2014-15 Women's Golf Media Guide

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Table of Contents/Quick Facts................................................................. 1 2014-15 UAB Women’s Golf Roster........................................................ 2 2014-15 UAB Women’s Golf Schedule................................................... 3 Head coach Kim Wilcox.............................................................................. 4 Rebecca Chandler........................................................................................5 Jesse Lawley...................................................................................................6 Holly Robinson..............................................................................................7 Jessica Rouillard............................................................................................8 Margaret Yeh..................................................................................................9 Juliana Sebastian/Sydney Snodgrass/Kayla Wilbourn..................10 2013-14 Results...........................................................................................11 Year-by-Year/Titles/Honor Roll...............................................................12 Team Records...............................................................................................13 Individual Records.....................................................................................14 Conference USA..........................................................................................15 UAB Administration............................................................................ 16-17

GENERAL Location.......................................................................... Birmingham, Ala. Founded..................................................................................................1969 Enrollment.......................................................................................... 18,568 Nickname........................................................................................... Blazers School Colors.....................................................Forest Green and Gold Affiliation.......................................................................... NCAA Division I Conference......................................................................Conference USA President.................................................................................Dr. Ray Watts Interim Athletic Director............................................... Shannon Ealy HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM First Year........................................................................................... 1984-85 All-Time Record.................................................................... 994-1345-22 COACHING STAFF Head Coach.....................................................Kim Wilcox, 13th Season TEAM FACTS 2014 Conference USA Championship Finish......................... 12th Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................................5/2 Top Returnees............................Holly Robinson, Rebecca Chandler Newcomers....................................................................................................3 Top Newcomers.........................Sydney Snodgrass, Kayla Wilbourn MEDIA UAB Athletics Website.................................................UABsports.com UAB Athletics Twitter.................................................... @UABathletics UAB Men’s Golf Twitter......................................................@UABWGolf

Athletic Media Relations Norm Reilly

Associate AD/Media Relations

Office Phone: 205-934-0722

E-Mail: nreilly@uab.edu

Credits The 2014-15 UAB women’s golf media guide was compiled, designed, written, and edited by Brandon Lee and is the property of the UAB Athletic Media Relations Office. Editorial assistance provided by Norm Reilly and the UAB media relations staff.

Tray Littlefield

Associate Director of Media Relations

Office Phone: 205-934-7920

E-Mail: trayl@uab.edu

Photography: Jimmy Mitchell, Steve Wood.

Kristin Watkins

Assistant Director of Media Relations

Office Phone: 205-934-0725

E-Mail: kristinw@uab.edu

Cover and Layout: Provations Group, Lexington, Ky.

Brandon Lee (Women’s Golf Contact)

Assistant Director of Media Relations

Office Phone: 205-996-2576

E-Mail: brlee@uab.edu Rob Slaman

Media Relations Assistant

Office Phone: 205-934-0724

E-Mail: raslaman15@gmail.com

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2014-15 UAB Women’s Golf Roster

(Left to Right): Kayla Wilbourn, Sydney Snodgrass, Juliana Sebastian, Rebecca Chandler, head coach Kim Wilcox, Jesse Lawley, Holly Robinson, Margaret Yeh, Jessica Rouillard

2014-15 UAB Women’s Golf Roster Name Rebecca Chandler Jesse Lawley Holly Robinson Jessica Rouillard Juliana Sebastian Sydney Snodgrass Kayla Wilbourn Margaret Yeh

Year So. Sr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Sr.

Hometown/Previous School Northport, Ala./Northside HS Rainbow City, Ala./Birmingham-Southern Sligo, Northern Ireland/Sligo Grammar School Auburn, Ala./Auburn HS Columbia, S.C./Spring Valley HS Harrisville, W. Va./Ritchie County HS Cairo, Ga./Cairo HS Cumming, Ga./West Forsyth HS

Head Coach: Kim Wilcox, 13th Season

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2014-15 UAB Women’s Golf Schedule Fall Schedule Date Sept. 28-30

Tournament

Location Result/Rounds

Chris Banister Golf Classic

Jacksonville, Ala.

T6th/11

Bearcat Classic

Cincinnati, Ohio

6th/16

Oct. 20-21

Blue Raider Invitational

Murfreesboro, Tenn.

12th/16

Oct. 27-28

UAB Fall Beach Blast

Gulf Shores, Ala.

T7th/11

Oct. 6-7

Spring Schedule Date

Tournament

Location Result/Rounds

Feb. 23-24

USA Women’s Invitational

Mobile, Ala.

Two rounds

Mar. 9-10

Lady Eagle Invitational

Hattiesburg, Miss.

Two rounds

Mar. 20-22

UC Spring Invitational

Orlando, Fla.

Mar. 30-31

UALR Women’s Golf Classic

Little Rock, Ark.

Two rounds

Apr. 11-12

River Landing Classic

Wilmington, N.C.

Two rounds

Apr. 20-22

Conference USA Championship

Fort Myers, Fla.

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Head Coach Kim Wilcox 13th Season - Auburn ‘81 Kim Wilcox enters her 13th season at the helm of the UAB women’s golf program in 2014-15.

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.

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.

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 day-to-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.

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.

Wilcox -- who later completed her degree requirements at UAB -- and her husband, Bill, have two children, Sarah and Will.

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.

Head coach Kim Wilcox gives instructions to Margaret Yeh during the 2012-13 season.

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Rebecca Chandler Sophomore - Northport, Ala. - Northside HS FRESHMAN SEASON (2013-14) Competed in six tournaments and 13 rounds during her freshman campaign ... finished with an 82.77 stroke average and finished tied for 19th at the Grizzly Invitational for her best finish of the season ... shot a season-best low round of 75 at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal.

PRE-UAB Played at nearby Northport High School on Northport, Ala. ... qualified and competed in the Alabama High School Activities Association State Golf Tournament all four years in high school ... tied for third at the state tournament in her senior season ... named the Tuscaloosa News Spring Sport Girls Golf MVP all four years of high school ... member of the National Junior Honors Society and the Beta Club.

PERSONAL Rebecca Lynn Chandler ... born March 7, 1995 ... daughter of Tim and Melanie Chandler ... has one sister (Samantha) ... major is business management.

Career Statistics Freshman Season (2013-14) Event Grizzly Invitational Great Smokies Intercollegiate UAB Fall Beach Blast Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational

Results Place 82-81-79 = 242 (+29) 19th 81-75 = 156 (+12) 44th 83-83 = 166 (+22) 63rd 85-84 = 169 (+25) 41st 89-89 = 178 (+36) T90th 83-82 = 165 (+21) T56th

Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 2013-14 6 13 1076 82.77 75 239 0 1 19th Totals 6 13 1076 82.77 75 239 0 1 19th 5

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Jesse Lawley Senior - Rainbow City, Ala. - Birmingham-Southern JUNIOR SEASON (2013-14) Competed in five tournaments during her first season for the Blazers ... maintained an 82.30 stroke average and finished tied for 35th at the Steelwood Collegiate Invitational for her best finish of the season ... shot her best round of 78 at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate in her first tournament of the season to finish at 160 in the two-round event ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE/FRESHMAN SEASONS (2011-13) Spent her first two years at Birmingham-Southern College.

PRE-UAB A local product who prepped at Westbrook Christian School in Rainbow City, Ala. ... transferred to UAB from Birmingham-Southern College ... named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll in 2011-12 and 2012-13 ... also placed on the all-conference team ... was a sub-state selection as an individual in 2010 and 2011 ... placed on the all-area tournament team in basketball in 2011 ... was the Westbrook Christian High School Female Scholar Athlete of the Year ... was her school’s salutatorian in 2011.

PERSONAL Jesse Erin Lawley ... born Sept. 24, 1993 ... daughter of Jim and Jill Lawley ... has one sister (Ella) ... major is business management.

Career Statistics Junior Season (2013-14) Event Great Smokies Intercollegiate UAB Fall Beach Blast Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational

Results Place 82-78 = 160 (+16) T55th 86-79 = 165 (+21) T61st 85-81 = 166 (+22) T35th 86-84 = 170 (+26) T78th 81-81 = 162 (+18) T42nd

Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 2013-14 5 10 823 82.30 78 N/A 0 0 T35th Totals 5 10 823 82.30 78 N/A 0 0 T35th 6

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Holly Robinson Senior - Sligo, Northern Ireland - Sligo Grammar School JUNIOR SEASON (2013-14) Played in seven tournaments for the Blazers ... had one top-25 finish at the 2014 Lady Eagle Invitational finishing tied for 16th ... had a 92.79 stroke average for the season ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2012-13) Played in nine tournaments for the Blazers ... recorded an 81.91 stroke average over 22 rounds ... posted one top-10 and a pair of top-25 finishes ... shot a career-best 54-score of 234 at the HBU Husky Invitational ... recorded her low round of the year during the second round of the same tournament with a 74 ... recorded four scores in the 70s ... finished in a tie for eighth place at the UAB Fall Beach Blast ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

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.

Career Statistics Junior Season (2013-14) Event Grizzly Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational C-USA Championship

Results Place 80-82-WD WD 85-76 = 161 (+17) T55th 86-82 = 168 (+24) T38th 89-83 = 172 (+28) T81st 79-77 = 156 (+12) T16th 73-83-80 = 236 (+20) T51st

Sophomore Season (2012-13) Event LPGA Xavier Invitational FedEx Memphis Women’s Intercollegiate UAB Fall Beach Blast USA Women’s Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational HBU Husky Invitational

Results Place 85-88-82 = 255 (+39) 59th 82-77-83 = 242 (+29) T36th 80-77 = 157 (+13) T8th 81-83 = 164 (+20) T41st 84 = 84 (+12) T49th 83-85 = 168 (+24) T85th 85-74-75 = 234 (+21) 23rd

Samford Intercollegiate C-USA Championship

80-83-83 = 246 (+30) 28th 84-87-81 = 252 (+36) 51st

Freshman Season (2011-12) Event Great Smokies Intercollegiate CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational

Results Place 79-72 = 151 (+7) T46th 74-75 = 149 (+7) T7th 77-78-81 = 236 (+23) T27th 76-84 = 160 (+16) T11th 80-76 = 156 (+12) T20th 81-81 = 162 (+18) T34th 87-83-77 = 247 (+31) T73rd

Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 2011-12 10 24 1923 80.13 72 236 1 4 T7th 2012-13 9 22 1802 81.91 74 234 1 2 T8th 2013-14 7 14 1299 92.79 73 236 0 1 T16th Totals 25 57 4788 81.14 72 234 2 7 T7th 7

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Jessica Rouillard Junior - Auburn, Ala. - Auburn HS SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013-14) Competed in four tournaments for the Blazers ... had a season-best finish at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate where she finished in 31st ... named to the UAB Commissioner’s Honor Roll and received the league’s Academic Medal.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012-13) Competed in nine tournaments, one as an individual, and 21 rounds during her freshman season at UAB ... recorded an 80.95 scoring average ... tallied one top-10 and three top-25 finishes ... best finish came at the UC Spring Invitational, where she finished in fifth place ... at the same tournament, she posted her best 18-hole and 36-hole scores of 72 and 148, respectively ... posted low 54-hole score of 237 at the Samford Intercollegiate ... posted seven rounds in the 70s ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal.

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.

Career Statistics Sophomore Season (2013-14) Event Great Smokies Intercollegiate UAB Fall Beach Blast John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate C-USA Championship

Results Place 76-74 = 150 (+6) 31st 83-83 = 166 (+22) T63rd 93-81-93 = 257 (+41) 81st 81-79-87 = 247 (+31) 61st

Freshman Season (2012-13) Event Great Smokies Intercollegiate LPGA Xavier Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast USA Women’s Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational HBU Husky Invitational Samford Intercollegiate C-USA Championship

Results Place 74-75 = 149 (+5) T24th 92-86-81 = 259 (+43) 66th 87-77 = 164 (+20) 31st 80-86 = 166 (+22) T46th 83 = 83 (+11) T42nd 72-76 = 148 (+4) 5th 84-81-79 = 244 (+28) T41st 83-73-81 = 237 (+21) T15th 85-84-81 = 250 (+34) T47th

Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 2012-13 9 21 1700 80.95 72 237 1 3 5th 2013-14 12 7 820 81.86 74 247 0 0 31st Totals 11 25 2016 80.64 72 237 1 3 5th 8

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Margaret Yeh Senior - Cumming, Ga. - West Forsyth HS JUNIOR SEASON (2013-14) Competed in six tournaments for the Blazers as a junior ... had a season-best 18th place at the Grizzly Invitational and finished with a 36-hole total of 152 within that same tournament ... recorded a stroke average of 81.88 ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2012-13) Competed in seven tournaments during her sophomore campaign ... recorded a scoring average of 82.50 over 18 rounds ... tied for ninth place at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate where she posted a 36-hole total of 145 (72-73) ... best 54-hole total came at the LPGA Xavier Invitational, where she fired a three-round score of 241 ... recorded one top-10 and two top-25 finishes ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal.

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.

Career Statistics Junior Season (2013-14) Event Grizzly Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational John Kirk/Panther Intercollegiate

Results Place 74-78-89 = 241 (+28) 18th 78-80 = 158 (+14) T45th 87-81 = 168 (+24) T38th 89-87 = 176 (+36) 87th 82-82 = 164 (+20) T52nd 82-79-81 = 242 (+26) T58th

Sophomore Season (2012-13) Event Great Smokies Intercollegiate LPGA Xavier Invitational FedEx Memphis Women’s Intercollegiate UAB Fall Beach Blast USA Women’s Invitational HBU Husky Invitational Samford Intercollegiate

Results Place 72-73 = 145 (+1) T9th 80-84-77 = 241 (+25) T30th 84-78-84 = 246 (+33) T47th 79-80 = 159 (+15) T12th 89-89 = 178 (+34) T69th 86-89-83 = 258 (+42) T67th 90-80-88 = 258 (+42) 39th

Freshman Season (2011-12) Event CSU Wendy’s Invitational Memphis Invitational UAB Fall Beach Blast USA Invitational Lady Eagle Invitational UC Spring Invitational

Results Place 75-87 = 162 (+20) T54th 83-86-79 = 248 (+35) T52nd 80-83 = 163 (+21) T19th 83-77 = 160 (+18) T36th 80-78 = 158 (+16) T21st 79-81-88 = 248 (+32) T77th

Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 25 Best Finish 2011-12 9 21 1707 81.29 75 241 0 2 T19th 2012-13 7 18 1485 82.50 72 241 1 2 T9th 2013-14 7 17 1392 81.88 74 241 0 1 18th Totals 22 53 4341 81.95 72 241 (3X) 1 5 T9th 9

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Juliana Sebastian Freshman - Columbia, S.C. HIGH SCHOOL Helped Spring Valley High School qualify for the state championship in back-to-back years ... number one player for two years on the team, serving as team captain ... helped Spring Valley to win the region championship two years in a row ... won the 2013 PKBGT Chanticleer Classic ... won the 2013 IJGT Florida Swing Classic ... finished second in the 2013 SCJGA Caddie Classic and was awarded a chance to caddie for Jim Furyk ... selected to play in the 2013 South Carolina North/South matches ... selected to play in the 2014 South Carolina/Georgia matches.

PERSONAL Full name is Juliana Hope Sebastian ... born April 7, 1996 in Chesapeake, Va. ... daughter of Deno and Terri Sebastian ... majoring in exercise science

Sydney Snodgrass Freshman - Harrisville, W. Va. HIGH SCHOOL Helped the Ritchie County High School team to two West Virginia class AA state team titles ... became the first female in West Virginia to be named all-state and earned the honor three times ... earned all-conference honors four times ... carded the lowest nine-hole score in West Virginia high school history with a 28 ... named the 2013 West Virginia Women’s Amateur Champion ... earned West Virginia Women’s and Girls’ Player of the Year honors in 2013.

PERSONAL Full name is Sydney Morgan Snodgrass ... born May 2, 1996 in Parkersburg, W. Va. ... daughter of Mike and Jackie Snodgrass ... undecided on major.

Kayla Wilbourn Freshman - Cairo, Ga. HIGH SCHOOL Helped the Cairo High School team to win the AAAA Region 4 Championship four years in a row ... made the all-state team all four years in high school ... finished third in the state as a sophomore, tied for second as a junior and tied for first as a senior ... earned a place in the Grady County Hall of Fame during her senior year ... earned a spot on the Presidential List all four years of high school.

PERSONAL Full name is Kayla Elizabeth Lynn Wilbourn ... born August 27, 1996 in Cairo, Ga. ... daughter of Wendy and Jason Wilbourn ... majoring in kinesiology.

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UAB WOMEN’S GOLF 2013-14 RESULTS AND PERFORMANCE RECORDS

Grizzly Invitational Missoula Country Club | Missoula, Mont. - Sept. 10 Finish: 4-of-6 | Champion: University of Montana Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 74 67 75 216 (+3) T-2-of-35 Margaret Yeh 74 78 89 241 (+28) 18-of-35 Rebecca Chandler 82 81 79 242 (+29) 19-of-35 Amanda Richey 83 83 83 249 (+24) 24-of-35 Holly Robinson 80 82 WD WD WD TEAM 310 308 326 944 (+92) 4-of-6 (Team Finishes: 1. Univ. of Montana, 878; 2. Montana State, 934, 3. North Dakota, 942; 4. UAB, 944; 5. Rocky Mountain College, 946; 6. Carroll College MT, 1058) Great Smokies Intercollegiate Waynesville Inn Golf Resort | Waynesville, N.C. - Sept. 17 Finish: 10-of-12 | Champion: Western Carolina University Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Jessica Rouillard 76 74 n/a 150 (+6) 31-of-67 Caitlin Watts 78 75 n/a 153 (+9) T-35-of-67 Rebecca Chandler 81 75 n/a 156 (+12) T-44-of-67 Jesse Lawley 82 78 n/a 160 (+16) T-55-of-67 Amanda Richey 79 81 n/a 160 (+16) T-55-of-67 TEAM 314 302 n/a 616 (+40) 10-of-12 (Team Finishes: 1. Western Carolina, 570; 2. Samford, 574, 3. Mercer, 576; 4. Eastern Kentucky, 582; 5.

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Tennessee Tech, 608; 10. UAB, 616; 11. Presbyterian College, 622; 12. Citadel, 643) UAB Fall Beach Blast Peninsula Golf Club | Gulf Shores, Ala. Finish: 11-of-12 | Champion: Tulsa Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 80 77 n/a 157 (+13) T-40-of-64 Margaret Yeh 78 80 n/a 158 (+14) T-45-of-64 Holly Robinson 85 76 n/a 161 (+17) T-55-of-64 Jesse Lawley 86 79 n/a 165 (+21) T-61-of-64 Rebecca Chandler 83 83 n/a 166 (+22) T-63-of-64 Jessica Rouillard 83 83 n/a 166 (+22) T-63-of-64 Amanda Richey 89 84 n/a 173 (+29) T-67-of-64 TEAM 324 319 n/a 643 (+67) 11-of-12 (Team Finishes: 1. Tulsa, 590; 2. Louisiana Monroe, 594; 3. Austin Peay State; 4. Houston Baptist University, 599; T5. Sam Houston State, 605; T5. Southern Mississippi, 605; 7. Central Arkansas, 606; 8. McNeese State, 607; 9. Belmont University, 612; 10. Memphis, 619; 11. UAB, 643; 12. Alabama State University, 644) Steelwood Collegiate Invitational Steelwood Country Club | South Alabama Nov 4th-5th Finish: 7-of-7 | Champion: Louisiana Monroe Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 82 77 n/a 159 (+15) T-21-of-43 Margaret Yeh 87 81 n/a 168 (+24) T-38-of-43 Holly Robinson 86 82 n/a 168 (+24) T-38-of-43 Jesse Lawley 85 81 n/a 166 (+22) T-35-of-43 Rebecca Chandler 85 84 n/a 169 (+25) T-41-of-43 TEAM 338 321 n/a 659 (+110) 7-of-7 (Team Finishes: 1. Louisiana Monroe, 599; 2. Western Kentucky, 615; 3. South Alabama, 619; 4. Troy, 625; 5. McNeese State, 642; 6. Stephen F. Austin St., 643; 7. UAB, 659) Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational Le Triomphe Golf and Country Club | McNeese State Feb 9th-11th Finish: 18-of-18 | Champion: Louisiana Monroe Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 78 76 n/a 154 (+10) T-21-of-94 Margaret Yeh 89 87 n/a 176 (+32) 87-of-94 83 n/a 172 (+28) T-81-of-94 Holly Robinson 89 Jesse Lawley 86 84 n/a 170 (+26) T-78-of-94 Rebecca Chandler 89 89 n/a 178 (+36) T-90-of-94 TEAM 342 330 n/a 672 (+123) 18-of-18 (Team Finishes: 1. Louisiana Monroe, 599; 2. Houston Baptist University, 604; 3. Granda Canyon, 612; 4. Lamar, 621; T5. McNeese State(blue), 622; T5. Stephen F. Austin St., 622; 7. Sam Houston State, 626; 8. Arkansas State, 627; 9. South Alabama, 628; 10. Central Arkansas, 630; 11. Oral Roberts, 633; 12. U. of New Orleans, 642; 13.

Incarnate Word, 647; 14. McNeese State(gold), 648; 15. Texas Pan Americal, 652; 16. McLennan CC, 662; 17.

Valparaiso, 671; 18. UAB, 672; Le Triomphe Collegiate Invitational Le Triomphe Golf and Country Club | McNeese State Feb 9th-11th 1 1 | U A B Finish: 18-of-18 | Champion: Louisiana MonroeGrizzly Invitational

12th Annual USA Women’s Invitational Azalea City Golf Course | Mobile, Al. - Feb 24-25 Finish: 12-of-15 | Champion: University of Memphis Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 73 81 D Margaret Yeh 86 78 85 249 (+33) 68-of-83 Holly Robinson 86 83 87 256 (+40) T-73-of-83 Jesse Lawley 82 82 83 247 (+31) T-62-of-83 Jessica Rouillard 85 81 82 248 (+32) T-64-of-83 TEAM 326 322 333 981(+117) 12-of-15 (Team Finishes: 1. Memphis, 905; 2. Jacksonville St., 907; 3. South Alabama, 909; 4. Troy, 915; 5. Samford, 918; 6. Eastern Kentucky, 919; 7. Arkansas- Little Rock, 930; 8. Louisiana Monroe, 933; 9. Alabama State, 937; 10.

Southern Illinois, 938; 11.Western Kentucky, 944; T12. U. of New Orleans, 981; T12. UAB, 981; 14. Spring Hill College, 1041; 15. Jackson State Univ., 1057.

Lady Eagle Invitational Hattiesburg Country Club | Hattiesburg, Miss. - March 10-11 Finish: 8-of-13 | Champion: University of Southern Mississippi Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Holly Robinson 79 77 n/a 156 (+12) T-16-of-78 Caitlin Watts 78 83 n/a 161 (+17) T-40-of-78 Jesse Lawley 81 81 n/a 162 (+18) T-42-of-78 Margaret Yeh 82 82 n/a 164 (+20) T-52-of-78 Rebecca Chandler 83 82 n/a 165 (+21) T-56-of-78 TEAM 320 322 n/a 642 (+66) 8-of-13 (Team Finishes: 1. Southern Mississippi, 608; 2. Memphis, 611; 3. South Alabama, 614; 4. Houston Baptist, 617; 5. Murray St., 621; 6. ULM, 625; 7. Central Arkansas, 627; 8. UAB, 642; T9. Stephen F. Austin, 645; T9. Western Kentucky, 645; 11. New Orleans, 646; 12. Texas-Pan American, 648; 13. Jackson St. 708 John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate Eagle’s Landing Country Club | Stockbridge, Ga. - March 29-April 1 Finish: 15-of-16 | Champion: Campbell University Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 76 78 80 234 (+18) T-39-of-90 Margaret Yeh 82 79 81 242 (+26) T-59-of-90 Holly Robinson 78 82 84 244 (+28) T-67-of-90 Jessica Rouillard 93 81 83 257 (+41) T-82-of-90 Amanda Richey 87 86 85 258 (+42) T-83-of-90 TEAM 323 320 328 971 (+ ) 15-of-16 (Team Finishes: 1. Campbell,876; 2. Georgia State, 891; 3. Troy, 906; 4. Middle Tennessee, 907; T5. Mercer University, 912; T5. Kennesaw State, 912; 7. Elon, 919; 8. Jacksonville St., 920; 9. Old Dominion, 925; 10.

Arkansas- Little Rock, 940; 11. Montana, 942; 12. Rollins Collins, 955; 13. South Alabama, 957; 14. South Dakota State, 959; 15. UAB, 971; 16. South Dakota, 1021 C-USA Women’s Championship The Peninsula Golf and Raquet Club | Gulf Shored, Al. - April 21-23 Finish: 12-of-13 | Champion: Tulane Player 1st 2nd 3rd Total Finish Caitlin Watts 75 76 71 222 (+6) T-21-of-64 Holly Robinson 73 83 80 236 (+20) T-51-of-64 Rebecca Chandler 82 77 80 239 (+23) T-53-of-64 Margaret Yeh 81 75 87 243 (+27) T-57-of-64 Jessica Rouillard 81 79 87 247 (+31) T-61-of-64 TEAM 310 307 318 935 (+55) 12-of-13 (Team Finishes: 1. Tulane, 856; 2. UTSA, 866; 3. Middle Tennessee, 879; T4. Old Dominion, 881; T4. Florida International, 881; 6. East Carolina, 882; 7. Southern Mississippi, 896; 8. North Texas, 913; 9. Tulsa, 916; T10.

UTEP, 919; T10. Marshall, 919; 12. UAB, 935; 13. Florida Atlantic, 955.

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Record Book Year 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Total

Head Coach Joann Beddow Joann Beddow Joann Beddow Joann Beddow Joann Beddow Joann Beddow Pam Kaufman Pam Kaufman Shelly Liddick Tim Mahoney Calli Sanders Calli Sanders Mary Ritchie Mary Ritchie Gwen Merritt Gwen Merritt Gwen Merritt Gwen Merritt Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox Kim Wilcox

Record N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 73-51-1 60-55-1 113-36-2 71-79-2 52-78-1 81-64-2 65-70-0 76-67-1 66-60-2 18-80-1 59-83-3 32-82-3 26-102 29-96 58-101 56-67-1 44-81-1 15-88 994-1345-22 (.421)*

* - Since 1996-97 NCAA Regional At-Large Invitation Brooke Mangan - 2004-05 Capital One Academic All-District At-Large Carolyn Cochran - (second team 2010-11)

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)

Women’s Golf Individual Titles 2011-12 Caitlin Watts 2010-11 Jaime Ritter 2009-10 Carolyn Cochran 2005-06 Christina Wentworth 2004-05 Brooke Mangan Janey Deimling Brooke Mangan 2003-04 Brooke Mangan 2002-03 Katie Kane 2000-01 Heather Lourie 1999-2000 Susan Seabrook 1998-99 Maria Salling

2012 Belmont Invitational, Old Hickory, Tenn., 4/2-3/12 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/18-19/10 2009 UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala., 11/2-3/09 2006 Cincinnati Spring Invitational, Crystal Lake, Fla., 3/24-25 2005 Buffalo Rock Southern Shootout, McCalla, Ala., 2/28-3/1/05 2005 Miss Louis Season Opener, Hattiesburg, Miss., 2/11/05 2004 Lady Panther Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga., 10/25-26/04 2004 Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala., 3/22-23/04 2003 Lady Jaguar Spring Invitational, 3/10-11/03 2000 Beacon Woods Invitational, Club Boyonet Point, Fla., 10/13-15/00 1999 JSU Gamecock, Silver Lakes G.C., Jacksonville, Ala. 3/22-23/99 1998 Lady Ram Invitational, Mobile, Ala., 10/18-19/98

Women’s Golf Honor Roll Conference USA All-Tournament Team Brooke Mangan - 2003 Marika Pluta - 2002

Conference USA All-Decade Team (1995-2005) Brooke Mangan

All-Great Midwest Team Kristina Wichmann - (first team 1993-94) Jeanette Klangefeldt - (first team 1993-94) Amber Bianco - (first team 1993-94)

Conference USA Freshman of the Year Heather Lourie - 1998-99

All-Sun Belt Team Kelly Stokes - (first team 1989-90)

Conference USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year Carolyn Cochran - 2010-11 Brooke Mangan - 2004-05 Susan Seabrook - 1998-99

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, 2012-13 Brooke Mangan - 2001-02, 2003-04, 2004-05 Margaret Yeh - 2011-12, 2012-13 Jessica Rouillard - 2012-13

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) Conference USA All-Freshman Team Brooke Mangan - 2001-02

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 1 2

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Janey Deimling - 2002-03, 2003-04 Lindsey Gipson - 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 201213 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, 2012-13 Heather Lourie - 1998-99, 2001-02 Brooke Mangan - 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 200405 Jennifer McGuigan - 1998-99 Alyson Mitchell - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 Holly Robinson - 2011-12, 2012-13 Jessica Rouillard - 2012-13 Maria Salling - 1998-99 Susan Seabrook - 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 Elizabeth Schweihs - 2002-03, 2003-04 Lindsay Taylor - 2007-08, 2009-10 Ana Martin Toribio - 2012-13 Misty Walker - 1997-98 Margaret Yeh - 2011-12, 2012-13

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Record Book Women’s Golf Team Records 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

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., 3/15-16/10 935 - 2014 Conference USA Women’s Championship, Peninsula, 4/21-23/14 940 - Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla., 4/17-18/03 944 - LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic, Baton Rouge, La., 4/5-6/03 944 - Grizzly Invitational, Missoula, Mont., 9/10/13 946 - 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

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., 3/25-26/02 616 - Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C., 9/17/13 617 - 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., 10/6-7/08 628 - 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 1 3

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Record Book Women’s Golf Individual Records 18-holes (72 or better) 67, Caitlin Watts - Grizzly Invitational, Missoula, Mont., 9/10/13 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 72, Jessica Rouillard - UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla., 3/22-24/13 72, Margaret Yeh - 2012 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville,N.C. 9/17/12 36-holes (151 or better) 140, Jaime Ritter - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 141, Genevieve LeClair - 1997 Big Bird Invitational, Tampa, Fla. 141, Caitlin Watts - 2013 Grizzly Invitational, Missoula, Mont.

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.

145, Margaret Yeh - 2012 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 146, Caitlin Watts - 2012 Conference USA Championship, Gulf Shores, Ala. 146, Carolyn Cochran - 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss.

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147, Carolyn Cochran - 2010 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 148, Caitlin Watts - 2012 South Alabama Women’s Invitational, Mobile, Ala. 148, Caitlin Watts - 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 148, Jaime Brabb - 2008 C-USA Championship, El Paso, Texas 148, Brooke Mangan - 2003 Samofrd Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala. 148, Jessica Rouillard - 2013 UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla. 149, Caitlin Watts - 2012 Belmont Invitational, Old Hickory, Tenn.

149, Holly Robinson - 2011 CSU Wendy’s Invitational, Charleston, S.C. 149, Jaime Brabb - 2010 CSU Wendy’s Invitational, Charleston, S.C. 149, Christina Wentworth - 2008 Towson Invitational, St. Michael’s, Md. 149, Brooke Mangan - 2004 Samford Intercollegiate, Calera, Ala. 149, Heather Lourie - 2002 Lady Blazers Invitational, Birmingham, Ala. 150, Jaime Ritter - 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 150, Jessica Rouillard - 2013 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 150, Jaime Ritter - 2011 Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate, Augusta, Ga. 150, Jennifer Head - 2007 Lady Jaguar Invitational, Mobile, Ala. 150, Martha Hudson - 2006 Great Smokies Intercoll., Waynesville, N.C. 150, Janey Deimling - 2004 John Kirk Intercollegiate, Stockbridge, Ga. 150, Brooke Mangan - 2003 Bay Tree Classic, Charleston, S.C. 150, Heather Lourie - 2000 Springlake Invitational, Sebring, Fla. 150, Susan Seabrook - 1998 Lady Rebel Intercollegiate, Oxford, Miss.

151, Jaime Ritter - 2012 UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla. 151, Caitlin Watts - 2011 UAB Fall Beach Blast, Gulf Shores, Ala. 151, Caitlin Watts - 2012 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville,N.C. 151, Caitlin Watts - 2013 HBU Husky Invitational, Sugar Land, Texas 151, Holly Robinson - 2011 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, Waynesville, N.C. 151, Carolyn Cochran - 2011 UC Spring Invitational, Crystal River, Fla. 151, Lindsay Taylor - 2008 Cincinnati Spring Invitational 151, Christina Wentworth - 2008 USF-Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla. 151, Jaime Brabb - 2008 USA Lady Jaguar Invitational, Mobile, Ala. 151, Carolyn Cochran - 2007 Lady Jaguar Invitational, Mobile, Ala. 151, Alyson Mitchell - 2006 Great Smokies Intercoll., Waynesville, N.C. 151, Jennifer McGuigan - 2000 Springlake Invitational, Sebring, Fla. 151, Caitlin Watts - 2014 C-USA Championship, Gulf Shores, Ala. 54-holes (226 or better) 214, Brooke Mangan - 2004 Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C. 220, Carolyn Cochran - 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss.

221, Marika Pluta - 2002 C-USA Championships, Hattiesburg, Miss.

221, Heather Lourie - 2000 Beacon Woods Invitational, Club Bayonet Point, Fla. 222, Carolyn Cochran - 2010 Samford Intercollegiate, Oneonta, Ala. 222, Alyson Mitchell - 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss.

222, Alyson Mitchell - 2006 Myrtle Beach Classic, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 222, Elizabeth Schweihs - 2005 Southern Miss Invitational, Hattiesburg, Miss.

222, Elizabeth Schweihs - 2003 Beacon Woods Inv., Club Bayonet Point, Fla. 223, Brooke Mangan - 2005 Southern Miss Invitational, Hattiesburg, Miss.

223, Brooke Mangan - 2002 C-USA Championships, Hattiesburg, Miss.

223, Susan Seabrook - 1997 FIU/Pat Bradley Invitational, Miami, Fla. 224, Caitlin Watts - 2012 Conference USA Championship, Gulf Shores, Ala. 224, Christina Wentworth - 2006 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss.

224, Janey Deimling - 2005 Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla. 224, Brooke Mangan - 2002 Memphis Intercollegiate, Southhaven, Miss.

225, Jaime Ritter - 2011 Administaff Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate, Augusta, Ga. 225, Elizabeth Schweihs - 2004 Taco Bell Intercollegiate, Greenville, N.C. 225, Brooke Mangan - 2004 Beacon Woods Invitational, Club Bayonet Point, Fla. 225, Brooke Mangan - 2002 John Kirk Intercollegiate 226, Jaime Brabb - 2009 USF-Waterlefe Invitational, Bradenton, Fla. 226, Jennifer Head - 2007 Lady Eagle Classic, Hattiesburg, Miss.

226, Christina Wentworth - 2006 C-USA Championships, Greenville, N,C.

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Conference USA Conference USA celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014-15, welcoming newcomer Western Kentucky University into the fold on July 1.

The league has transformed through its two decades, but the commitment to excellence, integrity, leadership and its student athletes in athletics, academics and community is unwavering.

Conference USA enjoys a far-reaching fan base with its 14 members: Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB, UTEP, UTSA and WKU. Since beginning competition in 1995, Conference USA teams have combined for 83 bowl appearances in football, 100 NCAA Tournament appearances in basketball including three Final Fours, 60 NCAA baseball appearances including Britton Banowsky six College World Series berths, 71 NCAA soccer tournament appearances including four trips to the College Cup, and 35 individual national champions in track and field and cross country.

Success is not limited to athletic achievement, however, as 186 Conference USA student-athletes have garnered Academic All-America honors, 651 have achieved academic all-district laurels and thousands of student-athletes have earned their college degrees.

Conference USA sponsors competition in 19 sports – nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field) and 10 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball).

The league promotes the scholar-athlete ideal, honoring outstanding achievement with numerous conference-sponsored academic awards, including the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Commissioner’s Academic Medal as well as sport-specific All-Academic teams.

C-USA annually awards $4,000 postgraduate scholarships, along with the Sport Academic Awards, Scholar-Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. Additionally, Conference USA presents a Spirit of Service Award three times each year, recognizing student-athletes who excel on the field, in the classroom and give back to the community through significant service efforts and participation.

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 - 83 teams have earned bowl bids - Eligible for the College Football Playoff - Conference USA has 10 bowl affiliations through the 2019 season, securing a minimum of five berths annually. Conference USA has primary bowl tie-ins with the Bahamas Bowl, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl, Gildan New Mexico Bowl, Heart of Dallas Bowl, Miami Beach Bowl, R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl, along with secondary arrangements with the Duck Commander Independence Bowl and the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

Men’s Basketball - 115 postseason teams (51 NCAA, 44 NIT, 11 CBI, 9 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 - CIT Championship

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 800 NCAA appearances.

SUCCESS OFF THE FIELD C-USA institutions are among the nation’s best in academic performance of 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 19 years, more than 28,000 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 membership include institutions within eight of the Top 40 media markets and four in the Top 25 according to Nielsen. C-USA home markets this year will include more than 13 million TV households, a 30 percent increase from two years ago.

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 those numbers have more than doubled.

Monthly and yearly subscriptions provide fans access to events offered on all of the C-USA member institution’s athletic websites as well as C-USA network programming.

C-USA IN THE COMMUNITY The conference’s current footprint is concentrated with 14 members in 10 states and a combined area population of nearly 30 million. With a commitment to community involvement, the conference developed 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.

Individually, student-athletes are recognized each season through the Spirit of Service award.

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. Marshall, Rice, SMU, Tulsa, UCF and UTEP became full-time Conference USA members for all sports in 2005.

Women’s Basketball - 49 NCAA Tournament appearances - 49 WNIT appearances - One Sweet 16 NCAA Tournament team - Three WNIT semifinalists - One WBI Champion

In 2013, charter member Charlotte returned to C-USA and was joined by new members FIU, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, North Texas, Old Dominion and UTSA. The membership is at 14 institutions with WKU joining the league on July 1, 2014.

Baseball - 60 NCAA appearances - Six College World Series appearances (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2001) - 14 Super Regional appearances - Has produced at least four NCAA teams in nine of the past 13 seasons In addition to the numerous NCAA Tournament berths, C-USA has sent four 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 NCAA Sweet 16. The league has also had 35 national champions in NCAA track and field 1 5

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UAB Administration Dr. Ray Watts, President Ray 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.

Shannon Ealy, Interim Athletics Director Shannon James Ealy, a veteran athletics administrator who has held a variety of senior leadership positions in UAB Athletics the past seven years, has been named Interim Director of Athletics at UAB. For the past five years, Ealy has managed the day-to-day operations of the athletics department and served as second in command for the Blazers’ athletic program.

“It is a sad and challenging time for UAB Athletics and a lot of people are hurting,” Ealy said. “It is my responsibility and obligation to lead and serve our student-athletes, coaches, staff and supporters during this most difficult time. I am confident that we have capable and quality people willing to work diligently through this transition to ensure that brighter days are ahead for Blazer Athletics.

“Bill Clark is a friend and I am so proud and appreciative of him, his staff and student-athletes. It was a privilege to support and serve them. I would like to personally thank Coach (Michelle) Crews and Coach (Lori) Goodwin for the blood, sweat and tears they have given this program. My heart aches just as much for these student-athletes in bowling and rifle. Unfortunately, they don’t get as much recognition, but they still hurt as much.”

Ealy joined the UAB athletics staff in the fall of 2007 as Senior Associate Athletics Director for External Affairs and in 2009, he also assumed responsibilities for Internal Operations. Ealy has held the title of Senior Associate AD for Internal Operations since 2013.

Most recently, Ealy has had oversight for several sports (football, men’s basketball, baseball and softball), as well as a number of individual department units (business operations, academics, facilities andoperations, sports medicine, strength and conditioning and equipment operations).

While overseeing external affairs, he managed the offices of Blazer Boosters, marketing, media relations, ticket operations and IMG. The only area Ealy has not overseen is compliance, which has been a direct report to the athletic director’s office in the past.

Ealy was involved extensively in the search process for recent head coaching hires Bill Clark, Jerod Haase and Garrick McGee. Ealy crafted UAB’s successful bid to host the 2015 Conference USA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships which will be held in Birmingham in March.

Other duties for Ealy since he arrived at UAB have been serving as the liaison to agreements to Nike, LRG and Fanatics. He has served as the point of contact for the Athletic Facilities Master Plan and coordinated facility projects and improvements that have included: football and men’s basketball locker rooms, softball facility, baseball and softball hitting facilities, sand volleyball courts, and video boards at Bartow Arena, Young Memorial Field and UAB Softball Field.

Ealy has played a major role in the creation and adherence of the athletic department’s $30 million budget.

Ealy has an extensive background in athletics, including event planning and management. Prior to coming to UAB, Ealy served as an executive at Bruno Event Team under the leadership of Ronnie Bruno and Gene Hallman.

While with the Bruno organization, Ealy held a role ofPresident of Birmingham Sports Ventures (2004-2007), where he coordinated and evaluated strategic planning, feasibility studies and funding models for downtown Birmingham multi-purpose dome stadium. He also served as Vice President of Alabama Sports Foundation (2000-2007), where he managed and promoted marquee events such as the SEC Baseball Tournament, SEC GymnasticsChampionship, NCAA Basketball Championships, Magic City Classic, U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and U.S. Soccer matches.

From 1996-2000, Ealy worked at the Southeastern Conference office where he served as Director of Championships, Marketing and Operations. While at the SEC, managed ticket operations and assisted with event management and marketing for the SEC Football Championship game, SEC Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments, as well as the SEC Baseball and Softball Tournaments.

Ealy spent one year at the University of Florida as a marketing assistant for various Gator sports, such as football, baseball, gymnastics and soccer.

Ealy began his career in athletics administration at his alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, as Assistant to the Athletic Director and coordinated marketing and event management efforts for home contests.

Bill Clark, who came in January as UAB’s head football coach, said, “I have the utmost respect for Shannon Ealy as a collegiate athletics administrator. He played an instrumental role in our success this year. He has a successful future in front of him and possesses good leadership qualities. He will do a great job in this new role of Interim Athletic Director.”

Ealy earned his Masters of Sports Administration degree from Ohio University in 1995. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration in 1991 from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, where he was a football student-athlete.

Ealy is married to the former Carolyn Wall of Birmingham. They have three children: Brian, Caitlin and Alyssa.

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UAB Administration Dr. Frank Messina, Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. 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 business 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.

Derita Ratcliffe Senior Associate AD/SWA

Norm Reilly

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Bill Lansden

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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 threeday weekend of unlimited music.

All of this and more makes Birmingham “The Magic City” to residents and visitors yearround.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum stands as a reminder of the past and a beacon of hope for the future.

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.

Top-Quality

Health Care • 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 Enterprise

• 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.

• 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.

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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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he Blazer men’s soccer 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.

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.

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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 All-America Championship; she is the first UAB tennis player to win a collegiate grand slam

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.

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

first bowl game appearance in school history as the Blazers faced Hawai’i in the

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.

2004 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl. The Blazers fell to the Warriors, 59-40, on Christmas Eve in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

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 AllAmerican for her sport,

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 first-ever 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 Champion- s h i p s , 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 AllAmerican 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.

The 2012 UAB baseball team claimed the program’s first-ever Conference USA Tournament title. 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.

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

Excellence At The Next Level

the 2002 closing ceremonies • 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 Chris Hammond

Vonetta (Jeffrey) Flowers Years At UAB: 1992-95

• 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

Years At UAB: 1985

• 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

UAB

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

Women’s Tennis Mirela Vladulescu

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

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

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).

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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, wire-

less 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

SINCE BECOMING an autonomous campus of The University of Alabama System in 1969, UAB has earned international renown for its innovative academic programs in a range of disciplines, groundbreaking research and leading-edge patient care.

The University comprises 10 schools (Business, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry and Public Health and a College of Arts and Sciences) and has seen record enrollment for five consecutive years, reaching 18,568 in 2013. Students are 26% African-American, 60% female and represent more than 100 countries, contributing to campus consistently recognized among the nation’s most diverse in The Princeton Review.

Academic programs at all levels are nationally recognized for their exceptional research and service learning opportunities. Undergraduate programs offer the type of hands-on, closely mentored research experiences found primarily at the graduate level in most universities, such as Alabama’s only undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering, a program in the neurosciences conducted jointly with the School of Medicine, and new majors in Biomedical Sciences, Public Health and Informatics. U.S. News & World Report 2015 “Best Graduate Schools” lists 12 UAB programs in the top 25 and The Scientist “Best Places to Work as a Postdoc” ranks UAB first among all U.S. universities.

Driven by an intensely collaborative and entrepreneurial character, UAB’s robust research enterprise ranks 23rd in funding from National Institutes of Health (11th among public universities), with more than $454 million in external funding. This wide-ranging research spans the continents in scope: Developing revolutionary treatments for the most devastating human diseases, from cancer to AIDS to Parkinson’s; using satellite remote sensing to reveal lost settlements in Egypt and the Roman Empire (as featured on BBC and Discovery Channel); pioneering new materials for everything from stronger military gear to bio-coatings for cardiac stents; and combating global cybercrime in a one-of-a-kind cyber forensics center, collaborating with the FBI, Homeland Security and industry partners.

UAB drives the region’s economy with a statewide impact exceeding $5 billion annually. As Alabama’s largest single employer (over 23,000 employees), UAB supports more than 61,000 jobs state-wide—one of every 33 Alabama jobs. The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has generated some $64 million in revenues and spun off more than 58 start-up companies, and Innovation Depot—in which UAB is a founding partner—is the largest business incubator in the Southeast, with 95 companies and a $1 billion economic impact over the past four years.

As a leading academic medical center, UAB also translates its research into the highest quality patient care, treating more than a million patients annually. UAB Hospital (with 1,157 beds), the largest in Alabama and 3rd largest public hospital in the U.S., houses the state’s only level 1 adult trauma center, and is the only Alabama hospital to be listed in every annual issue of U.S. News & World Report “America’s Best Hospitals” (24 straight years). The UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center is the only NCI-designated center in Alabama and a six-state region, and houses a state-of-the-art Advanced Imaging Facility and the most powerful cyclotron at any U.S. academic medical center.

UAB also promotes the cultural and artistic vitality of its community and state. The Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts had total attendance of more than 104,000 in 2013 and is the anchor of a burgeoning Cultural Arts Corridor, which was recently expanded with the opening of the Abroms-Engel Institute for Visual Arts.

UAB’S DECADES-LONG PARTNERSHIP with its community and state has led to the economic, cultural and social renaissance of Birmingham, as the city has grown from a primarily steel-based economy to a thriving nexus of R&D, medicine, banking and other service industries.

That partnership continues as UAB garners overwhelming support for its largest philanthropic campaign ever, the $1 billion Campaign for UAB: Give Something, Change Everything. As of March 2014, nearly 71,000 donors had given $473.4 million to this campaign that will dramatically advance UAB’s mission and transform the future of Birmingham and Alabama.