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Table of Contents/Quick Facts................................................................. 1 2014-15 UAB Men’s Golf Roster............................................................... 2 Head Coach Alan Murray........................................................................... 3 Will Cannon....................................................................................................4 Ryan Davies....................................................................................................5 Paul Dunne.....................................................................................................6 Henry James...................................................................................................7 Martin Rohwer...............................................................................................8 Taylor Ester/Lee Hodges............................................................................ 9 Taylor McCullum.........................................................................................10 2013 Fall Tournament Breakdown........................................................11 2014 Spring Tournament Breakdown.................................................12 Year-By-Year Results..................................................................................13 Record Book.......................................................................................... 14-22 Blazers on Tour............................................................................................23 Graeme McDowell.............................................................................. 24-25 Alan Kaufman..............................................................................................26 Conference USA..........................................................................................27 UAB Administration............................................................................ 28-29 Birmingham: The Magic City..................................................................30 UAB at a Glance.................................................................................... 31-33 UAB in the Community...................................................................... 34-35 Proud Past and Bright Future.......................................................... 36-38 Gene Bartow................................................................................................39 Excellence at the Next Level...................................................................40 All-Americans...............................................................................................41 Blazer Highlights........................................................................................42 Campus Recreation Center.....................................................................43
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........................................................................................... 1978-79 NCAA Regional Tournament Appearances..................................10 NCAA Championships Appearances................................................. 5 COACHING STAFF Head Coach...................................................Alan Murray, Second Year Assistant Coach............................................Todd Green, Second Year TEAM FACTS 2014 NCAA Championships Finish.............................................. 21st 2014 NCAA Regional Tournament Finish..................................2nd 2014 Conference USA Championship Finish...........................2nd Letterwinners Returning/Lost.........................................................2/3 Top Returnees..........................................Paul Dunne, Martin Rohwer Newcomers....................................................................................................2 Top Newcomers...........................................Taylor Eyster, Lee Hodges MEDIA UAB Athletics Website.................................................UABsports.com UAB Athletics Twitter.................................................... @UABathletics UAB Men’s Golf Twitter.............................................@UAB_MensGolf
Athletic Media Relations Norm Reilly Associate AD/Media Relations Office Phone: 205-934-0722 E-Mail: nreilly@uab.edu
Credits The 2014-15 UAB men’s golf media guide was compiled, designed, written, and edited by Anthony Prisco and is the property of the UAB Athletic Media Relations Office. Editorial assistance provided by Norm Reilly, Alan Murray, and Alan Kaufman.
Brandon Lee Assistant Director of Media Relations Office Phone: 205-934-0724 E-Mail: brlee@uab.edu
Photography: Jimmy Mitchell, Steve Wood, Nik Layman, and Ashley Fleming.
Tray Littlefield Assistant Director of Media Relations Office Phone: 205-934-7920 E-Mail: trayl@uab.edu
Cover and Layout: Provations Group, Lexington, Ky.
Kristin Watkins (Men’s Golf Contact) Assistant Director of Media Relations Office Phone: 205-934-0725 E-Mail: kristinw@uab.edu
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2014-15 UAB Men’s Golf Roster
2014-15 UAB Men’s Golf Team Back Row (Left to Right): Head Coach Alan Murray, Taylor McCullum, Taylor Eyster, Martin Rowher, Lee Hodges, Assistant Coach Todd Green Front Row (Left to Right): Henry James, Will Cannon, Paul Dunne, Ryan Davies
2014-15 UAB Men’s Golf Roster Name Will Cannon Ryan Davies Paul Dunne Taylor Eyster Lee Hodges Henry James Taylor McCullum Martin Rohwer
Year Jr. R-Jr. Sr. Fr. Fr. So. R-Fr. Jr.
Hometown/Previous School Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS Aberdare, Wales/St. John Baptist Greystones, Ireland/Blackrock College Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook HS Elkmont, Ala./Ardmore HS Kidderminster, England/Old Swinford Hospital Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS Natal, South Africa/Kearsney College
Head Coach: Alan Murray, Second Season Assistant Coach: Todd Green, Second Season 2
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Head Coach Alan Murray Second Season - Toledo ‘02 Former Toledo star Alan Murray is in his second season as the head coach of the men’s golf team after serving three seasons as an assistant coach. Murray was named head coach for the UAB men’s golf program in 2013. Murray, a native of Bray, Ireland, played on the European Challenge Tour and the Europro Tour prior to his time at UAB. In his first season at the helm of the Blazers’ program, UAB advanced to the NCAA Championships for the fifth time in program history. Four members of the squad earned All-Conference USA accolades, two were named All-Southeast Region, and Paul Dunne earned All-America honors. For his efforts, Murray was named the National Coach of the Year by Golfweek. Murray played golf at Toledo from 1998-2002. He earned first-team All-Mac honors as a senior and helped the Rockets to the 2002 MAC Championship. The 32-year-old also served as an assistant pro at the Toledo Country Club after his tenure with the Rockets. “Alan is going to be a great asset for our golf program,” former head coach Alan Kaufman said. “He has a great knowledge of the game and being a former collegiate and professional player, he will provide our student-athletes with terrific insight. We are very happy he is part of the UAB golf family.”
Head coach Alan Murray talks to former Blazer Wilson McDonald at the 2014 NCAA Sugar Grove Regional. 3
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Will Cannon Junior - Hoover Ala. - Hoover HS Sophomore Season (2013-14) Saw action in four tournaments, appearing in the starting lineup at the 2014 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational ... placed 15th at the 2014 JSU Grub Mart Intercollegiate, his best finish to date ... fired a 149 (+5) to take home his first top-20 finish ... earned a 47th-place finish at the 2013 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate hosted by Graeme McDowell ... earned Conference USA Comissioner’s Honor Roll accolades. Freshman Season (2012-13) Competed in one tournament, firing a three-round score of 238 (+22) to finish T-48th at the Invitational at the Ocean Course ... Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. High School Member of Alabama High School State Championship runner-up team in 2010 and 2012 ... medalist in the 2011 Bradley Johnson Memorial Championship. Personal Full name is William Cannon ... born Feb. 13, 1994 in Hilton Head Island, S.C. ... son of John and Kathleen Cannon ... major is finance ... has three sisters.
Career Statistics Sophomore Season (2013-14) Event Shoal Creek Intercollegiate * John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Chris Schenkel Invitational * JSU Grub Mart Intercollegiate *
Results Place 80-75-72 = 227 (+11) t47 80-72-75 = 227 (+11) t54 74-74-79 = 227 (+11) t65 73-76 = 149 (+5) t15
Freshman Season (2012-13) Event Invitational at the Ocean Course
Results Place 78-75-85 = 238 (+22) t48
Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 20 Best Finish 2012-13 1 3 238 79.3 75 238 0 0 t48 2013-14 4 11 830 75.5 72 227 0 1 t15 Totals 5 14 1068 76.3 72 227 0 1 t15
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Ryan Davies Redshirt Junior - Aberdare, Wales - St. John Baptist Sophomore Season (2013-14) Played in four tournaments during the 2013-14 season, making his debut in the starting lineup at the 2014 Samford Intercollegiate ... earned his first top-20 finish at the 2014 JSU Grub Mart Intercollegiate, tying for 20th place ... tied for 46th place at the 2014 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational after carding a final-round 69 (-3). Freshman Season (2012-13) Competed in one tournament, firing a three-round score of 232 (+16) to finish T-51st at the Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Intercollegiate. Redshirt Season (2011-12) Sat out the 2012-12 season as a redshirt. High School Competed and earned a spot on the Welsh National Team ... captured the UK Nick Faldo Series title ... also competed for the soccer team ... from the same hometown as former UAB standouts Chris Cousins and Ryan Thomas. Personal Full name is Ryan James Davies ... born Feb. 19, 1993 in Aberdare, Wales ... son of Paul and Paula Davies ... intended major is undeclared ... has a younger brother, Michael.
Career Statistics Sophomore Season (2013-14) Event Shoal Creek Intercollegiate * John Hayt Collegiate Invitational * Samford Intercollegiate JSU Grub Mart Intercollegiate *
Results Place 81-74-73 = 228 (+12) 54 81-75-69 = 225 (+9) t46 85-84-79 = 248 (+32) t80 74-76 = 150 (+6) t20
Freshman Season (2012-13) Event Shoal Creek Intercollegiate *
Results Place 80-76-76 = 232 (+16) t51
Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 Top 20 Best Finish 2012-13 1 3 232 77.3 76 232 0 0 t51 2013-14 4 11 851 77.4 69 225 0 1 t20 Totals 5 14 1083 77.4 69 225 0 1 t20
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Paul Dunne Senior - Greystones, Ireland - Blackrock College Junior Season (2013-14) Division I PING All-America Third Team ... helped Team Europe to a victory at the 2014 Palmer Cup ... played in The 2014 Open Championship ... Division I PING All-Southeast Region ... 2014 Conference USA Golfer of the Year and First Team All-Conference USA honoree ... three-time Conference USA Golfer of the Week ... led the 2013-14 squad with a 71.5 stroke average ... ranked first on the team in percentage of rounds counted (90), rounds at or under par (20), scoring differential (2.51), top-five finishes (5), top-10 finishes (6), top-20 finishes (10), tournaments at or under par (5), and wins (2) ... won the 2013 Georgetown Intercollegiate and 2014 Samford Intercollegiate ... placed in the top-20 in six of the last seven events of the season, including four top-five finishes ... CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team ... Conference USA All-Academic Team ... C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Academic Medal recipent. Sophomore Season (2012-13) One of three golfers to play in all 12 tournaments for the Blazers, averaging a 74.5 over 34 rounds ... recorded one top-10 and six top-25 finishes on the season, including a season-best tie for fifth place showing at the Warrior Wave Invitational ... fired a career-best seven-under par 65 in the final round ... Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Academic Medal recipent. Freshman Season (2011-12) Competed in 12 tournaments during his freshman season with UAB ... shot his lowest 36-hole score of 137 (-5) in the Hummingbird Intercollegiate, which was good for second place ... Dunne’s lowest 18-hole score also came at the Hummingbird Intercollegiate were he carded a five-under-par 66 in the second round ... he helped the Blazers to a third place finish in the NCAA Stanford Regional by recording his best 54-hole score of 210 (E) ... Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll. High School A standout golfer on the Ireland junior circuit and considered one of the top junior players in his country ... a member of the Irish Youth National Team ... claimed a four-stroke victory at the Irish Under-18 Boys Championship ... selected to represent his country at the European Amateur Team Championship at Oceanico Victoria Golf Club, Portugal ... captured the 2010 Irish Youths Amateur Championship title with a four-round total of 287 (73-73-71-70), finishing two shots ahead of the competition ... in doing so, he joined a list of past champions that includes professional stars Padraig Harrington and Louis Oosthuizen ... just missed defending his championship title in 2011, finishing third-place overall. Personal Full name is Paul Colum Dunne ... born Nov. 26, 1992 in Dublin, Ireland ... son of Colum and Michelle Dunne ... intended major is business finance ... has an older brother, David, and older sister, Alison.
Career Statistics Junior Season (2013-14) Event Topy Cup Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Georgetown Intercollegiate SunTrust Gator Invitational John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Chris Schenkel Invitational The Goodwin Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Conference USA Championships NCAA Sugar Grove Regional NCAA Championships
Results Place 71-71-72 = 214 (+4) t23 73-68-76 = 217 (+1) t20 72-73-70 = 215 (+5) t18 69-69-71 = 209 (-4) 1 75-76-69 = 220 (+10) t30 71-72-73 = 216 (E) t15 69-76-71 = 216 (E) 1 70-73-75 = 218 (+2) t22 70-69-66 = 205 (-5) t4 71-74-71 = 216 (+3) t5 70-69-78 = 217 (+7) t10 73-73-72 = 218 (+2) t3 66-71-72 = 209 (-1) t19
Sophomore Season (2012-13) Event Invitational at the Ocean Course Shoal Creek Intercollegiate David Toms Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Warrior Wave Invitational SunTrust Gator Invitational John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Chris Schenkel Invitational Duck Invitational Old Waverly Collegiate Championship Conference USA Championships NCAA Baton Rouge Regional
Results Place 74-DQ-79 = 153 (+9) DQ 74-71-73 = 218 (+2) t16 81-76-84 = 241 (+25) t36 79-75-72 = 226 (+16) t36 75-71-65 = 211 (-5) t5 70-72-74 = 216 (+6) t33 70-76 = 146 (+2) t20 74-77-72 = 223 (+7) t36 74-73-73 = 220 (+4) t22 71-76-73 = 220 (+4) t17 72-71-76 = 219 (+3) t14 79-78-82 = 239 (+23) t65
Freshman Season (2011-12) Event Saint Mary’s Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Invitational at the Ocean Course Hummingbird Intercollegiate SunTrust Gator Invitational John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Chris Schenkel Invitational Bancorp South Intercollegiate Memphis Intercollegiate Conference USA Championships NCAA Stanford Regional NCAA Championships
Results Place 76-70-72 = 218 (+2) t10 76-78-79 = 233 (+23) t52 73-73-76 = 222 (+6) t18 71-66 = 137 (-5) 2 74-74-77 = 225 (+15) t44 74-71-77 = 222 (+6) t22 70-69-74 = 213 (-3) t16 71-74 = 145 (+1) t26 77-76-79 = 232 (+16) t33 75-71-73 = 219 (+3) t13 69-69-72 = 210 (E) t25 75-74-75 = 224 (+11) t77
Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 2011-12 12 34 2502 73.6 66 210 2 2012-13 12 34 2533 74.5 65 211 1 2013-14 13 39 2790 71.5 66 205 6 Totals 37 107 7825 73.1 65 205 9
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Henry James Sophomore - Kidderminster, England - Old Swinford Hospital Freshman Season (2013-14) Participated in two events during his first season on campus, both as an individual ... shot a 72 (E) for the second round of the 2013 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate hosted by Graeme McDowell for his best 18-hole score ... also played in the 2014 JSU Grub Mart Intercollegiate, placing 52nd. High School 2012 Wales U18 Boys’ Champion ... runner-up at the 2012 British Boys’ Amateur Championships ... member of the Wales national team in 2012 and 2013. Personal Full name is Henry Thomas James ... born May 19, 1994 in Stourbridge, England ... son of Mark James and Karen Maynes ... major is business ... has a younger sister, Victoria.
Career Statistics Freshman Season (2013-14) Event Shoal Creek Intercollegiate * JSU Grub Mart Intercollegiate *
Year 2013-14 Totals
Events 2 2
Results Place 81-72-79 = 232 (+16) t58 85-81 = 166 (+22) 52
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Martin Rohwer Junior - Natal, South Africa - Kearsney College Sophomore Season (2013-14) All-Conference USA Second Team honoree ... Owned a 72.3 stroke average for the year, which ranked second on the team ... second on the squad in percentage of rounds counted (87), rounds at or under par (16), scoring differential (3.11), top-five finishes (2), top-10 finishes (10), and top-20 finishes (8) ... earned reserve medalist honors at the 2013 Georgetown Intercollegiate and 2014 Chris Schenkel Invitational. Freshman Season (2012-13) Competed in seven tournaments for the Blazers as a true freshman recording an average of 75.8 over 20 rounds ... best finish and tournament score came at the SunTrust Gator Invitational where Rohwer finished in a tie for 10th place with a 54-hole total of 211 (+1). High School Member of South Africa U18 Junior golf team ... KZN U18 and U23 golf team member. Personal Born Aug. 24, 1993 in Durbam, South Africa ... son of Sue and Manfred Rohwer ... major is business finance ... has one sister, Stacey.
Career Statistics Sophomore Season (2013-14) Event Topy Cup Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Georgetown Intercollegiate SunTrust Gator Invitational Samford Intercollegiate Chris Schenkel Invitational The Goodwin Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Conference USA Championships NCAA Sugar Grove Regional NCAA Championships
Results Place 67-71-72 = 210 (E) t15 72-70-72 = 214 (-2) t9 75-71-72 = 218 (+8) 32 70-71-70 = 211 (-2) t2 73-70-77 = 220 (+10) t30 74-76-76 = 226 (+10) t12 72-66-73 = 211 (-5) 2 70-77-70 = 217 (+7) t48 71-73-75 = 219 (+6) t14 73-70-73 = 216 (+6) 9 74-74-72 = 220 (+4) t6 75-70-76 = 221 (+11) t113
Freshman Season (2012-13) Event Invitational at the Ocean Course Shoal Creek Intercollegiate David Toms Intercollegiate* Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate SunTrust Gator Invitational John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Chris Schenkel Invitational
Results Place 73-76-79 = 228 (+12) t13 73-72-75 = 220 (+4) 18 78-83-82 = 243 (+27) t41 76-77-75 = 228 (+18) t43 71-71-69 = 211 (+1) t10 77-81 = 158 (+14) t76 75-75-78 = 228 (+12) t57
Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Top 10 2012-13 7 20 1516 75.8 69 211 1 2013-14 12 36 2603 72.3 66 210 5 Totals 719 56 4119 73.6 66 210 6
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Taylor Eyster Freshman - Birmingham, Ala. - Mountain Brook HS High School Won the 2013 Vestavia Junior Classic and 2013 Canebrake Junior Classic ... placed first at the 2012 Limestone Springs Junior Classic ... finished in second place at the 2012 Alabama State Junior Amateur .. helped his 2014 Mountain Brook team to a runner-up finish at the Alabama 6A State Championships ... led his squad to the team title at the 2014 Azalea City Tournament after placing first individually ... defeated current Blazer Taylor McCullum in a playoff to win individual medalist honors at the 2012 Alabama 6A North Sub-State Tournament. Personal Taylor Eyster born in Birmingham, Ala. ... major is undeclared.
Lee Hodges Freshman - Elkmont, Ala. - Ardmore HS High School Played at Ardmore High School for four years ... Daily Preps Boys Golfer of the Year in both 2012 and 2013 ... earned individual medalist honors at the 2014 Alabama 4A State Championships ... scored a top-10 finish at the 2014 Alabama State Amateur and led after the first round after carding a 66 (-6) at the Lakewood Golf Club’s Dogwood Course ... finished fourth at the 2013 Alabama 4A State Championships. Personal Lee Hodges born in Elkmont, Ala. ... major is management.
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Taylor McCullum Redshirt Freshman - Hoover, Ala. - Hoover HS Redshirt Season (2013-14) Did not see any action during his redshirt season. High School Qualified for the 2012 U.S. Amateur ... helped Hoover High School team to two state runner-up finishes in his high school career ... finished in the top 12 of the AHSAA 6A Championships four consecutive years ... won four Southeastern Junior championships in 2012. Personal Full name is Taylor McCullum ... born Aug. 24, 1994 in Charleston, S.C. ... son of Ken and Julie McCullum ... major is business ... has two brothers, Kenneth and Daniel.
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2013 Fall Tournament Breakdown Topy Cup Tanagura Country Club - Tanagura, Japan - Sept. 10 - 12 Par 70 - 6,964 yards Player Results Place Sam Love 65-67-72 = 204 (-6) 3 Wilson McDonald 71-66-70 = 207 (-3) t8 Thomas Sutton 71-67-70 = 208 (-2) t10 Martin Rohwer 67-71-72 = 210 (E) t15 Paul Dunne 71-71-72 = 214 (+4) t23 Totals 274-271-284 = 829 (-11) 3rd/10 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate hosted by Graeme McDowell Shoal Creek Country Club - Birmingham, Ala. - Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 Par 72 - 7,234 yards Player Results Place Wilson McDonald 69-67-76 = 212 (-4) t6 Martin Rohwer 72-70-72 = 214 (-2) t9 Sam Love 69-74-72 = 215 (-1) t12 Thomas Sutton 75-68-72 = 215 (-1) t12 Paul Dunne 73-68-76 = 217 (+1) t20 Totals 283-273-292 = 848 (-16) 2nd/12
Wilson McDonald took home individual medalist honors at the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate. Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Old Overton Country Club - Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 7 - 8 Par 70 - 7,204 yards Player Results Place Wilson McDonald 65-67-70 = 202 (-8) 1 Sam Love 72-70-71 = 213 (+3) t12 Paul Dunne 72-73-70 = 215 (+5) t18 Martin Rohwer 75-71-72 = 218 (+8) 32 Thomas Sutton 76-78-70 = 224 (+14) t47 Totals 284-281-281 = 846 (+6) 3rd/12
The 2013-14 UAB men’s golf team after its annual home tournament, the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate hosted by Graeme McDowell.
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Georgetown Intercollegiate The Members Club - Beallsville, Md. - Oct. 21 - 22 Par 71 - 6,862 yards Player Results Place Paul Dunne 69-69-71 = 209 (-4) 1 Martin Rohwer 70-71-70 = 211 (-2) t2 Thomas Sutton 70-69-73 = 212 (-1) t4 Sam Love 69-73-73 = 215 (+2) 9 Wilson McDonald 70-73-73 = 216 (+3) t10 Totals 278-282-287 = 847 (-5) 1st/12
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2014 Spring Tournament Breakdown SunTrust Gator Invitational Mark Bostick Golf Course - Gainesville, Fla. - Feb 15 -16 Par 70 - 6,701 yards Player Results Place Wilson McDonald 73-73-70 = 216 (+6) t14 Sam Love 77-71-71 = 219 (+9) t25 Martin Rohwer 73-70-77 = 220 (+10) t30 Paul Dunne 75-76-69 = 220 (+10) t30 Thomas Sutton 76-78-71 = 225 (+15) t53 Totals 297-290-281 = 868 (+28) 5th/14
The Goodwin Stanford University Golf Course - Palo Alto, Calif. - March 28 - 30 Par 70 - 6,727 yards Player Results Place Paul Dunne 70-69-66 = 205 (-5) t4 Wilson McDonald 69-70-71 = 210 (E) t16 Thomas Sutton 70-74-71 = 215 (+5) t34 Martin Rohwer 70-77-70 = 217 (+7) t48 Sam Love 75-75-69 = 219 (+9) t55 Totals 279-288-276 = 843 (+3) 5th/18
John Hayt Collegiate Invitational Sawgrass Country Club - Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. - Feb. 23 - 25 Par 72 - 7,001 yards Player Results Place Sam Love 67-68-73 = 208 (-8) 2 Thomas Sutton 73-68-73 = 214 (-2) t8 Paul Dunne 71-72-73 = 216 (E) t15 Wilson McDonald 79-74-70 = 223 (+7) t3 WIll Cannon 80-72-75=227 (+11) t54 Totals 290-280-289 = 859 (-5) 3rd/15
Robert Kepler Intercollegiate Scarlet Course - Columbus, Ohio - April 12 - 13 Par 71 - 7,455 yards Player Results Place Paul Dunne 71-74-71 = 216 (+3) Sam Love 70-72-75 = 217 (+4) Martin Rohwer 71-73-75 = 219 (+6) Thomas Sutton 72-74-79 = 225 (+12) WIlson McDonald 74-73-84 = 231 (+18) Totals 284-292-300 = 876 (+24)
Samford Intercollegiate Hoover Country Club - Hoover, Ala. - March 3 - 4 Par 72 - 7,001 yards Player Results Place Paul Dunne 69-76-71 = 216 (E) 1 Thomas Sutton 71-77-73 = 221 (+5) t2 Martin Rohwer 74-76-76 = 226 (+10) t12 Sam Love 76-80-74 = 230 (+14) t25 Ryan Davies 85-84-79= 248 (+32) t80 Totals 290-309-294 = 893 (+29) 2nd/16
Conference USA Championships Oak Tree Country Club - Edmond, Okla. - April 27 - 29 Par 70 - 6,861 yards Player Results Place Martin Rohwer 73-70-73 = 216 (+6) 9 Paul Dunne 70-69-78 = 217 (+7) t10 Thomas Sutton 73-72-74 = 219 (+9) t15 Sam Love 78-72-70 = 220 (+10) t22 Wilson McDonald 74-74-72 = 220 (+10) t22 Totals 290-283-289 = 862 (+9) 2nd/14
Chris Schenkel Invitational Forest Heights Country Club - Statesboro, Ga. - March 14 - 16 Par 72 - 6,962 yards Player Results Place Martin Rohwer 72-66-73 = 211 (-5) 2 Wilson McDonald 69-74-72 = 215 (-1) t10 Paul Dunne 70-73-75 = 218 (+2) t22 Thomas Sutton 79-68-72 = 219 (+3) t29 Sam Love 74-74-77 = 225 (+9) t55 Totals 285-281-292 = 858 (-6) 2nd/15
NCAA Sugar Grove Regional Rich Harvest Farms - Sugar Grove, Ill. - May 15 - 17 Par 72 - 7,151 yards Player Results Place Paul Dunne 73-73-72 = 218 (+2) t3 Martin Rohwer 74-74-72 = 220 (+4) t6 Sam Love 73-72-77 = 222 (+6) t11 Wilson McDonald 72-75-77 = 224 (+8) t17 Thomas Sutton 83-73-77 = 233 (+17) t42 Totals 290-283-289 = 862 (+9) 2nd/14
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NCAA Championships Prairie Dunes Country Club - Hutchinson, Kan. - May 23 - 26 Par 72 - 7,151 yards Player Results Place Paul Dunne 66-71-72 = 209 (-1) t19 Sam Love 71-71-72 = 214 (+4) t55 Thomas Sutton 70-73-75 = 218 (+8) t89 Martin Rohwer 75-70-76 = 221 (+11) t113 Wilson McDonald 79-77-78 = 236 (+26) t152 Totals 282-285-295 = 862 (+22) 21st/30
Sam Love earned reserve medalist honors in the squad’s second event of the spring season, the John Hayt Collegiate Invitational.
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Year-By-Year Results Year Head Coach Record Postseason/Highlights 1978-79 Jimmy Ballard N/A 1979-80 Jimmy Ballard N/A 1980-81 Jimmy Ballard N/A 1981-82 Joe Davidson N/A 1982-83 Joe Davidson N/A 1983-84 Joe Davidson N/A 1984-85 Joe Davidson N/A 1985-86 Mac Logue N/A 1986-87 Mac Logue N/A 1987-88 Joe Davidson N/A 1988-89 Joe Davidson N/A 1989-90 Mike Dunphy 64-94-3 1990-91 Mike Dunphy 73-53-1 1991-92 Mike Dunphy 63-49-2 1992-93 Mike Dunphy 66-72-0 1993-94 Mike Dunphy 82-55-4 1994-95 Mike Dunphy 92-53-2 1995-96 Mike Dunphy 79-63-7 1996-97 Mike Dunphy 119-35-0 1997-98 Mike Dunphy 115-77-3 NCAA Regionals 1998-99 Alan Kaufman 102-82-3 1999-2000 Alan Kaufman 135-49-2 NCAA Regionals 2000-01 Alan Kaufman 139-50-2 NCAA Nationals - t12th NCAA Regionals 2001-02 Alan Kaufman 119-58-7 NCAA Nationals - 27th NCAA Regionals 2002-03 Alan Kaufman 63-95-0 2003-04 Alan Kaufman 91-81-3 NCAA Regionals 2004-05 Alan Kaufman 53-80-2 2005-06 Alan Kaufman 74-63-0 2006-07 Alan Kaufman 106-69-2 NCAA Regionals NCAA Nationals Individual 2007-08 Alan Kaufman 105-34-3 NCAA Nationals - 22nd NCAA Regionals C-USA Champions 2008-09 Alan Kaufman 61-75-4 NCAA Regionals Individual 2009-10 Alan Kaufman 47-123-2 2010-11 Alan Kaufman 42-106-1 NCAA Regionals Individual 2011-12 Alan Kaufman 114-66-3 NCAA Nationals - 29th NCAA Regionals 2012-13 Alan Kaufman 75-71-3 NCAA Regionals 2013-14 Alan Murray 128-39-2 NCAA Nationals - 21st NCAA Regionals Total
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2001-02 UAB Men’s Golf Team
2007-08 UAB Men’s Golf Team
2011-12 UAB Men’s Golf Team
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Record Book 66-66 = 132 Daniel Ozley - 2000 49er Collegiate Classic Long Beach, Calif. - Feb. 24 - 25 68-75-70 = 213 Chris Devlin - 2000 Beau Chene Collegiate Classic Mandeville, La. - March 27 - 28 65-69-67 = 201 Chris Devlin - 2000 Bearkat Classic Montgomery, Texas - April 10 - 11 69-68-66 = 203 Graeme McDowell - 2000 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. - May 8 - 9 66-73073 = 212
Individual Titles 1985-86 Lynn Farquhar - 1985 Spring Hill Intercollegiate Mobile, Ala. N/A 1990-01 Jay Horton - 1991 Sun Belt Conference Chmpionships Hot Springs, Va. 218 1994-95 Zac Courtney - 1994 Trojan Fall Classic Dothan, Ala. - Nov. 5 - 6 73-71-72 = 216
2000-01 Graeme McDowell - 2001 Conrad Rehling Invitational Tuscaloosa, Ala. - March 23 - 25 72-68-72 = 212 Graeme McDowell - 2001 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. - May 10 - 11 64-69-71 = 204
1996-97 Andrew Laurence - 1996 Legends/Pepsi Intercollegiate Franklin, Tenn. - Oct. 7 - 8 69-72 = 141 Paul Dickinson - 1996 Legends/Pepsi Intercollegiate Franklin, Tenn. - Oct. 7 - 8 70-71 = 141 Paul Dickinson - 1997 The Bridges All-American Bay St. Louis, Mo. - March 3 - 4 70-66-68 = 204 Chris Devlin - 1997 All-American Intercollegiate Houston, Texas - April 12 - 13 68-73 = 141 Chris Devlin - 1997 Conference USA Championships West Columbia, Texas - April 15 - 17 72-71-70 = 213
2001-02 Graeme McDowell - 2001 Topy Cup Fukushima, Japan - Sept. 6 - 7 69-70-67 = 206 Graeme McDowell - 2001 CC of Louisiana Intercollegiate Baton Rouge, La. - Oct. 29 - 30 70-66-68 = 204 Graeme McDowell - 2002 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. - Feb. 9 - 10 65-67-68 = 200 Graeme McDowell - 2002 Seminole Intercollegiate Tallahassee, Fla. - Mar. 11 - 12 68-69-69 = 206 Graeme McDowell - 2002 Conrad Rehling Invitational Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Mar. 14 - 17 68-68-65 = 201 Graeme McDowell - 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. - May 9 - 10 65-69-63 = 197
1999-2000 Chris Devlin - 1999 Precept Peach State Invitational Eatonton, Ga. - Sept. 27 - 28
2002-03 Nathan Turner - 2003 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate Auburn, Ala. - April 11 - 13 69-70-70 = 209 2003-04 Chris Cousins - 2003 Mason Rudolph Collegiate Nashville, Tenn. - Sept. 22 - 23 67-69 = 136 Chris Cousins - 2004 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. - Jan. 31 - Feb. 1 67-70-70 = 207 Tigh VanLeeuwen - 2004 Seminole Intercollegiate Tallahassee, Fla. - March 1 - 2 73-69-72 = 214 2005-06 Garrett Osborn - 2005 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 10 - 11 62-66-69 = 197
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Garrett Osborn - 2005 Western Carolina University Invitational Cashiers, N.C. - Nov. 7 - 8 65-71 = 136
1994-95 1994 Trojan Fall Classic Dothan, Ala. - Nov. 5 - 6 300-293-295 = 888
2006-07 Garrett Osborn - 2006 Scenic City Invitational Chattanooga, Tenn. - Sept. 11 - 12 74-69-74 = 217 Zack Sucher - 2006 Barona Collegiate Cup San Diego, Calif. - Nov. 7 - 8 65-65-69 = 203 Garrett Osborn - 2007 Conference USA Championships Texarkana, Ark. - April 29 - May 1 69-73-70 = 212
1996-97 1996 Mizuno Peach State Invitational Conyers, Ga. - Sept. 30 - Oct. 1 300-295-298 = 893 1996 Legends/Pepsi Intercollegiate Franklin, Tenn. - Oct. 7 - 8 284-292 = 576 1997 ODU/Jamaica Invitational Montego Bay, Jamaica - Feb. 14 - 15 318-307 = 625 1997 All-American Intercollegiate Houston, Texas - April 12 - 13 298-293 = 591
2007-08 Brad Smith - 2007 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Birmingham, Ala. - Sept. 24 -25 73-71-69 = 213 Zack Sucher - 2008 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. - Feb. 9 - 10 68-67-68 = 203 Zack Sucher - 2008 Bank of America Intercollegiate Madison, Miss. - April 7 - 8 69-70-68 = 207 Zack Sucher - 2008 Conference USA Championships Texarkana, Ark. - April 20 - 22 68-66-73 = 207 Zack Sucher - 2008 NCAA East Regional Chattanooga, Tenn. - May 15 - 17 69-62-69 = 200
1999-2000 1999 Peach State Invitational Eatonton, Ga. - Nov. 27 - 28 288-282 = 570 2000 49er Collegiate Classic Long Beach, Calif. - Feb. 24 - 25 275-300-284 = 859 2001-02 2001 Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate Baton Rouge, La. - Oct. 29 - 30 284-283-289=856 2002 Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate Auburn, Ala. - April 11 - 13 301-277-298 = 876
2008-09 Zack Sucher - 2008 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Birmingham, Ala. - Sept. 22 - 23 72-69-73 = 214
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Individual Records Top 10 18-Hole Team Scores 1. 62 - Zack Sucher - 2008 NCAA East Regional Chattanooga, Tenn. - May 16 62 - Garrett Osborn - 2005 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 10 3. 63 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. - May 10 4. 64 - Jason Shufflebotham - 2011 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 4 64 - Cathal O’Malley - 2007 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 8 64 - Graeme McDowell - 2001 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. - May 10 7. 65 - Wilson McDonald - 2013 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 7 65 - Sam Love - 2013 Topy Cup Tanagura, Japan - Sept. 10 65 - Paul Dunne - 2013 Princeville Warrior Wave Invite Princeville, Hawaii - Nov. 8 65 - Thomas Sutton - 2011 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 3 65 - Kyle Sapp - 2007 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 8 65 - Zack Sucher - 2007 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 8 65 - Zack Sucher - 2006 Barona Collegiate Cup San Diego, Calif. - Nov. 7 65 - Garrett Osborn - 2005 WCU Intercollegiate Cashiers, N.C. - Nov. 7 65 - Chris Cousins - 2003 Barona Collegiate Cup Lakeside, Calif. - Oct. 21 65 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. - May 9 65 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 Rehling Invitational Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Mar. 17 65 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. - Feb. 9
2005-06 2005 Western Carolina University Invitational Cashiers, N.C. - Nov. 7 - 8 281-289 = 570 2006-07 2006 Barona Collegiate Cup San Diego, Calif. - Nov. 7 - 8 283-278-279 = 840 2007-08 2007 Sam Hall Invitational Hattiesburg, Miss. - Nov. 5 - 6 282-282-294 = 858 2008 Conference USA Championships Texarkana, Ark. - April 20 - 22 283-291-283 = 857 2011-12 2011 Sam Hall Invitational Hattiesburg, Miss. - Sept. 12 - 13 285-278-273 = 835 2013-14 2013 Georgetown Intercollegiate Beallsville, Md. - Oct. 21 - 22 278-282-287 = 847
Top 10 36-Hole Scores 1. 128 - Garrett Osborn - 2005 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. 2. 132 - Wilson McDonald - 2013 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. 132 - Sam Love - 2013 Topy Cup - Tanagura, Japan 132 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. 132 - Chris Devlin - 1999 Adams Cup of Newport Newport, R.I. 6. 133 - Cathal O’Malley - 2007 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. 133 - Graeme McDowell - 2001 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. 8. 134 - Zack Sucher - 2008 Conference USA Championships Texarkana, Ark. 134 - Zack Sucher - 2007 Barona Collegiate Cup San Diego, Calif. 134 - Zack Sucher - 2006 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala.
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Record Book 134 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. Top 10 54-Hole Scores 1. 197 - Garrett Osborn - 2005 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. 197 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate Stockbridge, Ga. 3. 200 - Zack Sucher - 2008 NCAA East Regional Chattanooga, Tenn. 200 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. 5. 201 - Graeme McDowell - 2002 Rehling Invitational Tuscaloosa, Ala. 201 - Chris Devlin - 2000 Beau Chene Collegiate Classic Mandeville, La. 7. 202 - Wilson McDonald - 2013 Jerry Pate National Inter. Vestavia Hills, Ala. 8. 203 - Zack Sucher - 2007 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. 203 - Zack Sucher - 2006 Barona Collegiate Cup San Diego, Calif. 203 - Chris Devlin - 2000 Bearkat Classic Montgomery, Texas
Team Records Top 10 18-Hole Team Scores 1. 262 - 2007 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 9 2. 271 - 2013 Topy Cup - Tanagura, Japan - Sept. 11 3. 273 - 2013 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Birmingham, Ala. - Sept. 30 273 - 2011 Sam Hall Invitational Hattiesburg, Miss. - Sept. 13 273 - 2003 Mason Rudolph Collegiate Nashville, Tenn. - Sept. 22 6. 274 - 2013 Topy Cup - Tanagura, Japan - Sept. 10 274 - 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional Palo Alto, Calif. - May 18 274 - 2008 NCAA East Regional Chattanooga, Tenn. - May 16 274 - 2002 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. - Feb. 9 7. 275 - 2000 49er Collegiate Classic Long Beach, Calif. - Feb. 24 Top 10 36-Hole Scores 1. 545 - 2013 Topy Cup - Tanagura, Japan - Sept. 10 - 11 545 - 2007 Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate Vestavia Hills, Ala. - Oct. 8 - 9 3. 552 - 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional Palo Alto, Calif. - May 17 - 18 4. 556 - 2013 Shoal Creek Intercollegiate Birmingham, Ala. - Sept. 30 556 - 2008 SunTrust Gator Invitational Gainesville, Fla. - Feb. 9 - 10 6. 560 - 2013 Georgetown Intercollegiate Beallsville, Md. - Oct. 21 7. 561 - 2008 NCAA East Regional Chattanooga, Tenn. - May 15 - 16 1 7
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The 2013-14 UAB men’s golf team at the 2013 Topy Cup
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Record Book Yearly Stroke Average Leaders Year Name 1996-97 Paul Dickinson 1997-98 Paul Dickinson 1998-99 Chris Devlin 1999-2000 Graeme McDowell 2000-01 Graeme McDowell 2001-02 Graeme McDowell 2002-03 Nathan Turner 2003-04 Chris Cousins 2004-05 Ryan Thomas 2005-06 Garrett Osborn 2006-07 Garrett Osborn 2007-08 Zack Sucher 2008-09 Zack Sucher 2009-10 John Darby 2011-12 Jason Shufflebotham 2012-13 Thomas Sutton 2013-14 Paul Dunne
Average 72.48 73.00 72.30 73.60 71.30 69.90 73.20 72.89 73.07 72.24 72.69 71.39 72.79 73.62 73.62 74.14 71.54
Conference USA Championships 1996 Peninsula Golf Course - Lake Norman, N.C. 289-296-302 = 887 (+23) Third Place
The Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club - Dade City, Fla. 288-292-289 = 869 (+5) Second Place 2004 The Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club - Dade City, Fla. 300-294-288 = 882 (+18) Fourth Place 2005 Grand Bear Golf Club - Gulfport, Miss. 286-296-295 = 877 (+13) Fourth Place 2006 Old Waverly Golf Club - West Point, Miss. 286-291-292 = 869 (+5) Sixth Place 2007 Texarkana Country Club - Texarkana, Ark. 298-286-291 = 875 (+11) Second Place 2008 Texarkana Country Club - Texarkana, Ark. 283-291-283 = 857 (-7) First Place 2009 RedTail Golf Club - Sorrento, Fla. 286-287-288 = 861 (-3) Third Place
1997 Columbia Lakes Country Club - West Columbia, Texas 302-291-297 = 890 (+26) Second Place
2010 RedTail Golf Club - Sorrento, Fla. 311-289-290 = 890 (+26) Eighth Place
1998 Columbia Lakes Country Club - West Columbia, Texas 302-300-308 = 910 (+46) Fifth Place 1999 The Club at Hidden Creek - Navarre, Fla. 296-293-293 = 882 (+18) Fourth Place 2000 The Club at Hidden Creek - Navarre, Fla. 292-299-288 = 879 (+15) Second Place 2001 The Club at Hidden Creek - Navarre, Fla. 296-293-299 = 888 (+24) Second Place 2002 The Club at Hidden Creek - Navarre, Fla. 295-284-299 = 878 (+14) Sixth Place 2003
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Record Book 2011 Texarkana Country Club - Texarkana, Ark. 291-294-286 = 871 (+7) Fourth Place
Third Place 2013 Baton Rouge Regional - University Club - Baton Rouge, La. 308-300-300 = 908 (+44) Ninth Place
2012 Texarkana Country Club - Texarkana, Ark. 292-291-290 = 873 (+9) Fourth Place
2014 Sugar Grove Regional - Rich Harvest Farms - Sugar Grove, Ill. 290-283-289 = 862 (+9) Second Place
2013 Texarkana Country Club - Texarkana, Ark. 296-286-291 = 873 (+9) Fourth Place
NCAA Championships 2001 Duke University Golf Course - Durham, North Carolina 297-289-300-293 = 1179 (+27) 12th Place
2014 Oak Tree Golf Course - Edmond, Okla. 290-283-289 = 862 (+9) Second Place
2002 Ohio State University Scarlet Course - Columbus, Ohio 293-286-297-300 = 1176 (+40) 27th Place
NCAA Regionals 1998 East Regional - Daufuskie Island, S.C. - Melrose Golf Club 304-294-294 = 892 (+28) 16th Place 2000 East Regional - Moosic, Pa. - Glenmaura National Golf Course 305-303-305--913 (+61) 17th Place 2001 East Regional - Golden Horseshoe G.C. - Williamsburg, Va. 287-280-288 = 855 (-9) Ninth Place
2008 Birck Boilermaker Golf Course - West Lafayette, Ind. 311-297-315 = 923 (+59) 22nd Place 2012 Riviera Country Club - Pacific Palisades, Calif. 297-303-302 = 902 (+50) 29th Place 2014 Prairie Dunes Country Club - Hutchinson, Kan. 285-285-295 = 862 (+22) 21st Place
2002 East Regional - Ansley Golf Club - Roswell, Ga. 301-301-297 = 899 (+35) Ninth Place 2004 East Regional - Yale Golf Course - New Haven, Conn. 294-303-313 = 910 (+70) 21st Place 2007 East Regional - Golf Club of Georgia - Alpharetta, Ga. 303-299-296 = 898 (+34) 14th Place 2008 East Regional - Council Fire Golf Club - Chattanooga, Tenn. 287-274-278 = 839 (-13) Fifth Place 2012 Stanford Regional - Stanford University G.C. - Palo Alto, Calif. 278-274-278 = 830 (-10) 1 9
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Individual Honors Fred Haskins Award Graeme McDowell - 2002
Conference USA Newcomer of the Year Brad Smith - 2006-07
Golfstat Cup Graeme McDowell - 2002
Conference USA Coach of the Year Alan Kaufman - 2000-01
First Team All-America (PING) Graeme McDowell - 2001-02
First Team All-Conference USA Chris Devlin - 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000 Graeme McDowell - 2000-01, 2001-02 Payton Osborn - 2000-01 Daniel Ozley - 2000-01 Chris Cousins - 2003-04 Garrett Osborn - 2005-06, 2006-07 Brad Smith - 2007-08 Zack Sucher - 2007-08, 2008-09 Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Wilson McDonald - 2013-14
Second Team All-America (GCAA) Zack Sucher - 2007-08 Second Team All-America (PING) Graeme McDowell - 2000-01 Third Team All-America (Golfweek) Garrett Osborn - 2005-06
Second Team All-Conference USA Chris Devlin - 1997-98 Paul Dickinson - 1996-97 Andrew Laurence - 1995-96, 1996-97 Garrett Osborn - 2004-05 Zack Sucher - 2006-07 Sam Love - 2013-14 Martin Rohwer - 2013-14
Third Team All-America (PING) Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Honorable Mention All-America (PING) Paul Dickinson - 1996-97 Paul Dickinson - 1997-98 Zack Sucher - 2006-07 Palmer Cup Participants Andrew Laurence - 1997 Graeme McDowell - 2000, 2001 Paul Dunne - 2014
Third Team All-Conference USA Ty Auret - 1996-97 Tigh Van Leeuwen - 2003-04 Ryan Thomas - 2004-05
Walker Cup Participants Graeme McDowell - 2002
Honorable Mention All-Conference USA Zac Courtenay - 1995-96 Carey Tuck - 1995-96
National Coach of the Year (Golfweek) Alan Murray - 2013-14
Conference USA All-Freshmen Team Paul Dunne - 2011-12
All-Southeast Region (PING) Garrett Osborn - 2005-06 Zack Sucher - 2007-08 Brad Smith - 2007-08 Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Wilson McDonald - 2013-14
Conference USA All-Tournament Team Chris Devlin - 2000 Clark Brown - 2004 Garrett Osborn - 2005 Zack Sucher - 2007
Conference USA Athlete of the Decade (1995-2005) Graeme McDowell
Conference USA Golfer of the Week/Month Chris Devlin - 1996-97 Chris Devlin - 1998-99 Scott Vinge - 1998-99 Chris Devlin - 1999-2000 Graeme McDowell - 2000-01 Graeme McDowell - 2001-02 Graeme McDowell - 2001-02 Chris Cousins - 2003-04 Chris Cousins - 2003-04 Garrett Osborn - 2005-06 Garrett Osborn - 2005-06 Zach Sucher - 2006-07 Zach Sucher - 2006-07
Conference USA All-Decade Team (1995-2005) Chris Devlin Graeme McDowell Conference USA Golfer of the Year Chris Devlin - 1996-97, 1998-99, 1999-2000 Graeme McDowell - 2000-01, 2001-02 Zack Sucher - 2007-08 Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Conference USA Freshman of the Year 2 0
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Record Book Kyle Sapp - 2007-08 Brad Smith - 2007-08 Brad Smith - 2007-08 Zach Sucher - 2007-08 Zach Sucher - 2007-08 Zach Sucher - 2008-09 Paul Dunne - 2011-12 Sam Love - 2011-12 Jason Shufflebotham - 2011-12 Sam Love - 2013-14 Wilson McDonald - 2013-14 Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Paul Dunne - 2013-14 First Team All-Great Midwest Johan Annerfelt - 1994 Andrew Laurence - 1994 Zac Courtenay - 1994 Great Midwest Newcomer of the Year Johan Annerfelt - 1994
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First Team All-Sun Belt Dave Bemis - 1987-88 Dave Cunningham - 1986-87 Lynn Farquhar - 1984-85, 1985-86 Jay Horton - 1988-89, 1990-91 Jim McDaniel - 1980-81 Jim Moodie - 1980-81, 1981-82 Mark Thompson - 1990-91
Paul Dunne - 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 Craig Gordon - 1999-2000, 2000-01 Landry Haynes - 2010-11 Tyler Hock - 2010-11 Mark Hudgins - 2008-09 Sam Love - 2011-12 Graeme McDowell - 1999-2000, 2000-01 Cathal O’Malley - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Mike Oimoen - 2009-10 Jason Shufflebotham - 2007-08 Adam Seale - 1999-2000 Richard Seale - 2000-01 Brad Smith - 2006-07, 2007-08 Robert Spiller - 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03 Thomas Sutton - 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 Michael Ulmer - 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13 Adam West - 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10 Blake West - 2006-07 , 2007-08 Jason Woyak - 2003-04
Sun Belt Coach of the Year Mike Dunphy - 1990-91
Academic Honors CoSIDA Academic All-America Paul Dunne - 2013-14 GCAA Academic All-America Ty Auret - 1998-99 Conference USA All-Academic Team Paul Dunne - 2013-14 Brad Smith - 2007-08 Thomas Sutton - 2011-12, 2013-14 Adam West - 2008-09
All-Time Letterwinners A Tom Acker Johan Annerfelt Ty Auret
Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal Paul Dunne - 2012-13, 2013-14 Robert Spiller - 2000-01, 2002-03 Michael Ulmer - 2010-11 Jason Woyak - 2003-04
B Toby Banks Murry Bartow Dave Bemis Clark Brown Paul Birdwell Herm Brehmer
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll Ty Auret - 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-2000 Clark Brown - 2002-03 Austen Dailey - 2008-09 Will Cannon - 2012-13, 2013-14 John Darby - 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10
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Hunter Hawkins
Sam Love
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Wilson McDonald
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Thomas Sutton
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Garrett Osborn
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Will Wilcox PGA Tour
Blazers on Tour All-Time Name Years at UAB Johan Annerfelt.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1993-95 Clark Brown............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2002-06 Chris Devlin....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1996-2000 Paul Dickinson....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1996-98 Hunter Hawkins.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2009-13 Drew Jones............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2000-02 Sam Love................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2010-14 Wilson McDonald................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2010-14 Graeme McDowell.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1999-2002 Garrett Osborn...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2003-07 Payton Osborn.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1998-2001 Kyle Sapp................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2003-08 Brad Smith.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2006-08 Zack Sucher............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2005-09 Thomas Sutton...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2009-14 Josh Thompson..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2005-06 Will Wilcox............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2004-05
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Graeme McDowell • 2002 Fred Haskins Award winner for top golfer in the nation • 2002 Golfstat Award recipient given to golfer with the lowest stroke average in the country • Two-time PING All-American (2001 and 2002) • Two-time Conference USA Player of the Year (2001 and 2002) • Nine tournament victories and 24 top-10 finishes At Or Under Year Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low 18 Low 54 Par Rounds Top-10s 2001-02 14 43 3004 69.9 63 197 34 11 2000-01 14 42 2993 71.3 64 204 23 8 1999-00 13 38 2796 73.6 66 212 13 5 Totals 41 123 8795 71.5 63 197 70 24 Best Finish: 1, 9x Low Round: 63, 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate (Course Record) Low Tourney Score: 197 (-19), 2002 Atlanta Intercollegiate (Course Record)
2001-02 (Junior Season) Event Topy Cup ULM/Fred Marx Invitational Club Glove Intercollegiate Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate C.C. of Louisiana Intercollegiate SunTrust Gator Invitational Cleveland Golf Classic Seminole Intercollegiate Conrad Rehling Alabama Invite Cleveland Golf/ASU Invitational Conference USA Championship Atlanta Intercollegiate NCAA East Regional NCAA Championships
Results 69-70-67 = 206 72-72-75 = 219 75-77-71 = 223 68-70-70 = 208 70-66-68 = 204 65-67-68 = 200 74-78-68 = 220 68-69-69 = 206 68-68-65 = 201 68-71-67 = 206 72-71-76 = 216 65-69-63 = 197 72-75-72 = 219 71-67-67-74 = 279
2000-01 (Sophomore Season) Event Inverness Intercollegiate Pacifc Invitational Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate VCU Fall Preview CC of Louisiana Intercollegiate SunTrust Gator Invitational Beau Chene Collegiate Seminole Intercollegiate Conrad Rehling Alabama Billy Hitchcock Intercollegiate Conference USA Championship Atlanta Intercollegiate NCAA East Regional NCAA Championships
Results Place 72-73-73 = 217 t3 69-71-70 = 210 t3 71-69-74 = 214 19 74-69 = 143 t3 66-72-75 = 213 t8 72-67-71 = 210 t21 74-70-67 = 211 t2 74-73-74 = 221 t15 72-68-72 = 212 1 73-70-71 = 214 t4 73-75-75 = 223 t13 64-69-71 = 204 1 71-73-70 = 214 t40 75-68-78-75 = 287 t16
1999-2000 (Freshman Season) Event The Ridges Intercollegiate Precept Peach State Invitational Adams Cup of Newport Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate CC of Louisiana Intercollegiate The Bridges All-American 49er Collegiate Classic Alabama Spring Invitational Beau Chene Collegiate Bearkat Classic C-USA Championships Atlanta Intercollegiate NCAA East Regional
Results 72-74-77 = 223 73-72 = 145 77-72-76 = 225 79-80-72 = 231 71-76-78 = 225 71-76-73 = 220 73-72-69 = 214 71-71-72 = 214 72-73-72 = 217 73-71-70 = 214 76-77-75 = 228 66-73-73 = 212 80-70-78 = 228 2 4
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Graeme McDowell In February 2011, former Blazer Graeme McDowell returned to his old stomping grounds for the first time since he captured the 2010 U.S. Open championship at Pebble Beach, led the European team to the Ryder Cup title, and was selected as the Player of the Year by the Golf Writers Association of America. McDowell came back to Birmingham to visit with his former coach Alan Kaufman, catch up with some of his old teammates, and give a few pointers to the 2010-11 UAB men’s golf team.
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Alan Kaufman Alan Kaufman was the head coach of the UAB men’s golf team from 1998-2013, leading the program to unprecedented success and national acclaim in the world of men’s collegiate golf. In his tenure, UAB made eight NCAA regional appearances, as well as four NCAA Championships appearances highlighted by a 12th-place finish in 2001 in the program’s first NCAA Championships appearance. Kaufman coached one of the hottest golfers currently playing on the PGA Tour in Graeme McDowell. McDowell was an All-America performer on the links and became UAB’s first No. 1-ranked golfer in both collegiate golf polls, the Golfweek Sagarin Performance Index and the Golfstat Cup rankings. To top off the year, McDowell was named the winner of the Fred Haskins Trophy, given to the top-performing collegiate golfer of the year. He was the C-USA Player of the Year and an all-conference selection for the second-consecutive year. McDowell had six tournament victories during the 2001-02 season and nine for his career. McDowell took the PGA Tour by storm in June 2010, when he captured the 110th US Open title in Pebble Beach, Calif. In doing so, he became the first UAB golfer to ever win a major championship. Furthermore, McDowell led the charge in the 2011 Ryder Cup to lift the Europeans to the title. Kaufman has also had success with some of his more recent teams. In each of his last two seasons at the helm of the Blazers’ program, UAB qualified for NCAA regional play. It marked the fourth time in school history that the squad had played in consecutive regional competitions. In 2012, his squad advanced to the NCAA National Championships for the fourth time in program history. In 2007-08, Kaufman led UAB to the program’s first-ever Conference USA Championship. The Blazers, who finished with a 105-343 overall record, were led by Zack Sucher, who earned medalist honors with a nine-under par,, as he became the second straight UAB golfer to capture medalist honors at the conference championship. Under Kaufman’s guidance, UAB finished first or second at the Conference USA Championships five times. Following Sucher’s outstanding season, he earned All-America honors for the second time in his career, making him the fourth golfer in program history to be tabbed All-American, all of whom played under Kaufman. Kaufman also produced UAB’s first All-American in McDowell in 2002. Furthermore, Sucher was awarded as the 2007-08 Conference USA Golfer of the Year, marking the second UAB golfer who has earned the league’s top recognition under Kaufman. In 2001-02, Kaufman guided UAB to a 119-58-7 overall mark and an 11-5-1 record in Conference USA play. The Blazers won the Country Club of Louisiana Intercollegiate in Baton Rouge, La., and recorded 11 top-10 finishes out of the 13 tournaments the team competed in during the season. UAB also registered a tie for ninth at the NCAA East Regional in Roswell, Ga. The Blazers advanced to the NCAA Championships for the second consecutive season. In 2000-01, Kaufman led the Blazers to their most successful season, to date. Despite having no tournament wins as a team, the Blazers had 10 top-five finishes. UAB finished 139-50-2 and placed ninth at the NCAA East Regional, earning the team’s first chance at an NCAA Championship. The Blazers capitalized, finishing tied for 12th in the nation. McDowell won two tournaments and was named a PING All-American, as well as a member of the Walker Cup and Palmer Cup teams. Because of the Blazers’ tremendous success, Kaufman was named C-USA Coach of the Year. Kaufman started playing at the age of 11 and has been involved with the sport in many different ways for over 60 years. His son, Jeff, played collegiately at LSU in the mid-1980s and his daughter-in-law, Pam, was head women’s golf coach at UAB in the early 1990s. Kaufman grew up in Atlanta, Ga., and graduated from Grady High School in 1954. He spent his collegiate years at LSU, graduating in 1958. He moved to Birmingham in 1965 and went to work for Coca-Cola. In 1967, Kaufman founded the Wall Street Deli, a national sandwich shop chain. Kaufman and his wife Pug have been married for more than 50 years. They have three children and five grandchildren.
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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 2 7
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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. 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.
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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.
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• 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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• 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. The Blazer basketball team goes 14-0 vs. GMW opponents and makes its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Men’s basketball is nationally-ranked and participates in the NCAA Tournament. August, 1994: UAB announces that its football program will compete at the NCAA I-A level and that the school will field a women’s soccer team beginning with the 1996 season. 1994-95: UAB soccer wins the Great Midwest Conference championship and participates in the NCAA Tournament. UAB wins GMW championship in men’s and women’s tennis, women’s indoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field and men’s golf. April 24, 1995: UAB becomes a charter member of Conference USA. March 26, 1996: One era ends and another begins as coach Gene Bartow steps down as head men’s basketball coach. November 14, 1996: Conference USA announces that UAB has been admitted as a football-playing member; the Blazers will begin C-USA play in 1999. 1997-98: UAB freshman Mirela Vladulescu takes the women’s collegiate tennis world by storm, winning both the ITA Clay Court National Championship and Riviera Women’s 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
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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
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All-Americans Men’s Basketball Aaron Johnson Jerome Mincy Steve Mitchell Oliver Robinson Football Rodregis Brooks Cedrick Buchannon Josh Evans Kerry Frazier Robert Leslie Derrick Ingram John Whitcomb Roddy White Women’s Basketball Carmen Guzman Wanda Hightower Deanna Jackson Diamond Rogers Baseball Shayne Carnes Jay Cole Mitch Jones Ryan Keedy Men’s Soccer Clint Baumstark Peter Byaruhanga Leandro de Oliveira Tony McManus Flavio Monteiro Rumbani Munthali Marin Pusek Houston Smith
Track/ Cross Country Elizabeth Ambrus Vonetta Flowers Rhiannon Johns Angela King Men’s Golf Paul Dickinson Graeme McDowell Garrett Osborn Zack Sucher Synchronized Swimming Morgan Clarke Meryl Grandia Amanda Haeuser Stephanie Jackson Stacey Jackson Margareta Jakovac Stacy Leiker Sara Petrov Hallie Todd Bogdana Zareva
Academic All-Americans Baseball Brent Laircey
Men’s Basketball Carter Long
Football Johnny Rea
Volleyball Suzie Johnson Patti Schroder
Men’s Tennis Sebastian Falk Frank Schaffner Martin Woisetschläger
Women’s Tennis Jenny Cape
Volleyball Ivana Bozic Sam Serley Nevena Stefanov
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
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• 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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