up finish as a senior in 2011 ... an all-county selection by the Forsyth County News ... took medalist honors at the 2009 region tournament and finished eighth in the 2009 state tournament ... won the 2010 Georgia PGA Junior Championship ... also won the 2010 North Georgia Junior Open ... competed on the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour ... attended Georgia Girls State and was selected as one of two senators out of 375 girls to represent the state of Georgia at Girls Nation. Personal - Margaret Yeh ... born April 24, 1993 in Atlanta, Ga. ... daughter of Peter and Elena Yeh ... majoring in medical distribution.
Margaret Yeh’s Career Statistics Year Events Rds. Strokes Avg. Low Rd. Top 10 Top 20 2011-12 9 21 1707 81.29 75 0 2 Totals 9 21 1707 81.29 75 0 2 Career Best Finish: T-19 - 2011 UAB Beach Blast Low Round: 75 - twice, most recent 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Low 36-Hole Score: 155 - 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Low 54-Hole Score: 241 - 2012 Samford Intercollegiate Year-by-Year Tournament Log Freshman Season (2011-12) CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational Belmont Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Conference USA Championship
Finish T-54th T-52nd T-19th T-36th T-21st T-77th T-31st 44th 50th
Rounds 75-87 83-86-79 80-83 83-77 80-78 79-81-88 83-86 80-75-86 DQ-79-79
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2012-13 Women’s Golf 2011-12 Results 2011-12 UAB WOMEN’S GOLF TOURNAMENT RESULTS Great Smokies Intercollegiate Waynesville Inn Golf Resort | Waynesville, N.C. - Sept. 19-20 Par-72, 5,932 yards | Finish: 12th of 23 Champion: Eastern Kentucky Player 1st 2nd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 74 74 148 T-21st of 124 Jaime Ritter 73 77 150 T-42nd of 124 Holly Robinson 79 72 151 T-46th of 124 Ana Martin 77 76 153 T-63rd of 124 Amanda Richey 80 80 160 T-102nd of 124 TEAM 303 299 602 12th of 23
UC Spring Invitational Plantation Golf Resort | Crystal River, Fla. - March 23-25 Par-72, 6,026 yards | Finish: 14th of 19 Champion: Florida International Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Jaime Ritter 75 76 79 230 T-22nd of 104 Caitlin Watts 77 82 77 236 T-36th of 104 Holly Robinson 87 83 77 247 T-73rd of 104 Margaret Yeh 79 81 88 248 T-77th of 104 Lindsey Gipson 85 85 85 255 T-87th of 104 TEAM 316 322 318 956 14th of 19
CSU Wendy’s Invitational Coosaw Creek Country Club | Charleston, S.C. - Oct. 17-18 Par-71, 6,596 yards | Finish: T-2nd of 16 Champion: Marshall Player 1st 2nd Total Finish Holly Robinson 74 75 149 T-7th of 86 Caitlin Watts 74 78 152 T-15th of 86 Jaime Ritter 78 74 152 T-15th of 86 Ana Martin 79 82 161 T-50th of 86 Margaret Yeh 75 87 162 T-54th of 86 TEAM 301 309 610 T-2nd of 16
Belmont Invitational Old Hickory Country Club | Old Hickory, Tenn. - April 2-3 Par-72, 5,983 yards | Finish: 3rd of 7 Champion: Belmont Player 1st 2nd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 74 75 149 1st of 45 Ana Martin 82 78 160 T-15th of 45 Jaime Ritter 81 80 161 18th of 45 Holly Robinson 80 84 164 T-24th of 45 Margaret Yeh 83 86 169 T-31st of 45 TEAM 317 317 634 3rd of 7 * Lindsey Gipson 82 80 162 19th of 45
Memphis Women’s Invitational Ridgeway Country Club | Germantown, Tenn. - Oct. 24-25 Par-71, 6,150 yards | Finish: 11th of 12 Champion: Samford Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Holly Robinson 77 78 81 236 T-27th of 69 Caitlin Watts 79 81 79 239 T-35th of 69 Jaime Ritter 79 82 80 241 T-41st of 69 Margaret Yeh 83 86 79 248 T-52nd of 69 Ana Martin 87 81 85 253 62nd of 69 TEAM 318 322 319 959 11th of 12 UAB Fall Beach Blast Peninsula Golf and Racquet Club | Gulf Shores, Ala. - Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Par-72, 6,050 yards | Finish: 3rd of 11 Champion: Memphis Player 1st 2nd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 73 78 151 T-3rd of 59 Jaime Ritter 80 79 159 10th of 59 Holly Robinson 76 84 160 T-11th of 59 Margaret Yeh 80 83 163 T-19th of 59 Ana Martin 85 83 168 T-33rd of 59 TEAM 309 323 632 3rd of 11 South Alabama Women’s Invitational Azalea City Golf Club | Mobile, Ala. - Feb. 27-28 Par-72, 6,071 yards | Finish: 6th of 13 Champion: South Alabama Player 1st 2nd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 73 75 148 T-2nd of 71 Jaime Ritter 80 75 155 T-18th of 71 Holly Robinson 80 76 156 T-20th of 71 Margaret Yeh 83 77 160 T-36th of 71 Ana Martin 81 83 164 T-47th of 71 TEAM 314 303 617 6th of 13
Samford Intercollegiate Limestone Springs Golf Club | Oneonta, Ala. - April 9-10 Par-72, 6,039 yards | Finish: 9th of 9 Champion: Troy Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 77 76 76 229 T-11th of 58 Jaime Ritter 82 78 77 237 T-36th of 58 Lindsey Gipson 82 85 81 248 T-49th of 58 Kristin Lottman 87 87 81 255 T-56th of 58 Ana Martin 88 85 93 266 58th of 58 TEAM 328 324 315 967 9th of 9 * Margaret Yeh 80 75 86 241 44th of 58 * Holly Robinson 81 84 79 244 46th of 58 * Amanda Richey 81 87 87 255 T-56th of 58 Conference USA Championship Peninsula Golf & Racquet Club | Gulf Shores, Ala. - April 23-25 Par-72, 6,246 yards | Finish: 9th of 10 Champion: Tulsa Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 70 76 78 224 T-7th of 50 Jaime Ritter 78 80 74 232 T-21st of 50 Holly Robinson 87 80 87 254 T-43rd of 50 Lindsey Gipson 86 90 83 259 46th of 50 Margaret Yeh DQ 79 79 DQ 50th of 50 TEAM 321 315 314 950 9th of 10 * Competed as an individual, did not count toward team score.
Lady Eagle Invitational Hattiesburg Country Club | Hattiesburg, Miss. - March 12-13 Par-72, 6,143 yards | Finish: 8th of 14 Champion: Troy Player 1st 2nd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 73 82 155 T-12th of 76 Jaime Ritter 75 83 158 T-21st of 76 Margaret Yeh 80 78 158 T-21st of 76 Holly Robinson 81 81 162 T-34th of 76 Ana Martin 86 88 174 T-63rd of 76 TEAM 309 324 633 8th of 14
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2012-13 Women’s Golf Record Book Women’s Golf Team Titles 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/2-3/07, 1st of 8 (302-294-303=899) 2004 Miss Louis Season Opener, Hattiesburg, Miss., 2/11/04, 1st of 4 (313-318=631) 2003 Lady Jaguar Spring Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 3/10-11/03, 1st of 7 (314-312=636) 2002 BSC Southern Shootout, Birmingham, Ala., 2/18-19/02, 1st of 13 (335-332=667) 1998 Lady Ram Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 10/18-19/98, 1st of 7 (319-331=650) 1997 Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/8-10/97, 1st of 5 (303-305=608)
UAB Women’s Golf Year-by-Year Year Head Coach Record 1984-85 Joann Beddow --- 1985-86 Joann Beddow --1986-87 Joann Beddow --1987-88 Joann Beddow --1988-89 Joann Beddow --1989-90 Joann Beddow --1990-01 Pam Kaufman --1991-92 Pam Kaufman --1992-93 Shelly Liddick --1993-94 Tim Mahoney --1994-95 Calli Sanders --1995-96 Calli Sanders --1996-97 Mary Ritchie 73-51-1 1997-98 Mary Ritchie 60-55-1 1998-99 Gwen Merritt 113-36-2 1999-2000 Gwen Merritt 71-79-2 2000-01 Gwen Merritt 52-78-1 2001-02 Gwen Merritt 81-64-2 2002-03 Kim Wilcox 65-70-0 2003-04 Kim Wilcox 76-67-1 2004-05 Kim Wilcox 66-60-2 2005-06 Kim Wilcox 18-80-1 2006-07 Kim Wilcox 59-89-3 2007-08 Kim Wilcox 32-82-3 2008-09 Kim Wilcox 26-102 2009-10 Kim Wilcox 29-96 2010-11 Kim Wilcox 58-101 2011-12 Kim Wilcox 56-67-1 27 Years Eight Coaches 935-1,177-20 (.443) Since 1996-97
Women’s Golf Individual Titles 2011-12 Caitlin Watts 2012 Belmont Invitational, Old Hickory, Tenn., 4/2-3/12 2010-11 Jaime Ritter 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/18-19/10 2009-10 Carolyn Cochran 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/2-3/09 2005-06 Christina Wentworth 2006 Cincinnati Spring Invitational, Crystal Lake, Fla., 3/24-25 2004-05 Brooke Mangan 2005 Buffalo Rock Southern Shootout, McCalla, Ala., 2/28-3/1/05 Janey Deimling 2005 Miss Louis Season Opener, Hattiesburg, Miss., 2/11/05 Brooke Mangan 2004 Lady Panther Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/25-26/04 2003-04 Brooke Mangan 2004 Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala., 3/22-23/04 2002-03 Katie Kane 2003 Lady Jaguar Spring Invitational, 3/10-11/03 2000-01 Heather Lourie 2000 Beacon Woods Invitational, Club Boyonet Point, Fla., 10/13-15/00 1999-2000 Susan Seabrook 1999 JSU Gamecock, Silver Lakes G.C., Jacksonville, Ala. 3/22-23/99 1998-99 Maria Salling 1998 Lady Ram Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 10/18-19/98
Women’s Golf Honor Roll NCAA Regional At-Large Invitation Brooke Mangan - 2004-05
Conference USA All-Freshman Team Brooke Mangan - 2001-02
Capital One Academic All-District At-Large Carolyn Cochran - (second team 2010-11)
Conference USA All-Tournament Team Brooke Mangan - 2003 Marika Pluta - 2002
Conference USA All-Decade Team (1995-2005) Brooke Mangan Conference USA Freshman of the Year Heather Lourie - 1998-99 Conference USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Carolyn Cochran - 2010-11 Brooke Mangan - 2004-05 Susan Seabrook - 1998-99 Conference USA All-Academic Team Carolyn Cochran - 2009-10, 2010-11 All-Conference USA Cindy Carson - (second team 1996-97) Janey Deimling - (third team 2004-05) Heather Lourie - (first team 2000-01; second team 1998-99) Brooke Mangan - (first team 2004-05; third team 2002-03, 2003-04) Susan Seabrook - (second team 1996-97, 1998-99)
All-Great Midwest Team Kristina Wichmann - (first team 1993-94) Jeanette Klangefeldt - (first team 1993-94) Amber Bianco - (first team 1993-94) All-Sun Belt Team Kelly Stokes - (first team 1989-90) Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal Emi Boozer - 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Carolyn Cochran - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 Petra Hallberg - 2000-01, 2001-02 Kristin Lottman - 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Brooke Mangan - 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05 Margaret Yeh - 2011-12
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Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll Emi Boozer - 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Jaime Brabb - 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 Cynthia Carson - 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 Carolyn Cochran - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 Sloan Davis - 2009-10 Janey Deimling - 2002-03, 2003-04 Lindsey Gipson - 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Heather Gulgin - 1995-96 Petra Hallberg - 2000-01, 2001-02 Jennifer Head - 2006-07 Martha Hudson - 2003-04, 2006-07 Genevive LeClair - 1996-97, 1997-98 Kristin Lottman - 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 Heather Lourie - 1998-99, 2001-02 Brooke Mangan - 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 Jennifer McGuigan - 1998-99 Alyson Mitchell - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 Holly Robinson - 2011-12 Maria Salling - 1998-99 Susan Seabrook - 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 Elizabeth Schweihs - 2002-03, 2003-04 Lindsay Taylor - 2007-08, 2009-10 Misty Walker - 1997-98 Margaret Yeh - 2011-12
2012-13 Women’s Golf Record Book Women’s Golf Team Records 628 - Unlimited Potential/Bay Tree Classic, Charleston, S.C., 9/5-7/03 629 - Towson Invitational, St. Michael’s, Md., 9/8-9/08 630 - Birmingham Tri-Match, McCalla, Ala., 9/18/06 631 - UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/1-2/10 631 - Ann Rhoads - BSC Shootout, McCalla, Ala., 2/26-27/07 631 - Miss Louis Season Opener, Hattiesburg, Miss., 2/11/05 54-holes (955 or better) 899 - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/2-3/07 912 - Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C., 10/11-12/04 913 - Conference USA Championships, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/19-21/02 919 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/1-3/05 923 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/13-15/00 927 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/10-13/03 928 - Lady Seminole Classic, Tallahassee, Fla., 9/19-20/98 929 - Southern Miss Invitational, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/4-5/05 929 - Lady Panther Classic, Atlanta, Ga., 11/2-3/98 932 - Samfrod Intercollegiate, Oneonta, Ala., 3/15-16/10 940 - Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., 4/17-18/03 944 - LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic, Baton Rouge, La., 4/5-6/03 946 - Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., 3/14-15/05 946 - Bale Chevrolet Honda Invitational, Little Rock, Ark., 10/18-19/99 947 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/12-14/01 948 - Edwin Watts/Carolinas Classic, Pinehurst, N.C., 2/28-3/2/03 948 - LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic, Baton Rouge, La., 4/5-7/02 949 - Crimson Tide Classic, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 4/4-6/08 949 - Samford Intercollegiate, Oneonta, Ala., 3/17-18/08 949 - LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic, Baton Rouge, La., 4/6-8/01 950 - Conference USA Championship, Gulf Shores, Ala., 4/23-25/12 950 - UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla., 3/25-27/11 951 - Lady Seminole Invitational, Tallahassee, Fla., 9/12-15/96 952 - Lady Pirate Invitational, Greenville, N.C., 10/20-22/06 953 - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/28-30/02 953 - Rainbow Wahine Fall Classic, Oahu, Hawai`I, 10/31-11/1/00 953 - Jaguar Invitational, Gulf Shores, Ala., 2/28-3/02/99 955 - Myrtle Beach Classic, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 9.25-26/06
18-holes (305 or better) 293 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19/10 294 - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/2/07 299 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/20/11 299 - Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C., 10/12/04 299 - Conference USA Championships, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/20/02 299 - NIU Snowbird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/14/97 300 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19/10 300 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 10/1/06 300 - Lady Panther Classic, Atlanta, Ga., 11/2/98 301 - CSU Wendy’s Invitational, Charleston, S.C., 10/17/11 301 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/14/00 302 - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/2/07 302 - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/25/04 302 - Lady Seminole Classic, Tallahassee, Fla., 9/19/98 303 - South Alabama Women’s Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 2/28/12 303 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19/11 303 - UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla., 3/26/11 303 - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/3/07 303 - Lady Aztec Fall Individual, Chula Vista, Calif., 10/19/04 303 - Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/9/97 304 - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/26/04 304 - Lady Aztec Fall Individual, Chula Vista, Calif., 10/18/04 304 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/3/04 305 - Lady Jaguar Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 3/5/07 305 - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/29/02 305 - Beacon Woods Invitational, Bayonet Point, Fla., 10/14/01 305 - Conference USA Championships, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/19/02 305 - Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/10/97 36-holes (631 or better) 593 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/18-19/10 602 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19-20/11 606 - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/25-26/04 607 - Lady Aztec Fall Individual, Chula Vista, Calif., 10/18-19/04 608 - Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/8-10/97 610 - CSU Wendy’s Invitational, Charleston, S.C., 10/17-18/11 611 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/30-10/1/06 613 - CSU Wendy’s Invitational, Charleston, S.C., 10/18-19/10 614 - Lady Blazers Invitational, Birmingham, Ala., 3/25-26/02 617 - South Alabama Women’s Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 2/27-28/12 617 - Buffalo Rock Southern Shootout, McCalla, Ala., 2/28-3/1-05 619 - Lady Jaguar Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 3/5-6/07 620 - UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla., 3/25-27/11 620 - UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/2-3/09 620 - Lady Rebel Intercollegiate, Oxford, Miss., 10/3-4/98 621 - Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala., 3/24-25/03 622 - Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala., 3/22-23/04 624 - UAB Fall Beach Bash, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/3-4/08 625 - NIU Snowbird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/12-14/97 626 - Springlake Invitational, Sebring, Fla., 3/10-11/00 628 - USF-Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., 10/6-7/08
Christina Wentworth is one of nine Blazers in school history to win a tournament.
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2012-13 Women’s Golf Record Book Women’s Golf Individual Records 18-holes (72 or better) 68, Brooke Mangan - Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C., 10/12/04 69, Jaime Ritter - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/8/10 69, Ana Martin - Conference USA Championship, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/18-20/10 70, Caitlin Watts - Conference USA Championship, Gulf Shores, Ala., 4/23/12 70, Carolyn Cochran - UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/2-3/09 70, Lindsay Taylor - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19/09 70, Alyson Mitchell - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/2/07 70, Brooke Mangan - Buffalo Rock Southern Shootout, McCalla, Ala., 3/1/05 70, Brooke Mangan - Lady Aztec Fall Idividual, Chula Vista, Calif., 10/18/04 70, Brooke Mangan - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/29/02 70, Genevieve LeClair - Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/10/97 71, Jaime Ritter - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19/10 71, Carolyn Cochran - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/19/10 71, Christina Wentworth - UAB Fall Beach Bash, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/4/08 71, Carolyn Cochran - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/2/07 71, Christina Wentworth - C-USA Championships, Greenville, N.C., 4/19/06 71, Brooke Mangan - Southern Miss Invitational, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/5/05 71, Elizabeth Schweihs - Southern Miss Invitational, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/4/05 71, Brooke Mangan - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/26/04 71, Elizabeth Schweihs - Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C., 10/11/04 71, Brooke Mangan - Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala., 3/22/04 71, Brooke Mangan - Memphis Intercollegiate, Southhaven, Miss., 9/16/02 71, Susan Seabrook - Lady Panther Classic, Atlanta, Ga., 11/2/98 71, Cindy Carson - NIU Snowbird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/14/97 71, Genevieve LeClair - Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/9/97 72, Holly Robinson - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/20/11 72, Jaime Brabb - C-USA Championships, El Paso, Texas, 4/14/08 72, Christina Wentworth - Samford Intercollegiate, Oneonta, Ala., 3/17/08 72, Carolyn Cochran - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/3/07 72, Christina Wentworth - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/11/06 72, Janey Deimling - Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/11/06 72, Janey Deimling - Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., 3/14/05 72, Brooke Mangan - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/25/04 72, Brooke Mangan - Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C., 10/11/04 72, Elizabeth Schweihs - Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala., 3/23/04 72, Brooke Mangan - Bay Tree Classic, Charleston, S.C., 9/7/04 72, Brooke Mangan - Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., 3/18/03 72, Katie Kane - John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/29/02 72, Marika Pluta - C-USA Championship, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/20/02 72, Marika Pluta - C-USA Championship, Hattiesburg, Miss., 4/21/02 72, Susan Seabrook - Lady Seminole Classic, Tallahassee, Fla., 9/19/98 72, Susan Seabrook - NIU Snowbird Invitational, Tampa, Fla., 3/14/97 72, Cindy Carson - Lady Seminole Invitational, Tallahassee, Fla., 11/15/96 36-holes (151 or better) 140, Jaime Ritter - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 141, Genevieve LeClair - 1997 Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla. 142, Carolyn Cochran - 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala. 143, Brooke Mangan - 2004 John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga. 145, Christina Wentworth - 2008 UAB Fall Beach Bash, Gulf Shores, Ala. 145, Brooke Mangan - 2004 Lady Aztec Fall Individual, Chula Vista, Calif. 146, Caitlin Watts - 2012 Conference USA Championship, Gulf Shores, Ala. 146, Carolyn Cochran - 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss. 146, Brooke Mangan - 2005 Buffalo Rock Southern Shootout, McCalla, Ala. 146, Susan Seabrook - 1997 NIU Snowbird Invitational, Tampa, Fla. 147, Carolyn Cochran - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 148, Caitlin Watts - 2012 South Alabama Women’s Invitational, Mobile, Ala.
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ay L. Watts, M.D., UAB’s seventh president, has demonstrated visionary leadership in education, research and clinical care throughout his career. A Birmingham native and graduate of West End High School, Dr. Watts earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering at UAB in 1976. The collaborations he had with biomedical engineering students as an undergraduate inspired him to expand his career horizons and, four years later, he graduated from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis as valedictorian of his class. Dr. Watts completed a neurology residency, medical internship, and clinical fellowships at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a two-year medical staff fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Before returning to UAB in 2003, he was part of a team that helped to create an internationally renowned research and clinical center for Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders
at Emory University in Atlanta. At UAB, Dr. Watts served as the John N. Whitaker Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurology. There he led the development of an interdisciplinary research program aimed at translating scientific breakthroughs into promising new therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and played a key role in the establishment of the UAB Comprehensive Neuroscience Center. He also was named president of the University of Alabama Health Services Foundation. In 2010, Dr. Watts accepted the position of Senior Vice President and Dean of the School of Medicine at UAB, and later was named to the James C. Lee Jr. Endowed Chair. As dean, Dr. Watts – in partnership with UAB Health System and Health Services Foundation leaders – initiated the AMC21 comprehensive strategic plan, encompassing education, research, clinical care and primary care. AMC21 aims to make UAB “the preferred academic medical center of the 21st century,” and has led to the recruitment of
outstanding faculty, the launch of programs to accelerate research and drug discovery, and the development of a third regional medical campus in Montgomery, among other successes. He has been tireless in his efforts to enhance medical student training—from increasing available scholarships to supporting Equal Access Birmingham, a volunteer organization in which students provide care to underserved patients—and to foster stronger relationships with medical alumni throughout the state. “People want to invest in the future—in solutions that will have a real impact on our health, education and our economy,” Dr. Watts has said. “So the state and community want us to develop our ideas and capitalize on opportunities to lead. UAB can be one of the most dymanic and productive universities of the 21st century, and that is our vision.” Dr. Watts and his wife Nancy, who just retired as a nurse at UAB, have five grown children.
Brian Mackin, Athletics Director
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rian Mackin was named UAB’s Director of Athletics on February 14, 2007. He moved into the position after spending five years as senior associate athletic director for external affairs for the Blazers. A former UAB baseball letterman, Mackin has a deep-rooted passion for the University and its athletics program. With an eye on the future, his commitment to continue to grow the program has been clear in the time since he became athletics director. Mackin’s desire to see UAB excel both on and off the playing field was never more apparent than this past academic year when the Blazers turned in their highest finish in the Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings in 12 years. He has made success in the classroom and improving athletic facilities two of his top priorities. Mackin was able to secure the first-ever naming rights for the athletics program with the generous gift from Don and Marsha Hire for the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center. With the opening of the Academic Center, an abundance of new computer equipment has been added. Mackin has also strengthened the academic area by creating additional staff positions. Under Mackin’s watch, the Academic Reform Group (ARG) was initiated. This group is made up of athletics staff members and academic support staff. With its mission to create an environment of academic excellence in the department, the group addresses every aspect of a student-athlete’s experience while at UAB. Mackin has also demonstrated his commitment to academic success by initiating a penalty structure for student-athletes and making them accountable if they miss classes or tutorial sessions. Mackin’s priority on academics has paid dividends as
the Blazers’ Academic Progress Rates (APR) scores have improved each year under his tenure as AD. The most recent APR report released in June showed that all but three of UAB’s teams have a multi-year rate of 950 or better. Since Mackin became athletics director, a new 10,000-square foot weight room has opened. A new, spacious, state-of the-art athletic training facility opened in the fall of 2008. With the renovation of the Ullman Building, the Blazers’ Olympic sports coaches have been able to relocate into brand new offices. Other facilities improvements have included the resurfacing of the track for the Blazers’ track and field team. The first phase of the new, on-campus UAB softball facility was completed prior to the start of the 2010 season. This past February, the Don and Alicia Huey Softball Hitting Facility was dedicated. The upgrades and progress of the program under Mackin have not been limited to facilities and academics. In the last two years, the athletics program entered an agreement with Nike that provides apparel and equipment for all of UAB’s athletics teams. In his position as athletics director, Mackin has also been involved on various conference and national committees. He just completed his first year as a member of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee. Mackin came on board at UAB in the spring of 2002 as senior associate AD for external affairs. In that role, he was responsible for fund-raising, corporate support and marketing for the athletic department. In 2006, Mackin was named Division I-A Fundraiser of the Year by the National Association of Athletic Development Directors. Under Mackin’s leadership, contributions to UAB athletics nearly tripled from $1.3 million in 2001 to about $3.7 million in 2006. Additionally, he has been responsible for the creation
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of several affinity groups including the Athletic Investors Group, the Champion Club, and the Blazer Club, which brought together the two annual funds supporting football and men’s basketball. Prior to joining UAB, Mackin served as Manager of Corporate Business Development at Vulcan Materials, where he was responsible for examining potential new markets for business development and locating growth opportunities in the industry. Mackin earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from UAB in 1983. He was a member of the Blazer baseball team four seasons and then moved into the Houston Astros baseball organization where he spent one season. Mackin then joined Vulcan Materials, where he held management positions in sales and market analysis. In 1990, he joined Southern Ready Mix as sales manager before joining Dunn Construction in 1993 where he rose to vice president in 1999. His responsibilities included business development, sales and project management. Mackin’s community activities include the Birmingham Tip-Off Club, which hosts the State High School Final Four, the Monday Morning Quarterback Club and the Birmingham Rotary Club. He has served as the president of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club. In addition, Mackin is a member of the Public Athletic, Cultural and Entertainment Facilities Board of the City of Birmingham (PACE). Mackin and his wife, Sally, have five children: Ragland (24), Brian Jr. (22), Ferrell (19), Mary Aileen (18), and Ella (16).
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r. Frank Messina has served as UAB’s faculty athletics representative (FAR) since 2008. In addition to his duties as faculty athletics representative, Dr. Messina is professor of Accounting & Finance at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he has been on the faculty since 1993. Dr. Messina received his doctorate in busi-
ness administration (D.B.A.) from Mississippi State University in 1993, a master’s in professional accountancy at MSU in 1990, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration at the University of West Alabama in 1986. He has four times been awarded for UAB Excellence in Classroom Teaching; has received the UAB President’s Excellence in Teaching Award; twice received the Loudell Robinson Excellence in Accounting Teaching Award, the NSAC Silver Pen Research Award and the El Paso Energy Foundation Faculty Achievement Award,
along with several other teaching and research honors. Dr. Messina has published extensively in tax, accounting, and cooperative journals and has presented a variety of seminars around the country over the past several years.
Senior Administrative Staff
Shannon Ealy
Senior Associate AD for External Affairs
Norm Reilly
Associate AD for Media Relations
Derita Ratcliffe
Senior Associate AD Senior Woman Administrator
Matt Wildt
Associate AD for Ticket Operations & Football Administration
Coleman Barnes
Corey Bray
Associate AD for Development
Associate AD for Compliance
Reid Adair
Brad Hardekopf
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Mike Jones
Assistant AD for Athletic Training
Danez Marrable Associate AD for Student Services
Brad Smith
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2012-13 Women’s Golf Conference USA From its beginning in 1994, Conference USA’s dedication to excellence has been the league’s guiding principle and remains a common thread today and for a promising future. As we enter the 2012-13 season, C-USA is home to 12 nationally prominent, tradition-rich members in East CaroBritton Banowsky lina, Houston, Marshall, C-USA Commissioner Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. This combination enhances men’s and women’s programs that are immersed in athletic success and academic prowess. Together, we are committed to excellence, integrity and leadership in athletics, academics and in our communities. These C-USA institutions all sponsor Division I-A football, along with several other men’s and women’s athletic programs that compete regularly for NCAA Championships. C-USA sponsors competition in 20 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis and indoor and outdoor track and field) and 11 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball). The league sponsors numerous academic awards, including the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom. C-USA annually awards 12 postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. Conference USA also added a Spirit of Service Award, recognizing student-athletes three times a year for a combination of significant community service efforts, good academic standing and participation in their elected sport. SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELD Conference USA performers have achieved great success in competition, placing the league among the top conferences in the nation. Football - 67 teams have earned bowl bids - Member of the Bowl Championship Series - Bowl tie-ins with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Military Bowl, R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl and the TicketCity Bowl Men’s Basketball - Consistently rated as one of the top basketball leagues in the country - 102 postseason teams (49 NCAA, 41 NIT, 6 CBI, 6 CIT) - One National Championship title game appearance - Three Final Four teams - Seven Elite Eight NCAA Tournament teams - One NIT Champion and four NIT semifinalists - Inaugural CBI Champion
Women’s Basketball - 47 NCAA Tournament appearances - 38 WNIT appearances - One team in the NCAA Sweet 16 - Two WNIT semifinalists - One WBI Champion Baseball - 57 NCAA appearances - Six College World Series appearances (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2001), including five of the last eight - 13 Super Regional appearances - Has produced at least four NCAA teams in nine of the last 11 seasons In addition, 36 volleyball teams, 61 men’s and women’s soccer teams and 34 softball teams have earned NCAA Tournament bids. C-USA has sent three men’s soccer teams to the NCAA College Cup, three softball teams to the Women’s College World Series and three volleyball teams to the Sweet 16. The league has also had eight national champions in NCAA track and field competition, one national champion in diving and numerous NCAA individual and team competitors in cross country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field. Overall, Conference USA teams and individuals have made more than 650 NCAA appearances. SUCCESS OFF THE FIELD C-USA institutions are among the nation’s best in academic performance among student-athletes, bolstered by the fact that student-athletes at league schools have a higher graduation rate than the general student population. Among C-USA’s 5,000 student-athletes, there are champions off the playing field as well. In 17 years, 169 student-athletes earned national Capital One Academic All-America honors, while 588 were named All-District. In addition, more than 22,000 student-athletes have been named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll or received the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom. C-USA ON TV C-USA enjoys significant television exposure through partnerships with FOX Sports Media Group, CBS Sports Network and ESPN. The multi-tiered selection process that is rooted in partnering with all three networks has substantially increased the number of national and regional appearances for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and all other conference sports. C-USA DIGITAL NETWORK The C-USA Digital Network officially launched in August of 2011. Network programming includes live streaming of non-televised events, video on demand, a weekly C-USA studio show, podcasting, regular-season and championship event highlights and conference-produced feature stories. In its first year, 1,164 events were streamed live and 8,126 videos were posted and available on the C-USA Digital Network, and that number just keeps growing. Monthly and yearly subscriptions offer fans access to events offered on all 12 of the C-USA member institution’s athletic websites as well as C-USA network programming. C-USA IN THE COMMUNITY The conference’s footprint is concentrated with 12 members in nine states and a combined area population of nearly 17 million. More than 1.1 million living alum-
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ni represent C-USA schools across the nation. With a renewed commitment to community involvement, the conference has begun development of several initiatives to maintain strong ties in C-USA cities, as well as with fans and alumni across the country. C-USA schools also place a priority on giving back to their communities through volunteer service with local and national organizations. GOVERNANCE Conference USA has significant representation in the NCAA governance structure. The Presidents of the member institutions serve as the league’s Board of Directors. A PROUD HISTORY Conference USA was formed in 1995 and quickly emerged as one of the nation’s top conferences. The conference unveiled its name, logo and commissioner April 24, 1995 in Chicago. The league’s charter members included Charlotte, Cincinnati, DePaul, Houston, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Saint Louis, Southern Miss, Tulane, UAB and USF. Eleven of the institutions began athletic participation in 1995, while Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996. The league’s headquarters were established in Chicago and after nine years, relocated to the current office in Irving, Texas. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in October 2002, succeeding Mike Slive, the league’s first commissioner. C-USA added East Carolina (September, 1996) and the United States Military Academy (March, 1997) as football members. ECU began league competition in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB began football play in 1999. The league added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they began competition in 2001. USF started C-USA football in 2003. After celebrating its 10th Anniversary during the 2004-05 season, Conference USA began a new chapter in 2005-06 when its current membership came together. A PROMISING FUTURE With more conference realignment taking the stage during the 2011-12 season, C-USA held onto its strong foundation, identity and a history that reflects the league’s national presence. Conference USA will welcome six new institutions in 2013, including the return of charter member Charlotte along with FIU, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Old Dominion and UTSA. These six members will join with East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB and UTEP. In addition to the outstanding competition and strong athletic achievements these schools bring, the C-USA footprint will grow by nearly 20 percent. Additionally, the geography of these members allows for a divisional scheduling model that will be beneficial to the studentathletes, fan-friendly and cost effective. These 14 extraordinary institutions and 17 years of remarkable history have reinforced the league’s position in collegiate athletics, setting the course for the next decade and beyond.
UAB AT A GLANCE UAB is a young, dynamic university that has, over four decades, won international renown for its leading-edge research, medical care and academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Home to more than 17,500 students and 2,000 faculty members, UAB impacts every facet of the Birmingham community, improving the lives of residents through innovative health care, education, and active service and engagement. On a campus encompassing 86 city blocks, breakthroughs are made daily in the arts and sciences, business, dentistry, education, engineering, health professions, medicine, nursing, optometry and public health.
Bharat Soni, one of America’s top computing experts and a UAB engineering professor, has created a high-performance virtual reality lab on campus. In more than 80 interdisciplinary research centers all over campus, faculty and students are pushing the envelope in science and medicine, developing new treatments and cures for conditions ranging from cancer to Alzheimer’s to heart disease. UAB’s physician-researchers, and the facilities in which they work, are recognized as among the best in the nation. UAB’s impact on its community and state is tremendous, and is seen not only in improved education and health care, but in a stronger economy. As Alabama’s largest single employer, UAB has some 18,000 employees and is responsible for more than 61,000 jobs statewide (that’s one of every 33 jobs), and has an annual economic impact of $4.6 billion. One of every 25 dollars in the state’s budget is generated by UAB.
A University Forging the Future • UAB has seen record overall enrollment for three consecutive years. In fall 2011, UAB welcomed 17,575 students and its largest freshman class ever (over 1,600), with two-thirds of those freshmen living on campus. • Forbes lists UAB among the top 20% of all U.S. undergraduate institutions and The Princeton Review has ranked the university in the top 10 nationally for student diversity for three consecutive years (currently 5th). • An exciting nexus of the sciences, business and education, and the arts and humanities, UAB is forging the ideas and technologies of tomorrow with intensely collaborative research and scholarship. It’s where creativity and innovation are campus traditions—and where successful futures begin.
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UAB enriches Birmingham’s cultural landscape through a diversity of people and activities such as athletics, performing arts, theatre, social service, and much more.
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• UAB Hospital is the largest in the state and among the largest and most complex in the nation (1,146 beds), and the only Alabama hospital listed for 22 straight years in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” issue, which lists only 3 percent of hospitals nationwide. In the current issue, UAB has six medical specialties in the top 25. • UAB is the largest academic medical center in Alabama and one of the top four largest academic medical centers in the United States, treating 1,187,230 patients last year. • UAB provides vital resources and services that are offered nowhere else in Alabama, such as an adult level 1 trauma center, a burn center, and a Level III (highest level) regional neonatal intensive care unit. • UAB’s Comprehensive Cancer Center was one of the nation’s first such centers designated by the National Cancer Institute and remains the only one in Alabama and a six-state region. • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has designated UAB as one of only six Diabetes Research and Training Centers in the country, putting the university at the forefront in development of new methods to treat, prevent and, ultimately, cure diabetes.
• The UAB School of Health Professions provides advanced opportunities and is one of the largest schools of its type in the nation, with 21 innovative programs at the baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degree levels within six departments: Critical Care, Diagnostic and Therapeautic Sciences; Health Services Administration; Nutrition Sciences; Occupational Therapy; and Physical Therapy. U.S. News & World Report ranks several SHP programs among the nation’s top 25. • UAB Kirklin Clinic is a state-of-the-art, full-service clinic that furnishes a full range of adult outpatient care. Housing more than 25 specialties and more than 700 specialists under one roof, UAB Kirklin Clinic conveniently provides in-house diagnostic testing, surgery services, a pharmacy and educational seminars. • Several graduate programs at UAB have been recognized for excellence nationally. In the most recent ranking by U.S. News & World Report of graduate programs, the School of Nursing ranks 26th overall, with the School of Medicine being 27th and the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics 58th. Individual programs also have been cited, with the AIDS program within the School of Medicine ranked 5th and the School of Health Profession’s health administration program ranked 7th.
A Leading-Edge Research • UAB is ranked 31st nationally for federal research and development funding, attracting over $460 million in 2010, and is 21st in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). • UAB is among a handful of universities classified by the Carnegie Foundation for both “high research activity” and “community engagement,” which suggests how effectively the university harnesses that research to benefit the community—in terms of the economy, education, better health, and quality of life. • Recent breakthroughs include a novel bio-coating for cardiac stents that significantly reduces the need for follow-up surgery; using remote satellite imaging to discover ancient ruins in Egypt, featured in a recent BBC documentary; a new collaboration with HudsonAlpha (Huntsville) investigating the genetic roots of Parkinson’s disease; the opening the Materials Processing and Application Development (MPAD) facility, the largest academic research facility of its kind in the nation, offering the rare capability of developing both metals and composites under one roof.
Enterprise
• Innovation Depot, in which UAB is a founding partner, was recently named the Top High-Tech Business Incubator in the nation by the National Business Incubation Association. As the largest incubator in the Southeast, the Depot was responsible for 75 tenant companies and $274 million in sales impact in 2010 (and $1.4 billion in sales impact over the past five years). • Physician-researchers are at the top of their fields, serving as editors-inchief of 25 peer-reviewed scientific and medical journals, and in high-level national posts—UAB faculty are currently serving as President of the American Cancer Society and President-elect of the American Heart Association, and an alumna, Dr. Regina Benjamin, is U.S. Surgeon General.
Challenging, Distinctive
• UAB is one of only two academic institutions available nationwide receiving requests for Crew Robotics and Vehicle Equipment (CRAVE) for NASA’s International Space Station, space shuttles, and beyond. Lee Moradi, CRAVE program manager in the Center for Biophysical Science and Engineering, says UAB will design, test, and manufacture high-precision research instruments and thermal carriers, he also foresees additional work to develop extravehicular activity and robotics equipment, crew health and conditioning systems, and environmental control and life-support technology.
Academic Programs
• UAB offers one-of-a-kind programs, such as the only undergraduate biomedical engineering degree, the only industrial distribution degree in the Southeast, and one of only four forensic accounting and IT concentrations in the nation. • UAB also offers unrivaled research and scholarship opportunities for students at all levels, ranking 1st among all public universities in federal research funding per incoming freshman. Of the 138 undergraduates enrolled in the Science and Technology Honors Program (part of the acclaimed UAB Honors Academy) in 2010-11, 35 were published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. • In the U.S. News & World Report rankings of graduate programs, UAB has 13 programs in the top 25 and five in the top 10: Master’s in health administration, 5th; School of Medicine’s AIDS program, 6th; Medicine’s primary care, 10th; nurse practitioner (adult), 10th; nursing service administration, 10th. • The Scientist ranked UAB 22nd nationally (and 6th among public universities) in its “Best Places to Work as a Postdoctoral Fellow” issue. • UAB’s Alys Stephens Center is celebrating its 15th anniversary as Birmingham’s “home for the performing arts,” housing a 1,330-seat concert hall, intimate recital hall and state-of-the-art theatres. With 24 Steinway pianos in its music department, UAB is Alabama’s first “All-Steinway School” and one of only 125 in the world. • The School of Nursing is designated as a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for International Nursing, one of only 10 such centers in the U.S. and 45 in the world.
Athletic Achievements • Former UAB men’s golfer Graeme McDowell (right) won the U.S. Open in 2010. At UAB, he was the nation’s No. 1-ranked collegiate golfer in 2002.
• In 34 seasons of competition, the Blazer men’s basketball team has enjoyed 29 winning seasons, has made 25 trips to postseason tournaments (14 NCAA, 11 NIT), and has won eight conference championships. With the 2011 NCAA berth, the Blazers have reached postseason play in eight of the past nine years (4 NCAA, 4 NIT). UAB advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2004, knocking off tournament No. 1 seed Kentucky in the second round.
• Just in the past three years, UAB students earned 8 Goldwater Scholarships, 7 Fulbright scholarships, 3 Phi Kappa Phi Fellowships and an NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholarship (one of only 15 in the nation).
• Blazer football earned its first postseason bowl appearance with a berth in the 2004 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The Blazers have finished as Conference USA runner-up three times since they became a football-playing member of the league. • The men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Championships for the sixth time overall in 2011. The team won the 1999 C-USA Championship and advanced to the NCAA Final 8. • The UAB women’s soccer team has won the C-USA Tournament title twice (2004 and 2006), earning NCAA trips both years. In 2003, the UAB women captured the C-USA regular season title.
• The UAB softball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and made a return trips in 2011 and 2012. The Blazers defeated Florida State in the first round of the 2011 Athens Regional for their first ever NCAA tourney win.
• The Blazers field 17 intercollegiate teams as a Division I member of the NCAA and a founding member of Conference USA.
• The Blazer volleyball team has made two NCAA tournament appearances in the past six years (2006 and 2008). The program earned its first NCAA tournament victory in 2008 with a firstround win over Missouri State.
• Vonetta Flowers, a former UAB track & field All-American, made history in February of 2002 when she won a Gold Medal at the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. Flowers became the first Winter Olympics Gold Medalist ever from Alabama when she teamed with Jill Bakken to capture the twowoman bobsled competition.
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Gene Bartow Alabama Sports Hall Of Fame ’89 National College Basketball Hall Of Fame ’09
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ne of the most respected figures in intercollegiate athletics, Gene Bartow, forged the UAB athletic program into a well-rounded organization with outstanding teams in several sports. Bartow, considered the “founding father” of UAB athletics, grew the intercollegiate sports program there from its infancy into one that featured 17 sports and an annual operating budget of more than $8 million by the time he retired from the position in 2000. Bartow, who passed away Jan. 3, 2012 after a nearly three-year battle with cancer, guided the program through three conference changes, grew the football team from a club sport into a Division I-A program, and added several women’s sports to the university’s athletics roster. Bartow was at the helm of the UAB men’s basketball program for 18 seasons, compiling a record of 366-203 (.643) during his tenure. He led the Blazers to the NIT in the program’s second year of existence, and followed that up with seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including trips to the Sweet 16 in 1981 and the Elite Eight in 1982. In all, he led UAB to 14 postseason appearances, nine of which were NCAA Tournaments. In addition to his time at UAB, Bartow is one of the top college basketball coaches of all time. By the time he retired from collegiate coaching in 1996, he had led teams for 34 years at six universities (Central Missouri State, Valparaiso, Memphis State, Illinois, UCLA and UAB), compiling 647 wins, 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, two Final Four appearances, one national title game appearance and one national Coach of the Year Award (both with Memphis State in 1973), and no probation problems with the NCAA. In 2009, Bartow received the ultimate honor as he was inducted into the National College Basketball Hall of Fame. He entered the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 1989 and is also a member of both the Missouri Basketball Hall of Fame and the Northeast Missouri Athletic Hall of Fame. The Browning, Mo. native coached 34 years at six universities. He coached at Central Missouri State University from 1961-64, Valparaiso University from 1964-1970, Memphis State University from 1970-74, and he led the Tigers to the ‘73 NCAA national championship game and consecutive Missouri Valley Conference titles in the ‘71-’72 and ‘72-’73 seasons. In 1974 Bartow accepted the head coaching position at the University of Illinois. Illinois finished 8-18 in his only season coaching the Fighting Illini, and Bartow left his position to succeed John Wooden as the head coach of UCLA. Bartow coached at UCLA from 1975 to 1977, guiding them to a 52-9 record, including a berth in the 1976 Final Four. Bartow left UCLA after the 1977 season to take over the job of creating an athletic program at UAB. Bartow retired from coaching in 1996, and in 1997, UAB renamed its basketball venue, Bartow Arena, in his honor. The Birmingham News has voted him one of the top 10 most influential figures in Alabama sports for the past century. Bartow is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Huffine, and three children, Mark, Beth and Murry, who is the head men’s basketball coach at East Tennessee State.
“Founding Father” of UAB Athletics • UAB head basketball coach (1977-96) • UAB’s first Athletics Director (1977-2000) • Nine NCAA Tournament appearances at UAB • 14 postseason appearances during 18year coaching career at UAB • 11 20-win seasons during UAB coaching career tenure • 647 career coaching victories • 366 victories at UAB • Led UAB to NCAA Sweet 16 in 1981 and Elite Eight appearance in 1982 • Voted by the Birmingham News as one of the top-10 influential figures in Alabama sports over the past century
Proud Past Bright Future Summer, 1977: Coach Gene Bartow is hired as UAB’s first intercollegiate Athletics Director and head basketball coach. Preparations begin for the hiring of coaches and support staff, recruitment of student-athletes, establishment of the Golden 100 scholarship foundation, scheduling, etc. Fall, 1978: UAB athletic teams begin intercollegiate competition for the first time; the university begins an 11-year association with the Sun Belt Conference. Nov. 24, 1978: The UAB men’s basketball team plays its first game, a 66-54 loss to Nebraska before a crowd of 14,800 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center; UAB has gone on to win 20 or more games 15 times, appear in 11 NCAA Tournaments and eight NITs. March, 1981: The Blazer men’s basketball team defeats Kentucky in the NCAA Mideast Regional, and reaches the NCAA “Sweet 16.” This appearance marks the beginning of a streak of seven consecutive NCAA Tournaments for UAB (1981-87). March, 1982: UAB adds to its amazing basketball success story, defeating Indiana and Virginia in the Southeast Regional, and reaching the NCAA “Elite Eight.” The Southeast Regional in Birmingham is the first of five NCAA Tournament events to be hosted by UAB (’82, ’84, ’85, ’87, ’88). March, 1989: Blazer basketball reaches the NIT Final Four, defeating Michigan State for third place at Madison Square Garden. Fall, 1989: The UAB club football team is organized; the team goes 0-6 in its first season. 1990-91: The Blazer baseball team wins its first Sun Belt Conference Championship and becomes the first UAB team other than men’s basketball to participate in the NCAA Tournament. Men’s tennis wins the first of five consecutive conference championships in the Sun Belt and Great Midwest Conferences. Volleyball wins the first of three consecutive championships in the Sun Belt and Great Midwest conferences and makes its first of four consecutive post-season appearances. 1991-92: UAB begins competition in the Great Midwest Conference. The UAB football team begins its first season of varsity play at the Division III level. Blazer volleyball and baseball win the first Great Midwest Championship. UAB places its first men’s tennis players, Frank Schaffner and Karl Steffen, in NCAA Tournament play. 1992-93: Men’s basketball reaches the NIT Final Four, defeating Alabama, Clemson, Southwest Missouri State and Providence. The nationally-ranked UAB men’s tennis team participates in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. Blazer volleyball, cross country and tennis teams all win Great Midwest Conference championships. January, 1993: UAB announces that its football program will compete at the NCAA I-AA level, beginning with the 1993 season. 1993-94: Blazer teams win six league championships, and UAB wins the Great Midwest Conference Commissioner’s Cup, awarded to the university with the most successful overall athletics program. The Blazer basketball team goes 14-0 vs. GMW opponents and makes its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basketball is nationally-ranked and participates in the NCAA Tournament. August, 1994: UAB announces that its football program will compete at the NCAA I-A level and that the school will field a women’s soccer team beginning with the 1996 season. 1994-95: UAB soccer wins the Great Midwest Conference championship and participates in the NCAA Tournament. UAB wins GMW championship in men’s and women’s tennis, women’s indoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field and men’s golf. April 24, 1995: UAB becomes a charter member of Conference USA. March 26, 1996: One era ends and another begins as coach Gene Bartow steps down as head men’s basketball coach. November 14, 1996: Conference USA announces that UAB has been admitted as a football-playing member; the Blazers will begin C-USA play in 1999. 1997-98: UAB freshman Mirela Vladulescu takes the women’s collegiate tennis world by storm, winning both the ITA Clay Court National Championship and Riviera Women’s
The final score read 13-10 as the UAB football program earned its signature victory at LSU on Sept. 23, 2000.
Mirela Vladulesu took the collegiate tennis world by storm and was the top-ranked women’s tennis player in the country for much of the 1997-98 season.
All-America Championship; she is the first UAB tennis player to win a collegiate grand slam event. Vladulescu will later be the top-ranked player in the NCAA rankings for much of the 1997-98 season. The men’s golf team receives a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history. 1998-99: The men’s basketball team makes its 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Mirela Vladulescu returns to the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year, despite an injury-plagued season. 1999-00: UAB athletics has arguably its best season to date. The UAB football team becomes an official member of Conference USA and goes 4-2 in conference play during its inaugural season. The UAB men’s soccer team wins the Conference USA Championship and reaches the NCAA “Elite Eight”. Synchronized swimming finishes fourth in the country at the U.S. Collegiate Championships in its inaugural season. Women’s basketball reaches the “Sweet 16,” the men’s tennis team makes its fifth NCAA Tournament appearance and men’s golf makes its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years. July 10, 2000: Gene Bartow announces his retirement as athletics director after 23 years of service to the university. August 22, 2000: Herman Frazier is named UAB’s second athletics director. Sept. 23, 2000: In what was arguably the greatest win in UAB football history, the Blazers go to Baton Rouge, La. and upset SEC foe LSU, 13-10, on a game-winning field goal by Rhett Gallego in the waining seconds. 2000-01: Led by sophomore All-American Graeme McDowell, the men’s golf team finished ninth in the NCAA Tournament and advanced to its first NCAA Championship at Duke University, where it garnered a tie for 12th place. Senior women’s tennis player Mirela Vladulescu finished off a four-year career as one of the most successful athletes in UAB history. The men’s soccer team made it to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year. The football team finished 7-4 overall, becoming the first “bowl-eligible” Blazer squad since UAB moved to the NCAA I-A level in 1996. The women’s basketball team, led by junior All-American Deanna Jackson, finished the season 20-11 and advanced to the WNIT. In just its second season, the synchronized swimming team placed fourth at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and eighth at the U.S. Nationals. 2001-02: Led by All-American Graeme McDowell, who was the No. 1-ranked golfer in the nation, the UAB men made their third consecutive appearance (fourth overall) in the NCAA Tournament. The Blazer football squad again boasted another “bowl eligible” season, as the team went 6-5 in 2001. The men’s soccer team made its third consecutive trip (fourth overall) to the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the “Sweet 16.” The UAB softball team had its best season to date, advancing to the C-USA Championship game and boasting a 39-22 overall record. Denise Peters and Lisa Nowoslawski of the women’s soccer team were both named Verizon Academic All-Americans. In addition, Peters was named the C-USA Women’s Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year. Synchronized swimming earned its highest finish to date at the U.S. Collegiate Championships, taking third. Four swimmers received Academic All-America honors and three swimmers were named All-Americans by the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Coaches Committee. April 4, 2002: Athletics Director Herman Frazier and UAB President Ann Reynolds announce the hiring of Mike Anderson as UAB’s third men’s basketball coach. November 21, 2002: Watson Brown is named UAB‘s third athletics director. 2002-03: In his first season at the helm of the men’s basketball program, Mike Anderson guided the Blazers to a 21-win season and a quarterfinal finish in the NIT. Lisa Nowoslawski capped off her career for the women’s soccer program by earning several prestigious academic awards, including an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, the C-USA Postseason Scholarship Award and first-team Verizon / CoSIDA Academic All-America honors for the second straight year. The synchronized swimming team posted its second straight third-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and recorded a fourth place finish, its highest to date, at the U.S. National Championships. Six swimmers received Academic All-America honors and three swimmers were named All-Americans by the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Coaches Committee. Sept. 4, 2003: The UAB football team plays host to Southern Miss in front of the biggest crown in UAB history, and the most people ever to watch a Conference USA football game when 44,669 people flocked to Legion Field. October 31, 2003: With a dominating 2-0 win on the road against USF, the UAB women’s soccer team earned its first Conference USA Championship and set the school record for shutouts in a season with nine. The Blazers’ Tara Kidwell and Jill Knottek each scored second half goals to lead UAB to its momentous victory. March, 2004: The UAB men’s basketball team shocks the college basketball world with its 76-75 upset over top-seeded Kentucky to advance to the “Sweet 16” of the NCAA Tournament. The Blazers would finish the season with a 22-10 overall record and ranked No. 23 in the country. Also, the Blazers’ 12-4 record in Conference USA earned them a share of the first C-USA regular season championship. Head coach Mike Anderson was also named the 2004 Conference USA Coach of the Year. Spring, 2004: The synchronized swimming team posted is third straight third-place finish at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and recorded a fifth-place finish at the U.S. National Championships. Fall, 2004: The UAB women’s soccer team claimed the C-USA Tournament title with a thrilling 2-1 victory over host and regular-season champion Saint Louis in St. Louis, Mo., to earn its first NCAA Tournament berth in school history. The UAB football team made its
The 2006 UAB volleyball team won the C-USA Tournament title and competed in the program’s first-ever NCAA Division I Tournament.
In 2011, the UAB men’s basketball team secured the program’s first outright Conference USA regular season championship.
The 2012 UAB baseball team claimed the program’s first-ever Conference USA Tournament title.
first bowl game appearance in school history as the Blazers faced Hawai’i in the 2004 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl. The Blazers fell to the Warriors, 59-40, on Christmas Eve in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Spring, 2006: The UAB men’s basketball team earned its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Conference USA regular season and tournament runner-up. The synchronized swimming team took fourth place at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals. The Blazer softball team turned in one of its finest seasons in program history as the team won 31 games during the season to finish as the C-USA runner-up. Head coach Marla Townsend was named the C-USA Coach-of-the-Year. April 7, 2006: Mike Davis named as the fourth head basketball coach in program history. Fall, 2006: UAB’s fall sports teams made three NCAA Tournament appearances, claimed three C-USA titles and beat the No. 1 team in the country. The UAB cross country team won the conference championship and head coach Ray Stanfield was named C-USA Coach of the Year. The women’s soccer team ran through the C-USA Tournament, and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. UAB’s men’s soccer team beat the No. 1 team in the country during the regular season and hosted a first-round NCAA Tournament game. To conclude the fall sports season, the Blazer volleyball squad won its firstever Conference USA Tournament title and made its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. December 17, 2006: Former Georgia offensive coordinator Neil Callaway was chosen to lead the UAB football team, becoming the third coach in the program’s history, and the second coach to lead the Blazers since becoming a Division I program in 1996. Spring, 2007: Zack Sucher matched UAB’s highest finish ever at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, closing the tournament tied for fourth place with a five-under 275 during four rounds of play. Sucher became just the fourth UAB men’s golfer in program history to earn All-American status, nabbing a spot on the honorable mention All-America team. In addition, the men’s golf team made its fifth NCAA Regional appearance in the past eight years. February 14, 2007: Former UAB baseball player and alumnus Brian Mackin was selected as the program’s fourth full-time Athletics Director.
Spring, 2008: UAB men’s golf team captures the program’s first-ever Conference USA Championship. The Blazers went on to make the program’s seventh NCAA Regional and third NCAA National Championship appearances. Zack Sucher was tabbed second-team All-America and captured four individual titles during the 2007-08 men’s golf season. May 21, 2008: The UAB baseball team made history by recording the program’s first-ever win over the then-No. 5 Rice Owls, 8-2, in the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament. Not only did the Blazers defeat the Owls for the first time in 10 tries, but it also was the secondhighest ranked opponent the baseball team has defeated in program history. The Blazers would go on to match their best-ever result in the C-USA Tournament, making it to the semifinals. 2009-10: The softball team capped arguably the most successful season in program history with 37 wins and its first ever NCAA tournament berth. The men’s basketball team also Participated in the postseason, advancing to the NIT quarterfinals and hosting defending national champion North Carolina at Bartow Arena. Individually, football’s Joe Webb and men’s soccer’s Two-Boys Gumede were selected as C-USA Offensive Players of the Year for their sports. Jala Harris became the first C-USA women’s basketball player ever to earn Freshman and Sixth Player of the Year honors in the same season. Feb. 23, 2010: The UAB softball team opened its new, on-campus facility, drawing a school-record crowd of 1,323 to its contest with Alabama. Spring, 2011: The UAB men’s basketball team captured the program’s first-ever outright Conference USA regular season championship. The Blazers were also selected to the NCAA Tournament, marking their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2006 and the program’s 14th NCAA selection in its 32-year history. The softball team earned its second NCAA berth in as many seasons as well. Furthermore, women’s tennis standout Jenny Cape became the first
Academic All-American for her sport, while track and field also received its first Academic All-America selections, as Nora Mehl and Rhiannon Johns received the nod. Dec. 5, 2011: UAB’s Director of Athletics Brian Mackin introduced new football head coach Garrick McGee in front of a standing room only crowd in the Green and Gold room inside Bartow Arena. McGee becomes the fourth head coach in Blazer football history. March 27, 2012: Jerod Haase was introduced as the new UAB men’s basketball coach by Athletic Director Brian Mackin. Haase, who spent the previous nine seasons at North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels to a pair of national championships (2005 and 2011), becomes the fifth head coach in the program’s 34-year history. May 27, 2012: The UAB baseball team celebrated the program’s first-ever C-USA Tournament title with a 5-0 victory over Memphis in the championship game. As a result, the Blazers reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991 and just the second time in program history. Spring, 2012: Three UAB spring sports reached the NCAA Tournament. Following the baseball team’s C-USA Championship dramatics, the Blazers were selected to compete at the Florida State regional. Meanwhile, the softball team made their third consecutive NCAA at-large appearance when UAB travelled to compete at the Tennessee Regional. Furthermore, the men’s golf team finished third at the NCAA Stanford Regional to the program’s fourth NCAA Championship appearance.
Men’s Basketball • 14 NCAA Tournament and 11 NIT appearances • Eight conference championships • 28 winning seasons in 34 years • 21 20-win seasons in 34 years • Three Sweet 16 appearances • Four All-Americans Football • First bowl game appearance in 2004 (7-5 record) • First “bowl-eligible” season with 7-4 overall record in 2000 • Played first season at Division I-A level in 1996; now competes as a member of Conference USA • Roddy White selected in first round of 2005 NFL draft (No. 27 overall) • Bryan Thomas selected in first round of 2002 NFL draft (No. 22 overall) • Eight All-Americans Men’s Soccer • NCAA Tournament participant (1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2011) • 1999 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and 2001 NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 • Four conference championships (1994, 1995, 1999, 2011) • Nine All-Americans
Men’s Tennis • Six All-Americans • Three Academic All-Americans • Five NCAA Tournament appearances (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000) • Top-30 ranking from 19932000 • Five conference championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Women’s Tennis • Four conference championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) • Six national rankings (1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001) • Top-ranked singles player in nation (Mirela Vladulescu-1997-98) • One All-American Volleyball • Two-time NCAA Tournament participant (2006 and 2008) • Four conference championships (1990, 1991, 1992, 2006) • Five WIVC postseason appearances (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992) • Two Academic All-Americans • Three AVCA All-America honorable mention honorees
Women’s Basketball • 2000 NCAA Sweet 16 participant • Four conference championships (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994) • NCAA Tournament participant (1994, 2000) • Four-time WNIT participant (1990, 1991, 2001, 2007) • 2011 WBI Champions • Four All-Americans
Men’s Golf • 2001, 2002, 2008 and 2012 NCAA Championship Participant • NCAA Regional Participants 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2012 • 2008 Conference USA Champions • 1995 Great Midwest Conference Champions • No. 1-ranked golfer and Fred Haskings Award winner (Graeme McDowell) • Six All-Americans
Baseball • Three conference championships (1991, 1992, 1994) • 2012 C-USA Tournament Championship • NCAA Tournament participant (1991 and 2012) • Shayne Carnes (1998) and Ryan Keedy (2008) named All-Americans by multiple publications • Four All-Americans
Track & Field/ Cross Country • 2002 Cross Country NCAA All-Academic Team • 1995 Great Midwest Conference Women’s Indoor & Outdoor Champions • Three All-Americans • 1992 Women’s Great Midwest Conference Cross Country Champions • Two Olympic Trials Qualifiers
Blazer
• Cross Country conference champions, 2006 • 2005 Individual Cross Country C-USA Champion • Eight-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Team Softball • Three-time NCAA Tournament participant (2010, 2011 and 2012) • 18 NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes • Seven athletes named Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region Rifle • One C-USA Shootout third place finisher • 1997-98 Individual fifth place finisher at C-USA Championship Women’s Golf • Seven All-Conference USA Selections • C-USA Freshman of the Year (Heather Lourie, 1999) • Three Scholar-Athletes of the Year Women’s Soccer • UAB Academic Award (1997, 1998, 2000) • Five All-Americans • Three conference championships (2003, 2004, 2006) • Two NCAA Tournament appearances (2004, 2006) Bowling • Competed in first-ever tournament on Oct. 22, 2011 • Captured first tournament win at the Bulldog Roundup (2/7/12) – one of two tournament wins in its inaugural season Sand Volleyball • Began competition with the first-ever NCAA sanctioned collegiate sand volleyball match on March 3, 2012 vs. Florida State • Captured first program win against Tulane (3/10/12) • The tandem of Heather Thomas and Kirsten Gallagher selected to compete in the first-ever AVCA Sand Championships (2012).
Highlights
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All-Americans Men’s Basketball Aaron Johnson Jerome Mincy Steve Mitchell Oliver Robinson Football Rodregis Brooks Cedrick Buchannon Josh Evans Kerry Frazier Robert Leslie Derrick Ingram John Whitcomb Roddy White Women’s Basketball Carmen Guzman Wanda Hightower Deanna Jackson Diamond Rogers Baseball Shayne Carnes Jay Cole Mitch Jones Ryan Keedy Men’s Soccer Clint Baumstark Peter Byaruhanga Leandro de Oliveira Tony McManus Flavio Monteiro Rumbani Munthali Marin Pusek Houston Smith
Track/ Cross Country Elizabeth Ambrus Vonetta Flowers Rhiannon Johns Angela King Men’s Golf Paul Dickinson Graeme McDowell Garrett Osborn Zack Sucher Synchronized Swimming Morgan Clarke Meryl Grandia Amanda Haeuser Stephanie Jackson Stacey Jackson Margareta Jakovac Stacy Leiker Sara Petrov Hallie Todd Bogdana Zareva
Academic All-Americans Baseball Brent Laircey
Men’s Basketball Carter Long
Football Johnny Rea
Volleyball Suzie Johnson Patti Schroder
Men’s Tennis Sebastian Falk Frank Schaffner Martin Woisetschläger
Women’s Tennis Jenny Cape
Volleyball Ivana Bozic Sam Serley Nevena Stefanov
Lane Knight Lukasz Kwapisz Loucas Papaconstantinou Carl Woszczynski
Women’s Soccer Danielle Blair Brianna McCarty Lisa Nowoslawski Denise Peters Jill Porto Vanessa Woodward
Synchronized Swimming Vanessa Dash Andrea Dash Kelli Dickerson Amanda Haeuser Frances Halloran Stacey Jackson
Flavio Monteiro
Women’s Soccer Tara Kidwell Men’s Tennis Gerd Albiez Mike Kirsten Paul Rosner Frank Schaffner Vaughn Snyman Martin Woisetschläger
Men’s Soccer
Steve Mitchell
Women’s Tennis Mirela Vladulescu Elizabeth Ambrus
Stephanie Jackson Rebecca Johnson Kristen Kramer Stacy Leiker Karen Meyer Sara Petrov Sarah Pikal Moraine Ruddick Hallie Todd
Softball Amanda Byrne Allison Davis Amanda Ellis Candice Hithe Kris Lara Emily Scarbrough Megan Stephenson
Track/Cross Country Rhiannon Johns Nora Mehl
Ryan Keedy
Excellence At The Next Level
• Honored as the 2002 USOC Team of the Year with teammate Jill Bakken • All-American in track & field at UAB, where she still holds numerous school records Deanna Jackson Years At UAB: 1998-2002
Graeme McDowell Years At UAB: 1999-2002
• Captured the 2010 U.S. Open Championship – the first major title by a former UAB golfer and the first U.S. Open win by a European player in nearly 40 years • Has won eight professional tournaments, six of which have come on the European Tour • A member of Europe’s Ryder Cup Team in 2008 and helped lift his team to the trophy in 2010 • Named 2010 ASWA Professional Athlete of the Year and GWAA Golfer of the Year • Ranked as high as No. 4 in the world golf rankings • First-team All-America selection and C-USA Golfer of the Year in 2001 and 2002 • Winner of the 2002 Fred Haskins Award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer Roddy White Years At UAB: 2001-04
• Drafted No. 27 overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2005 • Was named as an NFL All-Pro wide receiver in 2010 • Became the first UAB alum to earn an invitation to the NFL Pro Bowl, receiving the nod in four consecutive seasons (2008-2011) • First Falcon ever to have 80 catches and 1,100-plus yards in four straight seasons (2007-10) • Collected 71 receptions for an NCAAleading and C-USA-record 1,452 yards and a C-USA-record 14 touchdowns as a senior in 2004 • Ranks second in the UAB record books in career receptions (163), receiving yards (3,112) and receiving touchdowns (26)
• First and only UAB player selected in the WNBA Draft, chosen eighth overall by the Cleveland Rockers in 2002 • Competed with USA Basketball on the 2000 Jones Cup Team that won the Gold in Taipei • Only women’s basketball player in C-USA and UAB history to record more than 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds • Two-time C-USA Player of the Year (2000-01, 200102) and the league’s Freshman of the Year in 1999 • UAB career leader in rebounds (1,118) and ranks second in school history in points (2,144) Bryan Thomas Years At UAB: 1998-2001
• Selected No. 22 overall by the New York Jets in 2002, becoming the Blazers’ highest-ever NFL draft pick • Entering his 11th year as a Jet with 145 career games played, compiling 91 starts, 404 tackles, 31 sacks, seven forced fumbles and five fumble recoveries • Ranks as UAB’s all-time leader in career sacks (36) and tackles for loss (56) • Led the “Steel Shield” defense in 2001, which topped the nation in rushing defense (57.3 yards per game) and was ranked No. 5 in the nation in total defense (265.9 yards per game) Dejan Jakovic Years At UAB: 2005-07
• A starting defender for D.C. United in Major League Soccer • Formerly played for Red Star Belgrade in Serbia’s First Division • Has made 16 international appearances for the Canadian National Team • A three-time all-conference selection at UAB • Twice earned first-team all-region honors
Vonetta (Jeffrey) Flowers
Chris Hammond
Years At UAB: 1992-95
Years At UAB: 1985
• Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2010 • Made history at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, becoming the first and only former UAB athlete to earn an Olympic Gold Medal • Captured the Gold in the bobsled as the first black athlete (male or female in any country) to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics • Selected to carry the American flag in the 2002 closing ceremonies
• Drafted in 1986 by Cincinnati Reds and made major league debut in 1990 • Pitched 14 seasons in the major leagues, including four with the Reds and five with the Florida Marlins, finishing his career with an overall record of 66-62 and a 4.14 ERA • Pitched in the 2003 World Series with the New York Yankees • Known more as a hitter at UAB, posting a .275 average with 32 runs scored and 16 RBI in 1985
Academics
2011 Fall graduate Caleb Thomas with football academic advisor Mary Kathryn Borland.
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(L-R) Marsha and Don Hire, Mr. Charles J. Hoke and UAB Athletics Director Brian Mackin cut the ribbon on the new Academic Center in 2008.
ssociate Athletic Director for Student their own growth and development while Services Danez M. Marrable-Lockhart receiving maximum support. The academic oversees a staff of eight full-time advisors, a unit’s goals are to prepare student-athletes learning specialist, reading and writing spe- for viable careers, to assist them in securing cialist and five assistants in the Don M. & degrees and to produce responsible citizens. Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic The athletic advisors, in conjunction with Center. Their mission is to provide the highest specific major advisors, work with studentquality of academic support, counseling and athletes on a regular basis on necessary guidance to UAB student-athletes by promot- requirements for their chosen degree. The ing academic excellence, self-responsibility, advisors also help plan class schedules, keeppersonal and professional growth. ing in mind academic standing, practice, Marrable-Lockhart and her staff act as travel and competition schedules. In addia liaison between the tion, athletic advisors regularly student-athlete, coachreview the performance and class 2011-12 C-USA es and UAB’s academattendance of all student-athletes Commissioner’s ic communities and to help them keep on pace toward Honor Roll ensures that studentgraduation. (Student-athletes achieving athletes comply with In addition, the Life Skills procumulative GPA of 3.0 or better) academic rules estabgram is run through this office. Adam Arthur lished by the univerThis NCAA program centers Kennard Backman sity, the NCAA and around the five commitments T.J. Ballou Conference USA. The (academics, athletics, personal Jake Banta staff also coordinates development, career developSpencer Baumhower academic programs ment and community service) Wesley Carter Bashr Coles designed to assist the and was created to support the Ryan Densmore student-athletes in student-athlete development iniJalen Hampton acquiring a quality tiatives and enhance the quality Stephen Herring education as well as of the student-athlete experience John Hix programs to promote within the context of higher eduLamar Johnson personal and career cation. Calvin Jones development. Finally, the Student-Athlete Taylor Klein UAB’s Student SerAdvisory Committee (SAAC) is Drew Luker Hunter Mullins vices program wants to advised through the student serHayden Naumann make certain that stuvices offices. This group, the Jamie Onufrak dent-athletes succeed to ‘voice’ of the student-athletes, is Darrin Reaves their highest academic composed of representatives from Danny Volk ability. Inherent in the each team. At UAB, this group Chris Walton program is the philosoworks to promote UAB athletShalin Waterford phy that student-athletes ics, organizes community service A.J. Wilson take responsibility for efforts, provides administration
with the voice of the student-athletes and works to ensure student-athlete welfare and success in the Birmingham community. UAB’s commitment to academic excellence got a boost in the summer of 2008 with the completion of the Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center. Under the direction of athletics director Brian Mackin, and with a generous donation from Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire, UAB was able to completely renovate the academic center and provide first-class facilities to the Blazers’ student-athletes. Sitting in the middle of UAB’s athletic complexes, including Bartow Arena and the football practice facilities, the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center serves as the home for overseeing the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes.
Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center • Completed in the Summer of 2008 • Houses a director, a learning specialist, sevenfull-time advisors and five assistants • More than 50 tutors and mentors • Over 40 computers available for student use • Computer lab for general student use • Learning lab • Laptops for student-athlete checkout • Mentor meeting room • Nine small group and one-on-one tutor rooms Anthony Barnes with football academic advisor Greg Green at the 2011 Fall graduates reception.
• Five large group study areas • Staff conference room • Tutor/mentor resource library
Spring 2012 graduates: Back Row (L-R): Trey Ragland, D.A. Autry, Beas Hamga, TaRonda Randall, Meagan Brown, D.J. Reese. Front Row (L-R): Giorgia Romeo, Georgia Luch, Carolyn Polcari, Allison Young, Brittany DeFelice.
Danez Marrable Associate Athletic Director for Student Services
Greg Green Coordinator of Football Academics
Drew Barnette Academic Advisor
Mary Kathryn Borland Academic Advisor
Wayne Hamberger Learning Specialist
Christina Harris Academic Advisor
Sharon Johnson Academic Advisor
Amy Nicholas Learning Specialist
Josh Watson Academic Advisor
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AB’s Sports Enhancement can now boast of having one of the finest facilities around for the staff and student-athletes. The center opened in January of 2008 and houses a 10,000 square-foot weight room that features more than 40,000 pounds of free weights. Director of Sports Enhancement Dwayne Chandler and his staff work with members of the Blazer football team to develop training programs and enhance each athlete’s performance. Chandler, who has over 10 years of experience at both the collegiate and professional levels as a strength and conditioning coach, was hired in January of 2012. Chandler came to UAB from his alma mater, the University of Oklahoma, where he
served as an assistant on the staff since 2009. He spent two years as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Denver Broncos (2007-08). While there, Chandler worked with such standout performers as Jay Cutler, Brandon Marshall and Champ Bailey. Prior to joining the staff in Denver, Chandler was on the staff at the University of Minnesota, joining the Golden Gophers as a strength and conditioning assistant and speed coach in 2001 before being named co-head strength and conditioning coach in 2003. In 2004, Chandler was named the head strength and conditioning coach at Minnesota where he served until 2006. During his time with the Gophers, Chandler instructed 12 players who were selected
in the NFL Draft, including 2006 first-round draft choice Laurence Maroney and 2005 fourth-round selection Marion Barber III. Before going to Minnesota, Chandler spent a season with the Dallas Cowboys, serving as a strength and conditioning intern. Chandler and the Blazers spend a lot of their time in the bright and spacious weight room, which includes state-of-the-art equipment for weight training, stretching and conditioning workouts. Chandler and the staff use a variety of techniques to assist the Blazers in achieving maximum performance and potential. With a heavy emphasis on Olympic style weightlifting, the program concentrates on speed, power, and strength.
Sports Enhancement
Dwayne Chandler Director of Sports Enhancement
David Consiglio Sports Enhancement
Sports Medicine T
he Sports Medicine staff provides for all 16 varsity teams and 350 University of Alabama at Birmingham student-athletes with high quality health care. Student-athletes have access to the leading sports medicine and health care professionals. The Sports Medicine staff consists of team physicians, dentists, athletic trainers and a sports nutritionist. The daily care, prevention, evaluation and treatment of injuries is supervised by a staff of seven full-time and five graduate assistants that have been certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and licensed by the state of Alabama. The Sports Medicine program is under the direction of Mike Jones; his full-time athletic
Dr. Brenda Baumann
Team Physician
Dr. Marshall Crowther
Team Physician
trainers are Melissa Adams, Laurie Fincher, Bryan Koch, Greg Mytyk, Daniel Springer and Jennifer Wallace. Graduate assistant trainers Seong Choi, Matt Fisher, Ellen Harris, Daniel Lindsay, Ian McComb and Logan Speicher complete the staff. Team physicians are affiliated with the acclaimed UAB Health System, health professional school and the UAB Sports Medicine.
Dr. William Garth
Team Physician
U.S. News & World Report and other national publications consistently rank UAB’s innovative programs and expert specialists among the best in America. The Medical Director of UAB Sports Medicine is Dr. William Garth, an orthopedic surgeon. He is responsible for all services provided to student-athletes. General medical care is provided by Dr. Brenda Baumann and Dr. Marshall Crowther. In the fall of 2008, the Wallace Building Athletic Training Room opened. The 9,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility offers the finest therapeutic modalities and rehabilitative equipment. It has an extensive collection of therapeutic and rehabilitation equipment including a BTE isokinetic testing machine and hydrotherapy tanks. The Wet Room features two free standing dualtank consoles that offer whole-body and extremity immersion in either warm or cold hydrotherapy. UAB has the largest dual-tank console that has a stainless steel tank with a capacity of 1,450 gallons of water and can accommodate up to 25 football studentathletes at a time. In addition to the Wallace Building Facility, auxiliary athletic training rooms are located in Bartow Arena and in Young Memorial Field.
Mike Jones
Assistant AD Athletic Training
Bryan Koch
Associate Athletic Trainer
In the fall semester, 2008, the Wallace Building Athletic Training Room opened its doors. UAB student-athletes began enjoying a brand-new, state of the art athletic training facility. The new 9,000 square foot center allows the athletic training staff to work more efficiently and gives the studentathletes a much more comfortable facility.
Melissa Adams Assistant Athletic Trainer
Laurie Fincher Assistant Athletic Trainer
Greg Mytyk
Assistant Athletic Trainer
Daniel Springer Assistant Athletic Trainer
Jen Wallace
Assistant Athletic Trainer
UAB in the
Community T
he Blazer football team is just one example of the UAB Athletic Department’s commitment to helping, serving and donating to the Birmingham community. UAB takes great pride in giving back to a community that gives so much to it. UAB football has stepped up as one of the leaders in community outreach, participating in a wide variety of projects and activities throughout the year. One of the Blazers’ continuing efforts is weekly visits to the Chil-
dren’s Hospital during the spring. Every week, several players and coaches spend quality time with patients and families at the Children’s Hospital. Other community service ventures recently had included UAB’s Classroom Connection, volunteering at the Ronald McDonald House and joining with local radio station 95.7 to help clean up a Birmingham-area elementary school.
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he state-of-the-art, $25 million Campus Recreation Center has covered all the bases. It boasts 18,000 square feet of weight and fitness space outfitted with all-new equiptment and a one-eighth-mile oval running track that juts out of the building, curving toward University Boulevard and 15th Street South to provide panoramic views of the campus. And just to make sure no one gets bored, planners added a five-story, rock-climbing wall. The facility features four basketball courts, five racquetball courts, one of which converts to a squash court and a multi-purpose court that can be used for indoor soccer, volleyball, floor hockey or badminton. There are also four aerobic rooms and a swimming pool with four lap lanes and leisure and physical rehabilitation areas. The handicap-accessible pool has many special features. A continuous current in the “lazy river” carries swimmers around the outer edge of the pool in inner tubes – the ride ends under a waterfall – or individuals can walk against the flow as a part of a physical rehabilitation program. For more intense resistance training, center members can use the “vortex,” a circular area within
the pool with forceful water jets. One of the four aerobics rooms is dedicated to spinning; the others host Pilates, general aerobics, yoga, step, and kickboxing classes along with other specialty offerings. The facility also includes the Kids Zone, a supervised area – equipped with toys, books, and movies – where parents can drop off children while they work out.
The center also has a juice bar, wireless internet access, and an Outdoor Pursuits Center that rents camping gear and leads backpacking, rafting, and skiing trips to desitnations around the United States. The first floor houses a wellness center that coordinates with UAB groups to offer nutritional counseling, body-fat measurements, personal training, and general fitness assessments.
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Recreation Center
BIRMINGHAM The Magic City
The statue of Vulcan — Roman God of Fire and Iron — is the symbol of the city of Birmingham.
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ith a population of more than 230,000 (more than one million in the metropolitan area), Birmingham has a strong, diverse, service-oriented economy and is recognized as a Southeast leader. Founded shortly after the Civil War, Birmingham rapidly became known as “The Magic City” because of its phenomenal rate of industrial growth in its beginning. Its mountainous strata and forest surrounding the city are rich with ore
deposits, and it was that natural wealth that quickly transformed young Birmingham into a bustling steel metropolis. Today, Birmingham continues to earn the distinction, “The Magic City,” but this tribute is due to the city’s economic competitiveness, technological advancements and quality of life — offerings which are sought after by professionals with an eye toward the future. Birmingham has been recognized as one of America’s “Most Livable Cities” by the U.S. Conference of Mayors — as recently as 1993. Birmingham’s strategic location and diverse economy position the city as one of tremendous opportunity and growth. Centrally located and the largest municipality in Alabama, the city is home to a number of renowned individuals who have made an impression on the nation and the world in music and entertainment, education, medicine and sports, to name a few. There is never a lack of cultural entertainment in “The Magic City”. Dozens of neighborhood and city-wide festivals, museums, parks, sports competitions and much more provide unlimited activity and amusement. Residents and visitors to Birmingham enjoy the city’s recreational and historical attractions such as the Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Vulcan Park, Sloss Furnaces, Southern Museum of Flight and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.
Sports enthusiasts will never be at a loss for activity at the heart of the “Football Capital of the South.” UAB plays all of its home football games at historic Legion Field, which also was the site of preliminary round soccer matches at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Professional athletic teams in the area include the Class-AA Birmingham Barons (baseball). Several annual fests are held in Birmingham. The biggest is City Stages, held each spring in the downtown City Center. City Stages attracts nearly a quarter of a million people for a three-day weekend of unlimited music. All of this and more makes Birmingham “The Magic City” to residents and visitors year-round.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum stands as a reminder of the past and a beacon of hope for the future.