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ATHLETICS
Motivational
reading
—Basketball
student-athletes just
wrapped up their annual
reading program, “Turn
the page with Coach
Graves,” in which more
than 700 elementary
students read books in exchange for tickets to Panther basketball games; the athletes also traveled
to 15 schools to read with students. Shown (from left) are Ben Hardiman, Ian Thom, Mason Holle,
and Alex Perkins doing a skills demonstration at Tarrant Intermediate School. The student-athletes
will continue to visit local schools through the end of the spring semester to promote literacy.
Grand salute to basketball history
—
The Birmingham-Southern men’s basketball team that captured the 1990 NAIA
National Championship and all of the Panther basketball letter winners were honored during halftime games against Centre College on
Feb. 13. These alumni players, who helped put BSC in the national spotlight, were recognized before huge applause from the crowd in
Bill Battle Coliseum for their contributions to the programs they represented.
Front row (l to r): Eddie Bowman ’90, Matt DeFore
’90, Jeff Woody ’93, Brent Carter ’90, Fred Martinear
’91, Coach Duane Reboul, Eric Mann ’91, Brad
Proctor ’93, and Chris Smith ’92. Back row (l to r):
Bill Condon ’93 and Scott Web ’90. Not pictured:
Robert Hanna ’91, Stacy Butler ’90, Tyrone Mobley
’92, Jack Skipper ’92, Coach Paul Brown, Coach
Ralph Watson, and Guy Hargrove III ’91.
L to r: John London ’86, Isiah Doaty ’11, Dr. Buddy
Stanford ’63, Jason Holland ’14, James Cason III
’95, Bernard Lockhart ’83 (MPPM ’08), Carl Crosby
’83, Billy Coupland ’70, Mike Heckman ’79, Jay
Higgenbotham ’81 (MPPM ’92), Dr. Harold Wehby
’71, Ralph Patton ’79, and Clarence Ware ’51.
Elizabeth Bromirski Reece ’14
and Reba Ross Hudson ’08
(holding her daughter, Devyn).
Student-athletes in service
As focused as Birmingham-Southern athletes
are on the field, court, and track, they often
take time out to serve the larger community in
meaningful and impactful ways.
Many teams have their own service projects,
including: facilitating swimming meets for
the Special Olympics, mentoring high school
students for the Blueprints College Access
Initiative, tutoring and facilitating activities at
Bush Hills Academy, working with mentally-
disabled adults at the Exceptional Foundation,
taking part in the Read Across America
program, volunteering at Mutt Strutt/Hand in
Paw with animal-assisted therapy teams, and
many others.
Here are some other ways they make a
difference:
Ringing the red kettle bell
—
This holiday season, dozens of student
athletes took shifts as bell ringers for
the Salvation Army at Brookwood Mall
in Homewood. Here, Panther track and
field players (from left) David Campbell,
Assistant Coach Ryan Petrocchi, Rebecca
Horne, Earen Robinson, and Allie Crump
take their turn. The track and field and
cross country teams are volunteering
this semester at the Horizons School in
Birmingham, a training program for young
adults with learning difficulties.
Homebuilding
—Members of the men’s
basketball team are shown helping build a
home with Habitat for Humanity in Calera,
Ala., where they installed siding and windows.
Pictured (from left) are Conner McKinley,
Owen Ferguson, Jordan Pietri (standing), and
James McLean.
1990 squad
Lettermen
Letterwomen