The Lot 30 parking area adjacent to Townhouse Park also was repaved and striped. McDowell won the Haskins Award during his senior season in 2002. Mary Bowers Field In the 2015-2016 season, the team was ranked as high as #74 by the ITA. Blazers take on the Crimson Tide. 2020 Top 50 College Softball Programs No.

Education moved into the renovated space formerly occupied by the Collat School of Business just in time for the fall semester. Projects will receive U.S. Economic Development Administration grant support for proof-of-concept and early-stage product development. In 2011, an effort to build an on-campus stadium failed to gain approval by the University of Alabama board of trustees; this served as a harbinger of the program's eventual termination following the 2014 season. 4 at the corner of Fifth Avenue South and 10th Street. @RazorbackSB took game 1 in Tuscaloosa @LibertySB throws perfect game & puts up a fight against No. But new faces aren’t the only changes coming to campus. The exterior grounds feature a landscaped courtyard with outdoor seating. These include blooming green spaces and art installations, a new home for the Honors College, renovations to existing buildings, Residence Hall 2020, the Technology Innovation Center, a clubhouse for UAB Baseball and UAB Softball and the Science and Engineering Complex. The Blazers are now scheduled to move to the new Protective Stadium on the grounds of the Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex in 2021. It also will house an innovative and cost-efficient Tesla Powerpack battery system that increases system reliability and availability while reducing the carbon footprint and other innovative features to meet the technology needs of UAB students, faculty, researchers and clinicians. UAB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer [12] The team currently practices at UAB's four-court facility located on campus and plays home matches at the Lakeshore Foundation Tennis Center located in Homewood, Alabama. Former mascots included a strange cartoonish Nordic warrior named Blaze the Viking in 1993 and a rooster named Beauregard T. Rooster, which remained the school's mascot until 1992 when UAB was threatened with legal action by the San Diego Chicken over trademark issues. The results are encouraging and also offer insight on ways to continue to improve. Students who normally park in Zone C can park in zones A, B, D, E and F for the remainder of the week.

UAB also encourages applications from individuals with disabilities and veterans. 4,033 Followers, 273 Following, 986 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from UAB Softball (@uab_sb) ( ); : The 1950s building was razed earlier this summer.

6 Washington, The D1Softball Podcast – Episode 5 with Clemson’s Cammy Pereira, 2020 Top 50 College Softball Programs: No. The Blazers advanced to the Super Regionals in 2013 by winning the Louisville Regional. They would lose the Bahamas Bowl to Ohio. Conference USA. Since then, UAB has played its home basketball games in Bartow Arena where the Blazers have won more than 80 percent of its games. The UAB Softball program played its first season in 2000. You will be exposed to the concepts, values and processes that Joe Guthrie uses to develop champions. In 2018 the Blazers overachieved, completing their best season to date by finishing the year with a school record of 11-3 and a dominating win (37-13) over Northern Illinois in the 2018 Boca Raton Bowl. Event Type. Since their inaugural season, the Blazers have made 15 appearances in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament including 3 Sweet Sixteen appearances and 1 Elite Eight appearance. [8] UAB announced on June 1, 2015 that their football program will be re-instated.

UAB has one Conference Regular Season Championship in program history (2013).

Located at the northwest corner of 20th Street South and University Boulevard, McCallum has undergone both internal and exterior renovations in recent months.