Apr 29, 2021
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – As graduation gets underway at The University of Alabama this weekend, more than 100 Crimson Tide student-athletes are celebrating earning their degrees during the spring semester. Alabama Athletics’ total includes a seven-time NBA champion, an NCAA champion, 16 All-Americans and three Academic All-Americans as well as 30 who earned master’s degrees.
Seven-time NBA Champion Robert Horry, who played for the Crimson Tide from 1989-92, is returning to the Capstone after earning his bachelor’s degree this spring. The Andalusia, Ala., native led Alabama men’s basketball to three Southeastern Conference tournament titles and two Sweet 16 finishes in the NCAA Tournament, before going on to win more NBA championship rings than any player not to have played on the 1960s Boston Celtics.
Alabama Athletics Places 66 on SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
The Crimson Tide posted the highest total among schools that donât sponsor equestrian or rifle
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Apr 21, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A total of 66 University of Alabama student-athletes earned a place on the Southeastern Conference Winter Academic Honor Roll, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey announced Thursday. The Crimson Tide ranked first among schools that don t sponsor equestrian or rifle and sixth overall.
A total of 24 members of the Crimson Tide’s No. 5-ranked women’s swimming and diving team earned the honor, led by NCAA champions Flora Molnar and Morgan Scott. For the Crimson Tide men’s swimming and diving team, which finished 15
Alabamaâs Rhyan White Named SEC Female Swimmer of the Year
The junior is the first member of the Crimson Tide womenâs team to earn SEC Swimmer of the Year
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –
The accolades continue to roll in for Alabama’s Rhyan White following an extraordinary season in the pool. The junior became the first Crimson Tide woman to be voted Southeastern Conference Swimmer of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday.
“This is a tremendous honor for Rhyan and our program, interim coach Ozzie Quevedo said in a press release. To be voted as the SEC Swimmer of the Year by the league’s coaches says volumes about the kind of season she had. She and her teammates have worked extremely hard this season and it’s great to see it pay off this way. We’re also very proud of all our All-SEC honorees. This league is so tough and to have so many earn these honors says so much about the direction this program is going and that it is truly a team effort and not