TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (WBRC) – There will be a lot of proud parents and students Friday at the University of Alabama as graduation ceremonies begin later on.

Several thousand graduates will get their diplomas in a series of ceremonies.

We found several graduates taking professional graduation photos on campus for the past couple of weeks ahead of official ceremonies.

Bryant Denny Stadium is one of the most popular places on campus for graduation photos. Seniors posed, used props, popped champagne and flashed smiles as cameras and even drones were used to take their pictures.

“So far, we’ve only been at the stadium, but we have two more locations. So, we’re working hard. She’s fixing hair, doing champagne pops, it’s great,” Madi Toney, said.

Students wanted something special to look back on about their time spent at the Capstone.

“Just taking photos around campus, you just commemorate your time on campus. And, just especially spending four years in the stadium there’s not much more of a perfect place to celebrate your graduation,” said Maeve O’Brien.

The first of eight commencement ceremonies over the weekend start at 1:30 p.m. Friday inside Coleman Coliseum.

UA says 6000 students will be graduating this year and 5400 of them will participate in ceremonies.

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Alabama women’s tennis player Sydney Orefice and men’s swimmer Trey Sheils were namedSoutheastern Conference 2024 Brad Davis Community Service Award Winners by the conference on Thursday.

The Crimson Tide duo are two of 28 honorees (14 men and 14 women) who are now finalists for the Male and Female Brad Davis Community Service Leaders of the Year and will receive a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship. The male and female Community Service Leaders of the Year, to be announced later in May, will each receive a $10,000 postgraduate scholarship.

Orefice had over 80 hours of community service at Alabama working with organizations like the Soup Bowl of Tuscaloosa, the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter, Between the Bars and more. Sheils spent most of his community service hours with Team IMPACT, which is an organization that provides a safe, supportive, and encouraging environment for a child and their family to connect with a college athletic team and local campus community.

Today’s Crimson Tide Schedule:

• Men’s Tennis vs. Charlotte in opening round of NCAA Tournament, Durham, N.C., 12 p.m.
• Softball at Auburn, 5 p.m., SEC Network
• Baseball at No. 16 Mississippi State, 6 p.m., SEC Network+

Crimson Tide Results:

Softball: Auburn 4, Alabama 3

Did you notice?

• Kool-Aid McKinstry will begin his NFL career wearing No. 34 for the New Orleans Saints.

• Alabama women’s golfer Harriet Lockley was named to the SEC Community Service Team.

• Former Alabama golfer Davis Riley is T2 at The CJ Cup Byron Nelson after shooting 64 (-7) in the first round. Nick Dunlap is T13 at -5.

Countdown to Crimson Tide’s 2024 Football Season Opener:

120 days

On This Day in Crimson Tide History:

May 3, 1938: Johnny Roberts was elected President of the A-Club for the 1938-39 school year, succeeding Jim Ryba. Lew Bostick became vice-president. Also, in campus news, Sandy Sanford, football and track ace, was chosen as the University’s Man of the Year by the Crimson White. Sanford, who kicked game-winning field goals against Tulane and Vanderbilt also starred as a sprinter on the track team.

Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:

“Vindication isn’t mine, it’s Alabama’s. As the only voter in the AP Top 25 poll who picked the Crimson Tide No. 1 every week, I took my share of flak from around the country, but that’s part of the game. I stuck with the kids from Alabama because they gave me no choice. How do you bail out on a team that refused to lose?”— former Tucson Citizen sports columnist Corky Simpson on the 1992 Crimson Tide.

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