The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
#TwitterTuesday: Recapping the Week for @UAB_Athletics
6/28/2016 12:00:00 AM | General
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Highlighted by last Friday's Legacy Pavilion Celebration at Bartow Arena, it was another exciting week for UAB Athletics. If you missed any of the news, catch up with these series of tweets.
UAB Athletics, Blazer IMG Sports Marketing and Legacy Community Federal Credit Union hosted a Legacy Pavilion Celebration in honor of the recently announced partnership which included a $4.2 million sponsorship and naming rights for Legacy Pavilion.
Recap: Sights and sounds from today's Legacy Pavilion Celebration: https://t.co/QvJElrPU6S pic.twitter.com/OKnUOsfLzp
-- UAB Football (@UAB_Football) June 24, 2016
The Legacy Pavilion Celebration is well underway here at Bartow Arena #GoBlazers pic.twitter.com/2TTjyJDLQK
-- UAB Football (@UAB_Football) June 24, 2016
Here were the top photos from Friday's event:
PHOTO GALLERY: Thank you to everyone who attended today's Legacy Pavilion Celebration -- https://t.co/h3HhMNR7Cx pic.twitter.com/l3wou93FAv
-- UAB Football (@UAB_Football) June 24, 2016
And we welcomed back alumni like current Green Bay Packer Kennard Backman!
It was a great turnout today for the Legacy Pavilion Celebration and great having alumni in the house like @kback86 pic.twitter.com/R5g4cD9or5
-- UAB Football (@UAB_Football) June 24, 2016
Earlier in the week, UAB Athletics announced another large donation. Thank you to Mike Thompson and the Thompson Tractor Co., Inc., for their continued support of UAB.
Thank you to Mike Thompson and the Thompson Tractor Co., Inc. for their $500,000 commitment to Football Ops Center pic.twitter.com/PuRTRqgexH
-- UAB Football (@UAB_Football) June 21, 2016
As a result of all this news, head football coach Bill Clark has been in high demand.
🎥🎬 pic.twitter.com/TpQQoAVQ5P
-- UAB Football (@UAB_Football) June 21, 2016
Elsewhere, Conference USA selected Elaine Simon as one of 14 Postgraduate Scholarship Award winners. Simon receives $4,000 from the league to continue her higher education.
Congrats to Elaine Simon of @UABWTennis for earning the C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship: https://t.co/WzTXt7KJSl pic.twitter.com/lZ2PLGaVxJ
-- UAB Athletics (@UABathletics) June 20, 2016
Men's Basketball hosted its second-consecutive (and highly successful) camp at Bartow Arena.
You can't leave #Blockingham and the @RobEhsan Basketball Camp without autographs. We had a blast this week! pic.twitter.com/nAGykdg3K6
-- UAB Men's Basketball (@UAB_MBB) June 23, 2016
The women's basketball team is back on campus and getting to work right away.
Just another Monday at the office 🐲#GoBlazers pic.twitter.com/8Sf7Iqidb3
-- UAB Women's Bball (@UAB_WBB) June 27, 2016
Work Hard . Have Fun 🔥💪🏾😏 pic.twitter.com/GrLgmpOW5t
-- Katieee_Mayyy (@Domination_Dope) June 27, 2016
The men's golf team released its 2016-17 schedule and it is the most competitive in the program's history. Coming off three straight NCAA Tournament appearances, why not?
Schedule Release -- Blazers to play most competitive schedule in program history: https://t.co/y9wcYXlxfO pic.twitter.com/ZblDuUbZ0M
-- UAB Men's Golf (@UAB_MensGolf) June 23, 2016
And last Monday was #NationalSelfieDay!
Happy #NationalSelfieDay from @UAB_MBB! Tweet us your best selfie and see if you can outdo the Blazers. pic.twitter.com/tmJ3fHVLBE
-- UAB Men's Basketball (@UAB_MBB) June 21, 2016
Returners after a toughness workout today!! #NationalSelfieDay pic.twitter.com/q0fRog5imD
-- Taren Martin (@coachmartin04) June 21, 2016
