The Alabama Crimson Tide continues its momentum on the recruiting trail by accepting the commitment of specialist Alex Asparuhov.

Asparuhov, considered the No. 3 punter in the Class of 2025 by specialist expert Jamie Kohl, announced his commitment on his social media on Saturday while taking an official visit to Tuscaloosa.

He becomes the Crimson Tide’s first specialist in the class and brings Alabama to 15 total commits in its No. 3 ranked Class of 2025. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound kicker and punter is out of San Joaquin Memorial in Fresno, Calif.

Kohl describes Asparuhov as the most fundamentally sound punter in the class grading out as a 5-star punter at his camps. He had scholarship offers from Oklahoma and Florida in addition to Alabama.

As a junior, he appeared in 10 games making 32 punts for 1,392 total yards averaging 43.5 yards per punt with a long of 68-yards, downing 14 inside the 20-yard line. He also had 21 touchbacks off the kicking tee on 34 kickoffs. He made 15 of 17 extra point attempts and converted six of nine field goal tries with a long of 42 yards.

The Alabama men’s golf team added the 2024 Scottish Open Men’s Champion out of the transfer portal. Head coach Jay Seawell announced on Friday that Dominic Clemons will transfer from Stetson to Alabama to join the Alabama program.

The rising junior joins signees Michael Crocker, Nick Gross and William Jennings as Alabama’s 2024-25 signing class.

“We are excited to add Dominic to our program. He has proven at each level that he is a great player. He will help us contend for championships and I can’t wait to get him on campus,” said Seawell.

Clemons won the 2024 Scottish Men’s Open Championship at Muirfield by 17-shots and will compete in tThe Amateur Championship in Britain starting on June 17. He earned unanimous First Team All-ASUN this past year at Stetson and won ASUN Golfer of the Week three times.

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Alabama has been awarded a Silver Shovel Award from national business publication Area Development, honoring another billion-dollar year of economic development project announcements in 2023.

Alabama qualified for a Silver Shovel award in the category of states with populations between 5 million and 8 million, taking into account the number of jobs, the amount of investment, and other factors. Tennessee and Indiana also received Silver Shovels.

Gov. Kay Ivey said the award is a “strong testament to Alabama’s pro-business environment and to the capabilities of our workers, who can rise to meet any challenge.”

The annual awards recognize states that see project announcements with significant job creation, infrastructure improvements and strategies that attract new employers and investments.

Alabama also was recognized for one of the magazine’s “Projects of the Year,” for German appliance maker Miele’s decision to locate its first U.S. plant in Opelika.

Area Development also recognized other projects.

“The state lists a wide range of impressive projects, including an investment at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing to retool for the next generation of the Santa Fe as well as a big investment at Nemak, a maker of auto components,” the publication stated. “Nucor is building a state-of-the-art transmission tower production plant in Decatur, next to the company’s sheet steel mill, and Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. picked Gadsden for a highly automated facility to make non-radiological modules for its microreactors.”

Cable maker Southwire’s expansion in Florence was also mentioned.

“At its core, economic development is about creating job opportunities for citizens and injecting vitality into communities so they can prosper over the long term,” Ellen McNair, Secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce, said.

“That’s why we do the job — and why we’ll keep doing it.”

Companies last year announced projects for Alabama involving $6.4 billion in capital investment, with nearly 9,000 direct jobs to be created.

Area Development has honored Alabama with Gold Shovel Awards in 2006, 2013, 2019 and 2021, and Silver Shovel Awards for 2007–2012, 2014–2018, and 2022.