Jalen Milroe Named Student Athlete of the Week; Crimson Tide Roll Call: Sat., Feb. 24, 2024

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Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2024 Season Opener:

189 days

Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Swimming and Diving at SEC Championships, Auburn, Ala.- All Day

• Track and Field at SEC Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.- All Day

• Men's Tennis vs. Princeton, Montgomery, Ala.- 11:30 a.m. 

• Soccer vs Southern Mississippi, Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 1 p.m.  

• Baseball vs Valparaiso, Tuscaloosa, Ala. - 2 p.m. - SEC Network +

• Men's Basketball vs. No. 17 Kentucky, Lexington, Ky. - 3 p.m. - CBS

• Softball vs Bradley, Birmingham, Ala. - 3:45 p.m. 

• Softball vs North Alabama, Birmingham, Ala. - 6 p.m 

Crimson Tide Results:

• Swimming and Diving
• Alabama's men are in 8th place through five days of competition at the SEC Championships
• Alabama's women are in 6th place. 
• Avery Wiseman finished second in the 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 58.08.

• Track and Field
• Alabama's men sit in fifth place after the first day of SEC Championships.
• Alabama's women's team is in sixth place. 
• Ruben Banks claimed silver in the men’s weight throw behind a 22.54-meter (73-11.50) throw
• Brenda Tuwei collected silver in the women’s 5000-meter with a time of 15:53.86

• Women's Tennis
• No. 35 Alabama beat No. 42 Arizona 4-3 in opening day of the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic.
• Doubles vs. No. 42 Arizona
  1. No. 37 Loudmila Bencheikh/Anne Marie Hiser (UA) def. Brandelyn Fulgenzi/Reece Carter (Arizona), 7-6
  2. Petra Sedlackova/Anna Parkhomenko (UA) def. Kayla Willkins/Teja Tirunelvili (Arizona), 7-5
  3. Martyna Ostrzygalo/ Belen Nevenhoven (Arizona) def. Ola Pitak/Klara Milicevic (UA), 7-6
  Singles vs. No. 42 Arizona
1. Reece Carter (Arizona) def. No. 31 Loudmila Bencheikh (UA), 6-4, 6-0
2. No. 79 Petra Sedlackova (UA) def. Kayla Wilkins (Arizona), 2-6, 7-6, 6-3
3. Martyna Ostrzygalo (Arizona) def. Anne Marie Hiser (UA), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
4. Ola Pitak (UA) def. Teja Tirunelveli (Arizona), 6-3, 6-3
5. Brandelyn Fulgenzi (Arizona) def. Anna Parkhomenko (UA), 6-2, 6-1
6. Klara Milicevic (UA) def. Belen Narendran (Arizona), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

• Men's Tennis
• No. 18 Alabama defeated Princeton 4-1 in the first round of the Blue-Gray National Tennis Classic. 
• Doubles
  1. Yasha Zemel/Kabeer Kapasi (RICE) def. Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) 6-4
  2. Trinity Grear/Petro Kuzmenok (RICE) def. #35 Filip Planinsek/Andrii Zimnokh (UA) 6-3
  3. Matic Dimic/Roan Jones (UA) vs. A. de la Bassetiere/Eduardo Morais (RICE) 6-5, unfinished
  Order of Finish (2,1) Singles
1. #30 Filip Planinsek (UA) def. Yasha Zemel (RICE) 7-6 (1), 6-2
2. #57 Enzo Aguiard (UA) vs. Trinity Grear (RICE) 7-6 (5), 0-1, unfinished
3. Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) def. A. de la Bassetiere (RICE) 6-2, 6-3
4. Andrii Zimnokh (UA) def. Emir Sendogan (RICE) 6-4, 6-3
5. Roan Jones (UA) vs. Petro Kuzmenok (RICE) 6-1, 4-6, 1-1, unfinished
6. Matic Dimic (UA) def. Kabeer Kapasi (RICE) 6-2, 6-3

Softball

• Alabama defeated UAB 8-0
• Alabama defeated Western Carolina 4-1

Baseball

• Alabama defeated Valparaiso 14-2

Gymnastics

• Alabama defeated Georgia 198.075-196.975

Did you notice?

• Three Alabama football players were honored as the program's student athletes of the week. Quarterback Jalen Milroe, lineman Olaus Alinen and defensive lineman Qua Russaw.

Student-Athletes of the Week! 📚🎓
@JalenMilroe @alinen_olaus @QuaRussaw #RollTide pic.twitter.com/pG4ZPbU54O

— Alabama Football (@AlabamaFTBL) February 23, 2024

• Herb Jones scored 19 points, with five rebounds, two assists and a steal in the New Orleans Pelican's 106-95 loss to the Miami Heat.

All of this Herb 👏 pic.twitter.com/uRwxJSTwqD

— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) February 24, 2024

• Former Alabama linebacker in the Nick Saban era, Nico Johnson has accepted a position coaching job with the Nevada Wolfpack. 

𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑴𝑷𝑰𝑶𝑵𝑺𝑯𝑰𝑷 𝑷𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑮𝑹𝑬𝑬 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑬𝑫𝑮𝑬

3️⃣x National Champion @JOHNSON35BOY joins the Launch 🚀 as Wolf Pack Defensive Ends coach!

🔗 https://t.co/RooZvKOg2H#Launch | #RenoVation24 pic.twitter.com/RDr1lbzwYY

— Nevada Football (@NevadaFootball) February 23, 2024

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

February 24, 1910: Fred Sington, the All-American who inspired Rudy Vallee to sing "Football Freddie," was born in Birmingham.

February 24, 1983: Charlie Peprah was born in Fort Worth, Texas.

February 24, 1993: Gehrig Dieter was born in South Bend, Ind.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“Of fundamentals and techniques these players are ahead of most colleges because of their coaching and they recruit first- and second-round draft choices. They do a heck of a job of evaluating who they recruit and sign. It’s a credit to Nick Saban and his staff." – Jon Gruden

We'll leave you with this...

• Alabama hockey defeated UAH 7-3 to kick off the weekend. 

Final pic.twitter.com/mRyD4xD7rm

— Alabama Hockey (@AlabamaHockey) February 24, 2024

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