February 23, 2007

LIVINGSTON, Ala.—University of West Alabama Director of Athletics, E.J. Brophy, has announced March 17 as Super Tiger Day on the UWA campus.

Five Tiger athletic teams will be competing that day, including four Gulf South Conference games on the diamond.

“We want to invite all of our great Tiger fans to join us on Super Tiger Day here at UWA,” Brophy said. “We hope to make this an annual event where people of all ages who love our university can come and cheer for our teams while visiting with one another. I hope it will eventually grow into a mini-homecoming in years to come.”

The day begins at 11 a.m. with the UWA men’s and women’s tennis teams competing against Transylvania University at the Howard R. Vaughan Tennis Complex. At the newly renovated UWA Softball Complex, the Tigers will host the University of Alabama in Huntsville in a 1 p.m. doubleheader. The UWA baseball team will also be in action against UAH, as the Tigers host the Chargers in a doubleheader beginning at 4 p.m. Tiger fans will also be able to take in the 2007 spring football game under the lights at Tiger Stadium, with the scrimmage scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.

In addition, UWA invites prospective students and their families to campus for the University’s annual spring Preview Day.

Designed to inform high school and community college students about all aspects of the 172-year-old institution, the day will start with lunch at noon at the Bell Conference Center, followed by tours of the Livingston campus. Complimentary tickets to the UWA baseball games are available for Preview Day participants and guests. To register for Preview Day events, please call 1-888-636-8800.

The UWA rodeo team will hold a crawfish boil at Tartt Field beginning at noon. Tiger Wranglers will be on hand at both diamonds, selling the mudbugs to softball and baseball fans. Proceeds from the sale will be used to send the team to this summer's College National Finals.

The Sumter County Alumni Chapter will also host a cookout during Super Tiger Day with head football Coach Bobby Wallace serving as guest speaker. The cookout begins 3 p.m. at Tartt Field prior to the first baseball game.

The UWA bookstore, located in the Student Union Building, will be open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. with a variety of Tiger apparel and gifts.

UWA hopes to see prospective students, current Tigers, alumni and friends in Livingston for the inaugural Super Tiger Day. For more information about any of the day’s events, please call 205-652-3892.