The Crimson Tide athletic department’s annual Alabama Student-Athlete Awards Banquet, presented by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, was held Monday evening in Foster Auditorium. Senior gymnast Ashley Priess, the SAAC president, opened the program by welcoming the gathered student-athletes and introducing UA Athletic Director Bill Battle who addressed the audience. The late Mal Moore, an Alabama student-athlete, coach and administrator for [...]

A year after placing second, Alabama gymnast Diandra Milliner won the NCAA Vault Championship Sunday in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus. Milliner shared the title with LSU’s Rheagan Courville after both women scored 9.925s in front of a six-judge panel. It was Alabama’s 24th individual NCAA title and 10th over the past decade. Milliner is the second UA gymnast [...]

For the third year in a row, the NCAA Gymnastics Championships came down to the last rotation with Alabama locked in a tight battle for the title. After winning the NCAA Championship in 2011 and 2012, the Crimson Tide came up just short in its bid to three-peat Saturday night in Pauley Pavilion on the UCLA campus, scoring a 197.350 [...]

During a rare competition-free week this spring, David Patterson becomes a storyteller and comedian. David, his wife and head gymnastics coach, Sarah, and assistant coaches Bryan Raschilla and Dana Duckworth are all gathered reminiscing about their time together and sharing stories. The conversation switches to talk of Sarah’s assistant coaches potentially becoming head coaches one day and the possibility of [...]

Ashley Priess admitted she was a little frustrated about not competing in the all-around throughout the season. She said she was antsy to compete and felt like she was ready earlier this year, but trusted the judgment of her coaches and waited her turn with every passing week. Priess and the coaching staff went into the season with a plan [...]