Alabama Women's Golf Releases 2017-18 Schedule
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – University of Alabama head women's golf coach Mic Potter has announced the 2017-18 season golf schedule. In his announcement, Potter said, "I am excited about the quality of venues, and the level of competition, that we will see this year. I am looking forward to getting started in September, and excited to see what the 2017-2018 team can accomplish."
The UA women will play in four tournaments during the fall portion of the Bama schedule, with two tournaments set for September as well as two in October. The Crimson Tide will be opening the 2017-18 campaign at the Mason Rudolph Championship on September 15th and will continue through the 17th in Franklin, Tennessee. Bama will defend its championship there after a record-setting 39-under par performance at the Vanderbilt Legends Club just last season. The Tide will then head on out to Norman, Oklahoma September 23-25 to compete in the Schooner Fall Classic for the second consecutive season. The Crimson Tide finished second in its first appearance there last season.
The month of October will feature two trips to the state of North Carolina. Bama will participate in the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill on October 13-15 and the Landfall Tradition in Wilmington on October 27-29. Alabama finished second at Chapel Hill and sixth in Wilmington last season.
The Crimson Tide returns to Southern California to open the spring portion of the schedule for the fourth consecutive year at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge in Palos Verdes Estates, California on February 11-13. Bama then heads to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate scheduled for March 2-4. This will be the seventh appearance for Alabama at the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate, a tournament the Tide has won four times, including the past two consecutive seasons.
The regular season will then conclude with the Evans Derby Experience in Auburn, Alabama on March 18-20 and the Liz Murphey Intercollegiate in Athens, Georgia on April 13-15. The Crimson Tide women will be making its first appearance at the Evans Derby and will be returning to the Liz Murphey for the 36th time in the history of one of the oldest tournaments in women's collegiate golf.
Postseason play will begin April 18-22 with the Southeastern Conference Championships at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Birmingham, Alabama. NCAA Regionals will take place May 7-9 with the University of Texas, University of Wisconsin, Stanford University and Florida State University serving as the host sites. The 2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championships will be the culmination of the season from May 18-23 at the Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Alabama Boasts Five Players In NFL Top 100
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide has produced champions. Southeastern Conference champions. National champions.
The Tide is also producing champions for the National Football League as well. And the NFL team rosters hold the names of 54 players from The Capstone. The league recently released the NFL Top 100 list, and Bama has five players on that list.
What is the NFL Top 100? These are the top, the best, 100 players in the National Football League according to a vote held by their peers, the NFL players themselves.
UA football can boast five players in the Top 100 prior to the start of the 2017 NFL season. Those players are Landon Collins (28), Amari Cooper (53), Ha Ha Clinton-Dix (77), Dont'a Hightower (94) and Julio Jones. It is known that Julio is in the NFL Top 10, but the position will not be released until June 26th. Incidentally, Jones was the only Crimson Tide player listed in the Top 100 in 2016.
Other schools from the Southeastern Conference with players in the NFL Top 100 are:
Georgia - five players
LSU - three players
Texas A&M - three players
Mississippi State - two players
Florida - one player
South Carolina - one player
Vanderbilt - one player
Auburn - one player
Tennessee - one player
The complete NFL Top 100 can be found at NFL.com.
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UA-FSU Is Second Most Expensive 2017 Ticket
ATLANTA, Georgia - It's a big one. Perhaps the biggest game game for the 2017 college football season, according to fans of the Florida State Seminoles. Sure it's important to the University of Alabama football program. But Bama has been here before. Big name teams have fallen away time and again while Alabama keeps winning games.
No one is saying the 2017 college football season openers between Alabama and FSU is going to be an easy contest. Both sides expect a battle. Both teams are expected to be in the College Football Playoff.
The ticket price for this game has dramatically increased, and is the number two ticket so far for the 2017 season. Lowest ticket price (yes, LOWEST) for this game is $423.
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University Of Alabama's Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility
Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility
Photo Credit: UA Athletics
The building, which underwent two renovations since 2005, contains a state-of-the-art training room featuring aquatic rehabilitation pools. The building also houses a 20,000 square foot strength and conditioning center, which is one of the largest collegiate strength and conditioning centers in the nation.
While the training room and strength and conditioning center are utilized by all Crimson Tide athletic programs, the building is primarily the home of one of the nation's greatest collegiate traditions, the Alabama football program.
The football team's locker room, player lounge, equipment room, meeting rooms, recruiting room, coaches' offices and media room are all located in the Mal M. Moore Athletic Facility.
The Hall of Champions located on the second floor of the building highlights Alabama's rich football history. Trophy cases for each of the Tide's national championships are located in the Hall of Champions, as well as a large case featuring the program's 24 Southeastern Conference championships. The Hall features individual accomplishments as well, including a trophy case for some of the more recent individual awards received by Crimson Tide football players. Both Heisman Trophy winners statues can be seen here, Mark Ingram's 2009 Heisman Trophy and Derrick Henry's 2015 Heisman Trophy. Every Alabama football player to be named a first team All-American, as well as those inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame are recognized with individual plaques in the Hall.
* Story from UA Athletic Department
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4-Star DE Stephon Wynn Includes
Crimson Tide Football In Top Three
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| Stephon Wynn Photo Credit: 247Sports |
The University of Alabama football program continues to get a look of looks from some of the nation's top talent for the class of 2018. Among those are Stephon Wynn, a four-star defensive end recruit out of IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
The youngster is scheduled to make his official declaration on July first at noon CT in his hometown of Anderson, South Carolina. The 6' 4", 285-pounder is listed as a four-star and the nation's No. 104 overall recruit according to 247Sports.
Wynn just released his top three schools, with the Alabama Crimson Tide being one of those. The other two are Georgia and South Carolina.
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2018 University Of Alabama Football Commits
The University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team currently has 3 student-athletes who have committed to furthering their football careers at the Capstone. As new commits and signees are announced the list will be updated and released.
Here is the complete list of 2017 commitments and signees to UA as of 06/23/17:
- Jordan Davis, DE (6-6, 240), Memphis, Tennessee
- Xavier Williams, WR/ATH (6-1, 185), Hollywood, Florida
- Quay Walker, OLF ( 6-4, 220), Cordele, Georgia
