The entire
@UAB_SB
family was shocked and saddened today to learn of the passing of former player and UAB softball alum, Megan Smith. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family.
I do not stand for what was tweeted tonight by
@ScrapYardFP
. I am deeply saddened for all who were offended. I applaud our players’ stance. They are good people who want decency. Black Lives Matter.
Today is the worst day I have ever had in coaching. I am very proud of the UAB softball team. They will always be one of the few. They have earned my love and respect. Forever uncommon.
Just a couple of more hours...then Court and I head to the hospital to begin the delivery of our daughter, Rustin Guthrie. Very exciting! Can’t wait to meet her!
Great lunch today with the founding coach of UAB Softball, Marla Townsend! Loved hearing about the history of the program and our alumni. Great days are ahead!
An immoral order passed by those who clearly do not value work, coaches or the 2021 or 2022 classes. The opportunity: lead our youth each day the right way. They are the future! Let’s train them right so they do not grow up to make decisions like this one in the future.
I want to express my gratitude for all of the support messages from you all over the past two days. It’s unbelievable! You all illustrate how much goodness still exists today. I really appreciate that last fact most of all. Come see UAB softball at the ballpark next year!
Many thanks to all of the UAB Softball players and coaches for their efforts this year. Much improved. Congrats to WKU Softball on their CUSA title. They will represent our league well. Appreciate everyone’s support this season.
Big thank you to Jordan Bone and his staff. My son loved the No Gas basketball camp this week. Great to see him give back to young kids and Ensworth School in Nashville!
The UAB Softball Blazers got excited about our newest team member coming in April. Way to go Courtnay! Grateful for this team, coaching staff and program.
On this Labor Day, I am thankful to know…the greatest value you can ever embrace is hard work. It will never fail you. Not a bad plan for the future America.
Back to Back…great work by our players and Josh Young. This is the second year in a row of UAB Softball having the highest GPA in Conference USA softball!
Observations from Athletes Unlimited this weekend...
@riss_15
Nerissa Myers has the best 2K approach I have consistently seen/coached in softball...it was on display again today. She fouls off the edges to get to a mistake. If you don’t give it up, she’ll walk. Take notes.
Charlotte and Western Kentucky were NCAA softball tournament teams in my book this year. The America of today…too big to fail, rich get richer. No nobility in poverty. More competition needed. Congrats to North Texas!
Very proud of the young women who represent UAB Softball. They fought like warrior poets today. It’s an honor to lead this team. I look forward to all of us continuing to get better.
#WeWantToPlay
. Damn straight. Proud to see young people stand up for what they believe. As coaches, we CARE deeply about their health and LOVE them. That’s why we are in this profession. Let’s keep the student-athletes’ dreams alive. Audacity, audacity...always audacity!
Special thanks to last year’s UAB softball team for having the highest GPA in CUSA last year! The hardware came today...hand delivered by
@UAB_AD
Mark Ingram! Thanks to
@Jkolaitis3
for your leadership last year as well. Go Blazers!
UAB Softball is loving our screening of A League of Their Own at Mary Bowers Field. Thanks to our fans and players for coming out. Thanks to Friends of Rickwood, Gerald Watkins, Hunter Veach and Kelly Candaele. We can’t wait to practice at Rickwood Field on Saturday!
Go Blazers! Love seeing our UAB football team back on the field tonight. It’s a big moment!!! Huge props to all the people who helped make this situation happen. Optimism wins.
Happy Independence Day to all! As a veteran…here’s my wish on this day…every citizen resolves to take on one peaceful task…within the next year…that advances freedom to our citizenry. It’s the idea that the INDIVIDUAL can do anything that we must recapture.
There’s not enough space on Twitter to state everything I want to acknowledge about this year’s UAB softball team. Great work Blazers! Coach K and the players deserve a lot of credit for where this program is currently. We have miles to go yet but great effort this year.
Happy 7th Anniversary to my wife, Courtnay Foster! We were married 12.25.2015 on the streets of Tombstone, AZ. Merry Christmas and many more years of joy! You are the best ever!
I am amending my previous grammatical mistake...lol. Take 2...Another great day of individual work with UAB Softball. We are SO grateful for every opportunity to get better.
Relentless: To be relentless means to give your all and never give up. You put all of your effort into everything that you do to be the best you can be and when you fail you use that as motivation to be better. No matter how many times you get knocked down you always get back up.
𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀.𝐉. 𝐃𝐀𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐘
Director of Athletics Mark Ingram has named A.J. Daugherty as the new head coach of the UAB Softball program! Join us in welcoming Coach Daugherty‼️
🔗:
#WinAsOne
We are about to return home from El Paso. It’s a tough situation. Thank you to all the people in the UAB athletic department for helping us rearrange our schedule and smoothly return accordingly. Thank you all. Our players have showed class during this ordeal as well.
Lots of at large mid major bids set to go up for NCAA D1 baseball today. Some mids will likely host. Not the case with softball. Baseball RPI formula helps here. Road win weight, etc. Grow the sport with more opportunities. It’s not all on the committee…bad system.
Bigtime congrats to my son Bobby for making Stars Basketball AAU team tonight out of Nashville. Cut from a school team last fall…went to work…overcame. Now outwork yesterday son…nothing beats working!
Get ready for some great new ideas from our UAB softball players to create fun at the ballpark next year. Introducing Blazer Boosts!
@UAB_SB
Great work Faith Hegh!
Many thanks to Brad Hardekopf and Wayne Morris. Thank you for continuing the wonderful legacy of Keith and Mary Bowers. UAB Softball extends its utmost gratitude.