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KaylaOrr

Senior Utility

MandyLowman

Senior Catcher

S o f t b a l l

2012 Seniors

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U A B S O F T B A L L

1 2012 UAB Softball

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) has been an autonomous member of the University of Alabama system since 1969, and has been an intercollegiate athletic program since 1977. UAB is sometimes confused with the University of Alabama (Crim-son Tide), which is located in Tuscaloosa; while this is inevitable, it is important to note that the two are indeed separate institutions.

In addition, the UAB name is often altered by various media, opponents, merchan-disers, etc.

Please note that there are only two correct versions of our name, the acronym “UAB,” or the full “University of Alabama at Birmingham.” In addition the Associ-ated Press sports stylebook now uses UAB on first reference, not Alabama-Birming-ham.

We are:UAB

University of Alabama at Birmingham

We are not:Alabama-Birmingham, Ala.-Birmingham, or U.A.B.

2012 InformationMedia Information ..................................2-32012 Schedule ..............................................4Travel Information ..................................... 52012 Roster ...................................................6UAB Softball Field ...................................... 72012 Preview ............................................8-9

Coaches and PlayersHead Coach Marla Townsend .......... 10-11Assistant Coaches .................................... 12Support Staff ............................................. 13Catherine Crawford ................................ 14Mandy Lowman ....................................... 15Kayla Orr .................................................. 16Erica Sisson ............................................... 17Tiffany Smith ............................................ 18Amber Torres ........................................... 19Kate Armstrong ....................................... 20Issa Brown ................................................ 21Hailey Glynn ............................................ 22Maegan Hornsby ..................................... 23Anna Kimbrell ......................................... 24Lauren Webster ........................................ 25Lannah Campbell .................................... 26Kristen McGrath ....................................... 27Megan McGrath ....................................... 28Leigh Streetman ....................................... 29Newcomers ...........................................30-32

Opponents2012 Opponents ...................................33-35

2011 SeasonReview ...................................................36-37Results ....................................................... 38Statistics ............................................... 39-40C-USA Results .......................................... 41

Record BookAll-Time Records/Results ....................... 42UAB vs. All-Time Opponents ............43-45Year By Year Results ............................46-49Honors and Awards .................................. 50All-Time Letterwinners .......................... 51Yearly Leaders ......................................52-53Single-Season Records ........................53-54Career Records .....................................55-56Game Highs ............................................... 57

This Is UABMarla Townsend Softball Camps ............ 58Conference USA ...................................... 59UAB Administration .......................... 60-61Proud Past, Bright Future ...................62-64Blazer Highlights ...................................... 65UAB All-Americans ................................. 66Excellence At The Next Level .................. 67Gene Bartow .............................................. 68UAB At A Glance .................................69-71Academics ............................................72-73Sports Medicine ...................................74-75Strenth & Conditioning ......................76-77Campus Recreation .................................. 78Birmingham .............................................. 79

General InformationQuick Facts

Location ............................................... Birmingham, Ala.Founded ...................................................................... 1969Enrollment............................................................... 17,543Colors ...............................................Green and Old GoldNickname ............................................................... BlazersAffiliation ..............................................NCAA Division IConference ........................... Conference USA (C-USA)President .............................................Dr. Carol GarrisonAthletics Director .......................................Brian MackinSenior Woman Administrator ............... Derita RatcliffeSenior Administrator ................................ Shannon Ealy

soFtball staFFHead Coach ........................................... Marla Townsend Alma Mater/Year ............................ Alabama, 1986 Year at UAB ........................................................14th Record at UAB/Years ................ 343-355 (.491)/13 Career Record/Years ....................................... Same C-USA Record/Years ................ 128-137 (.483)/13Assistant Coach ................................................ Lucy Bass Alma Mater/Year. ...................................UAB, 2002 Year at UAB ........................................................10thAssistant Coach ............................................ Holly Krzan Alma Mater/Year ....................................UAB, 2008 Year at UAB ...................................................SecondStudent Managers .........Stacy Falkinburg, Marcy Sharp Softball Office Phone............................... (205) 975-7880Softball Fax .............................................. (205) 975-7824

Facility inFormationStadium ...............................................UAB Softball FieldCapacity ........................................................................ 350Surface ........................................................................Grass

team inFormation2011 Overall Record .................................................39-192011 C-USA Record/Finish .............................. 17-6/3rd2011 Postseason ..................................................... NCAALetterwinners Returning/Lost ..................................15/5Starting Position Players Returning/Lost ..................7/2Pitchers Returning/Lost ...............................................4/1Newcomers ....................................................................... 5

media relationsAssociate AD for Media Relations .............Norm ReillyMedia Relations Assistant/Contact ........Lauren Rupert E-mail ........................................... [email protected] Office Phone .................................... (205) 934-0724 Cell Phone ...................................... (724) 516-4577Media Relations Phone .......................... (205) 934-0722Media Relations Fax ................................ (205) 934-7505Web site ............................................www.uabsports.com

creditsThe 2012 UAB softball media guide was written, ed-

ited, designed and complied by Media Relations Assis-tant Lauren Rupert with editorial assistance by Associ-ate AD for Media Relations Norm Reilly and Assistant Director for Media Relations Ben Warnick. Photogra-phy by Steve Wood, Jimmy Mitchell and Nik Layman.

Cover and page design by Jamie Barker and Jai Gif-fin, Provations Group, Nicholasville, Ky.

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PrintBirmingham News .................... (205) 325-2431Fax ............................................... (205) 325-24252000 4th Ave. N.Birmingham, Ala. 35203-3840

The Associated Press ............................................Sports Department Phone ........ (205) 251-42212000 4th Ave. N.Birmingham, Ala. 35203-3840

The Associated Press ................. (800) 821-3737Fax ............................................... (334) 365-7177201 Monroe Street, Suite 1940Montgomery, AL 36104

Kaleidoscope (Student) ............. (205) 934-3354Fax ............................................... (205) 934-8050HUC 135Birmingham, Ala. 35294-1150

UAB Reporter (Campus) .......... (205) 934-2040Fax .............................................. (205) 934-7911Birmingham, Ala. 35294-0113

TelevisionABC 33/40 .................................. (205) 982-3988Fax ............................................... (205) 982-3942

P.O. Box 360039Birmingham, Ala. 35236

CBS 42 ......................................... (205) 488-4237Fax ............................................... (205) 320-27222075 Golden Crest DriveBirmingham, Ala. 35209

Fox 6 ............................................ (205) 583-4345Fax ............................................... (205) 583-4356P.O. Box 6Birmingham, Ala. 35201

NBC 13........................................ (205) 558-7348Fax ............................................... (205) 323-3314P.O. Box 10502Birmingham, Ala. 35202

RadioCitadel Broadcasting ................. (205) 945-6781244 Goodwin Crest Drive, Suite G 126Birmingham, Ala. 35209

WJOX 94.5 FM/WSPZ 690 AM...................................................... (205) 942-6690Fax ............................................... (205) 945-3999244 Goodwin Crest Drive, Suite G 126Birmingham, Ala. 35209

The 2012 UAB Softball Media Guide was as-sembled in an effort to assist you in your cover-age of the Blazer softball team. We have tried to anticipate many of your questions and needs and hope that the answers may easily be found within in the following pages. However, if you have ad-ditional questions or needs, please do not hesitate to contact the UAB Athletic Media Relations Of-fice. We appreciate your interest in UAB softball and look forward to working with you through-out the season.

Our OfficeThe Athletic Media Relations Office is located

on the lower level of Bartow Arena’s West Tower. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

UABsports.comFor the latest information on UAB softball

visit www.uabsports.com, the athletic depart-ment’s official web site.

Updated statistics and results, as well as a schedule and roster, are available. Additionally, game notes will be made available for download 1-2 days prior to a game.

Covering PracticePractice is open to the media. The Blazers will

practice at UAB Softball Field, located off of 11th Street South, just past the baseball field. Members of the media are asked to please notify Lauren Rupert in the media relations department if you are planning to attend practice.

InterviewsBlazer head coach Marla Townsend, her staff

and players, are available for interviews in per-son, or with prior arrangement, by telephone. The best time to conduct interviews is 10-15 min-utes prior to the start of practice, or as players are leaving the field. All requests to interview coach-es or players should be directed to media rela-tions assistant Lauren Rupert. Interviews should be arranged no less than 24 hours in advance.

Per athletic department policy, the Media Re-lations Office does not release telephone numbers

of its softball players, and members of the media are asked to respect the private time of the UAB athletes and coaches by not calling them directly.

Gameday ServicesGame programs, including rosters, statistics

and game notes, will be available to the working media no less than an hour before every home game. Complete game statistics will be available after the conclusion of each game. Telephones and a fax machine will be made available for use in the Athletic Media Relations Office.

Post-game InterviewsCoaches and players will be made available

for interviews after a customary 10-15 minute “cooling-off period” following the conclusion of the contest. Requests for interviews will be taken by a member of the media relations staff before the conclusion of the game. If you wish to con-duct an interview between games of a double-header please notify Lauren Rupert prior to the beginning of the first game.

Opposing player/coach interviews are subject to policy of the visiting SID.

UAB Softball FieldAll home games are played at UAB Softball

Field, located off of 11th Street South, just past the baseball field. For directions visit www.uab-sports.com, and click under directions.

Media RelationsNorm ReillyAssociate AD for Media RelationsE-mail: [email protected]

Aaron JordanAssociate Director of Media RelationsE-mail: [email protected]

Tyson MathewsAssistant Director of Media RelationsE-mail: [email protected]

Ben WarnickAssistant Director of Media RelationsE-mail: [email protected]

Lauren RupertMedia Relations Assistant (Softball Contact)Office: (205) 934-0724Cell: (724) 516-4577E-mail: [email protected]

BRTW West Tower 105617 13th St. S

Birmingham, AL 35920-1164Office: (205) 934-0722

Fax: (205) 934-7505www.uabsports.com

MEDIA OUTLETS

Media Information

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Follow UAB Softball

Follow the Blazers softball team all season long through a variety of social me-dia avenues provided to you by the UAB athletics department. Facebook, Twitter and the newest feature Cover It Live can be viewed and provide interaction for fans throughout the season. Cover It Live is a live chat room that UAB will be providing during softball contests throughout the 2012 season. It allows fans to ask questions, answer polls and find out additional information about the team through the live chat feature. Comments are not automatically added to the live chat, but are screened and then posted. The live chat is free of charge and will be available for all UAB softball games in 2012. In addition to the social media availability, UAB will be providing live video streaming for all home contests through UABsports.com for a monthly fee of $9.99.

UAB Blazers

@UABsoftball

@UABathletics

UABsoftball

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2012 Schedule2012 UAB Softball

Schedule Date Opponent Location Time

FIU Combat Classic Feb. 10 UMass Miami, Fla. 11 a.m. ET Feb. 11 Louisville Miami, Fla. 9 a.m. ET Illinois Miami, Fla. 3 p.m. ET Feb. 12 Michigan State Miami, Fla. 11 a.m. ET FIU Miami, Fla. 3 p.m. ET

Hillenbrand Invitational Feb. 17 Southern Utah Tucson, Ariz. 1 p.m. MST Arizona Tucson, Ariz. 4 p.m. MST Feb. 18 North Dakota Tucson, Ariz. 12 p.m. MST Western Kentucky Tucson, Ariz. 2 p.m. MST Feb. 19 Western Kentucky Tucson, Ariz. 9 a.m. MST Feb. 21 Alabama UAB Softball Field 6 p.m. Feb. 28 Kennesaw State (DH) UAB Softball Field 3 p.m.

Easton Alabama Invite March 2 UMass Tuscaloosa, Ala. 4 p.m. March 3 Maryland Tuscaloosa, Ala. 11 a.m. UMass Tuscaloosa, Ala. 6:30 p.m. March 4 Alabama Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1:30 p.m. March 6 Jacksonville State UAB Softball Field 6 p.m. March 10 Memphis* (DH) UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. March 11 Memphis* UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. March 14 South Alabama UAB Softball Field 4 p.m. March 15 at Lipscomb (DH) Nashville, Tenn. 3 p.m.

University of Kentucky Tournament

March 16 UMKC Lexington, Ky. 1 p.m. ET Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 5 p.m. ET March 17 NC State Lexington, Ky. 11 a.m. ET Tournament Play Lexington, Ky. TBD March 18 Tournament Play Lexington, Ky. TBD March 20 at Mississippi State Starkville, Miss. 6:30 p.m. March 23 at Marshall* Huntington, W.Va. 3 p.m. ET March 24 at Marshall* (DH) Huntington, W.Va. 1 p.m. ET March 31 Houston* (DH) UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. April 1 Houston* UAB Softball Field 12 p.m. April 3 Troy UAB Softball Field 4 p.m. April 6 at East Carolina* (DH) Greenville, N.C. 5 p.m. ET April 7 at East Carolina* Greenville, N.C. 1 p.m. ET April 10 Samford UAB Softball Field 6 p.m. April 14 UCF* (DH) UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. April 15 UCF* UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. April 17 at Jacksonville State Jacksonville, Ala. 6 p.m. April 18 at Chattanooga (DH) Chattanooga, Tenn. 4 p.m. ET April 21 at UTEP* (DH) El Paso, Texas 2 p.m. MST April 22 at UTEP* El Paso, Texas 11 a.m. MST April 28 at Southern Miss* (DH) Hattiesburg, Miss. 1 p.m. April 29 at Southern Miss* Hattiesburg, Miss. 1 p.m. May 5 Tulsa* (DH) UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. May 6 Tulsa* UAB Softball Field 1 p.m. May 10-12 Conference USA Championship UAB Softball Field TBA

All home games are in bold * C-USA Game (DH) - Doubleheader All times Central unless marked otherwise and are subject to change

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Travel InformationKentucky TournamentLexington, Ky.March 16-18

Jacksonville StateJacksonville, Ala.April 17

Mississippi StateStarkville, Miss.March 20

Hillenbrand InviteTucson, Ariz. Feb. 17-19

UTEPEl Paso, TexasApril 21-22

Total distance (round-trip)*5,849.9 miles

Shortest distance*58.6 miles (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Furthest distance*1,588 miles (Tucson, Ariz.)

States Visited (# of times)Arizona (1)Florida (1)Kentucky (1)North Carolina (1)Mississippi (2)Tennessee (2)Texas (1)West Virginia (1)

* - Distances taken from Google Maps

FIU Combat Classic(February 10-12)Holiday Inn Express & Suites11520 SW 88th Street Miami, FL 33176(305) 279-8688

Hillenbrand Invitational(February 17-19)Four Points By Sheraton1900 East Speedway Tuscon, AZ 85719(520) 327-7341

Easton Alabama Invite(March 2-4)Wingate by Wyndham4918 Skyland Blvd. E. Tuscaloosa, AL 35405(205) 553-5400

Kentucky Tournament(March 16-18)Crowne Plaza1375 S. Broadway Lexington, KY 40504(859) 255-4281

Marshall(March 23-24)Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites800 3rd Ave. Huntington, WV 25701(304) 523-8880

East Carolina(April 6-7)City Hotel & Bistro203 SW Greenville Blvd. Greenville, NC 27834(252) 355-8300

Chattanooga(April 18)Hampton Inn3641 Cummings Hwy. Chattanooga, TN 37419(423) 821-5500

UTEP(April 21-22)Hilton Garden Inn111 W. University El Paso, TX 79902(915) 351-2121

Southern Miss(April 28-29)Hilton Garden Inn133 Plaza Drive Hattiesburg, MS 39402(601) 261-3770

Easton Alabama InviteTuscaloosa, Ala.March 2-4

East CarolinaGreenville, N.C.April 6-7

LipscombNashville, Tenn.March 15

MarshallHuntington, W.Va.March 23-24

ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tenn.April 18

Southern MissHattiesburg, Miss.April 28-29

FIU Combat ClassicMiami, Fla.Feb. 10-12

2012 Travel/Hotel Information

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2012 Roster

Roster Breakdown

ClassSeniors (6): Catherine Crawford, Mandy Lowman, Kayla Orr, Erica Sis-son, Tiffany Smith, Amber TorresJuniors (8): Kate Armstrong, Issa Brown, Whitney Fletcher, Hailey Glynn, Maegan Hornsby, Anna Kim-brell, Chandler Orr, Lauren WebsterSophomores (4): Lannah Campbell, Kristen McGrath, Megan McGrath, Leigh StreetmanFreshmen (4): Hayley Davis, Amy Dennis, Heather Pearson, Anna Theriot

StateAlabama (17): Kate Armstrong, Issa Brown, Lannah Campbell, Amy Den-nis, Catherine Crawford, Whitney Fletcher, Hailey Glynn, Maegan Horn-sby, Mandy Lowman, Chandler Orr, Kayla Orr, Erica Sisson, Tiffany Smith, Leigh Streetman, Anna Theriot, Amber Torres, Lauren WebsterFlorida (3): Hayley Davis, Kristen McGrath, Megan McGrathSouth Carolina (1): Anna KimbrellGeorgia (1): Heather Pearson

Back Row (L-R) - Head Coach Marla Townsend, Hayley Davis, Anna Kimbrell, Anna Theriot, Megan McGrath, Mandy Lowman, Lannah Campbell, Kristen McGrath, Lauren Webster, Amber Torres, Whitney Fletcher, Kayla Orr, Chandler Orr, Assistant Coach Holly Krzan.Front Row (L-R) - Amy Dennis, Tiffany Smith, Kate Armstrong, Issa Brown, Maegan Hornsby, Hailey Glynn, Leigh Streetman, Erica Sisson, Catherine Crawford, Heather Pearson, Assistant Coach Lucy Bass.

# Name Pos. Yr. B/T Hometown/Last School00 Hailey Glynn OF Jr. L/R Pelham, Ala./Pelham HS1 Erica Sisson C/IF Sr. R/R Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS2 Tiffany Smith OF Sr. L/R Huntsville, Ala./Sparkman HS4 Maegan Hornsby IF RS Jr. R/R Hoover, Ala./Hoover HS5 Catherine Crawford IF Sr. R/R Hueytown, Ala./Hueytown HS7 Lauren Webster P/IF Jr. R/R Mathews, Ala./Alabama Christian8 Lannah Campbell U So. L/L Satsuma, Ala./Satsuma HS9 Anna Theriot IF/OF Fr. R/R Wetumpka, Ala./Wetumpka HS10 Amy Dennis IF Fr. R/R Mobile, Ala./Faith Academy11 Heather Pearson IF RS Fr. R/R Kennesaw, Ga./Kell HS13 Leigh Streetman P So. L/R Hueytown, Ala./Hueytown HS15 Hayley Davis IF Fr. R/R Tarpon Springs, Fla./East Lake HS16 Kate Armstrong IF Jr. R/R Vestavia Hills, Ala./Vestavia Hills HS17 Chandler Orr C Jr. R/R Hartselle, Ala./Wallace Hanceville CC18 Whitney Fletcher OF Jr. L/R Decatur, Ala./North Florida State CC20 Amber Torres P Sr. R/R Huntsville, Ala./Sparkman HS21 Kayla Orr IF RS Sr. R/R Hartselle, Ala./Hartselle HS22 Issa Brown U Jr. R/R Alexandria, Ala./Alexandria HS24 Mandy Lowman C Sr. R/R Huntsville, Ala./Westminster Christian Acad.25 Kristen McGrath IF So. R/R Tampa, Fla./Gaither HS32 Megan McGrath IF So. R/R Tampa, Fla./Gaither HS44 Anna Kimbrell C Jr. R/R Fort Mill, S.C./Samford

Coaching StaffHead Coach: Marla TownsendAssistant Coach: Lucy BassAssistant Coach: Holly Krzan

Numerical Roster

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UAB Softball Field

The UAB softball team opened UAB Softball Field on Feb. 23, 2010. The Blaz-ers recorded one of the most successful seasons in program history in 2010, finishing with an overall record of 37-22 and earning the program’s first-ever NCAA tournament berth. UAB posted a 13-6 home record in its inaugural season at UAB Softball Field.

The complex is adjacent to and to the south of the existing baseball complex, Jerry D. Young Memorial Field, and it has required demolition of the former tennis complex that was encompassed by 12th Street South.

The new facility includes the following amenities:

* Recessed dugouts with restroom facilities * Bullpens for each team * Scorer’s platform with public address system * Ample storage * Field lighting * Seating for 350 * New state-of-the-art scoreboard with video capability with a 13.5 x 17 foot screen

The recessed dugouts each house approximately 500 square feet of space, in-cluding one restroom.

The bullpens for each team are located on the corners of the outfield just past each dugout. The space is comfortable for two pitchers to be able to warm up at any given time.

The scorer’s platform features a working area for gameday staff that includes housing of the scoreboard/video board controls, sound system controls, and the public address announcer microphone. The area also has a both phone and data capabilities for gameday operation and visiting media. The pub-lic address system features four speakers mounted to light posts around the backstop and dugouts. The control unit is located inside the scorer’s platform.

A storage room with approximately 140 square feet is adjacent to the home dugout on the first-base side. There are two additional areas in the covered hitting facility that provide an estimated total of 800-1,000 square feet of storage.

Six poles have been mounted around the facility to provide lighting for prac-

tice and games when ambient light is not satisfactory.

Metal bleacher seating areas are located behind the backstop and in between the dugouts for a maximum capacity of 350 people. All seats will be sold as general admission on a first-come, first-served basis. Information on season or single-game tickets to UAB softball may be found by going to www.uab-sports.com. Currently, the new UAB softball complex will share restroom and concessions facilities with the UAB baseball facility, Young Memorial Field.

As part of an new partnership agreement with IMG Sports, the Blazers’ multimedia rights holder, UAB has added new, state-of-the art scoreboards for Bartow Arena, Young Memorial Field, and the new on-campus softball facility. The scoreboards, which will be produced by industry leader Dak-tronics, will provide additional information and video capabilities that will feature LED technology while offering expanded inventory opportunities for corporate partners. The video equipment will be often run by a new mobile unit that will provide live game production services and instant replay capabilities. The softball scoreboard will feature static spaces for sponsor advertise-ments, as well as plenty of opportunities to ro-tate picture and video graphics on the 13.5 x 17 foot video board. The official scoreboard will feature ten innings of run counts per team, as well as total runs, hits, and errors col-umns. There will also be sections for an at-bat notifier, balls, strikes, outs, and a hit/error notifier.

1. 1,323 ...................vs. #8 Alabama (2/23/10)2. 927 ........................vs. UCF (DH) (4/27/10)3. 807 ....................... vs. UTEP (DH) (4/2/11)4. 636 ..................................vs. UTEP (4/3/11)5. 598 ...................vs. East Carolina (4/17/11)

Top Crowds At UAB Softball Field

1. 1,323 ...................vs. #8 Alabama (2/23/10)2. 1,003 .................vs. #2 Alabama (3/10/09)*3. 927 ........................vs. UCF (DH) (4/27/10)4. 673 ......................vs. #2 Alabama (3/6/08)*5. 565 ............vs. Troy State (DH) (2/12/01)*

*At George Ward Park

Top Crowds

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Coming off one of the most successful seasons in program history, the UAB softball team eagerly awaits the 2012 campaign and the opportu-nity to build on last year’s achievements.

The 2012 squad returns 15 letterwinners and six starting position play-ers, including 2011 All-Conference-USA Second Team selection Man-dy Lowman and C-USA All-Freshman Team and NFCA All-Region Second Team member Leigh Streetman.

Head coach Marla Townsend, in her 14th season with the Blazers, will guide the veteran laden group. Five newcomers will provide additional depth to the roster.

“We look at this group of seniors. They’ve had a large role in our suc-cess over the years. Whether it’s on the field or off the field, they are just a very solid group,” Townsend said. “I’m excited to see them in action knowing it’s their final year. We’ve already seen the influences of their leadership on our underclassmen.”

Pitching Staff

UAB returns four pitchers from last season’s 2011 NCAA tournament team in senior Amber Torres, junior Lauren Webster and sophomores Lannah Campbell and Leigh Streetman.

“All of them are throwing extremely well,” Townsend said. “We expect them to really work hard to earn the ball.

“We look at using all four of them on a regular basis. Their pitching early on in the tournaments will dictate the number of times they get the call. They are being very competitive.”

Torres made eight appearances in the circle in 2011 with four starts. In 17 innings of work she fanned 11 batters.

Over 18 total appearances and eight starts in the circle, Webster com-piled a 10-3 record with a 1.68 ERA. She allowed the least amount of hits (53), earned runs (14), runs (22) and walks (8) in Conference USA.

The Mathews, Ala. native, fanned 68 batters in 58.1 innings of work, holding the opposition to just a .235 hitting clip.

Webster, who also saw 41 starts at second base last season, will mainly focus on pitching in 2012, but could also help the team out at second base and at the plate as well.

“Lauren is throwing extremely well and her first and foremost respon-sibility is pitching,” Townsend said. “She is a good defender and effec-tive at the plate, so I could see her playing at second again this year, too.”

Campbell appeared 14 times in the circle, making three starts. She reg-istered a 2-2 record and a 1.56 ERA. The Satsuma, Ala. native struck out 36 batters in 31.1 innings.

Streetman made 42 appearances and 22 starts. The C-USA All-Fresh-man Team and NFCA All-Region Second Team selection ranked

16th in the nation with a 1.34 ERA.The Hueytown, Ala. native, tallied seven saves, ranking fifth in the country and first in the league. She held opponents to a .192 batting average and fanned 194 batters in 182.1 innings of work.

Catcher

Senior standout Mandy Lowman, who started all 58 games behind the plate for the Blazers last year, will return as the starter for the 2012 sea-son. The Huntsville, Ala. native, was named to the All-C-USA Second Team and owned a .242 batting average.

She knocked in 20 runs, and her 29 walks were tops on the team and third-best in the league. She also tallied the third-most putouts (412) and tied first in runners caught stealing (17) in C-USA.

Junior college transfer Chandler Orr is also an outstanding catcher. Orr came to UAB from Wallace Hanceville CC, where she played in 51 games and recorded a .295 batting average.

Junior Anna Kimbrell could also see time behind the plate. Kimbrell transferred to UAB from Samford her sophomore year.

“Mandy will be behind the plate and we have Chandler Orr and Anna Kimbrell who are also a catchers,” Townsend. “Mandy is an outstanding leader on the field and does a great job behind the plate communicat-ing defenses. Obviously her performance at the plate is outstanding.”

Infield

The 2012 roster returns six position starters with the addition of two newcomers, providing the Blazers with plenty of depth in the infield this season.

“The field is wide open. I can tell you five set starters, so we have an-other five positions wide open,” Townsend said. “Last year I went in wanting to play a lot of people early on. This year I have a different mindset. I want to get the roster set as early as possible. It’s going to be interesting because we have five positions open for the taking.”

At the hot corner, juniors Kate Armstrong and Issa Brown and sopho-more Kristen McGrath will be competing to be the primary starter. Armstrong started all 58 games a season ago, registering a .265 batting average and a .374 slugging percentage.

The Vestavia Hills, Ala. native, notched a team-high 11 doubles and drove in 24 runs. She collected 58 putouts and 88 assists with just eight errors for a .948 fielding percentage.

In 2011, McGrath was mainly used as a designated hitter and started 34 games for the Blazers in that role. She batted a .211 with nine runs and 18 RBI on 24 hits.

At shortstop, there is a three-way competition among senior Catherine Crawford, redshirt-freshman Heather Pearson and freshman Hayley Davis.

2012 Preview

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Last season, Crawford started all 58 games, splitting time between sec-ond base, shortstop and left field. She finished the season with a .238 batting average and her 25 runs scored were second most on the team.

Pearson redshirted the 2011 season and has been taking reps at short-stop during practice. Freshman Hayley Davis is also in the running for a starting role in the infield.

Davis, a native of Tarpon Springs, Fla., hit for a .489 batting average with four triples, five home runs and knocked in 36 runs for East Lake High School.

“It really comes down to if you’re performing at the plate, we’ll find a spot for you defensively,” Townsend said. “We believe that everybody is very sound defensively and so it’s just a matter of their offensive production to determine their playing time.”

Second base could see playing time by redshirt junior Maegan Horn-sby, freshman Amy Dennis and Webster. Although Webster’s main re-sponsibility is pitching she is a very strong defensive player.

Dennis, a product of Mobile, Ala., will be counted on to produce of-fensively for the Blazers.

“Amy sees the ball really well and has a great understanding of the game,” Townsend said. “Hayley is doing extremely well at shortstop, too.”

Senior Erica Sisson will start at first base, but senior Kayla Orr and sophomore Megan McGrath could also see time at that position.

Sisson started 42 games primarily at first base last season where she tallied the second-most putouts (212) for UAB and committed just four errors for a .982 fielding percentage.

“Kayla will be on the field,” Townsend said. “Whether it’s first base or the outfield, Kayla will see significant playing time and be a part of the starting lineup.”

Orr is a solid offensive and defensive contributor for UAB. The Hartselle, Ala. product, started all 58 games from a year ago splitting time between first base and shortstop.

She led the Blazers with 73 total bases, batted a .272 average and re-corded 49 hits. She also crossed the plate 24 times, drove in a team-high 32 runs, registered 10 multi-hit games and tallied seven multi-RBI games.

“When we are out there going through defense, we have three different groups going through,” Townsend said. “The defense will be playing with different people at every rotation and they don’t skip a beat. It’s amazing.

“We have so many options in the infield and it’s not where they are just comfortable with the same person next to them, they are comfortable with every single person. That is exciting and I think it’s going to be a huge part of our success.”

Outfield

The outfield will see a lot of competition due to the departures of 2011 seniors Caley Walden and Sallie Van Kirk. Senior Tiffany Smith, ju-nior transfer Whitney Fletcher and junior Hailey Glynn will see time in the grass. Orr, Crawford, Davis, Dennis and freshman Anna Theriot could also play in the outfield.

“Cat will definitely see playing time,” Townsend said. “Hailey and Cat could share time in left field, but Whitney is our starting centerfielder.

“Right field is open for the taking. Kayla could spend some time there as well as Tiffany.”

Fletcher transferred to UAB from Northwest Florida State College where she was a two-time, first-team all-conference selection. The De-catur, Ala. native, led the Raiders to a 41-9 overall finish in 2011, shar-ing the Panhandle Conference title, and played in all 50 games. She had a .424 batting average with 35 RBI and 57 runs scored last season.

Either Glynn or Crawford could play on Fletcher’s right. Last season, Glynn started 27 games in the outfield. She recorded a .214 batting average and crossed the plate nine times.

Smith’s primarily served as the pinch runner last season, appearing in 47 games. She also started eight games in right field, tallying 10 hits and two doubles. On the base paths she scored 17 runs and swiped 15 bases on 19 attempts.

“Outfield is another position where if you are producing at the plate you could see yourself playing there,” Townsend said. “We are giving a lot of individuals playing time in the outfield.”

Schedule

The 2012 schedule features 56 games, including 19 at the UAB Soft-ball Field. The Blazers will face 11 opponents this season that received NCAA tournament berths a year ago, including NCAA Super Region-al participants Alabama, Arizona, Houston and Kentucky.

At the conclusion of the 2012 regular season, the Blazers will welcome the top eight teams in the league when UAB hosts the 2012 Conference USA Championship, May 10-12, for the first time in school history.

“When you put the schedule together, you have an idea about what you want to do. You want to schedule the toughest competition pos-sible, but yet you want to be able to compete,” Townsend said. “I think we’ve done a good job of that this year by playing a lot of teams we haven’t faced before and places we haven’t played before like the FIU and Arizona tournaments, as well as going to two SEC tournaments.”

UAB will kick off the 2012 campaign at the FIU Combat Classic, Feb. 10-12, at the FIU Softball Complex in Miami, Fla. UAB will take on FIU and Louisville, along with first-time opponents Illinois, Michigan State and UMass.

2012 Preview

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The 2011 sea-son was Marla To w n s e n d ’s 13th at the helm of the UAB softball

program and the recently-completed campaign was one to remember for the Blazers.

Named UAB’s first head coach on Sept. 1, 1998, Townsend has guided the program since its infancy. Since coming to UAB, Townsend has coached 40 all-conference athletes and has guided the Blazers to an all-time record of 343-355 (.491) and Conference USA mark of 128-137 (.483).

UAB enjoyed one of its most successful season in school history in 2011 as the Blazers earned the program’s second consecutive invi-tation to the NCAA Championship. UAB’s win total (39) tied the most in program history set in 2002 and the 17 victories in Conference USA play surpassed the school record (15).

In addition, three players were named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team, repre-senting the most selections in program history and the most among any C-USA team in 2011. Furthermore, the Blazers began conference play with a perfect 6-0 record for the first time in school history.

In 2010 the Blazers earned the program’s

first-ever invitation to the NCAA Champion-ship. UAB’s win total (37) marked the second-highest in school history and the 15 victories in Conference USA play tied the school record. The Blazers were never ranked lower than No. 38 in the RPI during the season.

In addition, UAB had six players named to all-conference teams, including three first-team performers. The Blazers also had four student-athletes receive all-region accolades.

The Blazers concluded their 2009 campaign with an overall record of 21-34 and placed sev-enth in Conference USA with an 8-16 record. The Green and Gold kicked off the season by marking a milestone at the Hawaii Paradise Classic, defeating No. 19/17 LSU 5-3. UAB’s vic-tory marked the second time in five years that the Blazers have defeated a top-25 ranked op-ponent. A pair of freshmen, outfielder Martina Landrum and outfielder/infielder Catherine Crawford, earned all-conference accolades.

Landrum was dubbed the C-USA’s 2009 Co-Newcomer of the Year, leading the conference in stolen bases, and Crawford was named to the league’s all-freshman team, closing the season with a .310 batting average and 31 RBIs.

In 2008, Townsend and her squad ended the season at 24-35 (9-15 C-USA). The Blazers wrapped up their season with a first round loss to Memphis in the C-USA Tournament. But

despite the loss, the Blazers continued to rewrite the re-cord books. Pitcher Jennifer Nelson finished her career as the all-time wins and strikeouts lead-er.

Infielder Holly Krzan also con-cluded her career on top, capturing the all-time records for doubles, games played, games start-ed, total bases and walks.

Freshmen Laura Callaway and Caley Walden picked up nominations to the C-USA All-Fresh-man team. Townsend herself also received hon-ors when she was inducted into the Alabama Amateur Softball Association’s Hall of Fame.

The Townsend FilePlaying Experience1976 Dixie Youth Fast Pitch World Series Champions 1986-89 Birmingham Venturas1988-93 White Lightning1990-94 Atlanta Phoenix

Coaching Experience1988-91 Head Coach -McAdory High School1993-94 Head Coach - Rudd Junior High School1995-96 Head Coach - White Lightning, ASA 16U1997-98 Head Coach - Pelham High School1998-Present Head Coach - UAB

Playing Honors & Awards1992 First-Team All-American ASA Women’s Fastpitch1993 First Team All-America Outfield Slowpitch Major Class

Coaching Honors & Awards1989, 90 Shelby County Coach of the Year1998 Jefferson County Coach of the Year2002, 06 Conference USA Coach of the Year2006 Inducted into the Dixie Softball Hall of Fame2008 Inducted into the Alabama Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame

Head Coach Marla Townsend

14th SeasonAlabama ◆ 1986

Blazers Under Townsend Year Overall C-USA H A N 2000 23-38 .377 6-12 .333 7-18 9-14 7-6 2001 27-35 .435 10-11 .476 7-13 9-14 11-8 2002 39-22 .639 14-10 .583 17-4 14-14 8-4 2003 28-28 .500 10-14 .417 9-12 13-11 6-5 2004 20-36 .357 7-17 .292 7-12 5-16 8-8 2005 23-37 .383 7-16 .304 10-11 7-19 6-7 2006 31-22 .585 15-9 .762 16-5 9-12 6-5 2007 31-27 .534 10-13 .435 18-8 7-16 6-3 2008 24-35 .407 9-15 .375 9-11 4-17 11-7 2009 21-34 .382 8-16 .333 11-12 7-16 3-6 2010 37-22 .627 15-9 .625 13-6 11-12 13-4 2011 39-19 .672 17-6 .739 18-5 12-6 9-8 Totals 343-355 .491 128-137 .483 142-117 107-167 94-71

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For Townsend and her 2007 Blazer squad, the season featured several record-breaking performances and new milestones. Townsend earned her 200th career victory in February as the Blazers won the USF “The Game” Tourna-ment. UAB’s success continued in March when the Blazers defeated a top 25-ranked opponent for the first time in three years, knocking off No. 18 Southern Illinois. The Blazers finished the season 31-27 (10-13 C-USA), marking the third time in history that Townsend’s squad has topped the 30-win plateau. Individuals on the team broke single-season records for bat-ting average, hits, doubles, home runs, walks, fielding percentage, batters struck out, wins and ERA. Centerfielder Lindsay Stanley, who broke the school’s career record with 100 stolen bases, earned first-team all-conference honors, while shortstop Krzan was named to the second team.

The 2006 season marked the Blazers’ best campaign in four years as they finished 31-22 overall and tied for second in Conference USA. Townsend guided her team to a 15-9 C-USA record, best in UAB’s history, and received the C-USA Coach of the Year award. The Blazers earned six spots on the C-USA All-Conference teams. Krzan and Stanley took home first-team honors, while Nelson and Kayla Harris were named to the second-team. Harris, along with Andrea Rogers, also earned all-freshman hon-ors.

During the 2005 season, Townsend led the Blazers to a 23-37 mark as UAB finished sev-enth in the conference. UAB posted 16 non-conference wins throughout the season. Stanley was named second-team all-conference while Amanda Antonovich was named to the all-freshman team. UAB had 12 players named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and six were named NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes.

The 2004 campaign saw the Blazers post at least 20 wins for the fifth season in a row and was one in which UAB claimed two tournament titles. UAB also placed two players on the all-conference team, as Beth Mullins was named to the second team and Krzan made the all-fresh-man squad.

In 2003, the Blazers posted their fourth-consecutive 20-win campaign and advanced to the Conference USA Tournament for the fourth straight season. UAB ended the year with 28 victories and posted a 6-5 win over the eighth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners. The victory in Nor-man, Okla. marked UAB’s first win versus a top-25 ranked opponent and signified the program’s first victory against a former NCAA Champion.

Prior to the 2002 season, UAB was picked

to finish seventh in the C-USA preseason polls, but Townsend’s team proved the critics wrong by placing third in the regular-season standings with a 14-10 record. The program’s accomplish-ments did not go unnoticed as Townsend was named the C-USA Coach of the Year by a vote of her peers in the coaching community. The 2002 Blazers improved upon the momentum that they built during the regular season as UAB advanced deep into the C-USA Tournament in Tampa, Fla.

The Blazers finished the three-day event as the runner-up of the postseason competition af-ter the team swept C-USA rival Southern Miss en route to the championship game. UAB’s 2-1 extra-inning loss in the title game against peren-nial power DePaul may have ended the Blazers’ season, but the strong finish gave Townsend and her team plenty of optimism for the future. The Blazers achieved a school-record 39-22 mark in 2002 and turned in a program-best, 10-game winning streak during the spring season. The 10-consecutive wins proved to be the seventh-best mark in C-USA history.

The Blazers’ success in 2002 followed a rig-orous 2001 season in which UAB finished with a 27-35 overall mark and ended the year as the sixth-place team in the C-USA standings (10-11 record). The Blazers led the nation in double plays turned and registered a team-high mark of 35 during the 2001 season. In 2000 -- UAB’s inaugural season -- Townsend guided the team to a 23-38 overall record and a fifth-place finish in the conference. Townsend led the Blazers to a 9-7 record against in-state competition.

UAB was not Townsend’s first head coaching position. Prior to becoming a member of the Blazer family, Townsend was the head coach of the Classic White Lightning 16-and-under Am-ateur Softball Association (ASA) team in both 1995 and 1996. The club won the ASA regional title and the state championship in both seasons.

Townsend also spent two seasons as the head coach at Pelham High School where she compiled a stellar 77-34 overall record. In 1998, Pelham finished fifth in the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A Tourna-ment and was tabbed as the No. 1-ranked team in Class 6A by The Birmingham News. Also in 1998, Townsend served as the head coach of the North team during the AHSAA Alabama All-Star week and her team impressively blanked the South squad in both games, 9-0 and 7-0. Townsend is a two-time recipient of the Jeffer-son County Softball Coach of the Year award, was named the Shelby County Softball Coach of the Year and has also garnered high accolades as a player. Townsend earned First-Team All-America recognition in both fastpitch and slow-pitch competition in 1992 and was a valuable outfielder on several national championship slowpitch teams.

Townsend is a graduate of Pinson Valley High School in 1982 and earned her undergrad-uate degree from the University of Alabama in 1986. She continued her education with a mas-ter’s degree from UAB in 1991 and has also added an education specialist degree from the University of Montevallo in 1998. She has one daughter, Maia, who was born on Feb. 21, 2004.

Townsend’s Milestone Wins

1 .................................Samford, 2-0 .................................February 12, 200050 ..........................Saint Louis, 2-1 .................................May 10, 2001 .................................(C-USA Tournament)100 ....................Cal State Northridge, 6-5 .................................March 1, 2003150 .....................Georgia State, 7-4 .................................March 18, 2005200 ...................USF, 2-1 .................................Feb. 25, 2007250 ....................Northern Illinois, 16-13 .................................Feb. 28, 2009300 ...................Memphis, 5-2 ........................May 1, 2010

Maia Townsend

Head Coach Marla Townsend

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Lucy Bass, a former Blazer player, begins her 10th season as an as-sistant coach. Bass returned to her role in June 2006 after serving as the Director of Softball Operations for a year. Bass was an assistant coach at UAB from 2003-04 before taking a job as a physical edu-cation teacher in Birmingham. Prior to the 2003 fall season, Bass served as both a volunteer assistant and a student assistant for the Blazers.

Bass has been a member of the UAB softball program as a player, coach and camp assistant since its inaugural season in 2000. She worked as a student assistant coach during the 2001-02 campaign after spending two successful seasons as a key utility player on the Blazer squad. From 2000-01, Bass played in a total of 112 games for the Blazers and helped lead the program to its first 50 victories and its first 10-win Conference USA season. As a junior, the Dade City, Fla. native led the team in doubles (10) and posted a stellar .958 fielding percentage.

Before arriving at UAB, Bass spent two years playing under Jeff Roberts at Manatee Community College in Bradenton, Fla. Bass graduated in May of 2002 with a degree in social psychology and a minor in health education from UAB.

Holly Krzan, who played shortstop at UAB from 2004-08, joined the UAB softball staff as an assistant coach in September 2010. An All-Conference USA performer, Krzan primarily works with the hitters and infielders.

The West Richland, Wash., native returned to UAB after spending a year as the head coach of the Austrian junior national team, the Dornbirn Sharx of Austria. During the 2009 season, Krzan was a volunteer assistant coach for UAB and an assistant coach for the Austrian national/junior national team.

As a semi-professional softball player for the Dornbirn Sharx from 2008-09, Krzan helped her team capture the 2009 European Cup Championship and finish as the runner-up at the 2008 European Cup. Her team also won the Austrian League in both 2008 and 2009.

Krzan had a stellar career at UAB that included many highlights such as first-team All-C-USA (2006), second-team All-C-USA (2007), C-USA All-Freshman Team (2004), C-USA All-Academ-ic Team 2007-08 and Strength and Conditioning All-American (2007).

She also holds the UAB career records in games played, games started, runs scored, doubles and total bases.

Krzan, a Hanford High School (Wash.) alum, graduated from UAB in 2008 with a degree in special education.

Assistant Coaches

Lucy BassAssistAnt CoACh 10th seAson

UAB ◆ 2002

HollyKrzanAssistAnt CoACh seCond seAson

UAB ◆ 2008

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Support Staff

Stacy FalkinburgManager

Marcy SharpManager

Lauren RupertMedia Relations

Daniel KillileaMarketing

Jennifer WallaceAthletic Trainer

Lou DeNeenStrength &

Conditioning

Reid AdairAssitant Athletic Director/Athletic Operations and

Facilities

Drew BarnetteAcademic Advisor

Blake Klotz Strength & Conditioning

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2012 Seniors

AS A JUNIOR (2011)Started all 58 games for the Blazers ... finished the season with a .238 batting average ... her 25 runs scored were second-most on the team ... smacked a career-high six doubles ... went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI to com-plete the series sweep against Marshall (5/8) ... named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team ... selected to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)Saw action in 43 games for the Blazers and made 34 starts at shortstop and second base ... went 2-for-2 with three runs against Alcorn State at the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional (5/22) ... lifted UAB to a 4-3 victory over Samford (4/13) in extra-innings after a successful squeeze play ... C-USA Academic Medal recipient ... C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)Was named to the C-USA All-Freshman team after posting a .311 batting aver-age with 31 RBI ... recorded 50 hits, including 5 doubles, four triples and six home runs ... ranked second on the team with a .503 slugging percentage and third with a .371 on base percentage ... was 8-for-9 on stolen bases ... went 4-for-4 with two triples and seven RBI against Alabama State (2/28) ... went 4-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI against Alabama A&M (2/24) ... was second on the team with 10 multiple hit games and seven multiple RBI games ... earned the Conference USA Academic Medal for the 2008-09 academic year ... listed on the 2009 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... received UAB Presidential Honors (4.0 GPA) both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Hueytown High School in Hueytown, Ala. ... named to the 5A all-tournament team at the state championship tournament in 2006 and the 6A team in 2007, 2008 ... won the Class 5A State Championships in 2005 and 2006 ... won the Class 6A State Championships in 2008 ... was tabbed Athlete of the Week by The Birmingham News and a Wendy’s Nominee for the High School Heisman ... member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALFull name is Catherine Ashley Crawford ... born Feb. 4, 1990 in Birmingham, Ala. ... daughter of Jackie Redmond and Allen Douglass ... majoring in psy-chology ... married former UAB baseball player Nick Crawford in October 2011.

Catherine Crawfordsenior ◆ r/r ◆ infielder ◆ hUeytown, AlA. ◆ hUeytown hs

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .311 55 55 161 33 50 5 4 6 31 81 503 13 3 38 0 .371 1 7 8 9 89 65 19 .8902010 .196 43 34 102 15 20 1 2 0 9 25 .245 10 0 37 0 .265 1 6 1 1 31 45 11 .8742011 .238 58 58 181 25 43 6 2 1 19 56 .309 12 3 45 0 .294 1 12 7 8 74 56 4 .970Total .255 156 147 444 73 113 12 8 7 59 162 .365 35 6 120 0 .316 3 25 16 18 194 166 34 .914

Hits 4, 2x, last vs. Alabama State (2/28/09)Runs 4 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/09)RBI 7 vs. Alabama State (2/28/09)Home Runs 2 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/09)

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2012 Seniors

AS A JUNIOR (2011)Named to the All-Conference USA Second Team ... started all 58 games behind the plate for the Blazers ... owned a .242 batting average on the year and knocked in 20 runs ... her 29 walks were tops on the team and third-best in the league ... selected as C-USA Hitter of the week (3/14) after posting a pair of key home runs as the Blazers swept a three-game series at then-No. 25 Houston ... tallied the third-most putouts (412) and tied first in runners caught stealing (17) in the league ... named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team ... selected to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll and earned the league’s Academic Medal.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region First Team for the Mideast Region ... first-team All-Conference USA selec-tion ... finished the 2010 season ranked third in C-USA with 44 RBI ... tied for fourth with 61 hits ... ranked sixth in batting average (.343) and on-base percentage (.432) ... tied for sixth with 100 total bases ... ranked 10th in slugging percentage (.562) and home runs (10) ... set a new UAB single-season RBI record with 44 during the 2010 season ... blasted nine home runs ... recorded 15 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... named to Mississippi State Bulldog Classic All-Tournament Team ... tabbed a 2010 CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV Softball Second Team honoree ... selected to the C-USA All-Academic Team (2010) ... C-USA Academic Medal recipient ... C-USA Spring Spirit of Service Award recipient ... C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)Started 53 games at catcher and designated player ... hit .225 for the season with seven doubles and home runs ... was third on the team with 26 RBI ... named C-USA Hitter of the Week (3/2) after registering two multi-hit games and going 6-for-8 (.750) with three home runs, two doubles, seven RBI and seven runs scored in wins over Alabama State, Northern Illinois and Alabama A&M ... hit two thee-run home runs in win over Memphis (4/28) ... earned the 2009 C-USA Academic Medal ... listed on the 2009 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... 2008-09 NFCA All-American Scholar-Athlete ... received UAB’s Presidential Honors (4.0 GPA) for both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOLWas an all-state catcher at Westminster Christian Academy in Hunts-ville, Ala. ... named a Class 2A All-State catcher by the ASWA and a Super All-Metro catcher by the Huntsville Times in 2007 and 2008... was her high school’s MVP her junior season ... a four-time all-area player ... was dubbed class 1A-4A All-Metro player of the year ... listed fifth in the AHSAA record book for doubles in a career ... member of the Na-tional Honor Society and 2007 Birmingham News All-Academic Team.

PERSONALFull name is Amanda Nicole Lowman ... born April 23, 1990 in Hunts-ville, Ala. ... daughter of Alan and Sarah Lowman ... has two brothers, Grady and Grant ... majoring in mathematics.

Mandy Lowmansenior ◆ r/r ◆ CAtCher ◆ hUntsville, AlA. ◆ westminster ChristiAn ACAd.

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Hits 3, 7x, last at Samford (3/22/11)Runs 4 vs. Northern Illinois (2/28/09)RBI 6 at Memphis (4/28/09)Home Runs 2, 2x last vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/13/09)

Single-Game Bests

Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .225 55 53 138 14 31 7 0 7 26 59 .428 23 3 26 1 .345 1 3 0 0 220 36 8 .9702010 .343 59 59 178 22 61 12 0 9 44 100 .562 27 4 24 0 .432 4 0 0 0 390 40 5 .9892011 .242 58 58 149 14 36 4 0 5 20 55 .369 29 3 17 2 .374 1 6 0 0 412 46 10 .979Total .275 172 170 465 50 128 23 0 21 90 214 .460 79 10 67 3 .386 6 9 0 0 1022 122 23 .980

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AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2011)Started all 58 games, splitting time between first base and shortstop ... led the Blazers with 73 total bases ... batted a .272 average and recorded 49 hits ... crossed the plate 24 times and drove in a team-high 32 runs ... 32 RBI ranked sixth in Conference USA ... smacked nine doubles and blasted five home runs ... registered 10 multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2010)Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region First Team ... first-team All-C-USA selection ... C-USA Hitter of the Week (4/26/10) after going 10-19 with four home runs, eight runs and eight RBI for UAB over six games ... broke UAB’s single-season slugging percentage record (.565) ... ranked seventh in C-USA with a .339 batting average and tied for fourth with 43 RBI ... finished the season with a team-high 10 home runs ... recorded 14 multi-hit games and 10 multi-RBI games ... named MVP of the Magic City Classic.

REDSHIRT SEASON (2009)Missed most of 2009 season due to injury ... received medical redshirt.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008)Saw significant playing time at shortstop, designated hitter and pinch hitter ... batted .203 while playing 45 games and starting in 24 on the season ... hit her first career home run, a grand slam, against Troy (4/17) ... recorded two doubles and a stolen base in a win against Marshall (4/12).

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Hartselle High School ... named as The Birmingham News and Hartselle Enquirer Player of the Year for 2007 ... also named to The Birming-ham News Super All-State and All-State teams ... compiled 17 home runs, 64 RBI and hitting .440 her senior season ... named to The Birmingham News All-State team three times ... also named to three consecutive All-Area teams named by the Decatur Daily and Hartselle Enquirer ... named a Class 5A

honorable mention at second base by the Alabama Sport Writers Association her sophomore season ... twice named to the all-state volleyball team by the Decatur Daily and Hartselle Enquirer ... a Who’s Who Among High School Students ... member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

PERSONALFull name is Kayla Renee Orr ... born Aug. 24, 1989 in Decatur, Ala. ... par-ents of Dennis and Wynette Orr ... has a younger sister, Chandler who also plays softball at UAB ... majoring in communication studies.

2012 Seniors

KaylaOrrredshirt senior ◆ r/r ◆ Utility ◆ hArtselle, AlA. ◆ hArtselle hs

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2008 .203 45 24 74 6 15 2 0 1 8 20 .270 7 1 27 0 .280 0 3 2 2 34 20 12 .8182009 .286 5 5 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 .286 0 0 2 0 .286 0 0 0 0 15 6 2 .9132010 .339 59 59 186 27 63 8 2 10 43 105 .565 11 0 24 0 .370 3 4 3 3 226 106 17 .9512011 .272 58 58 180 24 49 9 0 5 32 73 .406 19 1 23 2 .342 2 1 0 2 159 65 28 .889Total .289 167 146 454 59 131 19 2 16 84 202 .445 37 2 76 2 .341 5 8 5 7 434 197 59 .914

Hits 4 vs. Houston (4/3/10)Runs 3, 2x last vs. Mississippi St. (3/1/11)RBI 4 at UTEP (4/24/10)Home Runs 1, 15x last vs. Marshall (5/7/11)

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2012 Seniors

AS A JUNIOR (2011)Started 42 games for the Blazers primarily at first base ... tallied the sec-ond-most putouts (212) for UAB and committed just four errors for a .982 fielding percentage ... walked 27 times, second most on the team ... selected to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)Played in 43 games for the Blazers at first base or catcher ... registered eight hits and eight RBI ... recorded a .985 fielding percentage ... hit two doubles against Houston (4/2) ... blasted a two-run home run against Kennesaw State (4/5) ... selected to the Conference USA Commission-er’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)Saw limited action as pinch hitter and backup catcher ... played in 15 games ... recorded three hits and four RBI ... earned the Conference USA Academic Medal for the 2008-09 academic year ... listed on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... 2008-09 NFCA Aca-demic All-American ... named to UAB’s Dean’s List both semesters.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala. ... was named Birming-ham News Scholar-Athlete of the Week ... high school team placed third in 2006 and sixth in 2005 at the Class 6A State Tournament ... won a regional championship in 2005 ... was her team’s captain in 2008 and led with the most RBI ... played on six travel teams that have won two USFA State Championships ... played in two USFA World Series ... was a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.

PERSONALFull name is Erica Marie Sisson ... born Dec. 17, 1989 in Fort Myers, Fla. ... daughter of Mark and Fran Sisson ... has two sisters, Sammy and Haleigh ... majoring in exercise science and minoring in psychology.

Erica Sissonsenior ◆ r/r ◆ infielder ◆ hoover, AlA. ◆ hoover hs

Hits 1, 11x, last at Troy (4/19/11)Runs 2 vs. Alabama State (2/27/10)RBI 2, 2x last at Samford (3/22/11)

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .125 15 6 24 1 3 1 0 0 4 4 .167 4 0 7 0 .250 0 0 0 0 13 1 1 .9332010 .119 43 38 67 2 8 3 0 1 8 14 .209 12 2 29 0 .272 0 1 0 0 249 15 4 .9852011 .100 42 41 80 4 8 1 1 0 3 11 .138 21 2 27 1 .301 0 5 0 0 212 8 4 .982Total .111 100 85 171 7 19 5 1 1 15 29 .170 37 4 63 1 .283 0 6 0 0 474 24 9 .982

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AS A JUNIOR (2011)Appeared in 47 games for the Blazers, primarily as a pinch runner ... started eight games in right field ... tallied 10 hits and two doubles ... scored 17 runs and stole 15 bases on 19 attempts ... selected to the Con-ference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)Appeared in 39 games for the Blazers, primarily as a pinch runner ... scored 13 runs last season ... stole seven bases in nine attempts ... se-lected to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)Played in 39 games with one start ... was the primary pinch runner ... second on the team with 13 stolen bases in 18 attempts ... batted .375 in eight at bats ... scored 17 runs ... earned the Conference USA Academic Medal for the 2008-09 academic year ... listed on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... named to UAB’s Dean’s List for fall 2008 semester.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Sparkman High School in Harvest, Ala. ... was a member of the squad that won the 2006 Alabama 6A State Championship ... reached the championship game in 2007 ... was named MVP at county and Gulf Shores tournaments ... was a member of the Spanish club.

PERSONALFull name is Tiffany Nicole Smith ... born Jan. 21, 1990 in Huntsville, Ala. ... daughter of David and Theresa Smith ... majoring in exercise science.

TiffanySmithsenior ◆ l/r ◆ oUtfielder ◆ hUntsville, AlA. ◆ spArkmAn hs

#2

Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .375 39 1 8 17 3 0 0 0 1 3 .375 0 0 3 0 .375 0 0 13 18 3 0 0 1.0002010 .000 39 0 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 .000 0 0 7 9 0 0 0 .0002011 .313 47 8 32 17 10 2 0 0 1 12 .375 0 1 5 0 .333 0 0 15 19 11 0 2 .846Total .289 125 9 45 47 13 2 0 0 2 15 .333 0 1 12 0 .304 0 0 35 46 14 0 2 .875

Hits 2 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/09)Runs 2, 3x, last at Memphis (4/30/11)RBI 1, 2x last at Tulsa (4/22/11)Stolen Bases 2 vs. Northern Iowa (2/22/09)

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AS A JUNIOR (2011)Made four starts in the circle ... fanned 11 batters ... recorded a 3.29 ERA in eight appearances ... named to the C-USA’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)Finished the season with a 6-3 record ... recorded a 3.13 ERA in 18 appearances for the Blazers ... recorded 50 strikeouts in 71.2 innings pitched ... named to the Conference USA’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)Posted a team-best 9-7 record in the pitcher’s circle with three shutouts ... recorded a 4.00 ERA in 12 starts and 25 appearances ... threw seven complete games ... recorded 50 strikeouts in 99.2 innings pitched ... fin-ished the regular season with four wins in her last five starts ... listed on the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Sparkman High School in Harvest, Ala. ... helped her team win the 2006 Alabama 6A State Championship and reach the championship game in 2007 ... in 2007, she was named to the Alabama Sports Writ-ers Association All-State First-Team ... she was named to the Huntsville Super All-Metro First Team and State Championship All-Tournament team ... was selected to play in the North/South All Star game ... earned All-Metro honors from the Huntsville Times her freshman year.

PERSONALFull name is Amber Dawn Torres ... born May 3, 1990 in Huntsville, Ala. ... daughter of Mike and Kim Torres ... majoring in exercise science.

AmberTorressenior ◆ r/r ◆ pitCher ◆hUntsville, AlA. ◆ spArkmAn hs

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Career StatsYear ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/AVG WP HP BK SFA SHA2009 4.00 9-7 25 12 7 3/0 0 99.2 115 72 57 46 50 18 3 11 .283 0 6 0 1 82010 3.13 6-3 18 11 4 0/1 0 71.2 69 38 32 24 50 6 3 6 .253 1 1 0 1 102011 3.29 1-0 8 4 0 0/3 0 17.0 20 10 8 4 11 2 0 2 .260 1 0 0 0 1Total 3.61 16-10 51 27 11 3/4 0 188.1 204 120 97 74 111 26 6 19 .270 2 7 0 2 19

Innings Pitched 7.1 vs. East Carolina (3/21/09)Strikeouts 7 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/09)Earned Runs 0, 4x, last vs. South Alabama (4/7/10)* *at least 5 innings pitched

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AS A SOPHOMORE (2011)Started all 58 games ... registered a .265 batting average and .374 slug-ging percentage ... notched a team-high 11 doubles and drove in 24 runs ... went 3-for-3 with two runs and two RBI in an 11-4 victory against UTEP (4/2) ... named to the Alabama Classic All-Tournament Team af-ter hitting .357 for the weekend with five hits, one run and five RBI ... selected to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2010)Selected to Conference USA’s All-Freshman Team ... named to the Mag-ic City Classic All-Tournament Team after going 6-for-13 and register-ing a .462 batting average during the tournament ... started 54 games for the Blazers ... recorded a .260 batting average and .416 slugging percent-age ... notched five home runs and 12 extra-base hits ... hit a home run off the scoreboard in UAB’s victory over conference leader East Carolina ... C-USA Academic Medal recipient ... named to the C-USA Commis-sioner’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Vestavia Hills High School in Vestavia Hills, Ala. ... recog-nized as the 2009 South Sports Player of the Year ... named to the 2009 all-metro team by The Birmingham News ... member of the 2009 all-state team ... NFCA scholar student-athlete. ... member of the National Honor Society.

PERSONALFull name is Kate Lindsey Armstrong ... born Oct. 10, 1990 in Birming-ham, Ala. ... daughter of Bobbie and Kent Armstrong ... has an older brother, Briggs ... majoring in exercise science.

Kate ArmstrongJUnior ◆ r/r ◆ infielder ◆ vestAviA hills, AlA. ◆ vestAviA hills hs

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2010 .260 57 54 154 13 40 7 1 5 19 64 .416 21 1 43 0 .348 2 2 0 0 61 67 4 .9702011 .265 58 58 155 13 41 11 0 2 24 58 .374 19 2 26 0 .346 3 8 0 1 58 88 8 .948Total .262 115 112 309 26 81 18 1 7 43 122 .395 40 3 69 0 .347 5 10 0 1 119 155 12 .958

Hits 3, 2x last vs. UTEP (4/2/11)Runs 2, 3x last at Tulsa (4/22/11)RBI 3x vs. Jacksonville State (2/11/11)Home Runs 1, 7x, last vs. Marshall (5/8/11)

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AS A SOPHOMORE (2011)Saw limited action due to injury.

AS A FRESHMAN (2010)Saw action in 23 games for the Blazers ... finished the season with a .265 on-base percentage and .148 slugging percentage ... hit a three-run double against Jacksonville State (5/9) to complete a 13-5 run-rule vic-tory for UAB.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Alexandria High School in Alexandria, Ala. ... 2009 all-state honorable mention ... 2009 regional MVP ... recognized as an all-coun-ty catcher 2006-09 ... named to the all-area team for catching 2006-09 ... named to the Anniston Star’s Diamond Dazzler team 2006-09 ... mem-ber of the Principals Club (2006-09) ... top 10 in her graduating class ... member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta ... member of the 2004 Class 4A state champion softball team as a seventh grader.

PERSONALFull name is Alyssa Faylin Brown ... born May 10, 1991 in Jacksonville, Ala. ... daughter of Jimmy and Anita Brown ... siblings include brother, Wyatt, and sisters, Amber, Chanda and Jordan ... majoring in criminal justice.

IssaBrownJUnior ◆ r/r ◆ Utility ◆AlexAndriA, AlA. ◆ AlexAndriA hs

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2010 .111 23 5 27 0 3 1 0 0 4 4 .148 6 0 11 0 .265 1 0 0 0 22 0 0 1.0002011 .000 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 2 0 2 1 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Total .100 29 5 30 0 3 1 0 0 5 4 .148 8 0 13 1 .282 1 0 0 0 22 0 0 1.000

Hits 1, 3x, last at Samford (4/21/10)RBI 3 vs. Jacksonville State (3/9/10)Doubles 1 vs. Jacksonville State (3/9/10)

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AS A SOPHOMORE (2011)Started 27 games in the outfield ... recorded a .214 batting average and .267 on-base percentage ... tallied nine hits and crossed the plate nine times ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2010)Started 12 games in the outfield ... recorded a .261 batting average and .333 on-base percentage ... went 2-for-3 with three runs against Jacksonville State (3/9) ... also went 2-for-3 with one run at Marshall (3/20) ... named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Pelham High School in Pelham, Ala. ... named to the 2009 all-state team ... selected to the 2009 all-metro and all-county teams by The Birmingham News ... member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society.

PERSONALFull name is Hailey Elizabeth Glynn ... born Nov. 30 1990 in Birming-ham, Ala. ... daughter of Robin and Lenny Glynn ... has two older brothers, Justin and Matt ... majoring in political science.

HaileyGlynnJUnior ◆ l/r ◆ oUtfielder ◆ pelhAm, AlA. ◆ pelhAm hs

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2010 .261 29 12 46 7 12 1 0 0 4 13 .283 5 0 10 0 .333 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1.0002011 .214 27 15 42 9 9 0 0 0 1 9 .214 3 0 2 0 .267 0 3 0 1 21 1 2 .917Total .239 56 27 88 16 21 1 0 0 5 22 .250 8 0 12 0 .302 0 3 0 1 27 2 2 .935

Hits 2, 5x, last vs. Samford (2/11/11)Runs 3, 2x last vs. Samford (2/11/11)RBI 2 vs. Alcorn State (5/22/10)

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REDSHIRT YEAR (2011)Redshirted ... selected to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2010)Saw action in 27 games for the Blazers ... registered a .176 batting aver-age and .353 slugging percentage ... went 2-for-4 with one run and four RBI at Lipscomb (4/20) ... Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection.

AS A FRESHMAN (2009)Started 18 games in the infield at second base ... hit first career home run in 9-4 win over UTEP (3/28) ... finished the season with a 1.82 bat-ting average ... earned the Conference USA Academic Medal for the 2008-09 academic year ... listed on the 2009 Conference USA Commis-sioner’s Honor Roll ... 2008-09 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... named to UAB’s Dean’s List for fall 2008 semester.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Hoover High School in Hoover, Ala. ... was named to The Bir-mingham News All-State Honorable Mention Team in 2006 and 2007 ... also named to The Birmingham News All-Metro honorable mention team three times (2005-07) ... was selected to participate in the North/South All-Star game in 2007 ... led team in home runs and runs scored her sophomore season ... helped Hoover place third at the Class 6A state tournament in 2006 ... named to the Class 6A Area 11 All-Tourna-ment Team in 2007 and the Class 6A Area 11 All-Tournament Team in 2005 ... is a member of the National Honor Society and National Society of High School Scholars ... recipient of the golden glove award in 2006, 2007 and 2008 at her high school.

PERSONALFull name is Melissa Maegan Hornsby ... born Dec. 11, 1989 in Bir-mingham, Ala. ... daughter of Brock and Fran Hornsby ... majoring in psychology.

MaeganHornsbyredshirt JUnior ◆ r/r ◆ infielder ◆ hoover, AlA. ◆ hoover hs

#4

Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2009 .182 29 18 44 10 8 0 0 1 3 11 .250 6 0 13 0 .280 0 2 0 1 37 19 5 .9182010 .176 27 3 17 7 3 0 0 1 4 6 .353 3 0 8 0 .300 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 .7782011 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Total .180 56 21 61 17 11 0 0 2 7 17 .279 9 0 21 0 .286 0 2 0 1 40 23 7 .900

Hits 2, 2x, last at Lipscomb (4/20/10)Runs 2 vs. Western Kentucky (4/7/09)RBI 4 at Lipscomb (4/20/10)Home Runs 1, 2x, last at Lipscomb (4/20/10)

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AS A SOPHOMORE (2011)Appeared in seven games ... made her debut in Green and Gold against Alabama State (2/27) ... went 1-for-2 in that contest, launching a two-run homer over the centerfield wall.

AS A FRESHMAN AT SAMFORD (2010)Played in 46 games for the Bulldogs last season … made 28 starts, in-cluding 19 at catcher … recorded a .220 batting average and .277 on-base percentage … hit three home runs and four doubles … posted three hits, one run and one RBI at Elon (4/25).

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Nation Ford High School in Fort Mill, S.C. … first female in South Carolina to play JV, varsity and American Legion Baseball … member of the 2008 and 2010 USA Women’s National Baseball Team. … has played baseball in Hong Kong, Japan, Canada and Venezuela.

PERSONALFull name is Anna Catherine Kimbrell … daughter of John and Sandy Kimbrell … born Oct. 4, 1990 in Charlotte, N.C. … has two older broth-ers, Coullt and Lane … majoring in philosophy.

AnnaKimbrellJUnior ◆ r/r ◆ CAtCher ◆ fort mill, s.C. ◆ sAmford

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2011 .111 7 1 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 .444 0 1 4 0 .200 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 1.000Total .111 7 1 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 .444 0 1 4 0 .200 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 1.000

Hits 1 vs. Alabama State (2/27/11)Runs 1, 2x last at Samford (4/22/11)RBI 2 vs. Alabama State (2/27/11)Home Runs 1 vs. Alabama State (2/27/11)

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2010 .206 27 25 68 5 14 2 0 0 6 16 .235 3 0 15 0 .239 0 1 2 2 15 30 0 1.0002011 .216 51 41 111 9 24 5 0 0 8 29 .261 7 3 22 1 .281 0 4 1 2 49 46 3 .969Total .212 78 66 179 14 38 7 0 0 14 45 .251 10 3 37 1 .266 0 5 3 4 64 76 3 .979

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/AVG WP HP BK SFA SHA2010 1.77 17-5 33 22 13 2/1 4 150.2 112 49 38 25 168 15 1 16 .200 5 11 0 2 112011 1.68 10-3 18 8 1 1/5 1 58.1 53 22 14 8 68 8 2 4 .235 3 2 2 0 3Total 1.74 27-8 51 30 14 3/6 5 209.0 165 71 52 33 236 23 3 20 .210 8 13 2 2 14

AS A SOPHOMORE (2011)Started 41 games for the Blazers, primarily at second base ... recorded a .216 batting average ... drove in 18 runs on 24 hits ... launched five long balls and crossed the plate nine times ... also made 18 appearances in the circle ... com-piled a 10-3 record with a 1.68 ERA ... allowed the least amount of hits (53), earned runs (14), runs (22) and walks (8) in Conference USA ... fanned 68 bat-ters in 58.1 innings of work, holding the opposition to just a .235 hitting clip ... listed on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN (2010)Named to the Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region Second Team ... tabbed C-USA’s Freshman of the Year ... second team All-Conference USA selection ... selected to C-USA’s All-Freshman Team ... owned a 17-5 record and was a perfect 7-0 in league play ... had a 1.77 ERA in 33 appearances for the Blazers ... ranked 12th in the nation after allowing just 1.16 walks per seven innings ... set UAB single-season records for opponent batting average (.200), saves (4) and walks allowed per game (1.19) ... threw a season-high 11 strike-outs three times ... held opponents to a .200 batting average ... Most Valuable Pitcher of the Magic City Classic ... C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll selec-tion.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Alabama Christian Academy ... team won the state championship in 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2009 ... named to the 3A All-Tournament team in 2006 ... selected to the Class 4A All-Tournament team in 2007, 2009 ... honored as the state tournament MVP in 2007, 09 ... Class 4A state Pitcher of the Year 2007-08 ... 2009 Montgomery Metro 1-4A Player of the Year ... named to the All-Metro team 2006-09 ... selected to the All-State team from 2006-09 ... 2009 Team MVP ... had her team’s highest batting average 2008-09 ... selected to the 2008 NFCA South All-Region team ... recognized with the Team Pitching Award from 2007-09 ... Music City Hits Defensive MVP 2008 ... named to the Bob Jones and Hoover All-Tournament team in 2007 ... honored with the ACA Coaches Award in 2006 ... recipient of the RBI Leader Award in 2006, 2008 ... 2006-07 NFCA Academic All-American ... member of the National and Span-ish Honor Societies ... member of Mu Alpha Theta.

PERSONALFull name is Lauren Veliene Webster ... born Sept. 15, 1990 in Mathews, Ala. ... daughter of Larry and Veliene Webster ... majoring in sports health and society with a marketing minor.

Lauren WebsterJUnior ◆ r/r ◆ pitCher ◆ mAthews, AlA. ◆ AlABAmA ChristiAn ACAdemy

#7

Hits 2, 6x, last at Tulsa (4/22/11)Runs 1, 13x, last vs. Marshall (5/7/11)RBI 2, 4x, last at Tulsa (4/22/11)Strikeouts 11, 3x, last at East Carolina (4/10/10)Earned Runs 0, 3x, last vs. Eastern Illinois (2/26/11)* *at least 5 innings pitched

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AS A FRESHMAN (2011)Made her collegiate debut against Alabama A&M (2/13) at first base and moved to the mound ... went 2-for-3 with two hits and one RBI in that contest ... appeared 14 times in the circle, making three starts ... registered a 2-2 record and a 1.56 ERA ... struck out 36 batters in 31.1 innings.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Satsuma High School in Satsuma, Ala. ... helped lead her team to a 49-10-1 record in 2010 and capture the regional title for the second straight year ... selected to the 2010 all-region softball team by the Mobile Press Register ... a two-time member of the 2010 All-Mobile County softball team ... pitched her way to a 14-3 record in 2009 ... also recorded a .403 batting average and slugged 10 home runs with 62 RBI in 2009 ... named to the Class 6A all-state first team by The Birmingham News ... pegged to the all-region softball team by the Mobile Press Reg-ister ... also tabbed to the Alabama High School Athletic Association South All-Star Team ... named Satsuma High School’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2009 ... also a member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta.

PERSONALFull name is Lannah Renea Campbell ... born on June 10, 1992 in Hous-ton, Texas ... daughter of Donna and Randy Campbell ... has an older brother Garrett, and a twin sister, Hannah ... majoring in physical edu-cation.

LannahCampbellsophomore ◆ l/l ◆ pitCher ◆ sAtsUmA, AlA. ◆ sAtsUmA hs

#8

Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2011 .182 19 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .182 2 0 3 0 .308 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 1.000Total .182 19 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .182 2 0 3 0 .308 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 1.000

Year ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/AVG WP HP BK SFA SHA2011 1.56 2-2 14 3 1 0/4 1 31.1 23 8 7 9 36 2 0 3 .195 4 1 0 0 2Total 1.56 2-2 14 3 1 0/4 1 31.1 23 8 7 9 36 2 0 3 .195 4 1 0 0 2

Hits 2 vs. Alabama A&M (2/13/11)Runs N/ARBI 1 vs. Alabama A&M (2/13/11)Strikeouts 9 vs. DePaul (2/19/11)Earned Runs 0, 2x, last vs. Jacksonville St. (5/5/11)* *at least 5 innings pitched

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AS A FRESHMAN (2011)Started 37 games for the Blazers ... batted .211 with nine runs and 18 RBI on 24 hits ... launched five long balls ... blasted a three-run homer over the centerfield wall in the 11-3 victory over Samford (3/22).

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Gaither High School in Tampa, Fla. ... hit .561 with seven home runs and 30 RBI during her senior season ... tabbed first-team all-state by the Tampa Tribune after going 6-for-10 with three doubles at the Class 5A, District 9 tournament ... selected as Hillsborough County’s 2010 Player of the Year by the St. Petersburg Times ... post-ed a .439 batting average during her junior season with three home runs, 29 hits and 22 RBI ... named Gaither High School MVP ... also tabbed to the all-state third team and the All-Western Conference First Team by the Tampa Tribune ... selected to the 2008 All-Western Conference First Team and received all-county honorable mentions from the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times ... helped lead her team to the Class 6A district title during her freshman season ... gar-nered Tampa Tribune All-County Honorable Mention, All-Western Conference Honorable Mention and was the recipient of the Gaither High School Rookie of the Year Award.

PERSONALFull name is Kristen Lauren McGrath ... born Jan. 26, 1992 in Tam-pa, Fla. ... daughter of Lori and Joe McGrath ... has an older brother, Sean, and a twin sister, Megan, who also plays softball for UAB ... majoring in early childhood education.

KristenMcGrathsophomore ◆ r/r ◆ infielder ◆ tAmpA, flA. ◆ GAither hs

#25

Hits 3 at Houston (2/12/11)Runs 2 at Samford (4/22/11)RBI 4 at Samford (4/22/11)Home Runs 1, 5x last at Georgia (5/21/11)

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2011 .211 47 37 114 9 24 1 0 5 18 40 .351 6 4 31 1 .274 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1.000Total .211 47 37 114 9 24 1 0 5 18 40 .351 6 4 31 1 .274 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1.000

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AS A FRESHMAN (2011)Appeared in 20 games, starting in five of those contests ... made her first collegiate start in the field at first base against Alabama State (2/27) and blasted a home run in that contest ... recorded a .261 batting average ... tallied five RBI and two runs on six hits.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Gaither High School in Tampa, Fla. ... tabbed first-team All-Hillsborough County by the St. Petersburg Times after hitting .506 with three home runs and 36 RBI during her senior season ... recorded a batting average of .377 during her junior season, tallying 29 hits and 15 RBI ... named first-team All-Western Conference and was a Tampa Tri-bune All-County Honorable Mention in 2009 ... pegged Gaither High School’s Offensive Player of the Year in 2009 ... earned a spot on the All-Western Conference Second Team and received honorable mention honors from both the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times after hit-ting .392 during her sophomore season ... helped lead her team to the Class 6A district title during her freshman season ... hit .561 with 25 hits and 15 RBI to earn the Gaither High School Coaches’ Award ... also selected to the All-Western Conference Second Team and received all-county honorable mentions from the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times.

PERSONALFull name is Megan Leanne McGrath ... born Jan. 26, 1992 in Tampa, Fla. ... daughter of Lori and Joe McGrath ... has an older brother, Sean, and a twin sister, Kristen, who also plays softball for UAB ... majoring in business.

MeganMcGrathsophomore ◆ r/r ◆ infielder ◆ tAmpA, flA. ◆ GAither hs

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Hits 2, 2x last at Jacksonville St. (4/14/11)Runs 1, 2x last at Jacksonville St. (4/14/11)RBI 1, 5x last vs. UTEP (4/3/11)Home Runs 1 vs. Alabama State (2/27/11)

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Career StatsYear Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%2011 .261 20 5 23 2 6 0 0 1 5 9 .391 8 1 8 0 .469 0 1 0 0 30 1 1 .969Total .261 20 5 23 2 6 0 0 1 5 9 .391 8 1 8 0 .469 0 1 0 0 30 1 1 .969

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AS A FRESHMAN (2011)Made 42 appearances and 22 starts in the circle for the Blazers ... named to the C-USA All-Freshman Team ... tabbed to the NFCA All-Region Second Team ... selected as C-USA Pitcher of the Week (5/9) after lead-ing the Blazers to four straight wins, sweeping Marshall and defeating Jacksonville State ... fanned a total of 23 batters on the season, including 10 in her complete-game, three-hit shutout of Marshall ... ranked 16th in the nation with a 1.34 ERA ... tallied seven saves, ranking fifth in the country and first in the league ... held opponents to a .192 batting aver-age ... fanned 194 batters in 182.1 innings of work ... finished 19 games, the most that season in C-USA ... pitched 20 games in relief, tying for first in the league.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Hueytown High School in Hueytown, Ala. ... led her team to the 2010 Class 6A state title ... named to the 2010 state championship all-tournament team ... tabbed the 2010 Class 6A Pitcher of the Year by The Birmingham News and the Alabama Sports Writers Association (ASWA) ... compiled a 30-7 record with a 0.55 ERA during her junior season ... also tossed 25 shutouts and recorded 405 strikeouts ... named the 2009 Player of the Year by The Birmingham News and ASWA ... se-lected as the 2009 Class 6A Most Valuable Player and Pitcher of the Year ... tabbed all-state first-team pitcher and all-metro pitcher of the year in 2009 by The Birmingham News ... named the 2009 ASWA Super All-State First Team Pitcher ... helped lead her team to a state championship in 2008 and was named to the all-state tournament team.

PERSONALFull name is Leigh Nicole Streetman ... born July 10, 1992 in Birming-ham, Ala. ... daughter of Lee and Pat Streetman ... has an older sister, LeAnn ... majoring in physical education.

Leigh Streetmansophomore ◆ l/r ◆ pitCher ◆ hUeytown, AlA. ◆ hUeytown hs

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Career StatsYear ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR B/AVG WP HP BK SFA SHA2011 1.34 16-9 42 22 15 7/5 7 182.2 124 43 35 47 194 21 2 13 .192 4 12 0 1 19Total 1.34 16-9 42 22 15 7/5 7 182.2 124 43 35 47 194 21 2 13 .192 4 12 0 1 19

Innings Pitched 11.0 vs. East Carolina (4/16/11)Strikeouts 12 vs. East Carolina (4/16/11)Earned Runs 0, 10x, last vs. Florida State (5/20/11)* *at least 5 innings pitched

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JUNIOR COLLEGETransferred from Northwest Florida State College in Niceville, Fla. ... a two-time, first-team all-conference selection ... led the Raiders to a 41-9 overall finish in 2011, sharing the Panhandle Conference title ... played in all 50 games and had a .424 batting average with 35 RBI and 57 runs scored in 2011.

PERSONALFull name is Whitney Quenchell Fletcher ... born Jan. 30, 1991 in Decatur, Ala. ... daughter of Lawson and Clara Fletcher ... has one brother, Trey and three sisters, Tiffany, Makisha and Khadejiah ... majoring in sports health and society.

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JUNIOR COLLEGETransferred from Wallace State in Hanceville, Ala. ... played under head coach Jayne Clem ... played in 51 games for the Lions as a sopho-more ... led the team to a 52-14 overall record in 2011 ... recorded a .295 batting average, added 21 RBI and crossed the plate 23 times last season.

PERSONAL Full name is Leigh Chandler Orr ... born Dec. 27, 1990 in Decatur, Ala. ... has one sister, Kayla Orr who also plays softball for UAB ... ma-joring in philosophy.

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REDSHIRT YEARRedshirted ... named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll ... achieved the league’s Academic Medal.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended Kell High School in Marietta, Ga. ... sat out senior season due to injury ... team claim the 5-AAAAA region championship all four years ... received all-county honorable mentions from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Marietta Daily Journal in 2007 and 2008 ... named Kell High School’s Best Offensive Player in 2007 and received the Longhorn Award for her leadership during the 2008 season ... posted impressive statistics at the 2008 16U fastpitch softball national tournament, including a .400 batting average and a .433 on-base percentage ... also recorded two doubles, five RBIs and four runs.

PERSONALFull name is Heather Myriah Pearson ... born Dec. 8, 1991 in Atlanta, Ga. ... daughter of Richard and Stephanie Pearson ... has an older sister, Brandi, and a younger sister, Carli ... also has a younger brother, R.J. ... majoring in biology.

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#15HIGH SCHOOL Attended East Lake High School in Tarpon Springs, Fla. ... tabbed first-team All-Pinellas County and second-team St. Petersburg All-Suncoast as by the Tampa Bay Times a freshman ... an All-Pinellas County Athletic Conference (PCAC) Second Team selection three times (2008-10) and first team selection in 2011 ... a four-time district champion ... led her team to the regional championship title and the State Final Four twice ... selected to the 2009 Under Armour All-American Team... hit for a .489 batting average with four triples and five home runs and knocked in 36 runs ... led the East Lake Eagles to a perfect regular season record (28-0) ... anchored her school’s news channel all four years ... member of the National Honors Society and Spanish National Honors Society ... graduated Summa Cum Laude.

PERSONALFull name is Hayley Reneé Davis ... born Nov. 20, 1992 in Clearwater, Fla. ... daughter of Mark and Diane Davis ... has two brothers, Steven Stell-mach and Cole Davis ... majoring in communications.

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HIGH SCHOOLAttended Faith Academy ... led her team to a third-place finish in the state tournament and the regional championship as a senior ... deemed Mobile County Female Athlete of the Year runner-up in 2011 ... named Faith Academy Offensive Player of the Year in 2010 ... earned MVP in the regional tournament her senior season ... selected as Faith Academy’s 2010 Wendy’s Heisman Winner ... graduated in the top five of her class ... member of the robotics club, FCA and the National Honor Society ... also played varsity basketball.

PERSONALFull name is Amy Rae Dennis ... born July 12, 1993 in Mobile, Ala. ... daughter of Rusty and Rae Dennis ... has an older brother, Jason ... majoring in health sciences.

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HIGH SCHOOL Attended Wetumpka High School ... started all four years on the varsity team ... 2009 and 2010 all-county team and all-metro team selection ... batted .363 with two home runs, added 28 RBI, crossed the plate 34 times, swiped 10 bases and had a .425 on-base percentage her senior year ... member of the Birmingham Vipers and Mobile Thrillers travel teams ... twice represented Alabama at the ASA 16U A Nationals in ... nominated to the National Youth Leadership Council ... member of the National Beta Club and the National Mu Alpha Theta ... student council board mem-ber.

PERSONALFull name is Anna Catherine Theriot ... born Aug. 28, 1993 in Montgomery, Ala. ... daughter of H.R. and Sherri Theriot ... has a younger sister, Alee ... majoring in health related professions.

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2012 OpponentsUMassFeb. 10 • 11 a.m. ET • Miami, Fla.March 2 • 4 p.m. • Tuscaloosa, Ala.March 3 • 6:30 p.m. • Tuscaloosa, Ala.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MinutewomenConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic 10Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . .Elaine Sortino (33rd Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-192011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5/2ndSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh SinnettOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(413) 577-0053Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.UMassAthletics.com

LouisvilleFeb. 11 • 9 a.m. ET • Miami, Fla.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CardinalsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big EastHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . .Sandy Pearsall (12th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-202011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7/5thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori KorteOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(502) 852-3086Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.uoflsports.com

IllinoisFeb. 11 • 3 p.m. ET • Miami, Fla.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fighting IlliniConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big TenHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . Terri Sullivan (12th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-222011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 12-8/3rdSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cody LahlOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(217) 244-4982Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.fightingillini.com

Michigan StateFeb. 12 • 11 a.m. ET • Miami, Fla.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SpartansConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Big TenHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . Jacquie Joseph (19th season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-272011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14/9thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hannah CaseOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(517) 355-2271Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .msuspartans.com

FIUFeb. 12 • 3 p.m. ET • Miami, Fla.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PanthersConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun BeltHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . .Jake Schumann (First Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-282011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 14-10/4thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adrian MartinezOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(305) 348-2084Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fiusports.com

Southern UtahFeb. 17 • 1 p.m. MST • Tucson, Ariz.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ThunderbirdsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit LeagueHead Coach: . . . . . . . Kyle Magnusson (Second Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-342011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 14-10/4thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle CottamOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(435) 586-7752Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.suutbirds.com

ArizonaFeb. 17 • 4 p.m. MST • Tucson, Ariz.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WildcatsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pac 12Head Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Candrea (27th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-172011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 11-10/4thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny MartinezOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(520) 621-4163Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.arizonawildcats.com

North DakotaFeb. 18 • 12 p.m. MST • Tucson, Ariz. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SiouxConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Great West ConferenceHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Oakley (First Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-352011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3/3thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek KoenenOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(701) 777-6743Cell Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(919) 539-9600Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.undsports.com

Western KentuckyFeb. 18 • 2 p.m. MST • Tucson, Ariz.Feb. 19 • 9 a.m. MST • Tucson, Ariz.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lady ToppersConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun BeltHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tyra Perry (Fourth Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-292011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15/7thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael HaaseOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(270) 745-2599Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.WKUsports.com

AlabamaFeb. 21 • 6 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldMarch 4 • 1:30 p.m. • Tuscaloosa, Ala.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Crimson Tide Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . Patrick Murphy (14th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53-112011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-6/1stSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skip PowersOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(205) 348-6734Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.rolltide.com

Kennesaw StateFeb. 28 • 3 p.m. (DH) • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Owls Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic SunHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott Whitlock (26 Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28-272011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . 10-10/t-6thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott LipskyOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(678) 797-2192Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.ksuowls.com

MarylandMarch 3 • 11 a.m. • Tuscaloosa, Ala. Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terrapins, Terps Conference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ACCHead Coach . . . . . . . . . Laura Watten (Seventh Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-192011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7/3thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rose DiPaulaOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(301) 314-7063Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.umterps.com

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2012 OpponentsJacksonville StateMarch 6 • 6 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldApril 17 • 6 p.m. • Jacksonville, Ala.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GamecocksConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ohio ValleyHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . Jana McGinnis (18th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-212011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 21-9/2ndSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh UnderwoodOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(256) 782-5915Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.jsugamecockssports.com MemphisMarch 10 • 1 p.m. (DH) • UAB Softball FieldMarch 11 • 1 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TigersConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USAHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . .Natalie Poole (First Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-142011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 15-7/4thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon KolditzOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(901) 678-2444Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.GoTigersGo.com

South AlabamaMarch 14 • 4 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JaguarsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun BeltHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . .Becky Clark (Fourth Season) 2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37-172011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 14-10/3rdSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lauren LoganOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(251) 414-8022Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.usajaguars.com

Lipscomb March 15 • 3 p.m. (DH) • Nashville, Tenn.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lady BisonsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic SunHead Coach: . . . . . . . . Kristin Ryman (Seventh Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-202011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 15-5/2ndSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby WilsonOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(615) 966-5457Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.LipscombSports.com

UMKCMarch 16 • 1 p.m. ET • Lexington, Ky.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .KangaroosConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summit LeagueHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Meredith Smith (Sixth Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-162011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-5/1stSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben BullockOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(816) 235-1053Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.umkckangaroos.com

KentuckyMarch 16 • 5 p.m. ET • Lexington, Ky.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WildcatsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . Rachel Lawson (Fifth Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-162011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . 14-9/4th EastSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deb MooreOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(859) 257-3838Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ukathletics.com

NC StateMarch 17 • 11 a.m. ET • Lexington, Ky.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WolfpackConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ACCHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lisa Navas (Ninth Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-232011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13/6thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brythe BlankenshipOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(919) 515-2898Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected] Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.gopack.com

Mississippi StateMarch 20 • 6:30 p.m. • Starkville, Miss.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BulldogsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SECHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . Vann Stuedeman (First Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-322011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . 10-18/4th WestSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle NiblettOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(662) 325-0972Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.HailState.com

MarshallMarch 23 • 1 p.m. ET • Huntington, W.Va.March 24 • 12 p.m. ET (DH) • Huntington, W.Va.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thundering HerdConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USAHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Shonda Stanton (13th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-33-12011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . .5-17-1/7thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt WeberOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(304) 634-9852Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.herdzone.com

HoustonMarch 31 • 1 p.m. (DH) • UAB Softball FieldApril 1 • 12 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .CougarsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USAHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kyla Holas (12th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-182011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 19-5/2ndSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael McGroryOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(713) 743-9404Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.UHCougars.com

TroyApril 3 • 4 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TrojansConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sun BeltHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . .Melanie Davis (19th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-272011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 11-12/5thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt MaysOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(334) 670-5655Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.TroyTrojans.com

East CarolinaApril 6 • 5 p.m. ET (DH) • Greenville, N.C.April 7 • 1 p.m. ET • Greenville, N.C.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PiratesConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USAHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tracey Kee (16th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41-222011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 14-10/5thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sarah FettersOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(252) 737-4520Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.ECUPirates.com

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2012 OpponentsSamfordApril 10 • 6 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BulldogsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SouthernHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . Mandy Burford (First Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-402011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15/8thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nathan SheehanOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(205) 726-4005Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.samfordsports.com

UCFApril 14 • 1 p.m. (DH) • UAB Softball FieldApril 15 • 1 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KnightsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USAHead Coach: . . . . . Renee Luers-Gillispie (11th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-322011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . 11-13/6thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew JennetteOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(407) 823-0994Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.UCFAthletics.com

ChattanoogaApril 18 • 4 p.m. ET (DH) • Chattanooga, Tenn.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MocsConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SouthernHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank Reed (11th Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-142011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-3/1stSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nate BlytheOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(423) 425-2116Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.GoMocs.com

UTEPApril 21 • 2 p.m. MST (DH) • El Paso, TexasApril 22 • 11 a.m. MST • El Paso, TexasNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .MinersConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USACo-Head Coach: . .Kathleen Rodriguez (Ninth Season)Co-Head Coach: . . . . James Rodriguez (Ninth Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-37-12011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . .1-22-1/9thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara WestOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(915) 747-7447Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.utepathletics.com

Southern MissApril 28 • 1 p.m. (DH) • Hattiesburg, Miss.April 29 • 1 p.m. • Hattiesburg, Miss.Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden EaglesConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USACo-Head Coach: . . . . . . . . .Jon Malgradi (First Season)Co-Head Coach: . . . . . . . . Kirsten Voak (First Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-382011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . 4-20/8thSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kyle NeavesOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(601) 266-5332Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.SouthernMiss.com

TulsaMay 5 • 1 p.m. (DH) • UAB Softball FieldMay 6 • 1 p.m. • UAB Softball FieldNickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Golden HurricaneConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conference USAHead Coach: . . . . . . . . .John Bargfeldt (Seventh Season)2011 Record: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-152011 Conference Record/Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-5/1stSoftball SID: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eric HollierOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(918) 631-2492Email: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.tulsahurricane.com

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2011 Year in ReviewThe Blazers completed one of their most successful seasons in program history in 2011. The Green and Gold finished last season with a 39-19 overall record and 17-6 Conference USA mark. UAB’s league record was the best in school history, surpassing the 2010 team’s 15-win mark.

Tied The Most Wins In UAB HistoryWith 39 wins, UAB tied the record for most wins in program his-tory, set by the 2002 squad (39-22).

The Blazers picked up the record-tying win when they blanked Florida State, 2-0, in the opening game of the Athens Regional in the 2011 NCAA Softball Championship on May 20.

Second-Straight NCAA AppearanceThe UAB softball team achieved its second NCAA Championship bid in as many years. The Blazers received one of the tournament’s 34 at-large invitations.

UAB was one of five C-USA schools to qualify for the NCAA tour-nament. C-USA regular season co-champions Houston and Tulsa also received bids, along with C-USA tournament champion East Carolina and Memphis.

The Blazers competed in the double-elimination tournament at the Athens Regional in Athens, Ga. UAB shut out Florida State, 2-0, in the first round before falling to host and No. 6 seed Georgia, 9-2, and then dropping the rematch against FSU, 13-1 (6) in an elimina-tion game.

30-Win MarkThe 2011 season was the second-straight year that the Blazers earned at least 30 wins and the fifth 30-win season in UAB lore. The Blazers earned their 30th win with a 7-0 victory over Jacksonville State on April 15.

In addition, UAB began conference play with a perfect 6-0 record, another first in school history. The Blazers swept back-to-back league series against then-No. 25 Houston and Southern Miss.

All-Conference HonoreesCenterfielder Caley Walden was named to the All-Conference USA First Team and catcher Mandy Lowman earned second-team honors. Pitcher Leigh Streetman rounded out the Blazer honorees, earning all-freshman team accolades. Walden and Lowman each earned their second career all-conference accolades. Walden was named to the all-freshman team in 2008, while Lowman received first-team honors in 2010.

Streetman’s StrikeoutsFreshman pitcher Leigh Streetman recorded 10 strikeouts in UAB’s 2-0 win against Kennesaw State on April 12. She topped that per-formance with 12 strikeouts against East Carolina on April 16, marking the most of her career and most for any Blazer pitcher last season.

Stellar PitchingThe UAB pitching staff was stellar in 2011. The Blazer pitchers combined for a 1.82 ERA, 19th-best nationally. In addition, Leigh Streetman finished 2011 ranked 16th in ERA (1.34) and tied for fifth in saves (7) in the country.

Furthermore, Streetman and teammate Lauren Webster led Con-ference USA in several individual pitching categories.

Leigh Streetman: Saves 7Games Finished 19Games in Relief 20

Lauren Webster:Hits Allowed 53Earned Runs Allowed 14Walks Allowed 8Runs Allowed 22

Success In The Magic CityThe Green and Gold went a perfect 4-0 at the Magic City Classic, defeating Radford, Stephen F. Austin, Eastern Illinois and Alabama State by a combined score of 18-5.

2011 Season In Review

2011 marked UAB’s second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

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2011 Season In ReviewThe Blazers made a late rally in their tournament opener against Radford (2/25), scoring four runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Highlanders, 7-5. The Green and Gold picked up a pair of shutout victories the next day (2/26), defeating Stephen F. Austin 2-0, be-fore downing Eastern Illinois 3-0 in the nightcap. The Blazers then tallied 11 hits, including three home runs, en route to a 6-0 win over Alabama State in their Magic City Classic finale.

Orr, Walden Receive Magic City Classic HonorsShortstop Kayla Orr was named MVP Player of the Magic City Classic and centerfielder Caley Walden was tabbed to the all-tour-nament team.

Orr hit .500 with six hits, three runs and six RBI in the Blazers’ four games. She also blasted the team’s first long ball of the season against Alabama State, which was followed up by two more UAB homers in the contest.

Walden, UAB’s leadoff hitter, posted a .400 batting average with three runs and six total bases for the weekend.

NFCA All-Region TeamUAB freshman pitcher Leigh Streetman was named to the Louis-ville Slugger/NFCA Division I Mideast All-Region Second Team.

Streetman became the fifth Blazer in program history to earn all-region accolades. The freshman hurler joined Mandy Lowman (2010), Kayla Orr (2010), Martina Landrum (2009, 2010) and Lau-ren Webster (2010) as the five Blazers to ever receive all-region ac-colades. Streetman’s honor also marked the third straight year UAB had at least one representative on the all-region teams.

12 Years and CountingThe 2011 season marked the 12th year of competition for UAB softball. The Blazers have an all-time record of 343-355 (.492) and a Conference USA record of 128-137 (.483). UAB has recorded five 30-win seasons and reached seven conference tournaments, in-cluding reaching the 2002 championship game.

C-USA All-Academic TeamsUAB leftfielder Catherine Crawford, catcher Mandy Lowman and rightfielder Sallie Van Kirk were each named to the 2011 Confer-ence USA Softball All-Academic Team. The trio represents the most selections in program history and the most among any C-USA team last year.

Crawford carried a 3.90 GPA in psychology. As a starter in all 58 of the Blazers’ contests last season, Crawford hit .238 and drove in 19 runs. The Hueytown, Ala., native was 7-of-8 in stolen bases and her 25 runs were second on the team.

Lowman earned the all-academic honor for the second straight year, joining current assistant coach Holly Krzan as the only Blaz-ers to receive the honor multiple times. A native of Huntsville, Ala., she is a math major and maintained a 3.86 GPA.

Van Kirk received the honor after carrying a 3.88 GPA as a nursing major. The Athens, Ala., native was second on the team with a .281 batting average and started all but one contest.

Post-Graduate ScholarshipsNatalie Mitchell, who completed her playing career in 2011, was selected to receive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Mitchell, who also received the Jim Castañeda Postgraduate Scholarship from Conference USA, was one of only three softball players and the only C-USA student-athlete to earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in Spring 2011.

Mitchell, a native of Kingston, Pa., graduated in May 2011 with a 4.0 GPA and a bachelor’s degree in molecular biology with a minor in chemistry. She was accepted into the Fifth Year Master’s Pro-gram in the UAB Department of Biology.

An infielder on the softball diamond, Mitchell started 95 games over her final three years with the program and finished her senior campaign with a .366 on-base percentage and committed just three errors in the field.

Natalie Mitchell

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2011 ResultsDATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE INNINGS OVERALL C-USA PITCHER ATTEND. TIME

Feb. 11! vs. Jacksonville State L 4-5 7 0-1-0 0-0-0 Smith, A (L, 0-1) 357 2:48Feb. 11! vs. South Alabama L 2-4 7 0-2-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (L, 0-1) 357 2:05Feb. 12! vs. Samford W 7-3 7 1-2-0 0-0-0 Torres, A (W, 1-0) 373 2:00Feb. 12! vs. Troy L 0-2 7 1-3-0 0-0-0 Streetman, L (L, 0-1) 301 1:50Feb. 13! vs. Alabama A&M W 8-0 5 2-3-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (W, 1-1) 368 1:48Feb. 18^ vs. Indiana L 2-8 7 2-4-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (L, 1-2) 121 2:30Feb. 18^ at USF W 6-2 7 3-4-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (W, 2-2) -- 2:24Feb. 19^ vs. Ole Miss W 3-0 7 4-4-0 0-0-0 Streetman, L (W, 1-1) -- 1:45Feb. 19^ vs. #25 DePaul L 0-1 (8) 4-5-0 0-0-0 Campbell, L (L, 0-1) -- 2:20Feb. 20^ vs. Fordham W 2-0 7 5-5-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (W, 3-2) -- 1:05Feb. 22 #2 ALABAMA L 0-3 7 5-6-0 0-0-0 Streetman, L (L, 1-2) 822 2:07Feb. 25$ Radford W 7-5 7 6-6-0 0-0-0 Streetman, L (W, 2-2) 207 2:03Feb. 26$ Stephen F. Austin W 2-0 7 7-6-0 0-0-0 Campbell, L (W, 1-1) -- 2:41 Feb. 26$ Eastern Illinois W 3-0 7 8-6-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (W, 4-2) -- 1:48Feb. 27$ Alabama State W 6-0 7 9-6-0 0-0-0 Smith, A (W, 1-1) -- 1:55March 1 MISSISSIPPI STATE W 8-0 6 10-6-0 0-0-0 Streetman, L (W, 3-2) 461 1:46March 4% vs. UMass W 1-0 (8) 11-6-0 0-0-0 Smith, A (W, 2-1) -- 2:15March 4% vs. Georgia State W 3-0 7 12-6-0 0-0-0 Webster, L (W, 5-2) 81 1:48March 6% vs. UNC Greensboro W 8-7 7 13-6-0 0-0-0 Smith, A (W, 3-1) 79 2:15March 6% at Georgia Tech L 0-8 7 13-7-0 0-0-0 Streetman, L (L, 3-3) 312 2:16March 12 at #25 Houston* W 3-1 7 14-7-0 1-0-0 Webster, L (W, 6-2) -- 2:03March 12 at #25 Houston* W 1-0 7 15-7-0 2-0-0 Streetman, L (W, 4-3) 566 1:39March 13 at #25 Houston* W 2-1 7 16-7-0 3-0-0 Campbell, L (W, 2-1) 568 2:20 March 15 MURRAY STATE W 4-0 7 17-7-0 3-0-0 Webster, L (W, 7-2) -- 1:54March 15 MURRAY STATE L 0-2 7 17-8-0 3-0-0 Campbell, L (L, 2-2) 63 1:45March 19 SOUTHERN MISS* W 3-1 7 18-8-0 4-0-0 Smith, A (W, 4-1) -- 1:38March 19 SOUTHERN MISS* W 6-1 7 19-8-0 5-0-0 Streetman, L (W, 5-3) 405 1:55March 20 SOUTHERN MISS* W 6-2 7 20-8-0 6-0-0 Webster, L (W, 8-2) 275 2:06 March 22 at Samford W 3-1 7 21-8-0 6-0-0 Streetman, L (W, 6-3) 116 1:40March 22 at Samford W 11-2 7 22-8-0 6-0-0 Webster, L (W, 9-2) 86 2:08March 26 at UCF* L 0-6 7 22-9-0 6-1-0 Streetman, L (L, 6-4) -- 1:56March 26 at UCF* W 5-1 7 23-9-0 7-1-0 Smith, A (W, 5-1) 246 1:41March 27 at UCF* W 5-3 7 24-9-0 8-1-0 Smith, A (W, 6-1) 199 2:00April 2 UTEP* W 3-1 7 25-9-0 9-1-0 Streetman, L (W, 7-4) -- 2:06April 2 UTEP* W 11-4 7 26-9-0 10-1-0 Smith, A (W, 7-1) 807 2:05April 3 UTEP* W 8-0 5 27-9-0 11-1-0 Webster, L (W, 10-2) 636 1:50April 7 CHATTANOOGA L 3-11 6 27-10-0 11-1-0 Smith, A (L, 7-2) -- 2:14April 7 CHATTANOOGA W 1-0 7 28-10-0 11-1-0 Streetman, L (W, 8-4) 440 1:30April 12 at Kennesaw State W 2-0 7 29-10-0 11-1-0 Streetman, L (W, 9-4) 188 1:22April 12 at Kennesaw State L 0-6 7 29-11-10 11-1-0 Smith, A (L, 7-3) 188 2:01April 14 at Jacksonville State W 7-0 7 30-11-10 11-1-0 Streetman, L (W,10-4) 472 2:00April 16 EAST CAROLINA* L 2-3 (11) 30-12-0 11-2-0 Streetman, L (L, 10-5) -- 3:10April 16 EAST CAROLINA* W 2-0 7 31-12-0 12-2-0 Smith, A (W, 8-3) 449 1:50April 17 EAST CAROLINA* L 2-6 7 31-13-0 12-3-0 Webster, L (L, 10-3) 598 2:15April 19 at Troy W 4-2 7 32-13-0 12-3-0 Streetman, L (W, 11-5) 125 1:50April 22 at Tulsa* L 1-2 7 32-14-0 12-4-0 Streetman, L (L, 11-6) -- 1:47April 22 at Tulsa* W 7-6 7 33-14-10 13-4-0 Smith, A (W, 9-3) 400 2:18April 23 at Tulsa* L 0-1 7 33-15-0 13-5-0 Smith, A (L, 9-4) 560 1:34April 30 at Memphis* W 4-2 7 34-15-0 14-5-0 Smith, A (W, 10-4) -- 1:40April 30 at Memphis* L 0-1 7 34-16-0 14-6-0 Streetman, L (L, 11-7) 327 1:52May 5 JACKSONVILLE STATE W 1-0 (9) 35-16-0 14-6-0 Streetman, L (W, 12-7) 293 1:58May 7 MARSHALL* W 4-2 7 36-16-0 15-6-0 Streetman, L (W, 13-7) -- 1:59May 7 MARSHALL* W 3-0 7 37-16-0 16-6-0 Streetman, L (W, 14-7) 384 1:38May 8 MARSHALL* W 6-5 7 38-16-0 17-6-0 Streetman, L (W, 15-7) 425 2:08May 12& UCF L 1-2 7 38-17-0 17-6-0 Smith, A (L, 10-5) -- 1:38May 20@ vs. Florida State W 2-0 7 39-17-0 17-6-0 Streetman, L (W, 16-7) 915 1:40May 21@ at #8 Georgia L 2-9 7 39-18-0 17-6-0 Streetman, L (L, 16-8) -- 2:21May 21@ vs. Florida State L 1-13 6 39-19-0 17-6-0 Streetman, L (L, 16-9) 977 1:45

* = Conference Game! = Hibbett/Easton All-Alabama Classic (Vestavia Hills, Ala.)^ = UCF Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.)$ = Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)% = Buzz Classic (Woodstock, Ga.)& = Conference USA Tournament (Greenville, N.C.)@ = NCAA Regional (Athens, Ga.)() = Extra Inning Game

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2011 Season StatsOverall

Record: 39-19 Home: 18-5 Away: 12-6 Neutral: 9-8 C-USA: 17-6

Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%WALDEN, C. .326 58 58 193 32 63 3 2 0 12 70 .363 9 4 39 0 .367 1 6 20 21 59 3 0 1.000VAN KIRK, S. .281 58 57 128 20 36 6 1 0 11 44 .344 13 1 25 0 .352 0 8 5 5 48 2 0 1.000ORR, K. .272 58 58 180 24 49 9 0 5 32 73 .406 19 1 23 2 .342 2 1 0 2 159 65 28 .889ARMSTRONG, K. .265 58 58 155 13 41 11 0 2 24 58 .374 19 2 26 0 .346 3 8 0 1 58 88 8 .948LOWMAN, M. .242 58 58 149 14 36 4 0 5 20 55 .369 29 3 17 2 .374 1 6 0 0 412 46 10 .979CRAWFORD, C. .238 58 58 181 25 43 6 2 1 19 56 .309 12 3 45 0 .294 1 12 7 8 74 56 4 .970WEBSTER, L. .216 51 41 111 9 24 5 0 0 8 29 .261 7 3 22 1 .281 0 4 1 2 49 46 3 .969MCGRATH, K. .211 47 37 114 9 24 1 0 5 18 40 .351 6 4 31 1 .274 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 1.000--------------PLATH, D. .429 23 4 14 5 6 3 0 1 5 12 .857 2 0 2 0 .500 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 .900 SMITH, T. .313 47 8 32 17 10 2 0 0 1 12 .375 0 1 5 0 .333 0 0 15 19 11 0 2 .846MCGRATH, M. .261 20 5 23 2 6 0 0 1 5 9 .391 8 1 8 0 .469 0 1 0 0 30 1 1 .969GLYNN, H. .214 27 15 42 9 9 0 0 0 1 9 .214 3 0 2 0 .267 0 3 0 1 21 1 2 .917MITCHELL, N. .196 33 30 56 6 11 3 0 0 7 14 .250 8 7 22 0 .366 0 1 0 0 38 29 3 .957CAMPBELL, L. .182 19 4 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 .182 2 0 3 0 .308 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 1.000KIMBRELL, A. .111 7 1 9 2 1 0 0 1 2 4 .444 0 1 4 0 .200 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 1.000SISSON, E. .100 42 41 80 4 8 1 1 0 3 11 .138 21 2 27 1 .301 0 5 0 0 212 8 4 .982BROWN, I. .000 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 2 0 2 1 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000MORTON, K. .000 16 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000TORRES, A. .000 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .600PEARSON, H. .000 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000SMITH, A. .000 30 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 4 33 4 .902STREETMAN, L. .000 42 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 8 25 1 .971Totals .249 58 58 1482 198 369 54 6 21 170 498 .336 160 33 303 8 .334 8 56 48 59 1201 427 73 .957 Opponents .211 58 58 1509 145 319 47 5 27 120 457 .303 89 18 398 3 .263 4 32 41 58 1164 434 64 .961

LOB - Team (381), Opp (311). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (18).

ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg. WP HBP BK SFA SHASTREETMAN, L. 1.34 16-9 42 22 15 7/5 7 182.2 124 43 35 47 194 21 2 13 .192 4 12 0 1 19WEBSTER, L. 1.68 10-3 18 8 1 1/5 1 58.1 53 22 14 8 68 8 2 4 .235 3 2 2 0 3SMITH, A. 2.52 10-5 30 21 4 2/2 2 111.0 99 62 40 21 89 14 1 5 .224 7 3 5 3 7--------------CAMPBELL, L. 1.56 2-2 14 3 1 0/4 1 31.1 23 8 7 9 36 2 0 3 .195 4 1 0 0 2TORRES, A. 3.29 1-0 8 4 0 0/3 0 17.0 20 10 8 4 11 2 0 2 .260 1 0 0 0 1Totals 1.82 39-19 58 58 21 19/9 11 400.1 319 145 104 89 398 47 5 27 .211 19 18 7 4 32Opponents 2.77 19-39 58 58 26 9/3 1 388.2 369 198 154 160 303 54 6 21 .249 29 33 3 8 56

PB - Team (4), LOWMAN 4, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (5), LOWMAN 5.

Conference USARecord: 17-6 Home: 10-2 Away: 7-4

Avg. GP GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD%WALDEN, C. .342 23 23 79 11 27 1 1 0 6 30 .380 4 1 17 0 .381 0 3 5 5 25 2 0 1.000LOWMAN, M. .322 23 23 59 9 19 3 0 4 14 34 .576 14 2 7 1 .461 1 1 0 0 142 23 4 .976VAN KIRK, S. .304 23 23 56 9 17 3 0 0 5 20 .357 4 0 10 0 .350 0 2 1 1 27 1 0 1.000 ARMSTRONG, K. .295 23 23 61 9 18 4 0 2 12 28 .459 7 1 11 0 .371 1 6 0 0 24 47 5 .934CRAWFORD, C. .278 23 23 72 13 20 3 1 0 6 25 .347 6 1 26 0 .342 0 5 3 3 36 21 1 .983WEBSTER, L. .239 20 16 46 6 11 1 0 0 5 12 .261 2 2 3 0 .300 0 2 0 1 28 20 1 .980ORR, K. .222 23 23 72 10 16 2 0 2 12 24 .333 10 1 12 0 .325 0 0 0 0 78 24 11 .903MCGRATH, K. .200 21 18 55 4 11 1 0 2 8 18 .327 2 3 16 1 .267 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.000--------------SMITH, T. .273 20 7 22 6 6 2 0 0 1 8 .364 0 1 4 0 .304 0 0 6 8 8 0 2 .800MCGRATH, M. .222 10 1 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 .222 3 1 6 0 .462 0 1 0 0 8 1 1 .900GLYNN, H. .100 10 3 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .100 1 0 0 0 .182 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1.000MITCHELL, N. .095 12 12 21 0 2 2 0 0 3 4 .190 0 3 11 0 .208 0 1 0 0 19 12 2 .939SISSON, E. .038 14 14 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .038 5 0 9 0 .194 0 3 0 0 68 4 0 1.000PLATH, D. .000 10 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.000KIMBRELL, A. .000 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000CAMPBELL, L. .000 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1.000STREETMAN, L. .000 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6 11 0 1.000TORRES, A. .000 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000SMITH, A. .000 14 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 3 14 1 .944SMITH, A. .000 7 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000Totals .254 23 23 595 84 151 22 2 10 75 207 .348 58 16 135 2 .335 2 25 15 18 480 188 28 .960Opponents .229 23 23 599 49 137 21 2 7 40 183 .306 41 6 135 2 .283 4 16 11 17 463 161 29 .956

LOB - Team (151), Opp (137). DPs turned - Team (4), Opp (5).

ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg. WP HBP BK SFA SHASTREETMAN, L. 1.11 6-4 18 9 7 2/0 4 82.0 62 17 13 25 77 10 1 4 .214 2 5 0 1 10SMITH, A. 1.38 7-1 14 11 3 1/0 1 55.2 46 21 11 11 34 8 1 1 .216 4 0 0 3 4-------------- CAMPBELL, L. 1.24 1-0 5 0 0 0/1 1 5.2 5 1 1 4 9 0 0 1 .238 1 0 0 0 1WEBSTER, L. 2.23 3-1 7 3 0 0/1 1 15.2 21 9 5 1 14 3 0 1 .304 0 1 0 0 1TORRES, A. 7.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 1.36 17-6 23 23 10 4/1 7 160.0 137 49 31 41 135 21 2 7 .229 7 6 0 4 16Opponents 3.27 6-17 23 23 12 3/0 0 154.1 151 84 72 58 135 22 2 10 .254 8 16 2 2 25 PB - Team (0), Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (3), LOWMAN, M. 3.

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Starts by PositionPitcherStreetman - 22; Smith, A. - 21; Webster - 8; Torres - 4; Campbell - 3CatcherLowman - 58First baseSisson - 29; Orr - 12; McGrath M. - 4; Webster - 1; Glynn - 1; Campbell -1 Second baseWebster - 25; Mitchell - 23; Crawford - 10Third baseArmstrong - 53; McGrath K. - 3; Plath - 2ShortstopOrr - 46; Crawford - 12Left fieldCrawford - 36; Glynn - 14; Van Kirk - 8Center fieldWalden - 58Right fieldVank Kirk - 47; Smith T. - 8; Webster - 2; Plath - 1Designated hitterMcGrath K. - 34; Webster - 12; Mitchell - 7; Arm-strong - 5; Vank Kirk - 2; Sisson - 2; Campbell - 2; McGrath M. - 1; Plath - 1; Kimbrell - 1

Starts by Batting OrderLeadoffWalden - 582ndCrawford - 57; Glynn 13rdOrr - 584thArmstrong - 40; Lowman - 185thLowman - 40; Armstrong - 15; Webster - 2; McGrath K - 16thMcGrath K. - 34; Sisson - 11; Webster - 11; Mitchell - 1; McGrath M. - 17thWebster - 18; Mitchell - 16; Sisson - 13; McGrath M. - 4; Armstrong - 3; McGrath - 2; Plath - 1; Campbell - 18thSisson - 16; Glynn - 12; Webster - 9; Mitchell - 8; Smith - 8; Campbell - 2; Crawford - 1; Glynn - 1; Plath - 19thVan Kirk - 56; Glynn - 1; Plath - 1

2011 Season Stats

Multiple Hit Games 2 3 4 5+ TotalCaley Walden 11 2 2 - 15Catherine Crawford 8 3 - - 11Kayla Orr 10 - - - 10Kate Armstrong 8 2 - - 10Sallie Van Kirk 9 - - - 9Mandy Lowman 6 1 - - 7Kristen McGrath 5 1 - - 6Lauren Webster 3 - - - 3Natalie Mitchell 2 - - 2Donna Plath 2 - - - 2Megan McGrath 2 - - - 2Lannah Campbell 1 - - - 1Hailey Glynn 1 - - - 1Total 68 9 2 0 79

Multiple RBI Games 2 3 4 5+ TotalKate Armstrong 6 1 - - 7Kayla Orr 6 1 - - 7Kristen McGrath 3 - 1 - 4Mandy Lowman 3 1 - - 4Catherine Crawford 3 1 - - 4Sallie Van Kirk 1 1 - - 2Caley Walden 1 1 - - 2Lauren Webster 2 - - - 2Natalie Mitchell 1 1 - - 2Erica Sisson 1 - - - 1Anna Kimbrell 1 - - - 1Donna Plath -1 - - - 1Total 28 8 1 0 37

Inning-by-inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 EX TotalUAB 25 26 33 27 43 28 13 2 1 0 198Opponents 15 9 20 39 21 29 10 1 0 1 145

Win-Loss Record WhenOverall......................................................39-19Conference ............................................... 17-6Non-Conference .....................................22-13Home games ..............................................18-5Away games ...............................................12-6Neutral site .................................................. 9-8Day games ..............................................31-15Night games................................................. 8-4vs. Left handed starter ................................ 4-3vs. Right handed starter .........................35-161-run games................................................. 8-72-run games...............................................14-35+ run games............................................... 8-7Extra innings ............................................... 3-2Shutouts .....................................................19-9

Scoring ........................0-2 runs .............10-17 3-5 runs ...............14-2 6-9 runs ...............13-0 10+ runs ................ 2-0

Opponent ....................0-2 runs ...............32-7 3-5 runs ................. 5-4 6-9 runs ................. 2-6 10+ runs ................ 0-2

Scoring in 1st inning ...............................12-3Opp. scored in 1st inning .......................... 3-6Scoring first ..............................................31-1Opp. scores first ........................................8-18

After 4 innings ............ leading ................27-0 trailing ................4-14 tied ........................ 8-5

After 5 innings ............ leading ................28-0 trailing ................3-15 tied ........................ 6-4

After 6 innings ............ leading ................30-0 trailing ................1-15 tied ........................ 5-2

Hit ................................. 0 HRs ................22-17 1 HR ....................16-2 2+ HRs .................. 1-0

Opponent ..................... 0 HRs ..................33-7 1 HR ...................... 6-7 2+ HRs .................. 0-5

Made ............................. 0 errors ...............14-4 1 error .................15-5 2+ errors ...........10-10

Opponent made ......... 0 errors ...............10-9 1 error .................18-6 2 errors ...............11-4

Out-hit opponent .....................................31-2Out-hit by opponent ................................3-14Hits are tied ................................................. 5-3

Team Game HighsHittingAt bats ................................................. 38 at Samford (3/22)Runs Scored ................................11, 2x last vs. UTEP (4/2)Hits ...................................................... 15 at Samford (3/22)RBIs .............................................10, 2x last vs. UTEP (4/2)Doubles ......................................................4 vs. UTEP (4/2)Triples ..................................... 1, 6x last at Memphis (3/30)Home runs .................................3 vs. Alabama State (2/27)Total bases ...............................25 vs. Alabama State (2/27)Walks ............................................ 8 vs. Murray State (3/15)Stolen bases ..............4, 2x last at Jacksonville State (4/14)

FieldingPutouts ....................................... 33 at East Carolina (4/16)Assists ..................................... 14, 2x last vs. Marshall (5/8)Errors .....................................5 vs. UNC Greensboro (3/6)

PitchingInnings pitched ...................... 11.0 at East Carolina (4/16)Runs allowed ..............................13 vs. Florida State (5/21)Earned runs .................. 11, 2x last vs. Florida State (5/21)Walks allowed ......................................7 at Houston (3/13)Strikeouts ...................................14 vs. Murray State (3/15)

Individual Game HighsHittingAt bats ........... 5, 5x last by Walden, Crawford, Orr (4/16)Runs Scored .......................................3, 2x last by Orr (3/1)Hits ...........................................4, 2x, last by Walden (4/14)RBIs ................................................ 4 by K. McGrath (3/22)Doubles ............................................2 by Armstrong (2/11) Triples .................................... 1, 6x last by Crawford (4/30)Home runs ....................................................................1, 21xTotal bases ..............................6, 2x last by Lowman (3/13)Walks ....................................................3 by Lowman (4/16)Stolen bases ..........................................3 by Walden (4/14)

FieldingPutouts ...............................................15 by Lowman (4/16)Assists ...................................... 6, 3x last by Crawford (5/5)Errors ..............................................................................2, 8x

PitchingInnings pitched ........................... 11.0 by Streetman (4/16)Runs allowed ..........................................10 by Smith (5/21)Earned runs ..............................................8 by Smith (5/21)Walks allowed .................................. 5 by Streetman (3/13)Strikeouts ........................................ 12 by Streetman (4/16)

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2011 C-USA SOFTBALL STANDINGS

C-USA ALL GAMES W-L PCT. W-L PCT. H A N L-10 Top 25 #+ Houston 19-5 .792 44-18 .710 19-6 16-9 9-3 7-3 10-4 #+ Tulsa 19-5 .792 46-15 .754 21-2 11-8 13-4 7-3 2-5# UAB 17-6 .739 39-19 .672 18-5 12-6 9-8 6-4 3-3# Memphis 15-7 .682 36-14 .720 13-6 12-4 11-4 6-4 2-2#& East Carolina 14-10 .583 41-22 .651 20-11 14-7 7-4 7-3 0-4UCF 11-13 .458 22-32 .407 18-15 2-14 2-3 4-6 0-3Marshall 5-17-1 .239 19-33-1 .368 8-9-1 3-16 8-8 4-5-1 0-4Southern Miss 4-20 .167 17-38 .309 12-14 2-16 3-8 1-9 1-2UTEP 1-22-1 .063 16-37-1 .306 10-20 3-13-1 3-4 0-9-1 0-2

+ - C-USA Co-Regular Season Champion; & - C-USA Tournament Champion; # NCAA Participant

2011 C-USA Championship Results

Thursday, May 12Game One(2) Tulsa def. (7) Marshall 10-0 (5)Game Two(6) UCF def. (3) UAB 2-1Game Three(5) East Carolina def. (4) Memphis 5-1Game Four(1) Houston def. (8) Southern Miss 4-2

Friday, May 13Game Six(2) Tulsa def. (6) UCF 6-1Game Seven

(5) East Carolina def. (1) Houston 1-0Saturday, May 14Championship Game (5) East Carolina def. (2) Tulsa 4-1

All-Tournament TeamC- Haley Outon, HoustonIF - Alex Fieldhouse, East CarolinaIF - Priscilla Velasquez, East CarolinaIF - Kelly Chapman, TulsaIF - Samantha Cobb, TulsaOF - Jill Jelnick, East CarolinaOF - Ashley Jones, HoustonOF - Caitlin Everett, TulsaP - Toni Paisley, East CarolinaP - Aimee Creger, Tulsa

Team Batting - Overall G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB-ATTTulsa 61 .283 1591 267 450 75 8 33 235 159 316 60-73Houston 62 .282 1573 287 444 54 7 67 254 183 250 33-51UTEP 54 .257 1367 218 352 67 8 34 184 141 320 56-62Memphis 50 .249 1247 219 311 51 10 39 191 143 308 47-61UAB 58 .249 1482 198 369 54 6 21 170 160 303 48-59Marshall 53 .244 1319 190 322 44 8 35 155 124 300 134-156UCF 54 .244 1398 166 341 38 14 17 136 135 287 76-89East Carolina 63 .241 1605 226 387 57 13 16 195 230 384 55-77Southern Miss 55 .234 1400 206 328 58 4 33 192 117 286 26-31Totals 510 .254 12982 1977 3304 468 78 295 1712 2742 2754 535-659

Team Pitching - Overall G ERA W L Sv IP H R ER BB SOHouston 62 1.35 44 18 3 416.1 248 111 80 150 511East Carolina 63 1.46 41 22 3 440.1 308 117 92 82 504Memphis 50 1.81 36 14 3 333.1 231 116 86 123 312UAB 58 1.82 39 19 11 400.1 319 145 104 89 398Tulsa 61 1.83 46 15 7 410.1 272 129 107 174 459UCF 54 3.41 22 32 3 369.0 376 240 180 149 176Southern Miss 55 4.02 17 38 2 353.2 399 274 203 186 233Marshall 53 4.34 19 33 3 347.0 385 303 215 188 243UTEP 54 6.03 16 37 2 333.0 456 353 287 234 236Totals 510 2.79 280 228 37 3401.7 2994 1788 1354 1375 3072

All-Conference USA First TeamC - Rebecca Gamby, MarshallIF - Holly Anderson, HoustonIF - Heather Mott, MemphisIF - Samantha Cobb, TulsaIF - Natalie Land, UCFOF - Melissa Gregson, HoustonOF - Caitlin Everett, TulsaOF - Caley Walden, UABU- Lacey Middlebrooks, TulsaP - Toni Paisley, East CarolinaP - Aimee Creger, Tulsa

All-Conference USA Second TeamC – Mandy Lowman, UABIF - Sissy Jimenez, East CarolinaIF - Brooke Lathan, HoustonIF - Jill Barrett, TulsaIF - Kelly Chapman, TulsaIF - Tiffany Lane, UCFOF - Suzanne Riggs, East CarolinaOF - Leslie LeJune, Southern MissOF - Shelby Blanton, TulsaU - Jill Jelnick, East CarolinaP - Donna Bourgeois, HoustonP - Amanda Crabtree, Houston

Conference USA All-Freshman TeamJill Jelnick, East CarolinaKristi Oshiro, East CarolinaJasmine Robbins, East CarolinaJordan Lewis, East CarolinaHaley Outon, HoustonDiedre Outon, HoustonAshleigh King, MemphisBrittany Lilly, Southern MissJill Barrett, TulsaAimee Creger, TulsaShelby Blanton, TulsaLeigh Streetman, UAB

Freshman of the YearAimee Creger, Tulsa

Newcomer of the YearDonna Bourgeois, Houston

Pitcher of the YearToni Paisley, East Carolina

Player of the YearMelissa Gregson, Houston

Coach of the YearJohn Bargfeldt, Tulsa

2011 Conference USA Results

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Overall.....................................................................................343-355 (.491)Conference USA ....................................................................128-137 (.483)Home .......................................................................................142-117 (.548)Road ........................................................................................107-167 (.390)Neutral ........................................................................................ 94-71 (.570)C-USA Record at Home ........................................................... 78-61 (.561)

Year-by-Year2000 ............................................................................................. 23-38 (.377)2001 ............................................................................................. 27-35 (.435)2002 ............................................................................................. 39-22 (.639)2003 ............................................................................................. 28-28 (.500)2004 ............................................................................................. 20-36 (.357)2005 ............................................................................................. 23-37 (.383) 2006 ............................................................................................. 31-22 (.585)2007 ............................................................................................. 31-27 (.534)2008 ............................................................................................. 24-35 (.407)2009 ............................................................................................. 21-34 (.382)2010 ............................................................................................. 37-22 (.627)2011 ............................................................................................. 39-19 (.672)

Conference USA2000 ............................................................................................... 6-12 (.333)2001 ............................................................................................. 10-11 (.476)2002 ............................................................................................. 14-10 (.583)2003 ............................................................................................ 10-14 (.429)2004 ............................................................................................... 7-17 (.368)2005 ............................................................................................... 7-16 (.476)2006 ............................................................................................... 15-9 (.762)2007 ............................................................................................. 10-13 (.462)2008 ............................................................................................... 9-15 (.375)2009 ............................................................................................... 8-16 (.333)

2010 ............................................................................................... 15-9 (.625)2011 ............................................................................................... 17-6 (.739)

Month-by-MonthFebruary ...................................................................................... 92-90 (.505)March ......................................................................................122-118 (.508)April ..........................................................................................91-107 (.460)May .............................................................................................. 31-38 (.449)

Tournament RecordsC-USA Tournament .................................................................... 6-14 (.300)NCAA Tournament....................................................................... 2-4 (.500)

MiscellaneousMost Games Played .................................................................................... 62 2002Fewest Games Played ................................................................................. 53 2006Longest Winning Streak ............................................................................ 10 3/5-3/26, 2002Longest Home Winning Streak ................................................................ 10 2002Longest Road Winning Streak * ...................................................... 7, twice 2004, 06Longest Losing Streak ................................................................................ 16 3/27-4/28Longest Home Losing Streak .................................................................... 12 2000Longest Road Losing Streak * ..................................................................... 9 2004

* - Includes games play at neutral sites

All-Time Records/Results

Alabama .......................................................0-10Alabama A&M ...................................................17-1Alabama State ......................................................4-0Alcorn State ..........................................................1-0Arkansas ...............................................................2-1Auburn ..................................................................2-9Austin Peay ...........................................................1-0Ball State ...............................................................0-3Baylor ....................................................................0-1Bethune-Cookman .............................................1-0Belmont.................................................................1-0Birmingham-Southern .....................................10-3Boston ...................................................................1-0Bowling Green .....................................................2-1Brigham Young ....................................................0-1Cal Poly ................................................................0-1Cal State Northridge ...........................................1-0California .............................................................0-1Centenary (La.) ....................................................6-0Central Michigan .................................................1-0Charleston Southern ...........................................1-0Charlotte .............................................................15-4Chattanooga ................................................10-8College of Charleston ..........................................1-1Colgate ..................................................................2-0Columbia .............................................................1-0Connecticut ..........................................................0-2Creighton ..............................................................2-1DePaul .................................................................3-19Drake .....................................................................2-3East Carolina .............................................16-18East Tennessee State ............................................2-0Eastern Illinois .....................................................1-0Eastern Michigan.................................................1-0Evansville ..............................................................2-0Fairfield .................................................................0-1FIU .................................................................0-1Florida State .........................................................1-4Fordham ...............................................................3-1

Georgia..................................................................1-7Georgia Southern ................................................1-1Georgia State ........................................................9-5Georgia Tech ........................................................0-4Hawaii ...................................................................2-0Houston .....................................................12-22Indiana ..................................................................0-1Illinois-Chicago ...................................................0-1Indiana State .........................................................1-0Jacksonville ..........................................................1-0Jacksonville State .......................................12-15Kennesaw State ..............................................8-2LSU ........................................................................1-4Liberty ...................................................................1-0Lipscomb .......................................................5-4Long Island ...........................................................0-1Louisiana Tech .....................................................1-3Louisville .....................................................3-17Marshall .......................................................11-9Massachusetts ................................................1-0McNeese State ......................................................1-0Memphis ......................................................11-7Mercer ...................................................................1-1Miami (Ohio) .......................................................0-1Michigan State ..............................................0-1Middle Tennessee ................................................3-5Mississippi State ..........................................2-12Mississippi Valley ...............................................1-1Murray State .........................................................1-1Nicholls State ........................................................5-0North Florida .......................................................0-2Northern Illinois ..................................................2-0Northern Iowa .....................................................0-1Northwestern State ..............................................1-1Notre Dame ..........................................................1-1Oakland ................................................................3-1Ohio State .............................................................1-1Oklahoma .............................................................1-3Oklahoma State ...................................................1-1

Ole Miss ................................................................1-0Oregon ..................................................................0-2Oregon State .........................................................0-3Penn .......................................................................1-0Radford .................................................................2-0Robert Morris ......................................................1-0Sacramento State .................................................0-2Saint Louis ..........................................................17-4Saint Mary (Calif.) ...............................................0-2Samford .......................................................24-5Santa Clara ..........................................................1-0Siena ......................................................................1-0South Alabama ..............................................2-4South Carolina .....................................................0-1Southern Illinois ..................................................1-2Southern Miss ............................................16-23Stanford .................................................................0-1Stephen F. Austin .................................................5-1Tennessee ..............................................................0-1Tennessee Tech ....................................................1-4Texas A&M ...........................................................0-1Texas State ............................................................0-1Texas Tech ............................................................1-1Troy ..............................................................8-12Tulsa .............................................................8-14UC Davis ..............................................................0-1UCF ................................................................9-9UNC Greensboro.................................................1-0USF ......................................................................9-15UTEP ...........................................................10-8Virginia .................................................................0-1Virginia Tech ........................................................2-0Western Illinois ....................................................0-1Western Kentucky .........................................3-1Western Michigan ...............................................1-0Wichita State ........................................................0-1

*Bold Denotes 2012 Opponent

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Alabama 0-102/23/00 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 1-72/4/05 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 0-82/6/05 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 1-23/6/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-103/25/08 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 1-83/04/09 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 1-83/10/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-62/23/10 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-73/24/10 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 2-62/22/11 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-3

Alabama A&M 17-13/28/00 Huntsville, Ala. W 17-33/28/00 Huntsville, Ala. W 11-02/24/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-02/24/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-03/10/01 Pelham, Ala. W 17-12/24/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-12/24/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 25-04/3/02 Huntsville, Ala. W 10-14/3/02 Huntsville, Ala. W 9-12/15/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-02/15/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-04/5/05 Normal, Ala. L 5-64/5/05 Normal, Ala. W 11-14/18/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-04/18/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-02/24/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-02/24/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 15-22/13/11 Vestavia Hills, Ala. W 8-0

Alabama State 4-02/29/08 Hoover, Ala. W 5-22/28/09 Irondale, Ala. W 14-92/27/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-32/27/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-0

Alcorn State 1-05/22/10 Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 10-1

Arkansas 2-32/17/06 Shreveport, La. W 9-12/8/08 Texarkana, Ark. L 5-62/8/08 Texarkana, Ark. W 4-2

Auburn 2-92/8/00 Auburn, Ala. L 3-72/18/00 Auburn, Ala. W 5-44/18/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-73/9/01 Pelham, Ala. L 2-62/25/03 Auburn, Ala. W 4-03/26/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-52/17/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-42/16/05 Auburn, Ala. L 0-142/27/05 Stanford, Calif. L 1-82/21/06 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-82/18/07 Auburn, Ala. L 1-5

Austin Peay 1-03/10/01 Pelham, Ala. W 7-1

Ball State 0-33/9/01 Pelham, Ala. L 3-63/11/01 Pelham, Ala. L 3-93/5/10 Clearwater, Fla. L 2-3 Baylor 0-12/22/03 Waco, Texas L 0-6

Belmont 1-02/24/06 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 8-0

Bethune-Cookman 1-02/15/08 Tallahassee, Fla. W 2-0

Birmingham-Southern 10-33/8/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-0

3/9/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-03/7/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-03/8/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-13/5/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-03/6/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-13/5/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-33/6/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-33/4/06 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-63/5/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-13/2/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-23/3/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 10-22/29/08 Hoover, Ala. W 12-0

Boston 1-03/7/10 Clearwater, Fla. W 4-3

Bowling Green 2-13/12/04 Charleston, S.C. W 8-33/13/04 Charleston, S.C. W 1-02/25/06 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 3-6

Brigham Young 0-12/7/04 Honolulu, Hawaii L 1-2

California 0-12/22/08 San Luis Obispo, Calif. L 2-10

Cal Poly 0-12/24/08 San Luis Obispo, Calif. L 2-5

Cal State Northridge 1-03/1/03 Las Vegas, Nev. W 6-5

Centenary 6-03/4/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-03/4/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-12/23/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 9-02/28/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-12/9/08 Texarkana, Ark. W 2-02/9/08 Texarkana, Ark. W 3-0

Central Michigan 1-03/6/10 Clearwater, Fla. W 10-6

Charleston Southern 1-02/16/01 Athens, Ga. W 6-0

Charlotte 15-44/1/00 Charlotte, N.C. W 7-04/1/00 Charlotte, N.C. W 5-44/2/00 Charlottle, N.C. W 9-35/11/00 Hattiesburg, Miss. W 2-14/28/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-04/28/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-34/29/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-14/6/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-04/6/02 Birmingham, Ala. L 5-64/7/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-04/26/03 Charlotte, N.C. W 8-44/26/03 Charlotte, N.C. W 4-14/27/03 Charlotte, N.C. W 6-43/9/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-43/9/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-03/10/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-24/23/05 Charlotte, N.C. W 1-04/23/05 Charlotte, N.C. L 2-34/24/05 Charlotte, N.C. L 12-19

Chattanooga 10-83/2/01 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 4-33/20/04 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 0-103/20/04 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 7-15/4/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-35/4/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-22/26/05 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 4-52/27/07 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 3-02/27/07 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 2-35/3/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-2

5/3/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-34/2/08 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 3-44/2/08 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 1-24/16/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-44/16/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-14/14/10 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 3-14/14/10 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 1-24/7/11 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-114/7/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-0

College of Charleston 1-13/12/04 Charleston, S.C. L 1-23/13/04 Charleston, S.C. W 4-3

Colgate 2-03/16/01 Tampa, Fla. W 2-13/17/01 Tampa, Fla. W 2-0

Columbia 1-03/2/08 Hoover, Ala. W 7-1

Connecticut 0-23/18/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-43/18/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-6

Creighton 2-13/7/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-42/15/03 Norman, Okla. W 5-32/15/03 Norman, Okla. W 3-0

DePaul 2-205/6/00 Chicago, Ill. L 0-55/6/00 Chicago, Ill. L 2-35/7/00 Chicago, Ill. L 0-85/12/00 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 1-44/7/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-34/7/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-94/8/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-5 5/4/02 Chicago, Ill. L 0-125/4/02 Chicago, Ill. L 4-85/5/02 Chicago, Ill. L 0-45/10/02 Tampa, Fla. L 1-105/11/02 Tampa, Fla. L 1-23/21/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-83/22/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-43/22/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-25/8/04 Chicago, Ill. L 0-85/8/04 Chicago, Ill. L 1-35/9/04 Chicago, Ill. W 4-13/25/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-13/25/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-03/26/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-62/19/11 Clearwater, Fla. L 0-1

Drake 2-32/24/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-32/24/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-52/27/04 Tulsa, Okla. L 2-92/23/04 Tampa, Fla. W 10-12/24/04 Tampa, Fla. W 2-0

East Carolina 16-183/26/02 Greenville, N.C. W 1-03/26/02 Greenville, N.C. L 1-33/27/02 Greenville, N.C. W 3-15/9/02 Tampa, Fla. W 2-14/5/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-04/5/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-04/6/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-23/13/04 Charleston, S.C. L 0-43/14/04 Charleston, S.C. L 3-43/16/04 Greenville, N.C. L 3-63/17/04 Greenville, N.C. L 2-53/17/04 Greenville, N.C. L 1-23/15/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-13/15/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-83/16/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-83/18/06 Greenville, N.C. W 3-1

3/18/06 Greenville, N.C. W 3-13/19/06 Greenville, N.C. W 8-25/11/06 Tulsa, Okla. L 0-84/6/07 Birmngham, Ala. W 2-04/6/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-24/7/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-35/3/08 Greenville, N.C. L 1-35/3/08 Greenville, N.C. W 2-05/4/08 Greenville, N.C. L 2-33/21/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-33/21/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-33/22/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-24/10/10 Greenville, N.C. W 2-0 4/10/10 Greenville, N.C. W 5-04/11/10 Greenville, N.C. L 0-24/16/11 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-34/16/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-04/17/11 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-6

East Tennessee State 2-02/17/02 Columbia, S.C. W 4-12/24/06 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 13-3

Eastern Illinois 1-02/26/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-0

Eastern Michigan 1-02/23/07 Tampa, Fla. W 5-0

Evansville 2-02/5/05 Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 2-12/5/05 Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 7-6

Fairfield 0-13/15/00 Winter Garden, Fla. L 8-9

Florida International 0-12/11/05 Miami, Fla. L 0-3

Florida State 1-44/11/02 Tallahassee, Fla. L 0-94/11/02 Tallahassee, Fla. L 3-52/17/08 Tallahassee, Fla. L 1-45/20/11 Athens, Ga. W 2-05/21/11 Athens, Ga. L 1-13

Fordham 3-13/15/01 Tampa, Fla. W 10-22/11/05 Miami, Fla. W 3-22/12/05 Miami, Fla. L 0-92/20/11 Clearwater, Fla. W 2-0

Georgia 1-72/26/00 Columbus, Ga. L 0-22/26/00 Columbus, Ga. L 0-72/27/00 Columbus, Ga. L 5-62/15/01 Athens, Ga. L 0-12/15/01 Athens, Ga. W 5-12/17/01 Athens, Ga. L 2-42/18/01 Athens, Ga. L 0-25/21/11 Athens, Ga. L 2-9

Georgia Southern 1-12/4/05 Tuscaloosa, Ala. W 5-43/1/08 Hoover, Ala. L 0-2

Georgia State 9-54/16/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-33/27/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-33/27/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-32/14/02 Atlanta, Ga. W 6-42/14/02 Atlanta, Ga. W 3-12/19/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-12/19/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-03/18/05 Decatur. Ga. W 7-43/18/05 Decatur, Ga. W 5-24/6/06 Birmingham, Ala. L 5-84/6/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-0

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2/10/07 Decatur, Ga. L 2-102/11/07 Decatur, Ga. W 18-63/4/11 Woodstock, Ga. W 3-0

Georgia Tech 0-43/2/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-34/16/05 Atlanta, Ga. L 4-84/16/05 Atlanta, Ga. L 0-93/6/11 Woodstock, Ga. L 0-8

Hawaii 2-02/5/04 Honolulu, Hawaii W 4-32/6/09 Honolulu, Hawaii W 2-0

Houston 12-225/5/01 Houston, Texas W 6-45/5/01 Houston, Texas L 0-45/6/01 Houston, Texas L 0-24/27/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-14/27/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-14/28/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 9-14/12/03 Houston, Texas L 3-44/12/03 Houston, Texas L 0-104/13/03 Houston, Texas L 2-45/8/03 Houston, Texas L 1-74/9/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 4-64/9/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-64/10/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 5-75/7/05 Houston, Texas L 2-65/7/05 Houston, Texas L 3-44/29/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-44/29/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-04/30/06 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-23/31/07 Houston, Texas L 2-33/31/07 Houston, Texas L 0-84/1/07 Houston, Texas L 0-64/26/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-44/26/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-84/27/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-84/04/09 Houston, Texas L 6-114/04/09 Houston, Texas L 2-34/05/09 Houston, Texas L 2-34/2/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-24/2/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-24/3/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-35/13/10 Houston, Texas L 0-35/12/11 Houston, Texas W 3-15/12/11 Houston, Texas W 1-05/13/11 Houston, Texas W 2-1

Illinois-Chicago 0-15/4/00 Chicago, Ill. L 2-5

Indiana State 1-02/19/00 Auburn, Ala. W 9-4

Indiana 1-02/18/11 Clearwater, Fla. L 2-8

Jacksonville 1-02/16/08 Tallahassee, Fla. W 6-4

Jacksonville State 12-152/17/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-02/17/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-42/19/00 Auburn, Ala. W 1-02/20/00 Auburn, Ala. L 1-153/2/00 Jacksonville, Ala. W 4-03/2/00 Jacksonville, Ala. L 0-62/20/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-42/20/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-33/2/01 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 3-13/3/01 Chattanooga, Tenn. W 8-64/26/01 Jacksonville, Ala. L 0-34/26/01 Jacksonville, Ala. L 0-62/16/02 Columbia, S.C. L 1-43/5/02 Jacksonville, Ala. L 1-33/5/02 Jacksonville, Ala. L 3-7

2/24/04 Jacksonville, Ala. L 8-92/24/04 Jacksonville, Ala. L 2-52/22/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-72/22/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-73/15/06 Jacksonville, Ala. W 6-33/15/06 Jacksonville, Ala. W 9-22/20/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-13/9/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 13-54/8/10 Jacksonville, Ala. L 1-22/11/11 Vestavia Hills, Ala. L 4-54/14/11 Jacksonville, Ala. W 7-05/5/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-0

Kennesaw State 8-23/27/07 Kennesaw, Ga. W 4-33/27/07 Kennesaw, Ga. W 5-22/19/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-52/19/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-24/22/09 Kennesaw, Ga. W 2-14/22/09 Kennesaw, Ga. W 5-24/5/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-24/5/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-04/12/11 Kennesaw, Ga. W 2-04/12/11 Kennesaw, Ga. L 0-6

LSU 1-43/2/02 Baton Rouge, La. L 0-32/05/09 Honolulu, Hawaii L 10-52/07/09 Honolulu, Hawaii W 5-32/21/09 Baton Rouge, La. L 3-82/22/09 Baton Rouge, La. L 4-5

Liberty 1-03/15/00 Winter Garden, Fla. W 7-3

Lipscomb 5-42/17/01 Athens, Ga. L 3-53/11/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-23/11/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 9-04/22/02 Nashville, Tenn. W 10-04/22/02 Nashville, Tenn. W 9-04/20/10 Nashville, Tenn. L 0-14/20/10 Nashville, Tenn. W 7-55/21/10 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 1-45/22/10 Tuscaloosa, Ala. L 6-7

Long Island 0-13/3/02 Baton Rouge, La. L 1-2

Louisiana Tech 1-32/28/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-42/28/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-12/22/03 Waco, Texas W 8-12/23/03 Waco, Texas L 1-4

Louisville 3-173/25/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-83/25/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-43/26/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-35/11/00 Hattiesburg, Miss L 1-24/21/01 Louisville, Ky. L 1-34/21/01 Louisville, Ky. L 6-74/22/01 Louisville, Ky. L 2-44/20/02 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-24/20/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-24/21/02 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-24/1/03 Louisville, Ky. L 0-24/1/03 Louisville, Ky. W 6-34/2/03 Louisville, Ky. L 2-115/9/03 Houston, Texas L 0-13/27/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-13/27/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-43/28/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-53/29/05 Louisville, Ky. L 0-83/29/05 Louisville, Ky. L 0-13/30/05 Louisville, Ky. L 1-6

Marshall 11-92/16/01 Athens, Ga. L 3-42/18/01 Athens, Ga. W 4-23/24/06 Huntington, W. Va. L 2-33/25/06 Huntington, W. Va. L 0-63/25/06 Huntington, W. Va. L 0-43/17/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-03/17/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-83/18/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-24/12/08 Huntington, W. Va. L 4-64/12/08 Huntington, W.Va. W 3-04/13/08 Huntington, W. Va. L 0-114/18/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-0 4/18/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-74/19/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-43/19/10 Huntington, W.Va. W 4-33/20/10 Huntington, W.Va. W 8-33/20/10 Huntington, W.Va. L 2-35/7/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-25/7/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-05/8/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-5

Massachusetts 1-03/4/11 Woodstock, Ga. W 1-0

McNeese State 1-03/2/02 Baton Rouge, La. W 8-1

Memphis 11-83/11/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-13/11/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-33/12/06 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-74/28/07 Memphis, Tenn. L 1-24/28/07 Memphis, Tenn. L 4-54/29/07 Memphis, Tenn. L 1-23/21/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-43/22/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 9-13/22/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-35/8/08 Houston, Texas L 6-84/28/09 Memphis, Tenn. W 9-04/28/09 Memphis, Tenn L 1-54/29/09 Memphis, Tenn W 14-05/07/09 El Paso, Texas W 11-55/1/10 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-45/1/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-25/2/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-04/30/11 Memphis, Tenn. W 4-24/30/11 Memphis, Tenn. L 0-1

Mercer 1-12/12/05 Miami, Fla. W 5-02/13/05 Miami, Fla. L 0-2

Miami (Ohio) 0-12/26/06 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 3-7

Michigan State 0-12/15/08 Tallahassee, Fla. L 1-5

Middle Tennessee 3-54/11/01 Murfreesboro, Tenn. L 0-84/11/01 Murfreesboro, Tenn. L 0-24/2/02 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-44/2/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-03/12/03 Murfreesboro, Tenn. L 1-33/12/03 Murfreesboro, Tenn. W 15-33/22/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-43/22/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 5-6

Mississippi State 2-123/22/00 Starkville, Miss. L 1-42/12/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-24/22/03 Starkville, Miss. W 3-04/27/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-114/28/04 Starkville, Miss. L 0-73/8/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-84/12/05 Starkville, Miss. L 1-11

3/20/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-54/17/07 Starkville, Miss. L 1-43/4/08 Starkville, Miss. L 0-73/24/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 7-92/13/10 Starkville, Miss. L 0-42/14/10 Starkville, Miss. L 2-63/1/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-0

Mississippi Valley 1-12/7/08 Itta Bena, Miss. W 5-24/3/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-2

Murray State 1-13/15/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-03/15/11 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-2

Nicholls State 5-02/17/06 Shreveport, La. W 11-52/28/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-12/28/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-22/20/10 Mobile, Ala. W 3-12/28/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-2

North Florida 0-23/22/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-13/22/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-4

Northern Illinois 2-03/15/01 Tampa, Fla. W 3-22/28/09 Irondale, Ala. W 16-13

Northern Iowa 0-22/21/09 Baton Rouge, La. L 2-112/22/09 Baton Rouge, La. L 4-5

Northwestern State 1-12/19/10 Mobile, Ala. L 2-32/20/10 Mobile, Ala. W 5-2

Notre Dame 1-13/3/01 Chattanooga, Fla. L 1-92/16/07 Auburn, Ala. W 8-0

Oakland 3-13/1/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-13/1/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-42/25/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-22/25/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-0

Ohio State 1-13/3/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-33/4/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-1

Oklahoma 1-32/14/03 Norman, Okla. L 0-72/14/03 Norman, Okla. W 6-52/06/09 Honolulu, Hawaii L 0-182/07/09 Honolulu, Hawaii L 1-13

Oklahoma State 1-12/10/08 Texarkana, Ark. W 3-22/10/08 Texarkana, Ark. L 0-2

Ole Miss 1-02/19/11 Clearwater, Fla. W 3-0

Oregon 0-23/28/06 Eugene, Ore. L 2-33/28/06 Eugene, Ore. L 1-4

Oregon State 0-32/7/04 Honolulu, Hawaii L 0-33/29/06 Corvallis, Ore. L 0-63/29/06 Corvallis, Ore. L 0-17

Penn 1-03/14/00 Winter Garden, Fla. W 8-0

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Radford 2-03/5/10 Clearwater, Fla. W 4-12/25/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-5

Robert Morris 1-03/11/00 Winter Garden, Fla. W 10-2

Sacremento State 0-22/25/05 Stanford, Calif. L 0-12/22/08 San Luis Obispo, Calif. L 8-15

Saint Louis 17-44/29/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-04/29/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 10-14/30/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-04/13/01 St. Louis, Mo. W 1-04/13/01 St. Louis, Mo. W 5-14/14/01 St. Louis, Mo. W 4-25/10/01 Louisville, Ky. W 2-13/12/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-03/13/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-23/13/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-33/29/03 St. Louis, Mo. L 0-33/29/03 St. Louis, Mo. W 10-03/30/03 St. Louis, Mo. L 0-15/1/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-15/1/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-15/2/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 10-64/1/05 St. Louis, Mo. L 0-24/1/02 St. Louis, Mo. W 11-14/2/05 St. Louis, Mo. W 3-23/11/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-93/11/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-5

Saint Mary (Calif.) 0-22/6/04 Honolulu, Calif. L 1-22/8/04 Honolulu, Calif. L 1-5

Samford 24-52/12/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-02/12/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-74/27/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-04/27/00 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-23/10/01 Pelham, Ala. W 4-33/8/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-03/9/02 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-33/7/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-13/8/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-83/18/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-04/29/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-13/5/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-13/6/04 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-34/22/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-43/5/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-13/6/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-13/4/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-53/5/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-33/2/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-23/4/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-13/1/08 Hoover, Ala. W 4-34/23/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-35/02/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-32/27/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-24/13/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-34/21/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-12/11/11 Vestavia Hills, Ala. W 7-33/22/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-13/22/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-2

Santa Clara 1-02/23/08 San Luis Obispo, Calif. W 9-1

Siena 1-03/11/00 Winter Garden, Fla. W 5-3

South Alabama 2-43/13/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-1

3/18/08 Mobile, Ala. L 1-33/18/08 Mobile, Ala. L 3-52/21/10 Mobile, Ala. W 6-04/7/10 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-22/11/11 Vestavia Hills, Ala. L 2-4

South Carolina 0-12/16/02 Columbia, S.C. L 0-5

Southern Illinois 1-23/11/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-33/11/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-53/13/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-4

Southern Miss 16-234/22/00 Gautier, Miss. L 0-94/22/00 Gautier, Miss. L 0-64/23/00 Gautier, Miss. L 0-83/24/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-103/24/01 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-23/25/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-63/29/02 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 0-13/29/02 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 0-43/30/02 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 0-45/9/02 Tampa, Fla. W 6-05/11/02 Tampa, Fla. W 2-15/3/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-15/3/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-25/4/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-04/3/04 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 4-54/3/04 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 3-44/4/04 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 1-44/30/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-74/30/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-75/1/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-114/14/06 Hattiesburg, Miss W 5-34/14/06 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 7-114/15/06 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 3-45/12/06 Tulsa, Okla. L 1-34/21/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-34/21/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 12-54/22/07 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-43/29/08 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 1-83/29/08 Hattiesburg, Miss. W 3-03/30/08 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 1-73/07/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-23/07/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-53/08/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 1-05/8/10 Hattiesburg, Miss. W 7-15/8/10 Hattiesburg, Miss. L 0-35/9/10 Hattiesburg, Miss. W 6-13/19/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-13/19/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-13/20/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-2

Stanford 0-12/26/05 Stanford, Calif. L 4-5

Stephen F. Austin 5-13/14/00 Winter Garden, Fla. L 1-24/15/03 Nacogdoches, Texas W 1-04/15/03 Nacogdoches, Texas W 3-22/13/10 Starkville, Miss. W 5-12/14/10 Starkville, Miss. W 8-12/26/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-0

Tennessee 0-12/6/04 Honolulu, Hawaii L 1-9

Tennessee Tech 1-42/17/02 Columbia, S.C. W 3-14/21/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-34/21/04 Birmingham, Ala. L 4-72/11/07 Decatur, Ga. L 2-82/17/07 Auburn, Ala. L 0-10

Texas A&M 0-13/16/01 Tampa, Fla. L 8-9

Texas Tech 1-12/27/04 Tulsa, Okla. W 7-62/26/05 Stanford, Calif. L 0-1

Texas State 0-12/20/09 Baton Rouge, La. L 5-10

Troy 8-122/10/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-12/10/01 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-32/9/02 Troy, Ala. W 1-02/9/02 Troy, Ala. L 0-12/8/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-02/8/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-33/9/05 Troy, Ala. L 0-103/9/05 Troy, Ala. L 4-103/7/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-03/7/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 10-23/14/07 Troy, Ala. L 2-43/14/07 Troy, Ala. W 3-14/17/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 5-74/17/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-54/24/09 Troy, Ala. L 1-44/24/09 Troy, Ala. L 0-42/26/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-14/27/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-22/12/11 Vestavia Hills, Ala. L 0-24/19/11 Troy, Ala. W 4-2

Tulsa 8-142/22/03 Waco, Texas W 2-12/23/03 Waco, Texas L 2-42/28/04 Tulsa, Okla. W 3-14/1/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-14/1/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-34/2/06 Birmingham, Ala. L 4-62/16/07 Auburn, Ala. L 1-33/10/07 Tulsa, Okla. L 2-33/10/07 Tulsa, Okla. L 0-84/5/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-24/5/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-54/6/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-24/10/09 Tulsa, Okla. L 2-44/10/09 Tulsa, Okla. L 2-34/11/09 Tulsa, Okla. L 5-135/07/09 El Paso, Texas L 3-73/13/10 Birmingham, Ala. L 4-53/13/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-33/14/10 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-44/22/11 Tulsa, Okla. L 1-24/22/11 Tulsa, Okla. W 7-64/23/11 Tulsa, Okla. L 0-1

UC Davis 0-12/25/05 Stanford, Calif. L 3-4

UCF 9-94/8/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-14/8/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-04/9/06 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-54/14/07 Orlando, Fla. W 4-24/14/07 Orlando, Fla. L 2-54/15/07 Orlando, Fla. L 0-13/15/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-03/15/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-33/16/08 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-23/14/09 Orlando, Fla. L 0-73/14/09 Orlando, Fla. W 7-43/15/09 Orlando, Fla. L 5-64/17/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 2-14/17/10 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-24/18/10 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-43/26/11 Orlando, Fla. L 0-63/26/11 Orlando, Fla. W 5-13/27/11 Orlando, Fla. W 5-35/12/11 Greenville, N.C. L 1-2

UNC Greensboro 1-03/6/11 Woodstock, Ga. W 8-7

USF 9-154/8/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-14/9/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-34/9/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-23/17/01 Tampa, Fla. L 3-53/31/01 Tampa, Fla. L 0-13/31/01 Tampa, Fla. W 1-04/1/01 Tampa, Fla. W 1-05/10/01 Louisville, Ky. L 0-55/11/01 Louisville, Ky, L 1-64/13/02 Tampa, Fla. W 4-04/13/02 Tampa, Fla. W 2-04/14/02 Tampa, Fla. W 8-03/15/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-23/15/03 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-13/16/03 Birmingham, Ala. L 0-74/17/04 Tampa, Fla. L 0-34/18/04 Tampa, Fla. L 0-84/9/05 Birmingham, Ala. W 7-14/9/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-74/10/05 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-82/24/07 Tampa, Fla. L 2-42/25/07 Tampa, Fla. W 2-12/18/11 Clearwater, Fla. W 6-2

UTEP 10-85/6/06 El Paso, Texas W 5-15/6/06 El Paso, Texas W 7-15/7/06 El Paso, Texas L 1-53/24/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 4-23/24/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-33/25/07 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-03/8/08 El Paso, Texas L 0-33/8/08 El Paso, Texas L 0-83/9/08 El Paso, Texas L 2-103/28/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-73/28/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 9-43/29/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 1-64/24/10 El Paso, Texas L 3-54/24/10 El Paso, Texas L 8-94/25/10 El Paso, Texas W 4-24/2/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-14/2/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 11-44/3/11 Birmingham, Ala. W 8-0

Virginia 0-12/25/06 Chattanooga, Tenn. L 3-4

Virginia Tech 2-02/10/07 Decatur, Ga. W 5-12/17/07 Auburn, Ga. W 10-9

Western Illinois 1-23/5/00 Birmingham, Ala. L 3-44/7/09 Birmingham, Ala. L 2-84/7/09 Birmingham, Ala. W 5-2

Western Kentucky 2-04/10/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 3-14/10/08 Birmingham, Ala. W 6-1

Western Michigan 1-03/6/10 Clearwater, Fla. W 5-3

Wichita State 0-12/18/00 Auburn, Ala. L 3-4

All-Time Records vs. Opponents

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2/8 at Auburn L 3-72/12 Samford W 2-02/12 Samford L 3-72/17 Jacksonville State W 7-02/17 Jacksonville State L 2-42/18 at Auburn (1) W 5-42/18 vs. Wichita State (1) L 3-42/19 vs. Indiana State (1) W 9-42/19 vs. Jacksonville State (1) W 1-02/20 vs. Jacksonville State (1) L 1-152/23 at Alabama L 1-72/24 Drake L 1-32/24 Drake L 1-52/26 at Georgia L 0-22/26 at Georgia L 0-72/27 at Georgia L 5-62/28 Louisiana Tech L 2-42/28 Louisiana Tech L 0-13/2 at Jacksonville State W 4-03/2 at Jacksonville State L 0-63/4 Centenary (La.) W 8-03/4 Centenary (La.) W 7-13/5 Western Illinois L 3-43/7 Creighton L 3-43/11 Robert Morris (2) W 10-23/11 Siena (2) W 5-33/14 Penn (2) W 8-03/14 Stephen F. Austin (2) L 1-23/15 Fairfield (2) L 8-93/15 Liberty (2) W 7-33/18 Connecticut L 0-43/18 Connecticut L 2-63/22 at Mississippi State L 1-43/25 Louisville * L 0-83/25 Louisville * L 1-43/26 Louisville * L 2-33/28 Alabama A&M W 17-33/28 Alabama A&M W 11-04/1 at Charlotte * W 7-04/1 at Charlotte * W 5-44/2 at Charlotte * W 9-34/8 USF L 0-14/9 USF L 1-34/9 USF L 0-24/16 Georgia State L 2-34/18 Auburn L 3-74/22 at Southern Miss * L 0-94/22 at Southern Miss * L 0-64/23 at Southern Miss * L 0-84/27 at Samford W 1-04/27 Samford W 4-24/29 Saint Louis * W 4-04/29 Saint Louis * W 10-14/30 Saint Louis * W 1-05/4 at Illinois-Chicago L 2-55/6 at DePaul * L 0-55/6 at DePaul * L 2-35/7 at DePaul * L 0-85/11 vs. Louisville (3) L 1-25/11 vs. Charlotte (3) W 2-15/12 vs. DePaul (3) L 1-4

1 - Tiger Invitational (Auburn, Ala.)2 - Rebel Spring Games (Winter Garden, Fla.)3 - Conference USA Tournament (Hattiesburg, Miss.)

2000Overall: 28-38 • C-USA: 6-12

2/10 Troy L 0-12/10 Troy L 1-32/15 at Georgia L 0-12/15 at Georgia W 5-12/16 vs. Marshall (1) L 3-42/16 vs. Charleston Southern (1) W 6-02/17 vs. Lipscomb (1) L 3-52/17 at Georgia (1) L 2-42/18 vs. Marshall (1) W 4-22/18 at Georgia (1) L 0-22/20 Jacksonville State L 1-42/20 Jacksonville State L 0-32/24 Alabama A&M W 8-02/24 Alabama A&M W 8-03/1 Oakland W 5-13/1 Oakland L 1-43/2 vs. Jacksonville State (2) W 3-13/2 at Chattanooga (2) W 4-33/3 vs. Jacksonville State (2) W 8-63/3 vs. Notre Dame (2) L 1-93/9 vs. Auburn (3) L 2-63/9 vs. Ball State (3) L 3-63/10 vs. Alabama A&M (3) W 17-13/10 at Samford (3) W 4-33/10 vs. Austin Peay (3) W 7-13/11 vs. Ball State (3) L 3-93/15 vs. Northern Illinois(4) W 3-23/15 vs. Fordham (4) W 10-23/16 vs. Colgate (4) W 2-13/16 vs. Texas A&M (4) L 8-93/17 vs. Colgate (4) W 2-03/17 at USF (4) L 3-53/24 Southern Miss * L 0-103/24 Southern Miss * W 4-23/25 Southern Miss * L 1-63/27 Georgia State L 0-33/27 Georgia State L 1-33/31 at USF * L 0-13/31 at USF * W 1-04/1 at USF * W 1-04/7 DePaul * L 0-34/7 DePaul * L 0-94/8 DePaul * L 0-54/11 at Middle Tennessee L 0-84/11 at Middle Tennessee L 0-24/13 at Saint Louis * W 1-04/13 at Saint Louis * W 5-14/14 at Saint Louis * W 4-24/21 at Louisville * L 1-34/21 at Louisville * L 6-7422 at Louisville * L 2-44/26 at Jacksonville State L 0-34/26 at Jacksonville State L 0-64/28 Charlotte * W 4-04/28 Charlotte * W 5-34/29 Charlotte * W 7-15/5 at Houston * W 6-45/5 at Houston * L 0-35/6 at Houston * L 0-25/10 vs. USF (5) L 0-55/10 vs. Saint Louis (5) W 2-15/11 vs. USF (5) L 1-6

1 - Georgia Bulldog Classic (Athens, Ga.)2 - Frost Cutlery Tournament (Chattanooga, Tenn.)3 - Samford Invitational (Pelham, Ala.)4 - USF/Clearwater Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)5 - Conference USA Tournament (Louisville, Ky.)

2001Overall: 27-35 • C-USA: 10-11

2/9 at Troy W 1-02/9 at Troy L 0-12/14 at Georgia State W 6-42/14 at Georgia State W 3-12/16 vs. Jacksonville State (1) L 1-42/16 at South Carolina (1) L 0-52/17 vs. Tennessee Tech (1) W 3-12/17 vs. East Tennessee State (1) W 4-12/23 Centenary (La.) W 9-02/24 Alabama A&M W 11-12/24 Alabama A&M W 25-02/25 Oakland W 6-22/25 Oakland W 3-03/2 vs. McNeese State (2) W 8-13/2 at LSU (2) L 0-33/3 vs. Long Island (2) L 1-23/5 at Jacksonville State L 1-33/5 at Jacksonville State L 3-73/8 vs. Birmingham-Southern (3) W 1-03/8 at Samford (3) W 3-03/9 vs. Birmingham-Southern (3) W 2-03/9 at Samford (3) W 7-33/11 Lipscomb W 8-23/11 Lipscomb W 9-03/12 Saint Louis * W 1-03/12 Saint Louis * W 4-23/13 Saint Louis * W 4-33/26 at East Carolina * W 1-03/26 at East Carolina * L 1-33/27 at East Carolina * W 3-13/29 at Southern Miss * L 0-13/29 at Southern Miss * L 0-43/30 at Southern Miss * L 0-44/2 Middle Tennessee L 3-44/2 Middle Tennessee W 1-04/6 Charlotte * W 3-04/6 Charlotte * L 5-64/7 Charlotte * W 1-04/11 at Florida State L 0-94/11 at Florida State L 3-54/13 at USF * W 4-04/13 at USF * W 2-04/14 at USF * W 8-04/20 Louisville * L 1-24/20 Louisville * W 3-24/21 Louisville * L 1-24/22 at Lipscomb W 10-04/22 at Lipscomb W 9-04/27 Houston * W 4-14/27 Houston * W 4-14/28 Houston * W 9-15/4 at DePaul * L 0-125/4 at DePaul * L 4-85/5 at DePaul * L 0-45/9 vs. East Carolina (4) W 2-15/9 vs. Southern Miss (4) W 6-05/10 vs. DePaul (4) L 1-105/11 vs. Southern Miss (4) W 2-15/11 vs. DePaul (4) L 1-2

1 - South Carolina Tournament (Columbia, S.C.)2 - LSU Purple and Gold Challenge (Baton Rouge, La.)3 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - Conference USA Tournament (Tampa, Fla.)

2002Overall: 39-22 • C-USA: 14-10

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2/8 Troy W 2-02/8 Troy L 2-32/12 Mississippi State L 0-22/14 at Oklahoma (1) L 0-72/14 at Oklahoma (1) W 6-52/15 vs. Creighton (1) W 5-32/15 vs. Creighton (1) W 3-02/19 Georgia State W 2-12/19 Georgia State W 3-02/22 at Baylor (2) L 0-62/22 vs. Louisiana Tech (2) W 8-12/22 vs. Tulsa (2) W 2-12/23 vs. Tulsa (2) L 2-42/23 vs. Louisiana Tech (2) L 1-42/25 at Auburn W 4-03/1 vs. Cal State Northridge (3) W 6-53/7 vs. Samford (4) L 0-13/7 at Birmingham-Southern (4) W 11-03/8 vs. Samford (4) W 11-83/8 at Birmingham-Southern (4) W 6-13/11 Southern Illinois L 2-33/11 Southern Illinois L 3-53/12 at Middle Tennessee L 1-33/12 at Middle Tennessee W 15-33/15 USF * L 1-23/15 USF * W 3-13/16 USF * L 0-73/18 Samford W 1-03/21 DePaul * L 1-83/22 DePaul * L 1-43/22 DePaul * L 1-23/26 Auburn L 2-53/29 at Saint Louis * L 0-33/29 at Saint Louis * W 10-03/30 at Saint Louis * L 0-14/1 at Louisville * L 0-24/1 at Louisville * W 6-34/2 at Louisville * L 2-114/5 East Carolina * W 5-04/5 East Carolina * W 2-04/6 East Carolina * W 5-24/12 at Houston * L 3-44/12 at Houston * L 0-104/13 at Houston * L 2-44/15 at Stephen F. Austin W 1-04/15 at Stephen F. Austin W 3-24/22 at Mississippi State W 3-04/26 at Charlotte * W 8-44/26 at Charlotte * W 4-14/27 at Charlotte * W 6-44/29 at Samford L 0-15/3 Southern Miss * L 0-15/3 Southern Miss * L 0-25/4 Southern Miss * W 1-05/8 vs. Houston (5) L 1-75/9 vs. Louisville (5) L 0-1

1 - OU/Nike Classic (Norman, Okla.)2 - Compass Bank Invitational (Waco, Texas)3 - Red Dirt Classic (Las Vegas, Nev.)4 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)5 - Conference USA Tournament (Houston, Texas)

2/5 at Hawai’i (1) W 4-32/6 vs. Tennessee (1) L 1-92/6 vs. Saint Mary (Calif.; 1) L 1-22/7 vs. Brigham Young (1) L 1-22/7 vs. Oregon State (1) L 0-32/8 vs. Saint Mary (Calif.; 1) L 1-52/17 Auburn L 3-42/24 at Jacksonville State L 8-92/24 at Jacksonville State L 2-52/27 vs. Texas Tech (2) W 7-62/27 vs. Drake (2) L 2-92/28 at Tulsa (2) W 3-12/28 vs. Centenary (La.; 2) W 2-13/5 vs. Birmingham-Southern (3) W 6-03/5 vs. Samford (3) W 2-13/6 vs. Birmingham-Southern (3) W 2-13/6 vs. Samford (3) W 4-33/9 Charlotte * L 1-43/9 Charlotte * W 5-03/10 Charlotte * W 3-23/12 vs. Bowling Green (4) W 8-33/12 at College of Charleston (4) L 1-23/13 vs. East Carolina (4) L 0-43/13 at College of Charleston (4) W 4-33/14 vs. Bowling Green (4) W 1-03/14 vs. East Carolina (4) L 3-43/16 at East Carolina * L 3-63/16 at East Carolina * L 2-53/17 at East Carolina * L 1-23/20 at Chattanooga L 0-103/20 at Chattanooga W 7-13/22 Middle Tennessee W 5-43/22 Middle Tennessee L 5-63/27 Louisville * W 2-13/27 Louisville * L 3-43/28 Louisville * L 0-54/3 at Southern Miss * L 4-54/3 at Southern Miss * L 3-44/4 at Southern Miss * L 1-44/9 Houston * L 4-64/9 Houston * L 0-64/10 Houston * L 5-74/17 at USF * L 0-44/17 at USF * L 0-34/18 at USF * L 0-84/21 Tennessee Tech L 2-34/21 Tennessee Tech L 4-74/22 Samford L 0-44/27 Mississippi State L 3-114/28 at Mississippi State L 0-75/1 Saint Louis * W 2-15/1 Saint Louis * W 3-15/2 Saint Louis * W 10-65/8 at DePaul * L 0-85/8 at DePaul * L 1-35/9 at DePaul * W 4-1

1 - Paradise Classic (Honolulu, Hawai’i)2 - Tulsa Festival (Tulsa, Okla.)3 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)4 - Cougar Classic (Charleston, S.C.)

2004Overall: 20-36 • C-USA: 7-17

2/4 vs. Georgia Southern (1) W 5-42/4 at Alabama (1) L 0-82/5 vs. Evansville (1) W 2-12/5 vs. Evansville (1) W 7-62/6 at Alabama (1) L 1-22/11 vs. Fordham (2) W 3-22/11 at Florida International (2) L 0-32/12 vs. Mercer (2) W 5-02/12 vs. Fordham (2) L 0-92/13 vs. Mercer (2) L 0-22/15 Alabama A&M W 1-02/15 Alabama A&M W 8-02/16 at Auburn L 0-142/22 Jacksonville State L 3-72/22 Jacksonville State W 8-72/25 vs. Sacramento State (3) L 0-12/25 vs. UC Davis (3) L 3-42/26 at Stanford (3) L 4-52/26 vs. Texas Tech (3) L 0-12/27 vs. Auburn (3) L 1-83/2 Georgia Tech L 0-33/5 vs. Birmingham-Southern (4) W 4-33/5 at Samford (4) W 6-13/6 vs. Birmingham-Southern (4) L 0-33/6 Samford (4) W 2-13/8 Mississippi State L 3-83/9 at Troy L 0-103/9 at Troy L 4-103/15 East Carolina * W 3-13/15 East Carolina * L 3-83/16 East Carolina * L 3-83/18 at Georgia State W 7-43/18 at Georgia State W 5-23/25 DePaul * L 0-13/25 DePaul * W 2-03/26 DePaul * L 0-63/29 at Louisville * L 0-83/29 at Louisville * L 0-13/30 at Louisville * L 1-64/1 at Saint Louis * L 0-24/1 at Saint Louis * W 11-14/2 at Saint Louis * W 3-24/5 at Alabama A&M L 5-64/5 at Alabama A&M W 11-14/9 USF * W 7-14/9 USF * L 2-74/10 USF * L 2-84/12 at Mississippi State L 1-114/16 at Georgia Tech L 4-84/16 at Georgia Tech L 0-94/23 at Charlotte * W 1-04/23 at Charlotte * L 2-34/24 at Charlotte L 12-194/30 Southern Miss * L 3-74/30 Southern Miss * L 2-75/1 Southern Miss * W 12-115/4 Chattanooga W 6-35/4 Chattanooga W 8-25/7 at Houston * L 2-65/7 at Houston * L 3-4

1 - Bama Bash (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)2 - FIU Invite (Miami, Fla.)3 - Stanford Invitational (Stanford, Calif.)4 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)

2005Overall: 23-37 • C-USA: 7-16

Year By Year Results2003

Overall: 28-28 • C-USA: 10-14

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2/17 vs. Nicholls State (1) W 11-52/17 vs. Arkansas (1) W 9-12/21 Auburn L 0-82/24 vs. East Tennessee State (2) W 13-32/24 vs. Belmont (2) W 8-02/25 vs. Virginia (2) L 3-42/25 vs. Bowling Green (2) L 3-62/26 vs. Miami (Ohio; 2) L 3-72/26 at Chattanooga (2) L 4-52/28 Nicholls State W 7-12/28 Nicholls State W 3-23/4 vs. Samford (3) W 6-53/4 at Birmingham-Southern (3) L 3-63/5 vs. Samford (3) W 5-33/5 at Birmingham-Southern (3) W 6-13/7 Troy W 2-03/7 Troy W 10-23/11 Memphis * W 2-13/11 Memphis * W 8-33/11 Memphis * L 3-73/15 at Jacksonville State W 6-33/15 at Jacksonville State W 9-23/18 at East Carolina * W 3-13/18 at East Carolina * W 3-23/19 at East Carolina * W 8-23/24 at Marshall * L 2-33/24 at Marshall * L 0-63/25 at Marshall * L 0-43/28 at Oregon L 2-33/28 at Oregon L 1-43/29 at Oregon State L 0-63/29 at Oregon State L 0-174/1 Tulsa * W 2-14/1 Tulsa * W 4-34/2 Tulsa * L 4-64/6 Georgia State L 5-84/6 Georgia State W 1-04/8 UCF * W 2-14/8 UCF * W 2-04/9 UCF W 7-54/14 at Southern Miss * W 5-34/14 at Southern Miss * L 7-114/15 at Southern Miss * L 3-44/18 Alabama A&M W 8-04/18 Alabama A&M W 5-04/29 Houston * W 6-44/29 Houston * W 8-04/30 Houston * L 0-25/6 at UTEP * W 5-15/6 at UTEP * W 7-15/7 at UTEP * L 1-55/11 vs. East Carolina (4) L 0-85/12 vs. Southern Miss (4) L 1-3

1 - Centenary College Tournament (Shreveport, La.)2 - Panera Bread Challenge (Chattanooga, Tenn.)3 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.) 4 - Conference USA Championship(Tulsa, Okla.)

2006Overall: 31-22 • C-USA: 15-9

2/10 vs. Virginia Tech (1) W 5-12/10 at Georgia State (1) L 2-102/11 vs. Tennessee Tech (1) L 2-82/11 at Georgia State (1) W 18-62/16 vs. Tulsa (2) L 1-32/16 vs. Notre Dame (2) W 8-02/17 vs. Tennessee Tech (2) L 0-102/17 vs. Viriginia Tech (2) W 10-92/18 at Auburn (2) L 1-52/20 Jacksonville State W 2-12/23 vs. Eastern Michigan (3) W 5-02/23 vs. Drake (3) W 10-12/24 at USF (3) L 2-42/24 vs. Drake (3) W 2-02/25 at USF (3) W 2-12/27 at Chattanooga W 3-02/27 at Chattanooga L 2-33/2 Birmingham-Southern (4) L 0-23/2 Samford (4) W 7-23/3 Ohio State (4) L 1-33/3 Birmingham-Southern (4) W 10-23/4 Ohio State (4) W 3-13/4 Samford (4) W 3-13/10 at Tulsa * L 2-33/10 at Tulsa * L 0-83/13 South Alabama W 5-13/13 Southern Illinois W 5-43/14 at Troy L 2-43/14 at Troy W 3-13/17 Marshall W 1-03/17 Marshall L 3-83/18 Marshall W 3-23/20 Mississippi State L 0-53/22 North Florida L 0-13/22 North Florida L 2-43/24 UTEP * W 4-23/24 UTEP * W 5-33/25 UTEP * W 3-03/27 at Kennesaw State W 4-33/27 at Kennesaw State W 5-23/31 at Houston * L 2-33/31 at Houston * L 0-84/1 at Houston * L 0-64/6 East Carolina * W 2-04/6 East Carolina * W 5-24/7 East Carolina * W 4-24/14 at UCF * W 4-24/14 at UCF * L 2-54/15 at UCF * L 0-14/17 at Mississippi State L 1-44/21 Southern Miss * W 4-34/21 Southern Miss * W 12-54/22 Southern Miss * L 3-44/28 at Memphis * L 1-24/28 at Memphis * L 4-54/29 at Memphis * L 1-25/3 Chattanooga W 3-25/3 Chattanooga W 7-3

1 - Georgia State First Pitch Classic (Decatur, Ga.)2 - Auburn Tiger Invitational (Auburn, Ala.)3 - USF “The Game” Invitational (Tampa, Fla.)4 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala.)

2007Overall: 31-27 • C-USA: 10-13

2/7 at Mississippi Valley W 5-2 2/8 vs. Arkansas (1) L 5-6 2/8 vs. Arkansas (1) W 4-22/9 vs. Centenary (1) W 2-02/9 vs. Centenary (1) W 3-02/10 vs. Oklahoma State (1) W 3-22/10 vs. Oklahoma State (1) L 0-22/15 vs. Bethune-Cookman (2) W 2-02/15 vs. Michigan State (2) L 1-52/16 vs. Jacksonville (2) W 6-42/17 at Florida State (2) L 1-42/19 Kennesaw State L 2-52/19 Kennesaw State W 5-22/22 vs. Sacramento State (3) L 8-152/22 vs. California (3) L 2-102/23 vs. Santa Clara (3) W 9-12/24 at Cal Poly (3) L 2-52/29 vs. Alabama State (4) W 5-22/29 vs. Birmingham-Southern (4) W 12-03/1 vs. Samford (4) W 4-33/1 vs. Georgia Southern (4) L 0-23/2 vs. Columbia (4) W 7-03/4 at #18 Mississippi State L 0-73/6 #2 Alabama L 1-103/8 at UTEP* L 0-33/8 at UTEP* L 0-83/9 at UTEP* L 2-103/15 UCF* W 2-03/15 UCF* L 2-33/16 UCF* L 0-23/18 at South Alabama L 1-33/18 at South Alabama L 3-53/21 Memphis* W 6-43/22 Memphis* W 9-13/22 Memphis* W 4-33/25 at #2 Alabama L 1-83/29 at Southern Miss* L 1-83/29 at Southern Miss* W 3-03/30 at Southern Miss* L 1-74/2 at Chattanooga L 3-44/2 at Chattanooga L 1-24/3 Mississippi Valley L 1-24/5 Tulsa* L 1-24/5 Tulsa* W 6-54/6 Tulsa* W 3-2 4/10 Western Kentucky W 3-1 4/10 Western Kentucky W 6-1 4/12 at Marshall* L 4-6 4/12 at Marshall* W 3-0 4/13 at Marshall* L 0-11 4/17 Troy L 5-7 4/17 Troy L 3-5 4/26 #9 Houston* L 0-4 4/26 #9 Houston* L 3-8 4/27 #9 Houston* L 0-8 5/3 at East Carolina* L 1-3 5/3 at East Carolina* W 2-05/4 at East Carolina* L 2-35/8 vs. Memphis (5) L 6-8

1 - Century Bank Classic (Texarkana, Ark.)2 - Seminole Classic (Tallahassee, Fla.)3 - Mustang Classic (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)4 - Magic City Classic (Hoover, Ala.)5 - Conference USA Championship (Houston, Texas)* = Conference game

2008Overall: 24-35 • C-USA: 9-15

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2010Overall: 37-22 • C-USA: 15-9

Year By Year Results

2/5 vs. #19 LSU (1) L 5-102/6 vs. #10 Oklahoma (1) L 0-182/6 at Hawai’i (1) W 2-02/7 vs. #19 LSU (1) W 5-32/7 vs. #10 Oklahoma (1) L 1-132/20 vs. Texas State (2) L 0-32/21 vs. Northern Iowa (2) L 2-112/21 at #22 LSU (2) L 3-82/22 at #22 LSU (2) L 0-112/22 vs. Northern Iowa (2) L 4-5 2/24 Alabama A&M W 8-02/24 Alabama A&M W 15-22/28 vs. Northern Illinois (3) W 16-32/28 vs. Alabama State (3) W 14-93/4 at #1 Alabama L 1-83/7 Southern Miss* W 7-23/7 Southern Miss L 0-53/8 Southern Miss W 1-03/10 vs. #2 Alabama L 3-63/11 Saint Louis L 1-93/11 Saint Louis W 6-53/14 at UCF* L 0-73/14 at UCF* W 7-43/15 at UCF* L 5-63/21 East Carolina* L 1-3 3/21 East Carolina* L 1-33/22 East Carolina* L 1-23/24 Mississippi State L 7-9 3/28 UTEP* L 3-73/28 UTEP* W 9-43/29 UTEP* L 1-64/4 at Houston* L 6-114/4 at Houston* L 2-34/5 at Houston* L 2-34/7 Western Kentucky L 2-84/7 Western Kentucky W 5-24/10 at Tulsa* L 2-44/10 at Tulsa* L 2-34/11 at Tulsa* L 5-134/16 Chattanooga L 2-44/16 Chattanooga W 5-14/18 Marshall* W 4-04/18 Marshall* L 1-74/19 Marshall* W 6-4 4/22 at Kennesaw State W 2-14/22 at Kennesaw State W 5-24/23 at Samford L 1-34/24 at Troy L 1-44/24 at Troy L 0-44/28 at Memphis* W 9-04/28 at Memphis* L 1-54/29 at Memphis* W 14-05/2 at Samford W 4-35/7 Memphis W 1-55/7 at Tulsa (4) L 3-7 1 - Hawaii Paradise Classic (Honolulu, Hawaii)2 - Purple and Gold Challenge (Baton Rouge, La.)3 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala)4 - Conference USA Championship (El Paso, Texas)* Conference Game

2009Overall: 21-34 • C-USA: 8-16

2/13 vs. Stephen F. Austin (1) W 5-12/13 at Mississippi State (1) L 0-42/14 vs. Stephen F. Austin (1) W 8-12/14 at Mississippi State (1) L 2-62/19 vs. Northwestern State (2) L 2-32/20 vs. Nicholls State (2) W 3-12/20 vs. Northwestern State (2) W 5-22/21 vs. South Alabama (2) W 6-02/23 #8 Alabama L 3-72/26 vs. Troy (3) W 4-12/27 vs. Alabama State (3) W 11-32/27 at Samford (3) W 8-22/28 vs. Nicholls State (3) W 7-23/5 vs. Radford (4) W 4-13/5 vs. Ball State (4) L 2-33/6 vs. Central Michigan (4) W 10-63/6 vs. Western Michigan (4) W 5-33/7 vs. Boston University (4) W 4-33/9 Jacksonville State W 13-53/13 Tulsa* L 4-53/13 Tulsa* W 4-33/14 Tulsa* L 1-43/19 at Marshall* W 4-33/20 at Marshall* W 8-33/20 at Marshall* L 2-33/24 at #5 Alabama L 2-64/2 Houston* W 3-24/2 Houston* W 8-24/3 Houston* W 11-34/5 Kennesaw State W 4-24/5 Kennesaw State W 7-04/7 South Alabama L 1-24/8 at Jacksonville State L 1-24/10 at East Carolina* W 2-04/10 at East Carolina* W 5-04/11 at East Carolina* L 0-24/13 Samford W 4-34/14 at Chattanooga W 3-14/14 at Chattanooga L 1-24/17 UCF* W 2-14/17 UCF* W 5-24/18 UCF* L 3-44/20 at Lipscomb L 0-14/20 at Lipscomb W 7-54/21 at Samford W 7-14/24 at UTEP* L 3-54/24 at UTEP* L 8-94/25 at UTEP* W 4-24/27 Troy W 3-25/1 Memphis* L 1-45/1 Memphis* W 5-25/2 Memphis* W 1-05/8 at Southern Miss* W 7-15/8 at Southern Miss* L 0-35/9 at Southern Miss* W 6-15/13 at Houston (5) L 0-35/21 vs. Lipscomb (6) L 1-45/22 vs. Alcorn State (6) W 10-15/22 vs. Lipscomb (6) L 6-7

1 - Bulldog Classic (Starkville, Miss.)2 - South Alabama Invitational (Mobile, Ala.)3 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala)4 - USF Under Armour Invitational (Clearwater, Fla.)5 - Conference USA Championship (Houston, Texas)6 - NCAA Regional (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)* Conference Game

2011Overall: 39-19 • C-USA: 17-6

2/11 vs. Jacksonville State (1) L 4-52/11 vs. South Alabama (1) L 2-42/12 vs. Samford (1) W 7-32/12 vs. Troy (1) L 0-22/13 vs. Alabama A&M (1) W 8-02/18 vs. Indiana (2) L 2-82/18 at USF (2) W 6-22/19 vs. Ole Miss (2) W 3-02/19 vs. #25 DePaul (2) L 0-12/20 vs. Fordham (2) W 2-02/22 #2 Alabama L 0-32/25 Radford (3) W 7-52/26 Stephen F. Austin (3) W 2-02/26 Eastern Illinois (3) W 3-02/27 Alabama State (3) W 6-03/1 Mississippi State W 8-03/4 vs. UMass (4) W 1-03/4 vs. Georgia State (4) W 3-03/6 vs. UNC Greensboro (4) W 8-73/6 at Georgia Tech (4) L 0-83/12 at #25 Houston* W 3-13/12 at #25 Houston* W 1-03/13 at #25 Houston* W 2-13/15 Murray State W 4-03/15 Murray State L 0-23/19 Southern Miss* W 3-13/19 Southern Miss* W 6-13/20 Southern Miss* W 6-23/22 at Samford W 3-13/22 at Samford W 11-23/26 at UCF* L 0-63/26 at UCF* W 5-13/27 at UCF* W 5-34/2 UTEP* W 3-14/2 UTEP* W 11-44/3 UTEP* W 8-04/7 Chattanooga L 3-114/7 Chattanooga W 1-04/12 at Kennesaw State W 2-04/12 at Kennesaw State L 0-64/14 at Jacksonville State W 7-04/16 East Carolina* L 2-34/16 East Carolina* W 2-04/17 East Carolina* L 2-64/19 at Troy W 4-24/22 at Tulsa* L 1-24/22 at Tulsa* W 7-64/23 at Tulsa* L 0-14/30 at Memphis* W 4-24/30 at Memphis* L 0-15/5 Jacksonville State W 1-05/7 Marshall* W 4-25/7 Marshall* W 3-05/8 Marshall* W 6-55/12 UCF (5) L 1-25/20 vs. Florida State (6) W 2-05/21 at #8 Georgia (6) L 2-95/21 vs. Florida State (6) L 1-13

1 - Hibbett/Easton All-Alabama Classic (Vestavia Hills, Ala.)2 - USF Tournament (Clearwater, Fla.)3 - Magic City Classic (Birmingham, Ala)4 - Buzz Classic (Woodstock, Ga.)5 - Conference USA Championship (Greenville, N.C.)6 - NCAA Regional (Athens, Ga.)* Conference Game

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C-USA All-Tournament Team2002: Sara Christophel Candice Hithe Megan Stephenson

First-Team All-C-USA2011: Caley Walden2010: Martina Landrum Mandy Lowman Kayla Orr2007: Lindsay Stanley2006: Holly Krzan Lindsay Stanley2002: Cliffanie Engram Candice Hithe2000: Cliffanie Engram

Second-Team All-C-USA2011: Mandy Lowman2010: Alisha Smith Lauren Webster2007: Holly Krzan2006: Kayla Harris Jennifer Nelson2005: Lindsay Stanley2004: Beth Mullins2002: Kai Paul Megan Stephenson Kelli Thompson2001: Cliffanie Engram Candice Hithe2000: Kerri Foster

All-Freshman Team2011: Leigh Streetman2010: Kate Armstrong Lauren Webster2009: Catherine Crawford2008: Laura Callaway Caley Walden2006: Kayla Harris Andrea Rogers2005: Amanda Antonovich2004: Holly Krzan2003: Amanda Byrne2002: Kristin Stanfill2001: Amanda Ellis Beth Mullins Emily Scarbrough2000: Cliffanie Engram Holly Groves Candice Hithe

C-USA Newcomers of the Year2010: Alisha Smith2009: Martina Landrum

C-USA Freshman of the Year2010: Lauren Webster

Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division I All-Region teamsFirst Team:2010: Mandy Lowman Kayla OrrSecond Team:2011: Leigh Streetman2010: Martina Landrum Lauren Webster2009: Martina Landrum

C-USA All-Academic Team2011: Catherine Crawford Mandy Lowman Sallie Van Kirk2010: Mandy Lowman2009: Andrea Rogers2008: Holly Krzan2007: Holly Krzan

C-USA Academic Medal Winners2011: Catherine Crawford Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Heather Pearson Sallie Van Kirk2010: Kate Armstrong Catherine Crawford Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Sallie Van Kirk2009: Catherine Crawford Maegan Hornsby Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Erica Sisson Tiffany Smith Sara Swepston2008: Stevie Bennett Natalie Mitchell Sarah Nickey2007: Stevie Bennett2006: Shannon Scull2003: Meredith Giangrosso

C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll2011: Kate Armstrong Catherine Crawford Hailey Glynn Maegan Hornsby Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Heather Pearson Erica Sisson Alisha Smith Tiffany Smith Amber Torres Sallie Van Kirk Caley Walden Lauren Webster2010: Kate Armstrong Laura Callaway Catherine Crawford Hailey Glynn Maegan Hornsby Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Andrea Rogers Erica Sisson Alisha Smith Tiffany Smith Amber Torres Sallie Van Kirk Caley Walden Lauren Webster2009: Catherine Crawford Maegan Hornsby Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Andrea Rogers Erica Sisson Tiffany Smith Sara Swepston Amber Torres

2008: Stevie Bennett Amanda Davis Betonya Hunt Holly Krzan Natalie Mitchell Sarah Nickey Andrea Rogers Caley Walden2007: Stevie Bennett Amanda Crumpton Amanda Davis Brittany Hodge Betonya Hunt Krystal Johnson Holly Krzan Andrea Rogers Ashley Thomas2006: Jessica Allred Allison Davis Brittany Hodge Betonya Hunt Holly Krzan Jacy Leon Chelsea McCall Shannon Scull Shundale Thomas2005: Jessi Allred Amanda Byrne Allison Davis Brittany Hodge Betonya Hunt Holly Krzan Kris Lara Erica Mascarenas Chelsea McCall Dusti Roberts Jenna Robison Leigh Walker2004: Amanda Byrne Allison Davis Kitty Hayes Tara Higashino Brittany Hodge Holly Krzan Kris Lara Erica Mascarenas Chelsea McCall Dusti Roberts Jenna Robison 2003: Amanda Byrne Brandy Ensey Kerri Foster Meredith Giangrosso Tara Higashino Candice Hithe Kris Lara Jennifer McClure2002: Carrie Christophel Sara Christophel Kerri Foster Candice Hithe Kristine Lara Kai Paul Emily Scarbrough Megan Stephenson2001: Kerri Foster Candice Hithe Carrie Parker Kai Paul Emily Scarbrough Megan Stephenson2000: Lauren Ferreiro Kerri Foster

Desi Gunter Andrea Hatcher Candice Hithe Kelly Lamb Micheline Meek Carrie Parker Yaritza Santiago Megan Stephenson Krista Woods

ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA All-District IV TeamsSecond Team:2010: Mandy Lowman

Capital One Academic All-District TeamsFirst Team:2011: Sallie Van KirkSecond Team2011: Natalie Mitchell

NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes2009: Catherine Crawford Maegan Hornsby Mandy Lowman Natalie Mitchell Andrea Rogers Erica Sisson Tiffany Smith Sara Swepston2008: Stevie Bennett Holly Krzan Natalie Mitchell Sarah Nickey2007: Stevie Bennett2006: Jacy Leon Shannon Scull2005: Amanda Byrne Kris Lara Erica Mascarenas Chelsea McCall Dusti Roberts Jenna Robison2004: Amanda Byrne Allison Davis Amanda Ellis2003: Kris Lara Amanda Byrne2002: Candice Hithe Kris Lara Emily Scarbrough2001: Megan Stephenson

C-USA Spirit of Service Award2010: Mandy Lowman

National Strength & Conditioning All-American2007: Holly Krzan2005: Kris Lara2004: Amanda Ellis2003: Candice Hithe

Honors and Awards

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Letterwinners-- A --

Amanda Allen 2008-09Amanda Antonovich 2005-07Kate Armstrong 2010-

-- B --Lucy Bass 2000-01Stevie Bennett 2007-08Issa Brown 2010-Jessica Brown 2000-01Amanda Byrne 2003-05Mary Kendall Butler 2007-08

-- C --Lannah Campbell 2011-Laura Callaway 2008-09Carrie Christophel 2003-05Sara Christophel 2002-05Amanda Crumpton 2007-08

-- D --Allison Davis 2004-07Catherine Crawford 2009-

-- E--Amanda Ellis 2001-04Cliffanie Engram 2000-03

-- F --Lauren Ferreiro 2000Kerri Foster 2000-03

-- G --Hailey Glynn 2010-Holly Groves 2000Adrienne Guilbeau 2000-01Desi Gunter 2000

-- H --Kayla Harris 2006-09Candice Hithe 2000-03Tara Higashino 2003-04Brittany Hodge 2004-07Maegan Hornsby 2009 Betonya Hunt 2006-07

-- K --Anna Kimbrell 2011Holly Krzan 2004, 2006-08Alexis Kreske 2003

-- L --Kelly Lamb 2000Martina Landrum 2008-10Kris Lara 2002-05Mandy Lowman 2009-

-- M --Erica Mascarenas 2004-05

Chelsea McCall 2003-06Kristen McGrath 2011-Megan McGrath 2011-Micheline Meek 2000Natalie Mitchell 2008-11Beth Mullins 2001-04

-- N --Jennifer Nelson 2005-08

-- O --Kayla Orr 2008-

-- P --Carrie Parker 2000-01Kai Paul 2001-02Kristi Perkins 2000Andrea Pierson 2003-05 Donna Plath 2008-11Jennifer Polsteen 2000

-- R --Jennifer Renfro 2000Dusti Roberts 2005Jenna Robison 2004-05Andrea Rogers 2006-09Amber Rouse 2001

-- S --Yaritza Santiago 2000Emily Scarbrough 2001-02Erica Sisson 2009- Cameron Skates 2007-10Kristin Stanfill 2002-03Lindsay Stanley 2004-07Leigh Streetman 2011-Jessica Smith 2000-01Alisha Smith 2010-11Tiffany Smith 2009- Megan Stephenson 2000, 2002Nicole Stout 2000

-- T --Lauren Terry 2004Kelli Thompson 2000-03Amber Torres 2009-

-- V --Sallie Van Kirk 2010-11Aimee Vaughn 2002

-- W --Caley Walden 2008-11Leigh Walker 2005-08Lauren Webster 2010-Nicole Whitlock 2004-07Krista Woods 2000Mandie Wyatt 2001

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Yearly LeadersHitting

Batting Average2000 Cliffanie Engram ........ .2972001 Cliffanie Engram ........ .3012002 Candice Hithe ............. .3252003 Sara Christophel ......... .3072004 Beth Mullins ................ .3112005 Lindsay Stanley ........... .3352006 Lindsay Stanley ........... .3442007 Lindsay Stanley ........... .3592008 Andrea Rogers ............ .2982009 Martina Landrum ..... ..3582010 Martina Landrum ...... .3702011 Caley Walden ............. .326

Slugging Percentage2000 Cliffanie Engram ........ .4292001 Cliffanie Engram ........ .4902002 Kai Paul ........................ .4822003 Sara Christophel ......... .4232004 Sara Christophel ......... .4602005 Sara Christophel ......... .4172006 Holly Krzan ................. .5452007 Andrea Rogers ............ .545

2008 Holly Krzan ................. .4332009 Amanda Allen ............. .5332010 Kayla Orr ................. .5652011 Kayla Orr ................ .406

On-Base Percentage2000 Jessica Brown .............. .348 2001 Candice Hithe ............. .361 2002 Candice Hithe ............. .3792003 Sara Christophel ......... .358 2004 Beth Mullins ................ .3792005 Lindsay Stanley ........... .3812006 Andrea Rogers ............ .4592007 Andrea Rogers ............ .4412008 Andrea Rogers ............ .4162009 Martina Landrum ...... .4612010 Martina Landrum ...... .4582011 Mandy Lowman ...... .374

Stolen Base Percentage2000 Cliffanie Engram ........ .8672001 Candice Hithe ............. .9332002 Emily Scarbrough ....... 1.002003 Candice Hithe ............. .8262004 Sara Christophel ......... .9092005 Lindsay Stanley ........... .8612006 Lindsay Stanley ........... .8002007 Lindsay Stanley ........... .8612008 Caley Walden .............. .8822009 Cameron Skates ........1.000 Laura Callaway .........1.0002010 Kayla Orr ............... 1.000 Cameron Skates ........1.000 Caley Walden ............1.0002011 Caley Walden .............. .952

At Bats2000 Jessica Brown ............... 1832001 Cliffanie Engram ......... 1962002 Candice Hithe .............. 1942003 Cliffanie Engram ......... 1752004 Chelsea McCall ............ 1732005 Chelsea McCall ............ 1892006 Lindsay Stanley ............ 1832007 Lindsay Stanley ............ 2092008 Leigh Walker ................ 1732009 Martina Landrum ....... 162 Cameron Skates ........... 1622010 Martina Landrum ....... 1922011 Caley Walden ............... 193

Runs Scored2000 Jessica Brown ................. 342001 Candice Hithe ................ 312002 Candice Htihe ................ 372003 Cliffanie Engram ........... 252004 Holly Krzan .................... 242005 Lindsay Stanley .............. 342006 Andrea Rogers ............... 35 Chelsea McCall .............. 352007 Lindsay Stanley .............. 312008 Holly Krzan .................... 342009 Martina Landrum ........ .402010 Martina Landrum ......... 472011 Caley Walden ................. 32

Hits2000 Cliffanie Engram ........... 542001 Cliffanie Engram ........... 592002 Candice Hithe ................ 632003 Sara Christophel ............ 502004 Beth Mullins ................... 512005 Lindsay Stanley .............. 632006 Lindsay Stanley .............. 632007 Lindsay Stanley .............. 752008 Andrea Rogers ............... 482009 Martina Landrum ........ .582010 Martina Landrum ......... 712011 Caley Walden ................. 63

Runs Batted In2000 Cliffanie Engram ........... 342001 Cliffanie Engram ........... 392002 Kai Paul ........................... 31 Beth Mullins ................... 312003 Cliffanie Engram ........... 25 Kelli Thompson ............. 252004 Beth Mullins ................... 272005 Sara Christophel ............ 292006 Holly Krzan .................... 392007 Andrea Rogers ............... 362008 Holly Krzan .................... 222009 Amanda Allen ............... .372010 Mandy Lowman .......... 442011 Kayla Orr .................... 32

Doubles2000 Lucy Bass ........................ 102001 Cliffanie Engram ........... 122002 Kai Paul ........................... 132003 Kelli Thompson ............. 142004 Sara Christophel ............ 122005 Sara Christophel ............ 102006 Nicole Tumlin ................ 122007 Holly Krzan .................... 172008 Holly Krzan .................... 152009 Laura Callaway ............. .102010 Cameron Skates ............. 172011 Kate Armstrong .......... 11

Triples2000 Cliffanie Engram ............. 32001 Jessica Brown ................... 42002 Seven tied ......................... 12003 Amanda Ellis .................... 3 2004 Amanda Ellis .................... 22005 Chelsea McCall ................ 32006 Chelsea McCall ................ 42007 Leigh Walker .................... 1 Allison Davis .................... 12008 Holly Krzan ...................... 12009 Catherine Crawford ..... .42010 Martina Landrum ........... 52011 Kayla Orr ...................... 2 Mandy Lowman ............ 2

Home Runs2000 Cliffanie Engram ............. 32001 Cliffanie Engram ............. 72002 Kai Paul ............................. 6 Aimee Vaughn ................. 62003 Beth Mullins ..................... 52004 Holly Krzan ...................... 5 Beth Mullins ..................... 52005 Sara Christophel .............. 52006 Andrea Rogers ................. 92007 Andrea Rogers ............... 132008 Leigh Walker .................... 52009 Amanda Allen ............... .102010 Kayla Orr .................... 102011 Kayla Orr ...................... 5 Mandy Lowman ............ 5 Kristen McGrath ........... 5

Total Bases2000 Cliffanie Engram ........... 782001 Cliffanie Engram ........... 962002 Kai Paul ........................... 812003 Sara Christophel ............ 692004 Sara Christophel ............ 742005 Sara Christophel ............ 732006 Holly Krzan .................... 842007 Holly Krzan .................... 872008 Holly Krzan ................... 742009 Catherine Crawford ... .812010 Martina Landrum ....... 1062011 Kayla Orr .................... 73

Walks2000 Jessica Brown ................. 162001 Kelli Thompson ............. 12 Amanda Ellis .................. 12 2002 Beth Mullins ................... 172003 Amanda Ellis .................. 16 Kris Lara ......................... 16 Beth Mullins ................... 162004 Holly Krzan .................... 212005 Leigh Walker .................. 152006 Andrea Rogers ............... 312007 Andrea Rogers ............... 432008 Holly Krzan .................... 342009 Martina Landrum ........ .26

2010 Martina Landrum ......... 312011 Mandy Lowman .......... 29

Stolen Bases2000 Cliffanie Engram ........... 132001 Candice Hithe ................ 282002 Candice Hithe ................ 322003 Candice Hithe ................ 192004 Sara Christophel ............ 102005 Lindsay Stanley .............. 312006 Lindsay Stanley .............. 322007 Lindsay Stanley .............. 312008 Caley Walden ................. 152009 Martina Landrum ......... 382010 Martina Landrum ......... 352011 Caley Walden ................. 20

PitchingEarned Run Average2000 Kerri Foster ................. 1.852001 Kerri Foster ................. 1.962002 Kerri Foster ................. 1.692003 Kelli Thompson .......... 1.742004 Erica Mascarenas ........ 2.462005 Erica Mascarenas ........ 2.132006 Jennifer Nelson ........... 2.082007 Jennifer Nelson ........... 1.432008 Kayla Harris ................ 2.942009 Lindsey Croft .............. 3.612010 Lauren Webster ........ 1.772011 Leigh Streetman ....... 1.34

Opponent Batting Average2000 Kerri Foster ................. .2352001 Kerri Foster ................. .2272002 Kerri Foster ................. .2062003 Kelli Thompson .......... .2162004 Erica Mascarenas ........ .2282005 Erica Mascarenas ........ .2052006 Jennifer Nelson ........... .2082007 Jennifer Nelson ........... .2082008 Jennifer Nelson ........... .2382009 Amber Torres ........... .2832010 Lauren Webster ........ .2002011 Leigh Streetman ....... .192

Innings Pitched2000 Kerri Foster ...............242.02001 Kerri Foster ...............200.12002 Megan Stephenson ...159.22003 Kerri Foster ...............180.22004 Tara Higashino .........190.22005 Amanda Antonovich 114.22006 Jennifer Nelson .........178.12007 Jennifer Nelson .........240.12008 Jennifer Nelson .........225.02009 Lindsey Croft ............166.22010 Alisha Smith ..............185.12011 Leigh Streetman ..... 182.2

Strikeouts2000 Kerri Foster .................. 1362001 Kerri Foster .................. 1672002 Megan Stephenson ...... 1342003 Kerri Foster .................. 1472004 Tara Higashino .............. 732005 Jennifer Nelson ............ 1112006 Jennifer Nelson ............ 2142007 Jennifer Nelson ............ 2562008 Jennifer Nelson ............ 2232009 Lindsey Croft .............. .1142010 Lauren Webster ......... 168 Alisha Smith ................. 1682011 Leigh Streetman ........ 194

Cliffanie Engram2000-03

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Wins2000 Kerri Foster .................... 162001 Kerri Foster .................... 142002 Megan Stephenson ........ 162003 Kerri Foster .................... 142004 Tara Higashino .............. 112005 Jennifer Nelson ................ 92006 Jennifer Nelson .............. 152007 Jennifer Nelson .............. 202008 Jennifer Nelson .............. 142009 Amber Torres ............... .92010 Lauren Webster ........... 172011 Leigh Streetman .......... 16

Losses2000 Kerri Foster .................... 212001 Kelli Thompson ............. 172002 Megan Stephenson ........ 112003 Kerri Foster .................... 142004 Tara Higashino .............. 212005 Brittany Hodge .............. 142006 Jennifer Nelson .............. 112007 Jennifer Nelson .............. 152008 Jennifer Nelson .............. 212009 Lindsey Croft ................ .182010 Alisha Smith ................... 142011 Leigh Streetman ............ 9

Appearances2000 Lindsey Croft ................. 322001 Kerri Foster .................... 372002 Megan Stephenson ........ 31

2003 Kerri Foster .................... 31 Kelli Thompson ............. 312004 Tara Higashino .............. 382005 Amanda Antonovich .... 342006 Jennifer Nelson .............. 312007 Jennifer Nelson .............. 412008 Jennifer Nelson .............. 422009 Lindsey Croft ................ .322010 Alisha Smith ................... 382011 Leigh Streetman .......... 42

Games Started2000 Kerri Foster .................... 252001 Kerri Foster .................... 222002 Megan Stephenson ........ 262003 Kerri Foster .................... 282004 Tara Higashino .............. 322005 Brittany Hodge .............. 212006 Jennifer Nelson .............. 302007 Jennifer Nelson .............. 332008 Jennifer Nelson .............. 342009 Lindsey Croft ................ .262010 Alisha Smith ................... 262011 Leigh Streetman .......... 22

Complete Games2000 Kerri Foster .................... 252001 Kerri Foster .................... 222002 Megan Stephenson ........ 182003 Kerri Foster .................... 212004 Tara Higashino .............. 252005 Jennifer Nelson ................ 82006 Jennifer Nelson .............. 162007 Jennifer Nelson .............. 312008 Jennifer Nelson .............. 272009 Lindsey Croft ................ .152010 Alisha Smith ................... 152011 Leigh Streetman .......... 15

Shutouts2000 Kerri Foster ...................... 92001 Kerri Foster ...................... 42002 Kerri Foster ...................... 7 Megan Stephenson .......... 72003 Kerri Foster ...................... 62004 Tara Higashino ................ 32005 Jennifer Nelson ................ 32006 Kayla Harris ..................... 2 Jennifer Nelson ................ 22007 Jennifer Nelson ................ 62008 Jennifer Nelson ................ 52009 Lindsey Croft .................. .22010 Lauren Webster ............. 2 Alisha Smith ..................... 22011 Leigh Streetman ............ 7

FieldingChances2000 Jessica Smith ................ 2762001 Jessica Smith ................ 372 2002 Kai Paul ......................... 2832003 Kris Lara ....................... 3842004 Kris Lara ....................... 3592005 Nicole Tumlin .............. 3352006 Andrea Rogers ............. 3732007 Amanda Antonovich .. 4402008 Andrea Rogers ............. 3952009 Laura Callaway ........... .3162010 Mandy Lowman ........ 4352011 Mandy Lowman ........ 468

Putouts2000 Jessica Smith ................ 2602001 Jessica Smith ................ 2962002 Kai Paul ......................... 3442003 Kris Lara ....................... 3612004 Kris Lara ....................... 3222005 Nicole Tumlin .............. 2602006 Andrea Rogers ............. 3202007 Amanda Antonovich .. 4072008 Andrea Rogers ............. 3342009 Laura Callaway ........... .2722010 Mandy Lowman ........ 3902011 Mandy Lowman ........ 412

Assists2000 Candice Hithe .............. 1212001 Candice Hithe ................ 982002 Candice Hithe .............. 1052003 Beth Mullins ................... 852004 Dusti Roberts ............... 1012005 Leigh Walker ................ 1022006 Nicole Tumlin .............. 1082007 Nicole Tumlin .............. 1182008 Cameron Skates ........... 1012009 Cameron Skates ............. 832010 Cameron Skates ........... 1092011 Kate Armstrong .......... 88

Errors2000 Adrienne Guilbeau ........ 172001 Candice Hithe ................ 132002 Aimee Vaughn ............... 162003 Amanda Ellis .................. 202004 Dusti Roberts ................. 152005 Dusti Roberts ................. 192006 Holly Krzan .................... 212007 Nicole Tumlin ................ 212008 Holly Krzan .................... 192009 Catherine Crawford .... 192010 Kayla Orr .................... 172011 Kayla Orr .................... 28

Single-Season Records

Batting (minimum 100 at bats)

Batting Average1. Martina Landrum 2010 .3702. Lindsay Stanley 2007 .3593. Martina Landrum 2009 .3584. Lindsay Stanley 2006 .344 5. Mandy Lowman 2010 .3436. Kayla Orr 2010 .3397. Lindsay Stanley 2005 .3358. Caley Walden 2011 .3269. Candice Hithe 2002 .32510. Holly Krzan 2006 .325

Slugging Percentage1. Kayla Orr 2010 .5652. Mandy Lowman 2010 .5623. Martina Landrum 2010 .5524. Andrea Rogers 2007 .545 Holly Krzan 2006 .5456. Amanda Allen 2009 .533 Andrea Rogers 2006 .5338. Catherine Crawford 2009 .5039. Cameron Skates 2010 .49710. Cliffanie Engram 2001 .490

On-base Percentage1. Martina Landrum 2009 .4612. Andrea Rogers 2006 .4593. Martina Landrum 2010 .4584. Holly Krzan 2006 .4415. Andrea Rogers 2007 .4416. Mandy Lowman 2010 .4327. Andrea Rogers 2008 .4168. Holly Krzan 2007 .4159. Cameron Skates 2010 .38810. Holly Krzan 2008 .386

Stolen Base Percentage(minimum 10 Attempts)1. Caley Walden 2010 1.000 Emily Scarbrough 2002 1.0003. Caley Walden 2011 .952

4. Candice Hithe 2001 .9335. Cliffanie Engram 2001 .917 6. Sara Christophel 2004 .9097. Martina Landrum 2009 .9058. Cliffanie Engram 2002 .900 Jessica Brown 2001 .900 10. Caley Walden 2008 .882

Games Played1. Cliffanie Engram 2001 622. Amanda Ellis 2002 61 Candice Hithe 2002 61 Candice Hithe 2000 61 Jessica Brown 2000 61 Aimee Vaughn 2000 617. Chelsea McCall 2005 60 Kai Paul 2002 60 Jessica Brown 2001 60 Holly Groves 2000 60

Games Started1. Cliffanie Engram 2001 622. Candice Hithe 2002 61 Aimee Vaughn 2002 61 Jessica Brown 2000 61 Candice Hithe 2000 616. Chelsea McCall 2005 60 Kai Paul 2002 608. Martina Landrum 2010 59 Mandy Lowman 2010 59 Kayla Orr 2010 59 Cameron Skates 2010 59 Kayla Harris 2008 59 Holly Krzan 2008 59 Andrea Rogers 2008 59 Amanda Ellis 2002 59

At Bats1. Lindsay Stanley 2007 2092. Cliffanie Engram 2001 196 3. Candice Hithe 2002 1944. Caley Walden 2011 1935. Martina Landrum 2010 1926. Chelsea McCall 2005 1897. Lindsay Stanley 2005 1888. Kayla Orr 2010 1869. Linsday Stanley 2006 183 Jessica Brown 2000 183

Runs Scored1. Martina Landrum 2010 472. Cameron Skates 2010 40 Martina Landrum 2009 404. Candice Hithe 2002 375. Chelsea McCall 2006 35 Andrea Rogers 2006 357. Holly Krzan 2008 34 Lindsay Stanley 2005 34 Jessica Brown 2000 3410. Catherine Crawford 2009 33

Hits1. Lindsay Stanley 2007 752. Martina Landrum 2010 713. Kayla Orr 2010 63 Lindsay Stanley 2006 63 Lindsay Stanley 2005 63 Candice Hithe 2002 63 Caley Walden 2011 638. Mandy Lowman 2010 619. Cliffanie Engram 2001 5910. Martina Landrum 2009 58

Holly Krzan2004-08

Yearly Leaders/Single-Season Records

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Single-Season RecordsDoubles1. Cameron Skates 2010 17 Holly Krzan 2007 173. Holly Krzan 2008 154. Kelli Thompson 2003 145. Martina Landrum 2010 13 Kai Paul 2002 137. Mandy Lowman 2010 12 Nicole Tumlin 2006 12 Sara Christophel 2004 12 Cliffanie Engram 2001 12

Triples1. Martina Landrum 2010 52. Caley Walden 2010 4

Catherine Crawford 2009 4 Chelsea McCall 2006 4 Jessica Brown 2001 46. Holly Krzan 2006 3 Chelsea McCall 2005 3 Amanda Ellis 2003 3 Amanda Ellis 2001 3 Cliffanie Engram 2000 3

Home Runs1. Andrea Rogers 2007 132. Kayla Orr 2010 10 Amanda Allen 2009 103. Mandy Lowman 2010 9 Andrea Rogers 2007 95. Cameron Skates 2010 7 Mandy Lowman 2009 7 Cliffanie Engram 2001 78. Catherine Crawford 2009 6 Cameron Skates 2009 6 Holly Krzan 2006 6 Kai Paul 2002 6 Aimee Vaughn 2002 6

Runs Batted In1. Mandy Lowman 2010 442. Kayla Orr 2010 433. Cliffanie Engram 2001 39 Holly Krzan 2006 39

5. Amanda Allen 2009 376. Andrea Rogers 2007 367. Cameron Skates 2010 34 Cliffanie Engram 2000 349. Holly Krzan 2007 3310. Kayla Orr 2011 32

Total Bases1. Martina Landrum 2010 1062. Kayla Orr 2010 1053. Mandy Lowman 2010 1004. Cliffanie Engram 2001 965. Cameron Skates 2010 87 Holly Krzan 2007 877. Andrea Rogers 2007 858. Holly Krzan 2006 849. Catherine Crawford 2009 81 Kai Paul 2002 81

Walks1. Andrea Rogers 2007 432. Holly Krzan 2008 343. Martina Landrum 2010 31 Andrea Rogers 2006 315. Mandy Lowman 2011 296. Holly Krzan 2006 28 Andrea Rogers 2008 288. Mandy Lowman 2010 27 Cameron Skates 2010 2710. Martina Landrum 2009 26 Leigh Walker 2008 26

Stolen Bases(minimum 10 Attempts)1. Martina Landrum 2009 382. Martina Landrum 2010 353. Lindsay Stanley 2006 32 Candice Hithe 2002 325. Lindsay Stanley 2007 31 Lindsay Stanley 2007 317. Candice Hithe 2001 288. Caley Walden 2011 209. Candice Hithe 2003 1910. Caley Walden 2008 15

Pitching(Minimum 50 IP)

ERA1. Leigh Streetman 2011 1.342. Jennifer Nelson 2007 1.433. Lauren Webster 2011 1.684. Kerri Foster 2002 1.695. Kelli Thompson 2003 1.746. Lauren Webster 2010 1.777. Megan Stephenson 2002 1.848. Kerri Foster 2000 1.859. Alisha Smith 2010 1.96 Kerri Foster 2001 1.96

Opponent Batting Average1. Leigh Streetman 2011 .1922. Lauren Webster 2010 .2003. Erica Mascarenas 2005 .2054. Kerri Foster 2002 .2065. Jennifer Nelson 2006 .2086. Jennifer Nelson 2007 .2087. Kelli Thompson 2003 .2168. Kelli Thompson 2002 .2189. Kerri Foster 2003 .21810. Jennifer Nelson 2005 .224 Alisha Smith 2011 .224

Walks Allowed (per Game)1. Lauren Webster 2011 0.962. Lauren Webster 2010 1.16

3. Kerri Foster 2000 1.214. Kerri Foster 2002 1.225. Alisha Smith 2011 1.326. Kerri Foster 2001 1.617. Alisha Smith 2010 1.708. Megan Stephenson 2002 1.809. Leigh Streetman 2011 1.8110. Erica Mascarenas 2005 1.84

Wins1. Jennifer Nelson 2007 202. Lauren Webster 2010 173. Leigh Streetman 2011 16 Megan Stephenson 2002 16 Kerri Foster 2000 166. Jennifer Nelson 2006 157. Alisha Smith 2010 14 Jennifer Nelson 2008 14 Kerri Foster 2003 14 Kerri Foster 2002 14 Kerri Foster 2001 14

Losses1. Jennifer Nelson 2008 21 Tara Higashino 2004 21 Kerri Foster 2000 214. Lindsey Croft 2009 185. Kelli Thompson 2001 176. Jennifer Nelson 2007 15 Kerri Foster 2001 158. Alisha Smith 2010 14 Kayla Harris 2008 14 Brittany Hodge 2005 14 Kerri Foster 2003 14

Saves1. Leigh Streetman 2011 72. Lauren Webster 2010 43. Alisha Smith 2010 2 Sara Swepston 2009 2 Tara Higashino 2004 2 Kelli Thompson 2003 2 Megan Stephenson 2002 2 Kerri Foster 2001 29. Lindsey Croft 2009 1 Jennifer Nelson 2008 1 Kayla Harris 2007 1 Brittany Hodge 2007 1 Brittany Hodge 2006 1 Kayla Harris 2006 1 Amanda Antonovich 2005 1 Kerri Foster 2002 1

Appearances1. Leigh Streetman 2011 42 Jennifer Nelson 2008 42 Kerri Foster 2000 424. Jennifer Nelson 2007 415. Alisha Smith 2010 38 Tara Higashino 2004 387. Kerri Foster 2001 378. Kelli Thompson 2001 359. Amanda Antonovich 2005 3410. Lauren Webster 2010 33

Games Started1. Kerri Foster 2000 352. Jennifer Nelson 2008 343. Jennifer Nelson 2007 334. Tara Higashino 2004 325. Jennifer Nelson 2006 306. Kerri Foster 2001 297. Kerri Foster 2003 288. Alisha Smith 2010 26 Lindsey Croft 2009 26 Megan Stephenson 2002 26 Kelli Thompson 2001 26

Complete Games1. Jennifer Nelson 2007 312. Jennifer Nelson 2008 273. Tara Higashino 2004 25 Kerri Foster 2000 255. Kerri Foster 2001 226. Kerri Foster 2003 217. Megan Stephenson 2002 188. Kayla Harris 2008 179. Jennifer Nelson 2006 16 Kerri Foster 2002 16

Shutouts1. Kerri Foster 2000 92. Leigh Streetman 2011 73. Kerri Foster 2002 7 Megan Stephenson 2002 75. Jennifer Nelson 2007 4 Kerri Foster 2003 67. Jennifer Nelson 2008 5 Kelli Thompson 2002 59. Kayla Harris 2008 4 Kerri Foster 2001 4

Strikeouts1. Jennifer Nelson 2007 2562. Jennifer Nelson 2008 2233. Jennifer Nelson 2006 2144. Leigh Streetman 2011 1945. Lauren Webster 2010 168 Alisha Smith 2010 1687. Kerri Foster 2001 1678. Kerri Foster 2003 1479. Kerri Foster 2000 13610. Megan Stephenson 2002 134

Strikeouts (per game)1. Jennifer Nelson 2006 8.402. Lauren Webster 2011 8.193. Lauren Webster 2010 7.814. Leigh Streetman 2011 7.465. Jennifer Nelson 2007 7.466. Jennifer Nelson 2005 7.117. Jennifer Nelson 2008 6.948. Alisha Smith 2010 6.35

Jennifer Nelson2005-08

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Career Records9. Megan Stephenson 2002 5.8710. Kerri Foster 2001 5.84

Innings Pitched1. Kerri Foster 2000 242.02. Jennifer Nelson 2007 240.13. Jennifer Nelson 2008 225.04. Kerri Foster 2001 200.15. Tara Higashino 2004 190.26. Alisha Smith 2010 185.17. Leigh Streetman 2011 182.28. Kerri Foster 2003 180.29. Jennifer Nelson 2006 178.110. Kelli Thompson 2001 177.1

Fielding (Minimum 100 Chances)

Fielding Percentage1. Kris Lara 2002 1.0002. Andrea Rogers 2008 .9953. Andrea Rogers 2007 .9903. Kris Lara 2003 .9905. Mandy Lowman 2010 .9896. Amanda Antonovich 2006 .9887. Erica Sisson 2010 .9858. Erica Sisson 2011 .9829. Martina Landrum 2009 .98010. Mandy Lowman 2011 .979

Chances1. Mandy Lowman 2011 4682. Amanda Antonovich 2007 4403. Mandy Lowman 2010 4354. Andrea Rogers 2007 4155. Andrea Rogers 2008 3956. Kris Lara 2003 3847. Amanda Ellis 2003 3788. Kayla Orr 2010 3499. Laura Callaway 2009 31610. Erica Sisson 2010 268

Putouts1. Mandy Lowman 2011 412 2. Amanda Antonovich 2007 4073. Mandy Lowman 2010 3904. Kris Lara 2003 3615. Andrea Rogers 2007 3466. Kai Paul 2004 3447. Andrea Rogers 2008 3348. Laura Callaway 2009 2729. Erica Sisson 2010 24910. Kayla Orr 2010 226

Assists1. Candice Hithe 2000 1212. Nicole Tumlin 2007 1183. Cameron Skates 2010 1094. Nicole Tumlin 2006 1085. Holly Krzan 2006 1076. Kayla Orr 2010 1067. Candice Hithe 2002 1058. Kate Armstrong 2011 889. Cameron Skates 2009 8310. Kate Armstrong 2010 67 Alisha Smith 2010 67

Career RecordsBatting

(Minimum 200 at bats)Batting Average1. Martina Landrum 2008-10 .3642. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 .3463. Sara Christophel 2002-05 .290

4. Kayla Orr 2008- .2895. Holly Krzan 2004-08 .2866. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 .2807. Caley Walden 2008-11 .2788. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 .2779. Chelsea McCall 2003-06 .27710. Mandy Lowman 2009- .275

Slugging Percentage1. Martina Landrum 2008-10 .4972. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 .4803. Holly Krzan 2004-08 .4674. Kayla Orr 2008- .4605. Mandy Lowman 2009- .4456. Amanda Allen 2008-09 .4317. Sara Christophel 2002-05 .4208. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 .4129. Cameron Skates 2007-10 .41110. Kai Paul 2001-02 .393

On-base Percentage1. Martina Landrum 2008-10 .4602. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 .4293. Holly Krzan 2004-08 .3944. Mandy Lowman 2009- .3885. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 .3746. Amanda Allen 2008-09 .3737. Kate Armstrong 2010- .3478. Sara Christophel 2002-05 .3469. Kayla Orr 2008- .34110. Leigh Walker 2005-08 .336 Candice Hithe 2000-03 .336

Games Played1. Holly Krzan 2004-08 2372. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 2323. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 2294. Leigh Walker 2005-08 2255. Beth Mullins 2001-04 2246. Caley Walden 2008-11 2227. Candice Hithe 2000-03 2218. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 2169. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 21010. Kris Lara 2002-05 209

Games Started1. Holly Krzan 2004-08 2372. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 2263. Leigh Walker 2005-08 222 Amanda Ellis 2001-04 2225. Caley Walden 2008-11 221 Beth Mullins 2001-04 2217. Candice Hithe 2000-03 2208. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 2109. Kris Lara 2002-05 20110. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 199

At Bats1. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 7252. Holly Krzan 2004-08 6903. Candice Hithe 2000-03 6484. Beth Mullins 2001-04 6355. Leigh Walker 2005-08 6326. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 6217. Caley Walden 2008-11 6078. Sara Christophel 2002-05 5939. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 58610. Chelsea McCall 2003-06 582

Runs Scored1. Holly Krzan 2004-08 1182. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 1143. Candice Hithe 2000-03 1104. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 1075. Leigh Walker 2005-08 1046. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 1007. Caley Walden 2008-11 91

8. Sara Christophel 2002-05 89 Chelsea McCall 2003-06 8910. Martina Landrum 2008-10 87

Hits1. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 2032. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 2013. Holly Krzan 2004-08 1974. Candice Hithe 2000-03 1775. Sara Christophel 2002-05 1726. Caley Walden 2008-11 1697. Beth Mullins 2001-04 1648. Leigh Walker 2005-08 1639. Chelsea McCall 2003-06 16110. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 149

Doubles1. Holly Krzan 2004-08 522. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 393. Cameron Skates 2007-10 364. Sara Christophel 2002-05 335. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 326. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 28 Beth Mullins 2001-04 288. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 27 Kris Lara 2002-05 2710. Leigh Walker 2005-08 25

Triples1. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 92. Catherine Crawford 2009- 83. Chelsea McCall 2003-06 84. Martina Landrum 2008-10 7 Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 76. Caley Walden 2008-11 67. Holly Krzan 2004-08 5 Jessica Brown 2000-01 59. Sara Christophel 2002-05 4

Home Runs1. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 262. Holly Krzan 2004-08 21 Mandy Lowman 2009- 214. Kayla Orr 2008- 16 Cameron Skates 2007-10 166. Leigh Walker 2005-08 15 Beth Mullins 2001-04 15 Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 159. Amanda Allen 2008-09 12 Sara Christophel 2002-05 12

Runs Batted In1. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 1242. Holly Krzan 2004-08 1183. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 1034. Beth Mullins 2001-04 915. Mandy Lowman 2009- 906. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 857. Kayla Orr 2008- 848. Cameron Skates 2007-10 729. Kayla Harris 2006-09 68 Leigh Walker 2005-08 68 Sara Christophel 2002-05 68

Total Bases1. Holly Krzan 2004-08 3322. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 2993, Andrea Rogers 2006-09 2564. Sara Christophel 2002-05 2495. Beth Mullins 2001-04 2396. Leigh Walker 2005-08 2377. Mandy Lowman 2009-11 2148. Cameron Skates 2007-10 2079. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 20410. Kayla Orr 2008-11 202

Walks1. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 1152. Holly Krzan 2004-08 1083. Mandy Lowman 2009- 794. Leigh Walker 2005-08 715. Kayla Harris 2006-09 586. Martina Landrum 2008-10 577. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 528. Beth Mullins 2001-04 519. Cameron Skates 2007-10 50 Amanda Ellis 2001-04 50

Stolen Bases1. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 1002. Candice Hithe 2000-03 903. Martina Landrum 2008-10 734. Caley Walden 2008-11 525. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 446. Tiffany Smith 2009- 357. Sara Christophel 2002-05 278. Leigh Walker 2005-08 249. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 1910. Holly Krzan 2004-08 18

Stolen Base Percentage (Min. 25 attempts)1. Caley Walden 2008-11 .9292. Sara Christophel 2002-05 .9003. Martina Landrum 2008-10 .8804. Cliffanie Engram 2000-03 .8465. Candice Hithe 2000-03 .8336. Lindsay Stanley 2004-07 .8267. Leigh Walker 2005-08 .8008. Tiffany Smith 2009- .7619. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 .731

Pitching(Minimum 150 IP)

ERA1. Leigh Streetman 2011- 1.342. Lauren Webster 2010- 1.743. Kerri Foster 2000-03 1.884. Alisha Smith 2010-11 2.17

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5. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 2.326. Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 2.327. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 2.418. Megan Stephenson 2000-02 2.949. Kayla Harris 2006-09 2.9610. Amber Torres 2009- 3.61

Opponent Batting Average1. Leigh Streetman 2011- .1922. Lauren Webster 2010- .2103. Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 .2184. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 .2205. Kerri Foster 2000-03 .2246. Megan Stephenson 2001-02 .2367. Alisha Smith 2010-11 .2468. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 .2479. Kayla Harris 2006-09 .25510. Amber Torres 2009- .270

Walks Allowed (per game)1. Lauren Webster 2010- 1.102. Alisha Smith 2010-11 1.563. Kerri Foster 2000-03 1.604. Leigh Streetman 2011- 1.815. Megan Stephenson 2001-02 2.016. Amanda Antonovich 2005-07 2.457. Tara Higashino 2003-04 2.528. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 2.559. Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 2.5610. Amber Torres 2009- 2.75

Strikeouts (per game)1. Lauren Webster 2010- 7.902. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 7.473. Leigh Streetman 2011- 7.464. Alisha Smith 2010-11 6.075. Megan Stephenson 2000-02 5.406. Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 5.217. Kerri Foster 2000-03 5.008. Lindsey Croft 2009 4.799. Kayla Harris 2006-09 4.6610. Brittany Hodge 2004-07 4.54 Kelli Thompson 2000-03 4.54

Wins1. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 58 Kerri Foster 2000-03 583. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 344. Kayla Harris 2006-09 325. Lauren Webster 2010- 276. Alisha Smith 2010-11 247. Leigh Streetman 2011- 16 Amber Torres 2009- 169. Megan Stephenson 2000-02 1610. Amanda Antonovich 2005-07 12 Tara Higashino 2003-04 12

Losses1. Kerri Foster 2000-03 582. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 553. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 364. Kayla Harris 2006-09 335. Brittany Hodge 2004-07 266. Tara Higashino 2003-04 227. Alisha Smith 2010-11 198. Lindsey Croft 2009 189. Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 1510. Megan Stephenson 2001-02 13

Saves1. Leigh Streetman 2011- 72. Kerri Foster 2000-03 53. Lauren Webster 2010- 54. Alisha Smith 2010-11 45. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 3 Sara Swepston 2009 2 Kayla Harris 2006-09 2 Brittany Hodge 2007-09 2 Tara Higashino 2003-04 2 Megan Stephenson 2001-02 2 Kelli Thompson 2000-03 2

Appearances1. Kerri Foster 2000-03 1402. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 1393. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 1084. Kayla Harris 2006-09 885. Brittany Hodge 2004-07 726. Alisha Smith 2010-11 687. Amanda Antonovich 2005-07 528. Lauren Webster 2010 51 Amber Torres 2009- 5110. Leigh Streetman 2011- 42 Tara Higashino 2003-04 42

Games Started1. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 1152. Kerri Foster 2000-03 1143. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 694. Kayla Harris 2006-09 665. Alisha Smith 2010-11 476. Brittany Hodge 2004-07 447. Tara Higashino 2003-04 338. Lauren Webster 2010- 309. Megan Stephenson 2001-02 2910. Amber Torres 2009- 27

Complete Games1. Kerri Foster 2000-03 842. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 823. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 434. Kayla Harris 2006-09 345. Tara Higashino 2003-04 256. Megan Stephenson 2000-02 227. Alisha Smith 2010-11 198. Leigh Streetman 2011- 15 Lindsey Croft 2009 1510. Lauren Webster 2010- 14 Brittany Hodge 2004-07 14

Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 14 Shutouts1. Kerri Foster 2000-03 262. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 163. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 94. Kayla Harris 2006-09 85. Leigh Streetman 2011- 7 Megan Stephenson 2001-02 77. Alisha Smith 2010-11 48. Amber Torres 2009- 3 Lauren Webster 2010- 3 Tara Higashino 2003-04 39. Lindsey Croft 2009 2 Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 2

Innings Pitched1. Kerri Foster 2000-03 772.02. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 753.03. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 506.04. Kayla Harris 2006-09 417.25. Alisha Smith 2010-11 296.16. Brittany Hodge 2004-07 263.27. Lauren Webster 2010- 209.08. Tara Higashino 2003-04 202.29. Amber Torres 2009- 188.110. Leigh Streetman 2011- 182.2

Strikeouts1. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 8042. Kerri Foster 2000-03 5513. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 3284. Kayla Harris 2006-09 2785. Alisha Smith 2010-11 2576. Lauren Webster 2010- 2367. Leigh Streetman 2011- 1948. Brittany Hodge 2004-07 1719. Megan Stephenson 2000-02 14110. Erica Mascarenas 2004-05 128

Fielding(Minimum 100 Chances)

Fielding Percentage1. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 .986

Kris Lara 2002-05 .986 Chelsea McCall 2003-06 .9864. Kelli Thompson 2000-03 .985 Jessica Smith 2001 .9856. Carrie Parker 2000-01 .9847. Erica Sisson 2009- .9828. Mandy Lowman 2009- .9809. Amanda Antonovich 2005-07 .97910. Kayla Harris 2006-09 .976

Chances1. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 13002. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 12533. Mandy Lowman 2009- 11674. Kris Lara 2002-05 10665. Leigh Walker 2005-08 9666. Amanda Antonovich 2005-07 9207. Beth Mullins 2001-04 8918. Candice Hithe 2000-03 799 9. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 78110. Kayla Orr 2008- 690

Putouts1. Andrea Rogers 2006-09 10562. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 10403. Mandy Lowman 2009- 10224. Kris Lara 2002-05 9725. Amanda Antonovich 2005-07 8026. Leigh Walker 2005-08 5597. Beth Mullins 2001-04 5148. Laura Callaway 2008-09 4929 Erica Sisson 2009- 47410. Kayla Orr 2008- 434

Assists1. Candice Hithe 2000-03 3942. Leigh Walker 2005-08 3693. Beth Mullins 2001-04 3444. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 3365. Cameron Skates 2007-10 2966. Holly Krzan 2004-08 2907. Kerri Foster 2000-03 2418. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 2109. Jennifer Nelson 2005-08 20210. Dusti Robets 2004-05 198

Errors1. Holly Krzan 2004- 642. Kayla Orr 2008- 593. Nicole Tumlin 2004-07 564. Amanda Ellis 2001-04 50 Candice Hithe 2000-03 506. Leigh Walker 2005-08 387. Cameron Skates 2007-10 34 Dusti Robets 2004-05 34 Catherine Crawford 2009- 3410. Beth Mullins 2001-04 33

*Current players are listed in bold

Career Records

Andrea Rogers2006-09

Megan Stephenson2000-02

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Game HighsTeam

HittingAt-Bats ................................. 41, 2x, last vs. Northern Iowa (2/22/09)Runs Scored ....................................... 25 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Batting Average ............................. .634 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Hits .................................................... 26 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)RBI ..................................................... 25 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Doubles ............................................... 9 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Triples .................................................. 3 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Home Runs ......................................... 5 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Total Bases ........................................ 52 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Walks ........................................9, 4x, last vs. Alabama State (2/28/09) Strikeouts ..................................................... 17 vs. Alabama (2/23/10)Sacrifice Hits ......................... 5, 2x, last at Kennesaw State (2/22/09)Sacrifice Flies ........................ 2, 3x, last vs. Alabama A&M (2/13/11)Stolen Bases ........................................ 9 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/02)Hit By Pitch ......................................... 3, 12x , last vs. UTEP (4/2/11)Caught Stealing .................................. 3 vs. Alabama A&M (2/24/01)Runners Left on Base ................................... 14 vs. Samford (4/13/10)Hit into DP ...............................2, 11x, last vs. Florida State (5/21/11)

PitchingInnings Pitched .................................... 12.0 vs. Saint Louis (3/10/01)Strikeouts ...................................... 18, 2x, last vs. Oklahoma (2/6/09)Fewest Hits Allowed ............. 0, 5x last vs. Alabama A&M (4/18/06)Most Hits Allowed ..................................... 19 vs. Charlotte (4/24/05)Runs Allowed ............................................. 19 vs. Charlotte (4/24/05)Earned Runs Allowed ............................... 14 vs. Oklahmoa (2/6/09)Home Runs Allowed ................................ 5, last at Georgia (5/21/11)Triples Allowed ....................................... 4 vs. Florida State (4/11/02)Doubles Allowed .......................................... 6 vs. Ball State (3/11/01)Walks Allowed .............................. 13 vs. Northern Illinois (2/28/09)Wild Pitches ...................................... 5, 3x, last vs. Auburn (2/16/05)Hit Batters ...................................................... 4 vs. Oklahoma (2/6/09)

FieldingPutouts ..................................................... 36 vs. Saint Louis (3/10/01)Assists ......................................................21 at East Carolina (4/10/10)Errors ................................ 7, 3x, last vs. Stephen F. Austin (4/15/03)Passed Balls ...................................... 3, 2x, last vs. Oakland (2/26/02)Double Plays Turned ..................................4 vs. Saint Louis (3/10/01)

IndividualHittingAt-Bats ............6, 7x, last by Lindsay Stanley vs. Memphis (4/28/07)Runs Scored .......5, 2x, last by Beth Mullins vs. Ala. A&M (2/24/02)Hits ..... 4, 18x, last by Caley Walden vs. Jacksonville State (4/14/11)RBI ....................................8, Holly Krzan vs. Nicholls State (2/17/06)Doubles ................................. 3, Kris Lara vs. East Carolina (3/16/04)Triples ................2, Catherine Crawford vs. Alabama State (2/28/09)Home Runs .....2, 9x, Mandy Lowman vs. Stephen F. Austin (2/13/10)Walks ........................................4, Holly Krzan by Memphis (3/21/08)Strikeouts .....4, 2x, last by Catherine Crawford at Marshall (3/20/10)Sacrifice Hits ........2, 5x, last by Mandy Lowman vs. Mississippi State ....................................................................................................(3/1/11)Sacrifice Flies ............................................................................................ ... 1, 62x, last by Catherine Crawford vs. Florida State (5/21/11)Stolen Bases .............................................................................................. ........3, 10x, last by Caley Walden at Jacksonville State (4/14/11)Hit By Pitch ........................3, Amanda Allen vs. Marshall (4/12/08)Caught Stealing .....................2, 2x, last by Lindsay Stanley (2/25/05)

PitchingInnings Pitched ... 11.0, 3x, last by Leigh Streetman at East Carolina .............................................................................................(4/16/11)Strikeouts ....................... 18, Kayla Harris vs. Chattanooga (2/27/07)Fewest Hits Allowed ................................................................................ .........0, 5x, last by Jennifer Nelson vs. Alabama A&M (4/18/06)Fewest Runs Allowed .............................................................................. ..........0, 61x, last by Leigh Streetman vs. Florida State (5/20/11)Wild Pitches ........................ 4, Jennifer Nelson vs. Alabama (2/5/05)Hit Batters ............ 3 , 7x, last by Lindsey Croft vs. Alabama (3/4/09)

FieldingPutouts .............. 19, 2x, last by Kayla Orr at East Carolina (4/10/10)Assists ..........8, 3x, last by Kate Armstrong at East Carolina (4/10/10)Errors ......3, 5x, last by Catherine Crawford vs. W. Kentucky (4/7/09)Passed Balls ........................... 3, Amanda Ellis vs. Oakland (2/26/02)

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UAB softball continually strives to teach softball to the youth of Alabama and its surrounding states by providing camps and clinics throughout the year.

The Marla Townsend’s Fastpitch School is owned and operated by UAB’s head coach softball coach who has held and worked numerous years of camps and clinics in the Birmingham and surrounding area.

The UAB Softball Field, the home site of the Blazers, is the location for camps in June and July. During the winter months, November through January, the Blazers team up with the Birmingham Viper facility for hitting clinics. The coaching staff has also done satellite camps across the state of Alabama.

Over the years, numerous of the UAB incoming freshmen have attended a UAB camp or clinic.

For more information about camps and clinics visit the camp Web site www.uabsoftball.com or call the UAB softball office at (205) 975-7800 or (205) 975-7880. You can also e-mail [email protected] or fax us at (205) 975-7824.

www.uabsoftball.com

Marla Townsend Softball Camps

2012 Summer Camp and Clinic Dates

June 13-14 Hitting Clinic & Pitching Clinic June 18-21 Camp (Commuter Only) July 9-13 Camp (Resident/Commuter) July 16-18 UAB Softball Team Camp

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Conference USAAfter marking its 15-year milestone during the 2009-10 season, Con-ference USA is still going strong. From the begin-ning, dedication to excellence has been the league’s guiding princi-ple and remains today a com-mon thread for a promising future. C-USA is home to 12 nation-ally prominent, t r a d i t i on - r i ch

members in East Carolina, Houston, Marshall, Memphis, Rice, SMU, Southern Miss, Tulane, Tulsa, UAB, UCF and UTEP. This combination enhances men’s and women’s programs that are im-mersed in athletic success and academic prowess. Together, we are committed to excellence, integrity and leadership in athletics, academics and in our communities.

All C-USA institutions sponsor Division I-A foot-ball, along with several other men’s and women’s athletic programs, many of which compete regu-larly for NCAA Championships. C-USA sponsors competition in 20 sports - nine for men (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, ten-nis and indoor and outdoor track and field) and 11 for women (basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, softball, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, in-door and outdoor track and field and volleyball).

The league sponsors numerous academic awards, including the Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Commissioner’s Academic Medal, indicative of outstanding achievement in the classroom.

C-USA annually awards 12 postgraduate schol-arships, along with the Sport Academic Award, Scholar Athletes of the Year and the Institutional Academic Excellence Award. Conference USA also added a Spirit of Service Award, recognizing stu-dent-athletes three times a year for a combination of significant community service efforts, good aca-demic standing and participation in their elected sport.

SUCCESS ON THE PLAYING FIELDConference USA performers have achieved great success in competition, placing the league among the top conferences in the nation.

Football• 62teamshaveearnedbowlbids• MemberoftheBowlChampionship Series• Bowltie-inswiththeAutoZoneLiberty Bowl, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s St. Petersburg Bowl, Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, Military Bowl, R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl and the TicketCity Bowl

Men’s Basketball• Consistentlyratedasoneofthetop basketball leagues in the country• 97postseasonteams(47NCAA, 39 NIT, 6 CBI, 5 CIT)• OneNationalChampionshiptitle game appearance• ThreeFinalFourteams• SevenEliteEightNCAATournament teams• OneNITChampionandfourNITsemi finalists• InauguralCBIChampion

Women’s Basketball• 46NCAATournamentappearances• 36WNITappearances• OneteamintheNCAASweet16• TwoWNITsemifinalists• OneWBIChampion

Baseball• 53NCAAappearances• SixCollegeWorldSeriesappearances (2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2001), including five of the last seven• 13SuperRegionalappearances• HasproducedatleastfourNCAAteams in eight of the last 10 seasons

In addition, 35 volleyball teams, 55 men’s and women’s soccer teams and 30 softball teams have earned NCAA Tournament bids. C-USA has sent three men’s soccer teams to the NCAA College Cup, five softball teams to the Women’s College World Series and three volleyball teams to the Sweet 16. The league has also had six national champions in NCAA track and field competition, one national champion in diving and numerous NCAA indi-vidual and team competitors in cross country, golf, swimming, tennis and track and field. Overall, Conference USA teams and individuals have made more than 600 NCAA appearances.

SUCCESS OFF THE FIELDC-USA institutions are among the nation’s best in academic performance among student-athletes, bolstered by the fact that student-athletes at league schools have a higher graduation rate than the general student population. Among C-USA’s 5,000 student-athletes, there are champions off the play-ing field as well. In 15 years, 153 student-athletes earned national ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors, while 541 were named All-District. In addition, more than 20,000 student-athletes have been named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll or received the Commissioner’s Aca-demic Medal, indicative of outstanding achieve-ment in the classroom.

C-USA ON TVC-USA enjoys significant television exposure through a multi-tiered selection process that is rooted in partnerships with FOX Sports Media Group and CBS Sports Network. By partnering with FOX Sports Media Group and extending an existing partnership with CBS Sports Network, the league has substantially increased the number of national and regional appearances for football, men’s and women’s basketball, and all other confer-ence sports.

C-USA DIGITAL NETWORKThe C-USA Digital Network will officially launch in August of 2011. Network programming will in-clude live streaming of non-televised events, video on demand, a weekly C-USA studio show, pod-casting, regular season and championship event highlights and C-USA produced feature stories. Monthly and yearly subscriptions will offer access to events offered on all 12 of the C-USA member institution’s athletic websites as well as C-USA net-work programming.

C-USA IN THE COMMUNITYThe conference’s footprint is concentrated with 12 members in nine states and a combined area popu-lation of nearly 17 million. More than 1.1 million living alumni represent C-USA schools across the nation. With a renewed commitment to commu-nity involvement, the conference has begun devel-opment of several initiatives to maintain strong ties in C-USA cities, as well as with fans and alumni across the country. C-USA schools also place a pri-ority on giving back to their communities through volunteer service with local and national organiza-tions.

GOVERNANCEAlong with the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-10 and SEC, Conference USA is one of the seven conferences having significant representation in the NCAA governance structure. The Presidents of the member institutions serve as the league’s Board of Directors.

A PROUD HISTORY; A PROMISING FUTUREConference USA was formed in 1995 and quickly emerged as one of the nation’s top conferences. The conference unveiled its name, logo and commis-sioner on 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 participa-tion in 1995, while Houston joined competition in the fall of 1996.

The league’s headquarters were established in Chi-cago and after nine years, relocated to the current office in Irving, Texas. Britton Banowsky was named Commissioner in October 2002, succeed-ing 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 competi-tion in 1997; Army in 1998 and UAB began foot-ball play in 1999. The league added TCU and ECU (1999) for all sports and they began competition in 2001. USF started C-USA football in 2003.

After celebrating its 10th Anniversary during the 2004-05 season, C-USA began a new chapter in 2005-06 when its current membership came to-gether to form the new look of the league.

Since its formation, C-USA has established a strong foundation, an identity and a history that reflects the league’s national presence. Fifteen years of re-markable history has reinforced the league’s posi-tion in collegiate athletics, setting the course for the next decade and beyond.

Britton BanowskyC-USA Commissioner

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UAB President and alumna Carol Garri-

son has had an extraordi-nary view of her alma mater. She took her first full-time job in UAB Hospital, dur-ing the university’s forma-tive years in the 1970s, then earned her master’s degree

from UAB. When she returned to campus in fall 2002, as UAB’s sixth president, the young, dynamic institu-tion had evolved into a world-renowned research university and medical center. A Montclair, New Jersey native, Dr. Garrison earned her bachelor’s (1974) and Ph.D. in epidemiol-ogy (1982) from the University of North Carolina-Cha-pel Hill. She was a faculty member, department chair,

dean and provost at the University of South Carolina (1982-1997). She joined the University of Louisville as provost in 1997 and was appointed interim president there in early 2002. As president of UAB, Dr. Garrison also chairs the board of the UAB Health System, which includes UAB Hospital, The Kirklin Clinic, and other of UAB’s nationally ranked patient care facilities. During Dr. Garrison’s tenure, UAB has enjoyed remarkable growth and development. Recent years have seen the opening of state-of-the-art facilities such as the North Pavilion of UAB Hospital and the Shelby Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Build-ing, Heritage Hall and the burgeoning Campus Green along University Boulevard, and most recently, the UAB Women & Infants Center and Hazelrig-Salter Radiation-Oncology Facility.

The growth of the physical campus and academic programs has been guided by UAB’s Strategic Plan. Developed with campus-wide participation in 2003, the Strategic Plan has led to the recruitment of interna-tionally known faculty and physicians, and the creation of innovative new curricula and honors programs for undergraduates. In 2011, UAB saw its largest enroll-ment ever (17,575). UAB has also recently been ranked among the top 15 percent of all U.S. universities in The Princeton Review (5th in diverse student population and 11th in student satisfaction). Now in her 10th year as president, Dr. Garrison continues working in partnership with the campus and the community towards an extraordinary vision for UAB and for Birmingham.

Dr. Carol Garrison, President

B rian Mackin was named UAB’s Director of Ath-

letics on February 14, 2007. He moved into the position after spending five years as senior associate athletic director for external affairs for the Blazers.A former UAB baseball let-

terman, Mackin has a deep-rooted passion for the Uni-versity and its athletics program. With an eye on the future, his commitment to continue to grow the program has been clear in the time since he became athletics director. He has made success in the classroom and improv-ing athletic facilities two of his top priorities. Mackin was able to secure the first-ever naming rights for the athletics program with the generous gift from Don and Mar-sha Hire for the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center. With the opening of the Academic Center, an abundance of new computer equipment has been added. Mackin has also strengthened the academic area by creat-ing additional staff positions. Under Mackin’s watch, the Academic Reform Group (ARG) was initiated. This group is made up of athletics staff members and academic support staff. With its mission to create an environment of academic excel-lence in the department, the group addresses every aspect of a student-athlete’s experience while at UAB. Mackin has also demonstrated his commitment to academic success by initiating a penalty structure for student-athletes and making them accountable if they miss classes or tutorial sessions. Mackin’s commitment to academics has shown

positive results. For the 2009-10 academic year, UAB student-athletes accounted for nearly 25 percent of Con-ference USA Scholar-Athletes of the Year, awards that are handed out annually to the top student-athlete in each sport that the league sponsors. Since Mackin became athletics director, he has made facility improvements another objective of empha-sis. A new 10,000-square foot weight room has opened for Blazer teams, as well as a new, spacious, state-of the-art athletic training facility which opened in the fall of 2008. With the renovation of the Ullman Building, the Blazers’ Olympic sports coaches have been able to relo-cate into brand new offices. Other facilities improvements have included the resurfacing of the track for the Blazers’ track and field team. In spring 2010, the first phase of the new, on-cam-pus UAB softball facility was completed. The improve-ments haven’t gone unnoticed as UAB has been named as host site for the 2012 Conference USA Softball Champi-onship. The baseball and softball programs also enjoy the hitting and pitching facility additions that were com-pleted in spring 2010. New state-of-the-art video boards are now in place in Bartow Arena, Young Memorial Field and the new softball facility. The upgrades and progress of the program under Mackin have not been limited to facilities and academics. In the last three years, the athletics program entered an agreement with Nike that provides apparel and equip-ment for all of UAB’s athletics teams. Mackin came on board at UAB in the spring of 2002 as senior associate AD for external affairs. In that role, he was responsible for fund-raising, corporate sup-

port and marketing for the athletic department. In 2006, Mackin was named Division I-A Fund-raiser of the Year by the National Association of Ath-letic Development Directors. Under Mackin’s leadership, contributions to UAB athletics nearly tripled from $1.3 million in 2001 to about $3.7 million in 2006. Addition-ally, he has been responsible for the creation of several affinity groups including the Athletic Investors Group, the Champion Club and the Blazer Club, which brought together the two annual funds supporting football and men’s basketball. Prior to joining UAB, Mackin served as Manager of Corporate Business Development at Vulcan Materials, where he was responsible for examining potential new markets for business development and locating growth opportunities in the industry. Mackin earned his bachelor’s degree in finance from UAB in 1983. He was a member of the Blazer base-ball team four seasons and then moved into the Houston Astros baseball organization for one season. Mackin then joined Vulcan Materials, where he held management positions in sales and market analysis. In 1990, he joined Southern Ready Mix as sales manager before joining Dunn Construction in 1993 where he rose to vice president in 1999. His responsibilities included business development, sales and project management. Mackin’s community activities include the Bir-mingham Tip-Off Club, which hosts the State High School Final Four, the Monday Morning Quarterback Club and the Birmingham Rotary Club. He has served as the president of the Birmingham Tip-Off Club. Mackin and his wife, Sally, have five children: Rag-land (23), Brian Jr. (21), Ferrell (18), Mary Aileen (17), and Ella (14).

Brian Mackin, Athletics Director

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Administrative Staff

Shannon EalySenior Associate AD for

External Affairs

Derita RatcliffeSenior Associate AD

Senior Woman Administrator

Danez MarrableAssociate AD forStudent Services

Timothy GarnerAssociate AD forFinancial Affairs

Coleman BarnesAssociate AD

for Development

Brad SmithAssistant AD for

Marketing

Norm ReillyAssociate AD forMedia Relations

Stacey TormanDirector of

Strength and Conditioning

Matt WildtAssociate AD for

Ticket Operations &Football Administration

Mike JonesAssistant AD for Athletic Training

Reid AdairAssistant AD for

Facilities and Operations

Dr. Frank M. Mes-sina, professor and

chair of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Accounting and Infor-mation Systems (ACIS) in the UAB School of Business, was named fac-

ulty athletics representative in 2008. He has been on staff at the university for 16 years.

Messina has previously been chair of ACIS and is the school’s Ernst & Young Scholar. A Birmingham native, he came to UAB in 1993 as an assistant professor in accounting.

He received a doctorate in business adminis-tration (D.B.A.) from Mississippi State Univer-sity (MSU) in 1993, a master’s in professional

accountancy at MSU in 1990 and a bachelor’s in business administration at the University of West Alabama in 1986.

Messina and his wife, Natalie, have two sons: Taylor (18) and TJ (8). A third son, Thomas, passed away in the spring of 2010 at the age of 15.

Dr. Frank Messina, Faculty Athletics Representative

Corey BrayAssociate AD

for Compliance

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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 sup-port 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 Mid-east 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 orga-nized; 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 Divi-sion III level. Blazer volleyball and baseball win the first Great Midwest Championship. UAB places its first men’s tennis players, Frank Schaff-ner 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 cham-pionships.

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 basket-ball 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 partici-pates in the NCAA Tournament. UAB wins GMW championship in men’s and women’s

Proud Past Bright Future

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 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 Tourna-ment 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 sea-son. The UAB men’s soccer team wins the Conference USA Championship and reaches the NCAA “Elite Eight”. Synchro-

nized 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 foot-ball 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 Reyn-olds 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 Ander-

son guided the Blazers to a 21-win season and a quarterfinal finish in the NIT. Lisa Nowo-slawski 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.

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.

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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 sup-port 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 Mid-east 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 orga-nized; 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 Divi-sion III level. Blazer volleyball and baseball win the first Great Midwest Championship. UAB places its first men’s tennis players, Frank Schaff-ner 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 cham-pionships.

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 basket-ball 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 partici-pates in the NCAA Tournament. UAB wins GMW championship in men’s and women’s

Proud Past Bright Future

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 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 Tourna-ment 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 sea-son. The UAB men’s soccer team wins the Conference USA Championship and reaches the NCAA “Elite Eight”. Synchro-

nized 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 foot-ball 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 Reyn-olds 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 Ander-

son guided the Blazers to a 21-win season and a quarterfinal finish in the NIT. Lisa Nowo-slawski 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.

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.

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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 dominat-ing 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 Ander-son was also named the 2004 Conference USA Coach of the Year.

Spring, 2004: The synchronized swim-ming 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 his-tory. The UAB football team made its first bowl game appearance in school history as the Blaz-ers faced Hawai’i in the 2004 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl. The Blazers fell to the Warriors, 59-40, on Christmas Eve in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Spring, 2006: The UAB men’s basketball team earned its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Conference USA regular season and tournament runner-up. The synchronized swimming team took fourth place at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals. The Blazer softball team turned in one of its finest seasons in program history as the team won 31 games during the season to finish as the C-USA runner-up. Head coach Marla Townsend was named the C-USA Coach-of-the-Year.

April 7, 2006: Mike Davis named as the fourth head basketball coach in the program’s 28-year 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 becom-ing a Division I program in 1996.

Spring, 2007: Zack Sucher matched UAB’s highest finish ever at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, closing the tournament tied for fourth place with a five-under 275 during four rounds of play. Sucher became just the fourth UAB men’s golfer in program history to earn All-American status, nabbing a spot on the honor-able mention All-America team. In addition, the men’s golf team made its fifth NCAA Regional appearance in the past eight years.

February 14, 2007: Former UAB baseball player and alumnus Brian Mackin was selected as the program’s fourth full-time Athletics Director.

Spring, 2008: UAB men’s golf team cap-tures 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 Tourna-ment. Not only did the Blazers defeat the Owls for the first time in 10 tries, but it also was the second-highest 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 quarter-finals and hosting defending national champion

North Carolina at Bartow Arena. Individu-ally, football’s Joe Webb and men’s soc-cer’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 bas-ketball player ever to earn Freshman and Sixth Player

of the Year honors in the same season.

Feb. 23, 2010: The UAB softball team opened

i t s new, on-campus facility, drawing a school-record crowd of 1,323 to its contest with Alabama.

Spring, 2011: The UAB men’s bas-

ketball team captured the program’s first-ever out-

right Conference USA regular season championship. The Blazers

were also selected to the NCAA Tournament, marking their first

NCAA tournament appear-ance since 2006 and the

program’s 14th NCAA selection in its 32-year history. The softball

team earned its second NCAA berth in as many seasons as well. Furthermore,

women’s tennis standout Jenny Cape became the first Academic All-American for her sport, while track and field also received its first Academic All-America selections, as Nora Mehl and Rhiannon Johns received the nod.

The 2006 UAB volleyball team won the Conference 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.

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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 dominat-ing 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 Ander-son was also named the 2004 Conference USA Coach of the Year.

Spring, 2004: The synchronized swim-ming 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 his-tory. The UAB football team made its first bowl game appearance in school history as the Blaz-ers faced Hawai’i in the 2004 Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl. The Blazers fell to the Warriors, 59-40, on Christmas Eve in Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Spring, 2006: The UAB men’s basketball team earned its third consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament after finishing as Conference USA regular season and tournament runner-up. The synchronized swimming team took fourth place at the U.S. Collegiate Nationals. The Blazer softball team turned in one of its finest seasons in program history as the team won 31 games during the season to finish as the C-USA runner-up. Head coach Marla Townsend was named the C-USA Coach-of-the-Year.

April 7, 2006: Mike Davis named as the fourth head basketball coach in the program’s 28-year 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 becom-ing a Division I program in 1996.

Spring, 2007: Zack Sucher matched UAB’s highest finish ever at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, closing the tournament tied for fourth place with a five-under 275 during four rounds of play. Sucher became just the fourth UAB men’s golfer in program history to earn All-American status, nabbing a spot on the honor-able mention All-America team. In addition, the men’s golf team made its fifth NCAA Regional appearance in the past eight years.

February 14, 2007: Former UAB baseball player and alumnus Brian Mackin was selected as the program’s fourth full-time Athletics Director.

Spring, 2008: UAB men’s golf team cap-tures 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 Tourna-ment. Not only did the Blazers defeat the Owls for the first time in 10 tries, but it also was the second-highest 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 quarter-finals and hosting defending national champion

North Carolina at Bartow Arena. Individu-ally, football’s Joe Webb and men’s soc-cer’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 bas-ketball player ever to earn Freshman and Sixth Player

of the Year honors in the same season.

Feb. 23, 2010: The UAB softball team opened

i t s new, on-campus facility, drawing a school-record crowd of 1,323 to its contest with Alabama.

Spring, 2011: The UAB men’s bas-

ketball team captured the program’s first-ever out-

right Conference USA regular season championship. The Blazers

were also selected to the NCAA Tournament, marking their first

NCAA tournament appear-ance since 2006 and the

program’s 14th NCAA selection in its 32-year history. The softball

team earned its second NCAA berth in as many seasons as well. Furthermore,

women’s tennis standout Jenny Cape became the first Academic All-American for her sport, while track and field also received its first Academic All-America selections, as Nora Mehl and Rhiannon Johns received the nod.

The 2006 UAB volleyball team won the Conference 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.

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Men’s Basketball

• 14 NCAA Tournament and 11 NIT appearances

• Eight conference championships• 28 winning seasons in 33 years• 21 20-win seasons in 33 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)

• 1999 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight and 2001 NCAA Tourna-ment Sweet 16

• Three conference championships (1994, 1995, 1999)

• Eight All-Americans

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

Baseball

• Three conference championships (1991, 1992, 1994)

• 1991 NCAA Tournament participant

• Shayne Carnes (1998) and Ryan Keedy (2008) named All-Ameri-cans by multiple publications

• Four 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 1993-2000• 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 Vladules-cu-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 honor-

able mention honorees

Men’s Golf

• 2001, 2002 and 2008 NCAA Championship Participant

• NCAA Regional Participants 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008

• 2008 Conference USA Champions

• 1995 Great Midwest Conference Champions

• No. 1-ranked golfer and Fred Haskings Award winner (Graeme McDowell)

• Six 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• Cross Country conference

champions, 2006• 2005 Individual Cross Country

C-USA Champion• Eight-time USTFCCCA

All-Academic Team

Softball

• Two-time NCAA Tournament participant (2010 and 2011)

• 18 NFCA All-American Scholar Athletes

• Five 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

Women’s Soccer

• UAB Academic Award (1997, 1998, 2000)

• Five All-Americans• Three conference championships

(2003, 2004, 2006)• Two NCAA Tournament appear-

ances (2004, 2006)

HighlightsBlazer

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By moving to the Atlantic 10 Conference for the 1997 season, Villanova Univer-

sity’s nine-year membership of the Yankee Con-ference and the conference’s 50-year football legacy came to a close. Under the direction of head coach Andy Talley, Villanova compiled a lifetime mark of 38-31 in Yankee Conference contests. During their Yankee Conference his-tory, the Wildcats shared the league champion-ship twice, 1991 and 1989, finished second on three occasions, in 1996, 1992 and 1990, and third once in 1988.

The addition of three college football pro-grams in 1993 (James Madison, Northeastern and William and Mary) made the Yankee Conference the largest NCAA Division I-AA conference, with 12 total members. Each one of the 12 schools competed for the confer-ence title, playing an eight-game league slate. For scheduling purposes only, the league was divided into a New England Division (Boston University, University of Connecticut, Uni-versity of Maine, University of Massachusetts, University of New Hampshire and the Univer-sity of Rhode Island), and a Mid-Atlantic Divi-sion (University of Delaware, James Madison University, Northeastern University, University of Richmond, VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY and the College of William and Mary). Also, each individual school had to play each team in its own division, as well as three teams from the other division each year for a total of eight league contests.

The Yankee Conference originally developed from the New England College Conference of Intercollegiate Athletics. When Northeastern University offered its resignation from that group, the Land Grant institutions appointed a committee to form a new league. On December 8, 1945, that committee recommended an ath-letic conference formed by the six New England Land Grant colleges, namely; the University of Connecticut, University of Maine, Massa-chusetts State College (now the University of Massachusetts), Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island), the Uni-versity of New Hampshire and the University of Vermont.

On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on December 3, 1946. The On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on Decem-ber 3, 1946. The first league championships

were conducted in the 1947-48 season.first league championships were conducted

in the 1947-48 season.In 1978, with the creation by the NCAA of

Division I-AA Football, the Yankee Conference disbanded in all sports with the exception of football. Vermont, which had dropped football in 1974, dropped out of the league. As a result, the Yankee Conference, after already adding Boston University in 1973, was six members strong.

In 1984, the University of Delaware and University of Richmond joined the league, and became eligible for the league title in 1986, while the Villanova University Wildcats came on board in 1985. They became eligible for the league title in 1988.

The Yankee Conference was one of the original conferences to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs in 1978. Since the birth of NCAA Division I-AA, Bos-ton University went to the playoffs five times (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1994); Rhode Island three times (1981, 1984, 1985); Massachusetts three times (1978, 1988, 1990); Delaware six times (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996); Villanova four times (1989, 1991, 1992,

1996); Maine twice (1987, 1989); New Hamp-shire twice (1991, 1994); James Madison twice (1994, 1995), William & Mary twice (1993-1996) and Richmond (1987) once.w Hamp-shire and the University of Rhode Island), and a Mid-Atlantic Division (University of Delaware, James Madison University, Northeastern Uni-versity, University of Richmond, VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY and the College of William and Mary). Also, each individual school had to play each team in its own division, as well as three teams from the other division each year for a total of eight league contests.

The Yankee Conference originally developed from the New England College Conference of Intercollegiate Athletics. When Northeastern University offered its resignation from that group, the Land Grant institutions appointed a committee to form a new league. On December 8, 1945, that committee recommended an ath-letic conference formed by the six New England Land Grant colleges, namely; the University of Connecticut, University of Maine, Massa-chusetts State College (now the University of Massachusetts), Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island), the Uni-versity of New Hampshire and the University of Vermont.

On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on December 3, 1946. The On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on Decem-ber 3, 1946. The first league championships were conducted in the 1947-48 season.

first league championships were conducted in the 1947-48 season.

In 1978, with the creation by the NCAA of Division I-AA Football, the Yankee Conference disbanded in all sports with the exception of football. Vermont, which had dropped football in 1974, dropped out of the league. As a result, the Yankee Conference, after already adding Boston University in 1973, was six members strong.

In 1984, the University of Delaware and University of Richmond joined the league, and became eligible for the league title in 1986, while the Villanova University Wildcats came on board in 1985. They became eligible for the league title in 1988.

The Yankee Conference was one of the original conferences to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs in 1978.

iate Athletics. When Northeastern Uni-versity offered its resignation from

that group, the Land Grant institutions

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2008 UAB OutlookMen’s BasketballAaron JohnsonJerome MincySteve MitchellOliver Robinson

FootballRodregis BrooksCedrick BuchannonJosh EvansKerry FrazierRobert LeslieDerrick IngramJohn WhitcombRoddy White

Women’s BasketballWanda HightowerDeanna Jackson

BaseballShayne CarnesJay ColeMitch JonesRyan Keedy

Men’s SoccerClint BaumstarkPeter ByaruhangaLeandro de OliveiraTony McManusFlavio MonteiroRumbani MunthaliMarin PusekHouston Smith

Women’s SoccerTara Kidwell

Men’s TennisGerd AlbiezMike KirstenPaul RosnerFrank SchaffnerVaughn SnymanMartin Woisetschläger

Women’s TennisMirela Vladulescu

Track/ Cross CountryElizabeth AmbrusVonetta FlowersRhiannon JohnsAngela King

Men’s GolfPaul DickinsonGraeme McDowellGarrett OsbornZack Sucher

Synchronized SwimmingMorgan ClarkeMeryl GrandiaAmanda HaeuserStephanie JacksonStacey JacksonMargareta JakovacStacy LeikerSara PetrovHallie ToddBogdana Zareva

VolleyballIvana BozicSam SerleyNevena Stefanov

All-AmericansUAB

Steve Mitchell

Elizabeth Ambrus

Flavio Monteiro

Ryan Keedy

BaseballBrent Laircey

Men’s BasketballCarter Long

FootballJohnny Rea

VolleyballSuzie JohnsonPatti Schroder

Men’s TennisSebastian FalkFrank SchaffnerMartin Woisetschläger

Women’s TennisJenny Cape

Men’s SoccerLane KnightLoucas PapaconstantinouLukasz Kwapisz

Women’s SoccerDanielle BlairBrianna McCartyLisa NowoslawskiDenise PetersJill PortoVanessa Woodward

Synchronized SwimmingVanessa DashAndrea DashKelli DickersonAmanda HaeuserFrances HalloranStacey JacksonStephanie Jackson

Rebecca JohnsonKristen KramerStacy LeikerKaren MeyerSara PetrovSarah PikalMoraine RuddickHallie Todd

SoftballAmanda ByrneAllison DavisAmanda EllisCandice HitheKris LaraEmily ScarbroughMegan Stephenson

Track/Cross CountryRhiannon JohnsNora Mehl

Academic All-Americans

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By moving to the Atlantic 10 Conference for the 1997 season, Villanova Univer-

sity’s nine-year membership of the Yankee Con-ference and the conference’s 50-year football legacy came to a close. Under the direction of head coach Andy Talley, Villanova compiled a lifetime mark of 38-31 in Yankee Conference contests. During their Yankee Conference his-tory, the Wildcats shared the league champion-ship twice, 1991 and 1989, finished second on three occasions, in 1996, 1992 and 1990, and third once in 1988.

The addition of three college football pro-grams in 1993 (James Madison, Northeastern and William and Mary) made the Yankee Conference the largest NCAA Division I-AA conference, with 12 total members. Each one of the 12 schools competed for the confer-ence title, playing an eight-game league slate. For scheduling purposes only, the league was divided into a New England Division (Boston University, University of Connecticut, Uni-versity of Maine, University of Massachusetts, University of New Hampshire and the Univer-sity of Rhode Island), and a Mid-Atlantic Divi-sion (University of Delaware, James Madison University, Northeastern University, University of Richmond, VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY and the College of William and Mary). Also, each individual school had to play each team in its own division, as well as three teams from the other division each year for a total of eight league contests.

The Yankee Conference originally developed from the New England College Conference of Intercollegiate Athletics. When Northeastern University offered its resignation from that group, the Land Grant institutions appointed a committee to form a new league. On December 8, 1945, that committee recommended an ath-letic conference formed by the six New England Land Grant colleges, namely; the University of Connecticut, University of Maine, Massa-chusetts State College (now the University of Massachusetts), Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island), the Uni-versity of New Hampshire and the University of Vermont.

On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on December 3, 1946. The On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on Decem-ber 3, 1946. The first league championships

were conducted in the 1947-48 season.first league championships were conducted

in the 1947-48 season.In 1978, with the creation by the NCAA of

Division I-AA Football, the Yankee Conference disbanded in all sports with the exception of football. Vermont, which had dropped football in 1974, dropped out of the league. As a result, the Yankee Conference, after already adding Boston University in 1973, was six members strong.

In 1984, the University of Delaware and University of Richmond joined the league, and became eligible for the league title in 1986, while the Villanova University Wildcats came on board in 1985. They became eligible for the league title in 1988.

The Yankee Conference was one of the original conferences to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs in 1978. Since the birth of NCAA Division I-AA, Bos-ton University went to the playoffs five times (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1994); Rhode Island three times (1981, 1984, 1985); Massachusetts three times (1978, 1988, 1990); Delaware six times (1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996); Villanova four times (1989, 1991, 1992,

1996); Maine twice (1987, 1989); New Hamp-shire twice (1991, 1994); James Madison twice (1994, 1995), William & Mary twice (1993-1996) and Richmond (1987) once.w Hamp-shire and the University of Rhode Island), and a Mid-Atlantic Division (University of Delaware, James Madison University, Northeastern Uni-versity, University of Richmond, VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY and the College of William and Mary). Also, each individual school had to play each team in its own division, as well as three teams from the other division each year for a total of eight league contests.

The Yankee Conference originally developed from the New England College Conference of Intercollegiate Athletics. When Northeastern University offered its resignation from that group, the Land Grant institutions appointed a committee to form a new league. On December 8, 1945, that committee recommended an ath-letic conference formed by the six New England Land Grant colleges, namely; the University of Connecticut, University of Maine, Massa-chusetts State College (now the University of Massachusetts), Rhode Island State College (now the University of Rhode Island), the Uni-versity of New Hampshire and the University of Vermont.

On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on December 3, 1946. The On August 24, 1946, representatives from the schools met. A preamble and code of the Yankee Conference were adopted, and became effective on Decem-ber 3, 1946. The first league championships were conducted in the 1947-48 season.

first league championships were conducted in the 1947-48 season.

In 1978, with the creation by the NCAA of Division I-AA Football, the Yankee Conference disbanded in all sports with the exception of football. Vermont, which had dropped football in 1974, dropped out of the league. As a result, the Yankee Conference, after already adding Boston University in 1973, was six members strong.

In 1984, the University of Delaware and University of Richmond joined the league, and became eligible for the league title in 1986, while the Villanova University Wildcats came on board in 1985. They became eligible for the league title in 1988.

The Yankee Conference was one of the original conferences to receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs in 1978.

iate Athletics. When Northeastern Uni-versity offered its resignation from

that group, the Land Grant institutions

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2008 UAB Outlook

Graeme McDowellYears At UAB: 1999-2002

• Captured the 2010 U.S. Open Cham-pionship – 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 six professional tournaments, five 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 Profes-sional 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 WhiteYears 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 three consecutive

seasons (2008-2010)• First Falcon ever to have 80 catches and

1,100-plus yards in four straight seasons (2007-10)• Collected 71 receptions for an NCAA-leading

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)

Vonetta (Jeffrey) FlowersYears At UAB: 1992-95

• Inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame in 2010

• Made history at the 2002 Winter Olym-pics in Salt Lake City, becoming the first and only former UAB athlete to earn an Olympic Gold Medal

• Captured the Gold in the bobsled as the first black athlete (male or female in any country) to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics

• Selected to carry the American flag in the 2002 closing ceremonies

• 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 JacksonYears At UAB: 1998-2002

• First and only UAB player selected in the WNBA Draft, chosen eighth overall by the Cleveland Rock-ers 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, 2001-02)

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 ThomasYears 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 10th year as a Jet with 141 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 JakovicYears 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 Nation-al Team

• A three-time all-conference selection at UAB

• Twice earned first-team all-region honors

Chris HammondYears 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

EXCELLENCEAt The Next Level

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One of the most respected figures in intercolle- giate athlet-ics, Gene Bartow, forged the UAB athletic pro-

gram into a well-rounded organization with outstand-ing teams in several sports. Bartow, considered the “founding father” of UAB athletics, grew the intercol-legiate 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 col-lege 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 appear-ances, 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 Bas-ketball Hall of Fame and the Northeast Missouri Athletic Hall of Fame.

The Browning, Mo. native coached 34 years at six universi-ties. 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 posi-tion 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 Ten-nessee State.

Gene BartowAlabama Sports Hall Of Fame ’89

National College Basketball Hall Of Fame ’09

• UAB head basketball coach (1977-96)• UAB’s first Athletics Director (1977-2000)• Nine NCAA Tournament appearances at UAB• 14 postseason appearances during 18-year

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

“Founding Father” of UAB Athletics

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2004 Blazer Football

UAB AT A GLANCE

UAB enriches Birmingham’s cultural landscape through a diversity of peo-ple and activities such as athletics, per-forming arts, theatre, social service, and much more.

Bharat Soni, one of America’s top computing experts and a UAB engineering professor, has created a high-performance virtual reality lab on campus.

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A University Forging the Future

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.

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 sin-gle 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.

• 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 inno-vation are campus traditions—and where successful futures begin.

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A Leading-Edge Research Enterprise

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.

• 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-in-chief 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.

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Athletic Achievements

Challenging, Distinctive Academic Programs

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• 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 environmen-tal control and life-support technology.

• The men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Championships for the fifth time overall in 2006. 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 Blazers field 18 intercollegiate teams as a Division I member of the NCAA and a founding member of Conference USA.

• 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 cap-ture the two-woman bobsled competition.

• 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 33 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.

• The UAB softball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and made a return trip in 2011. The Blazers defeated Florida State in the first round of the 2011 Athens Regional for their first ever NCAA tourney win.

• The Blazer volleyball team has made two NCAA tournament appearances in the past five years (2006 and 2008). The program earned its first NCAA tourna-ment victory in 2008 with a first-round win over Missouri State.

• Blazer football earned its first postseason bowl appearance with a berth in the 2004 Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. The Blazers have finished as Conference USA run-ner-up three times since they became a football-playing member of the league.

• 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 fed-eral research funding per incoming freshman. Of the 138 undergradu-ates 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; nurs-ing 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.

• 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).

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Associate Athletic Director for Student Ser-vices Danez M.

Marrable oversees a staff of eight full-time advi-sors, a learning specialist, reading and writing spe-cialist and five assistants in the Don M. & Mar-sha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Cen-ter. Their mission is to provide the highest qual-ity of academic support, counseling and guidance to UAB student-athletes by promoting academic excellence, self-responsi-bility, personal and pro-fessional growth.

Marrable and her staff act as a liaison between the student-athlete, coaches and UAB’s academic communities and ensures that student-athletes comply with academic rules established by the university, the NCAA and Conference USA. The staff also coordi-nates academic programs designed to assist the stu-dent-athletes in acquiring a quality education as well as programs to pro-mote personal and career development.

UAB’s Student Services program wants to make certain that student-athletes succeed to their highest academic ability. Inherent in the pro-gram is the philosophy that student-athletes take responsibility for their own growth and development while receiving maximum support. The academic unit’s goals are to prepare student-athletes for viable careers, to assist them in secur-ing degrees and to produce responsible citizens.

The athletic advisors, in conjunction with specific major advisors, work with student-athletes on a regular basis on necessary requirements for their chosen degree. The advisors also help plan class schedules, keeping in mind academic standing,

practice, travel and competition schedules. In addition, athletic advisors regularly review the performance and class attendance of all student-athletes to help them keep on pace toward graduation.

In addition, the Life Skills program is run through this office. This NCAA program centers around the five commitments (academics, athletics, personal development, career development and communi-ty service) and was created to sup-port the student-athlete develop-ment initiatives and enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience within the context of higher education.

Finally, the Student-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee (SAAC) is advised th rough the stu-d e n t services offices. T h i s g r o u p , the ‘voice’ of the s tuden t -athletes, is composed

of representatives from each team. At UAB, this group works to promote UAB athletics, organizes community service efforts, provides administration with the voice of the stu-dent-athletes and works to ensure student-athlete welfare and success in the Birmingham community.

UAB’s commitment to academic excellence got a boost in the summer of 2008 with the comple-tion of the Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Stu-dent-Athlete Academic Center. Under the direc-tion of athletics director Brian Mackin, and with

a generous donation from Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire, UAB was able to completely renovate the academic center and provide first-class facili-ties to the Blazers’ student-athletes.

Sitting in the middle of UAB’s athletic complexes, including Bartow Arena and the football practice facilities, the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Aca-demic Center serves as the home for overseeing the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes.

Academics(Student-athletes achieving

cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better)

Kate Armstrong  

Laura Callaway   

Catherine Crawford 

Hailey Glynn  

Maegan Hornsby 

Mandy Lowman 

Natalie Mitchell   

Heather Pearson   

Erica Sisson    

Alisha Smith  

Tiffany Smith  

Amber Torres 

Sallie Van Kirk  

Caley Walden    

Lauren Webster  

2010-11 C-USA Commissioner’s

Honor Roll

• Completed in the Summer of 2008

• Houses a director, a learning specialist, sevenfull-time advisors and five assistants

• More than 50 tutors and mentors

• Over 40 computers available for student use

• Computer lab for general student use

• Learning lab

• Laptops for student-athlete checkout

• Mentor meeting room

• Nine small group and one-on-one tutor rooms

• Five large group study areas

• Staff conference room

• Tutor/mentor resource library

Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center

2010-11 Seniors (L-R): Donna Plath, Caley Walden, Alisha Smith, Natalie Mitchell, Sallie Van Kirk.

(L-R) Marsha and Don Hire, Mr. Charles J. Hoke and UAB Athletics Director Brian Mackin cut the ribbon on

the new Academic Center in 2008.

Danez Marrable

Associate Athletic Direc-tor for Student Services

Sharon Johnson

Academic Advisor

Peggy Weiss

Learning Specialist

Josh Watson

Academic Advisor

Wayne Hamberger

Learning Specialist

Drew Barnette

Academic Advisor

Mary Kathryn Borland

Academic Advisor

Charlie Hogan

Academic Advisor

Christina Harris

Academic Advisor

Greg GreenCoordinator of

Football Academics

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Associate Athletic Director for Student Ser-vices Danez M.

Marrable oversees a staff of eight full-time advi-sors, a learning specialist, reading and writing spe-cialist and five assistants in the Don M. & Mar-sha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Cen-ter. Their mission is to provide the highest qual-ity of academic support, counseling and guidance to UAB student-athletes by promoting academic excellence, self-responsi-bility, personal and pro-fessional growth.

Marrable and her staff act as a liaison between the student-athlete, coaches and UAB’s academic communities and ensures that student-athletes comply with academic rules established by the university, the NCAA and Conference USA. The staff also coordi-nates academic programs designed to assist the stu-dent-athletes in acquiring a quality education as well as programs to pro-mote personal and career development.

UAB’s Student Services program wants to make certain that student-athletes succeed to their highest academic ability. Inherent in the pro-gram is the philosophy that student-athletes take responsibility for their own growth and development while receiving maximum support. The academic unit’s goals are to prepare student-athletes for viable careers, to assist them in secur-ing degrees and to produce responsible citizens.

The athletic advisors, in conjunction with specific major advisors, work with student-athletes on a regular basis on necessary requirements for their chosen degree. The advisors also help plan class schedules, keeping in mind academic standing,

practice, travel and competition schedules. In addition, athletic advisors regularly review the performance and class attendance of all student-athletes to help them keep on pace toward graduation.

In addition, the Life Skills program is run through this office. This NCAA program centers around the five commitments (academics, athletics, personal development, career development and communi-ty service) and was created to sup-port the student-athlete develop-ment initiatives and enhance the quality of the student-athlete experience within the context of higher education.

Finally, the Student-Athlete Advisory Commit-tee (SAAC) is advised th rough the stu-d e n t services offices. T h i s g r o u p , the ‘voice’ of the s tuden t -athletes, is composed

of representatives from each team. At UAB, this group works to promote UAB athletics, organizes community service efforts, provides administration with the voice of the stu-dent-athletes and works to ensure student-athlete welfare and success in the Birmingham community.

UAB’s commitment to academic excellence got a boost in the summer of 2008 with the comple-tion of the Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Stu-dent-Athlete Academic Center. Under the direc-tion of athletics director Brian Mackin, and with

a generous donation from Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire, UAB was able to completely renovate the academic center and provide first-class facili-ties to the Blazers’ student-athletes.

Sitting in the middle of UAB’s athletic complexes, including Bartow Arena and the football practice facilities, the Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Aca-demic Center serves as the home for overseeing the educational development and progress toward graduation for all student-athletes.

Academics(Student-athletes achieving

cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better)

Kate Armstrong  

Laura Callaway   

Catherine Crawford 

Hailey Glynn  

Maegan Hornsby 

Mandy Lowman 

Natalie Mitchell   

Heather Pearson   

Erica Sisson    

Alisha Smith  

Tiffany Smith  

Amber Torres 

Sallie Van Kirk  

Caley Walden    

Lauren Webster  

2010-11 C-USA Commissioner’s

Honor Roll

• Completed in the Summer of 2008

• Houses a director, a learning specialist, sevenfull-time advisors and five assistants

• More than 50 tutors and mentors

• Over 40 computers available for student use

• Computer lab for general student use

• Learning lab

• Laptops for student-athlete checkout

• Mentor meeting room

• Nine small group and one-on-one tutor rooms

• Five large group study areas

• Staff conference room

• Tutor/mentor resource library

Don M. & Marsha Hoke Hire Student-Athlete Academic Center

2010-11 Seniors (L-R): Donna Plath, Caley Walden, Alisha Smith, Natalie Mitchell, Sallie Van Kirk.

(L-R) Marsha and Don Hire, Mr. Charles J. Hoke and UAB Athletics Director Brian Mackin cut the ribbon on

the new Academic Center in 2008.

Danez Marrable

Associate Athletic Direc-tor for Student Services

Sharon Johnson

Academic Advisor

Peggy Weiss

Learning Specialist

Josh Watson

Academic Advisor

Wayne Hamberger

Learning Specialist

Drew Barnette

Academic Advisor

Mary Kathryn Borland

Academic Advisor

Charlie Hogan

Academic Advisor

Christina Harris

Academic Advisor

Greg GreenCoordinator of

Football Academics

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The Sports Medicine staff provides for all 17 varsity teams and 350 University of Alabama at Birming-ham student-athletes with high quality health care. Student-athletes have access to the leading sports medicine and health care professionals.

The Sports Medicine staff consists of team physi-cians, dentists, athletic trainers and a sports nutri-tionist. The daily care, prevention, evaluation and treatment of injuries is supervised by a staff of seven full-time and five graduate assistants that have been certified by the National Athletic Trainers Associa-tion (NATA) and licensed by the state of Alabama.

The Sports Medicine program is under the direc-tion of Mike Jones; his full-time athletic trainers are Melissa Adams, Laurie Fincher, Bryan Koch, Gerald Mickler, Greg Mytyk and Jennifer Wallace. Gradu-ate assistant trainers Seong Choi, Matt Fisher, Betsy Ostrowski, Ryan Richardson, Daniel Springer and Dani Stephenson complete the staff.

Team physicians are affiliated with the acclaimed UAB Health System, health professional school and the UAB Sports Medicine. U.S. News & World Report and other national publications consistently rank UAB’s innovative programs and expert spe-

cialists among the best in America. The Medical Director of UAB Sports Medicine is Dr. William Garth, an orthopedic surgeon. He is responsible for all services provided to student-athletes. General medical care is provided by Dr. Brenda Baumann and Dr. Marshall Crowther.

In the fall of 2008, the Wallace Building Ath-letic Training Room opened. The 9,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility offers the finest therapeutic modalities and rehabilitative equipment. It has an extensive collection of therapeutic and rehabilita-tion equipment including a BTE isokinetic testing machine and hydrotherapy tanks. The Wet Room features two free standing dual-tank consoles that offer whole-body and extremity immersion in either warm or cold hydrotherapy. UAB has the largest dual-tank console that has a stainless steel tank with a capacity of 1,450 gallons of water and can accom-modate up to 25 football student-athletes at a time.

In addition to the Wallace Building Facility, auxil-iary athletic training rooms are located in Bartow Arena and in Young Memorial Field.

SportsMedicine

In the fall semester, 2008, the Wallace Building Athletic Training Room opened its doors. UAB student-athletes began enjoying a brand-new, state of the art athletic training facility. The new 9,000 square foot center allows the athletic

training staff to work more efficiently and gives the student-athletes a much more comfortable facility.

Bryan KochAssociate

Athletic Trainer

Mike JonesAssistant AD

Athletic Training

Gerald MicklerAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Jen WallaceAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Laurie FincherAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Greg MytykAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Melissa AdamsAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Dr. Brenda Baumann Team Physician

Dr. Marshall Crowther Team Physician

Dr. William Garth

Team Physician

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The Sports Medicine staff provides for all 17 varsity teams and 350 University of Alabama at Birming-ham student-athletes with high quality health care. Student-athletes have access to the leading sports medicine and health care professionals.

The Sports Medicine staff consists of team physi-cians, dentists, athletic trainers and a sports nutri-tionist. The daily care, prevention, evaluation and treatment of injuries is supervised by a staff of seven full-time and five graduate assistants that have been certified by the National Athletic Trainers Associa-tion (NATA) and licensed by the state of Alabama.

The Sports Medicine program is under the direc-tion of Mike Jones; his full-time athletic trainers are Melissa Adams, Laurie Fincher, Bryan Koch, Gerald Mickler, Greg Mytyk and Jennifer Wallace. Gradu-ate assistant trainers Seong Choi, Matt Fisher, Betsy Ostrowski, Ryan Richardson, Daniel Springer and Dani Stephenson complete the staff.

Team physicians are affiliated with the acclaimed UAB Health System, health professional school and the UAB Sports Medicine. U.S. News & World Report and other national publications consistently rank UAB’s innovative programs and expert spe-

cialists among the best in America. The Medical Director of UAB Sports Medicine is Dr. William Garth, an orthopedic surgeon. He is responsible for all services provided to student-athletes. General medical care is provided by Dr. Brenda Baumann and Dr. Marshall Crowther.

In the fall of 2008, the Wallace Building Ath-letic Training Room opened. The 9,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility offers the finest therapeutic modalities and rehabilitative equipment. It has an extensive collection of therapeutic and rehabilita-tion equipment including a BTE isokinetic testing machine and hydrotherapy tanks. The Wet Room features two free standing dual-tank consoles that offer whole-body and extremity immersion in either warm or cold hydrotherapy. UAB has the largest dual-tank console that has a stainless steel tank with a capacity of 1,450 gallons of water and can accom-modate up to 25 football student-athletes at a time.

In addition to the Wallace Building Facility, auxil-iary athletic training rooms are located in Bartow Arena and in Young Memorial Field.

SportsMedicine

In the fall semester, 2008, the Wallace Building Athletic Training Room opened its doors. UAB student-athletes began enjoying a brand-new, state of the art athletic training facility. The new 9,000 square foot center allows the athletic

training staff to work more efficiently and gives the student-athletes a much more comfortable facility.

Bryan KochAssociate

Athletic Trainer

Mike JonesAssistant AD

Athletic Training

Gerald MicklerAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Jen WallaceAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Laurie FincherAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Greg MytykAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Melissa AdamsAssistant

Athletic Trainer

Dr. Brenda Baumann Team Physician

Dr. Marshall Crowther Team Physician

Dr. William Garth

Team Physician

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UAB’s Strength and Conditioning program, the Blazers’ staff and student-athletes can

now boast of having one of the finest facilities around.

The new center opened in January of 2008 and houses a 10,000 square-foot weight room that features more than 40,000 pounds of free weights.

Strength and conditioning coach coach Lou DeNeen works with members of the Blazer men’s basketball team to develop training pro-grams and enhance each athlete’s performance.

DeNeen, who has more than 25 years of

experience in the area of strength and condi-tioning, joined the UAB staff prior to the 2007 campaign. In addition to his success at the col-legiate level, DeNeen has also worked with and trained many professional athletes. His clientele includes MLB players Alex Rodriguez, Raul Ibanez, Mike Lowell, Jose Cruz, Jr. and Alex Gonzalez; NBA players Abdur-Rahim, Mark Strickland, Raja Bell, Jamal Mashburn, Carlos Arroyo, P.J. Brown and Joe Smith; and the NFL’s Tony Gonzalez, among many others.

DeNeen and the Blazers moved into their

new strength and conditioning area in Bell Gymnasium, more than tripling the size of the area they had utilized previously in Bartow Arena. The bright and spacious weight room area includes state-of-the-art equipment for weight training, stretching and conditioning workouts.

DeNeen uses a variety of techniques to assist the Blazers in achieving maximum performance and potential. With a heavy emphasis on Olympic style weightlifting, the program con-centrates on speed, power, and strength.

Strength &Conditioning

Lou DeNeenSoftball Strength &Conditioning Coach

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UAB’s Strength and Conditioning program, the Blazers’ staff and student-athletes can

now boast of having one of the finest facilities around.

The new center opened in January of 2008 and houses a 10,000 square-foot weight room that features more than 40,000 pounds of free weights.

Strength and conditioning coach coach Lou DeNeen works with members of the Blazer men’s basketball team to develop training pro-grams and enhance each athlete’s performance.

DeNeen, who has more than 25 years of

experience in the area of strength and condi-tioning, joined the UAB staff prior to the 2007 campaign. In addition to his success at the col-legiate level, DeNeen has also worked with and trained many professional athletes. His clientele includes MLB players Alex Rodriguez, Raul Ibanez, Mike Lowell, Jose Cruz, Jr. and Alex Gonzalez; NBA players Abdur-Rahim, Mark Strickland, Raja Bell, Jamal Mashburn, Carlos Arroyo, P.J. Brown and Joe Smith; and the NFL’s Tony Gonzalez, among many others.

DeNeen and the Blazers moved into their

new strength and conditioning area in Bell Gymnasium, more than tripling the size of the area they had utilized previously in Bartow Arena. The bright and spacious weight room area includes state-of-the-art equipment for weight training, stretching and conditioning workouts.

DeNeen uses a variety of techniques to assist the Blazers in achieving maximum performance and potential. With a heavy emphasis on Olympic style weightlifting, the program con-centrates on speed, power, and strength.

Strength &Conditioning

Lou DeNeenSoftball Strength &Conditioning Coach

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W ith a population of more than 230,000 (more than one million in the metro-

politan area), Birmingham has a strong, diverse, service-oriented economy and is recognized as a Southeast leader.

Founded shortly after the Civil War, Birming-ham 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 dis-tinction, “The Magic City,” but this tribute is due to the city’s economic competitiveness, technolog-ical 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. Bir-mingham’s strategic location and diverse economy position the city as one of tremendous opportu-nity and growth.

Centrally located and the largest municipal-ity in Ala bama, the city is home to a number of renowned individuals who have made an impres-sion 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 compe-titions and much more provide unlimited activity and amusement.

Residents and visitors to Birmingham enjoy the city’s recreational and historical attractions such as the Birmingham Zoo, Birmingham Botanical Gardens,

Vulcan Park, Sloss Furnaces, Southern Museum of Flight and the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

Sports enthusiasts will never be at a loss for activity at the heart of the “Football Capital of the South.” UAB plays all of its home football games at historic Legion Field, which also was the site of preliminary round soccer matches at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Professional athletic teams in the area include the Class-AA Birmingham Barons (baseball).

Several annual fests are held in Birmingham. The biggest is City Stages, held each spring in the downtown City Center. City Stages attracts nearly a quarter of a million people for a three-day weekend of unlimited music.

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

BIRMINGHAMThe Magic City

The statue of Vulcan — Roman God of Fire and Iron — is the

symbol of the city of Birmingham.

The Birmingham Civil Rights Museum stands as a reminder of the past and a

beacon of hope for the future.

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The 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 equipt-ment 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 spe-cial 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 aer-obics, 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 chil-dren while they work out. The center also has

a juice bar, wireless internet access, and an Out-door 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 coor-dinates with UAB groups to offer nutritional counseling, body-fat measurements, personal training, and general fitness assessments.

Campus Recreation Center

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